HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE EAST CENTRAL DAKOTAS AND EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
         HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DAKOTAS
         WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
 
TODAY:  PARTLY SUNNY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, VERY WARM.   HIGHS: UPPER 30S TO THE UPPER 40S.   LATE AFTERNOON RAIN SHOWERS MOVE EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN DAKOTAS BY EVENING.   WIND: SOUTH/SOUTHWEST 5 TO 20 MPH
TONIGHT: RAIN SHOWERS END, BUT POSSIBLY MIXING WITH A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW.   LOW: NEAR 30.  WIND: SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 30 MPH
THURSDAY:  MOSTLY CLOUDY, LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.  STEADY TEMPS NEAR 30.  WIND: NORTHWEST 20 TO 40 MPH, GUSTING TO 55 MPH.
TOMORROW NIGHT AND FRIDAY:  LIGHT SNOWFALL AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW, POOR RURAL TRAVEL.  FRIDAY TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 20S.  WIND CONTINUES 25 TO 40 MPH, GUSTING TO 50 MPH, BUT SLOWLY DECREASING LATE DAY FROM WEST TO EAST.   BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF I-29 FRIDAY.
THIS WEEKEND:  BREEZY AND COOLER.   HIGHS: 20S.  LOWS: 5 TO 12 ABOVE.
NEXT WEEK: SOME LIGHT SNOW MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.   SHARPLY COLDER AIR EXPECTED BY THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND.