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AWUS83 KBIS 081014 RRA
RWSBIS

REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
505 AM CDT THU AUG 8 2002

SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL
BRING WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS IN THE EAST WITH COOLER AND SOMEWHAT
DRIER AIR IN THE WEST. SCATTERED MORNING THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR
IN PARTS OF THE REGION WITH AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR STORMS IN
SOME AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME STORM MAY BE SEVERE WITH 
HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE WEATHER FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY...

NORTH DAKOTA...SCATTERED FOG AND THUNDERSTORMS ENDING THIS MORNING 
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST. VARIABLE CLOUDINESS WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING CENTRAL AND EAST AND COULD BE SEVERE
WITH HEAVY RAIN. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S NORTHWEST TO AROUND 90 SOUTHEAST.

SOUTH DAKOTA...ISOLATED EARLY MORNING SHOWERS EAST. OTHERWISE PARTLY 
SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WEST AND CENTRAL. HIGHS 
FROM THE 80S NORTHEAST TO THE 90S CENTRAL.

MINNESOTA...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CENTRAL AND 
NORTH. SOME SEVERE STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE NORTHWEST. HIGHS 
FROM AROUND 80 NORTHEAST TO THE LOWER 90S SOUTHWEST.

EASTERN MONTANA...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY 
RAINFALL. HIGHS IN THE 70S.

SOUTHERN MANITOBA...CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM 
THIS MORNING. HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S.

AND SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS 
AND A CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.

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