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AWUS83 KFGF 211657
RWSFGF

AREA WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1057 AM CST MON JAN 21 2013

AN ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHEAST 
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS EARLY THIS WEEK...WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND 
BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES PERSISTING. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY BELOW 
ZERO TODAY...WITH WIND CHILLS OF AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO OR 
LOWER THROUGH THE DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB CLOSER TO THE ZERO 
DEGREE MARK ON TUESDAY...AFTER MORNING LOWS OF AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO 
OR LOWER.

ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF CANADA WILL KEEP 
THE COLD AIR FIRMLY ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE AREA FOR MID-WEEK. A LOW 
PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SLIDE FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO 
THE PLAINS ON THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO 
THURSDAY NIGHT WITH THIS SYSTEM. ANOTHER ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL LEAD 
TO WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. 
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO WARM A BIT NEXT WEEKEND. 

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JAM/JK