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AWUS83 KBIS 181702
RWSBIS
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-190515-

REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1102 AM CST MON JAN 18 2016 /1002 AM MST MON JAN 18 2016/

AN ARCTIC AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS...FROM
MANITOBA SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS...AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS
STATES. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WERE
STILL LINGERING OVER THESE AREAS THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE...WEST
OF THE ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE...A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH EXTENDED ALONG
THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES.

FOR THE REST OF TODAY...EXPECT INCREASING CLOUDS ACROSS EASTERN
MONTANA AND THE WESTERN DAKOTAS. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF
FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW OVER EASTERN MONTANA...AND A CHANCE
OF LIGHT SNOW OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL DAKOTAS BY MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER
TODAY...RANGING FROM NEAR 40 IN SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA TO THE
SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

LIGHT SNOW CHANCES CONTINUE FOR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN
PLAINS ON TUESDAY...WITH WARMER CONDITIONS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE REGION BY MID WEEK.

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