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AWUS83 KBIS 071804
RWSBIS

REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
105 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2002

A WARM FRONT ALONG THE BORDER OF NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA...IN CONCERT 
WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...LIFTING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE 
ROCKIES...WILL GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION. SOME 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY OVER EASTERN NORTH 
DAKOTA. ANOTHER MID LEVEL BOUNDARY FROM NORTHEAST MONTANA 
ACROSS SOUTHERN MANITOBA IS THE FOCUS FOR OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 
THERE THIS AFTERNOON. 

THE WEATHER FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...

FOR NORTH DAKOTA...VARIABLE CLOUDINESS WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WEST. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY EAST. SOME THUNDERSTORMS 
MAY CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL EAST AND IN THE FAR NORTHWEST. HIGHS 
IN THE 80S.

FOR SOUTH DAKOTA...THUNDERSTORM LIKELY NORTHEAST. PARTLY TO MOSTLY 
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CENTRAL AND WEST. HIGHS OF 85 
TO 95.

FOR MINNESOTA...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY NORTHWEST. A CHANCE OF 
THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE. WARM AND HUMID WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S 
TO NEAR 90. 

FOR EASTERN MONTANA...PARTLY CLOUDY AND HOT WITH SCATTERED 
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS 85 TO 95 NORTHEAST...AND IN THE UPPER 90S 
SOUTHEAST. 

FOR SOUTHERN MANITOBA...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS 
FROM THE MID 70S TO THE MID 80S. 

AND FOR SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST. MOSTLY SUNNY 
SOUTHWEST. HIGHS FROM THE MID 70S SOUTHEAST TO THE MID 80S 
SOUTHWEST. 

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