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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
835 PM CST FRI FEB 25 2005

HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EASTWARD TONIGHT...AS A TROUGH OF LOW 
PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE WESTERN PLAINS. THIS CAUSE THE WINDS TO  
BECOME EAST AND SOUTHEAST OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. DRY CONDITIONS ARE 
EXPECTED TONIGHT...HOWEVER AREAS OF FOG ARE POSSIBLE OVER A GOOD 
PORTION OF THE EASTERN PLAINS. ON SATURDAY...LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE 
WEST WILL NUDGE ITS WAY EASTWARD INTO THE WESTERN DAKOTAS AND 
WESTERN NEBRASKA. AHEAD OF THIS LOW...AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE COULD 
BRING SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH 
CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOW IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHERN 
MINNESOTA. THERE WILL ALSO BE A LARGE TEMPERATURE CONTRAST ACROSS 
THIS REGION FROM NORTHERN MINNESOTA TO WESTERN NEBRASKA.

LOWS TONIGHT WILL VARY FROM NEAR ZERO IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA...TO 25 
TO 30 OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS AND NEBRASKA.

SATURDAY NIGHT...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK EASTWARD AS A 
COLD FRONT. THE BEST CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE OVER 
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA...AND LIGHT SNOW MAY FALL OVER THE 
CENTRAL AND EASTERN DAKOTAS. FURTHER SOUTH...A MIXED BAG OF LIGHT 
PRECIPITATION MAY FALL OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...IOWA...NEBRASKA AND 
FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA N THE FORM OF RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN. ALL 
OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL COOL OFF BEHIND THE FRONT ON SUNDAY WITH 
SNOW SHOWERS MOST LOCATIONS...BUT RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL LINGER 
IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND MUCH OF IOWA. 

HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 20S IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA 
...TO 60 TO 65 IN SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL 
NEBRASKA.

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