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REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1220 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
                                                                    
LOW PRESSURE OVER MINNESOTA AND THE EASTERN DAKOTAS WILL CONTINUE TO 
BRING SNOW TO EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS. ARCTIC HIGH 
PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN ALBERTA AND SASKATCHEWAN WILL PUSH INTO 
MONTANA AND THE WESTERN DAKOTAS THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING HIGH 
WIND...SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TO WESTERN PARTS OF THE 
REGION. BLIZZARD AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED.

THE WEATHER FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON...

NORTH DAKOTA...BECOMING WINDY WEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. A 
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS STATEWIDE. HIGHS FROM AROUND 10 ABOVE 
NORTHWEST TO THE MID 20S SOUTHEAST. TEMPERATURES FALLING THROUGH THE 
AFTERNOON NORTHWEST.

SOUTH DAKOTA...MOSTLY CLOUDY EAST WITH LIGHT SNOW ENDING DURING THE 
AFTERNOON. CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY CENTRAL AND WEST. HIGHS IN THE 20S 
TO NEAR 30.

MINNESOTA...SNOW NORTH WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. 
A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LIKELY SOUTH. HIGHS FROM THE 
UPPER TEENS NORTHWEST TO THE LOWER 30S SOUTHEAST.

EASTERN MONTANA...MOSTLY CLOUDY AND BECOMING VERY WINDY WITH A 
CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. BLOWING SNOW LIKELY WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS 
DEVELOPING. HIGHS FROM 10 NEAR FORT PECK TO THE MID AND UPPER 20S 
NEAR THE NORTH DAKOTA BORDER. TEMPERATURES FALLING DURING THE 
AFTERNOON.

SOUTHERN MANITOBA...PERIODS OF SNOW...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AT 
TIMES. BECOMING VERY WINDY SOUTHWEST WITH BLOWING SNOW LIKELY. HIGHS 
5 TO 15.
 
AND FOR SOUTHEASTERN SASKATCHEWAN...VERY WINDY WITH BLIZZARD 
CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES FROM ZERO TO 10 BELOW WITH WIND CHILLS TO 
40 BELOW ZERO.

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