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AWUS83 KBIS 040947
RWSBIS
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-042100-

REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
447 AM CDT THU APR 03 2008

A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA TODAY FROM SOUTHERN 
CANADA. MILD AND DRY CONDITIONS AHEAD OF THE FRONT TODAY ACROSS THE 
SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE WILL BE RIPE FOR FIRE GROWTH. 
THEREFORE...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MANY PORTIONS OF 
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. FURTHERMORE...A STORM SYSTEM 
WILL AFFECT THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING THE CHANCE 
FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE SATURDAY 
AFTERNOON AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

THE FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY.

NORTH DAKOTA...PARTLY CLOUDY SOUTH. MOSTLY CLOUDY NORTH WITH A 
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. HIGHS FROM THE LOWER 40S 
NORTHEAST TO THE LOWER 60S SOUTH. 

SOUTH DAKOTA...PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY AND WARMER. BECOMING BREEZY 
NORTHWEST. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S.

MINNESOTA...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY NORTH AND PARTLY CLOUDY SOUTH. A 
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS NORTH IN THE MORNING...THEN A 
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS NORTH AND CENTRAL IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS 
NEAR 50 NORTH TO NEAR 60 SOUTH AND WEST.

EASTERN MONTANA...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW 
SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE 
AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S. 

SOUTHERN MANITOBA...PARTLY SUNNY WITH MORNING FLURRIES. HIGHS NEAR 
34 FAHRENHEIT...PLUS 1 CELSIUS.

AND FOR SOUTHEASTERN SASKATCHEWAN...CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON 
RAIN SHOWERS. HIGHS NEAR 45 FAHRENHEIT...PLUS 7 CELSIUS.

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