143 AWUS83 KFSD 042052 RWSFSD IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-051200- REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 352 PM CDT THU SEP 4 2014 AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHEAST CANADA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT EASTWARD ACROSS MINNESOTA...MOST OF IOWA...AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA BY FRIDAY MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY...MAINLY IN IOWA AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. COOL AND DRY AIR WILL BE USHERED IN ON NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE WESTERN HALVES OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA BY NOONTIME FRIDAY. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE...COOL TEMPERATURES...AND DRY WEATHER LOOKS TO SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE NORTHERN PLAINS REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT WILL VARY WIDELY FROM LOW AND MID 40S IN THE WESTERN DAKOTAS AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...TO MID 60S AND LOWER 70S IN SOUTHEAST IOWA AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL BE PRIMARILY IN THE MID 60S TO LOW 70S. SOUTHEAST IOWA MAY CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 70S BEFORE THE FRONT COMES THROUGH. FOR THE WEEKEND...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY APPEAR TO FEATURE HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 70S...WITH LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION. $$