843 AWUS83 KBIS 090925 RWSBIS NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-092130- REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 425 AM CDT WED APR 9 2014 /325 AM MDT WED APR 9 2014/ FOR THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WEDNESDAY...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS SASKATCHEWAN...EASTERN MONTANA...AND INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT WILL THEN PROGRESS THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAKOTAS AND INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA BY EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP JUST AHEAD AND BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE 60S IN THE NORTH TO 80 DEGREES IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. COOLER TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S FOR MOST OF THE REGION THURSDAY. AFTER A BRIEF WARM UP FRIDAY...COLDER AIR WILL THEN FOLLOW FOR THE WEEKEND. $$ KS