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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
812 PM CST THU FEB 24 2005

TONIGHT A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD
ACROSS THE EASTERN DAKOTAS...AND INTO NORTHWEST IOWA. THIS LOW 
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY SPREAD SOME AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW OUT 
AHEAD OF IT...THROUGH THE EASTERN PARTS OF MINNESOTA. BUT OTHERWISE 
THE REGION WILL BE DRY...WITH SKY COVER RANGING FROM MAINLY CLEAR 
OVER THE WEST...TO CONSIDERABLY CLOUDY CLOSER TO THE MISSISSIPPI 
VALLEY. ON FRIDAY...THIS LOW WILL EXIT THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN 
IOWA...WITH A COOL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM DRAINING SOME CHILLY AIR 
DOWN INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS FROM WESTERN ONTARIO. QUITE A 
TEMPERATURE CONTRAST WILL THEREFORE EXIST OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS 
FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST...WITH THE REGION DRY. FRIDAY NIGHT AND 
SATURDAY...THE HIGH WILL SHIFT OFF TO THE GREAT LAKES...WITH A 
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING SLOWLY INTO THE WESTERN PLAINS. THIS 
WILL CHANGE THE WINDS AROUND TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST PRODUCING 
WARMER CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY.

LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM AROUND ZERO IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA...
TO THE 20S FROM WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...INTO MUCH OF NEBRASKA AND 
IOWA. HIGHS ON FRIDAY WILL VARY FROM THE 20S IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA 
AND NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...TO THE LOWER 60S IN SOUTHWEST SOUTH 
DAKOTA AND WESTERN NEBRASKA.

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