RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE REGION TODAY — NOON TO 8 PM

TODAY:   SUNNY AND COLD TO START, WINDY AND MILD TO FINISH, AND A FEW SCATTERED VERY LIGHT SHOWERS LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.   HIGH: LOW TO MID 60S.  WIND: SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 25, GUSTING TO 35 MPH.

TONIGHT: CLEARING AND COLD BUT CONTINUED WINDY.  WIND: NORTHWEST 10 TO 25 MPH.  LOW: 27 TO 30.

FRIDAY:  SUNNY, LESS WINDY OUT OF THE NORTH, 10 TO 20 MPH.  HIGH: MID TO UPPER 50S.

SATURDAY:  PARTLY SUNNY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY.   GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE DAKOTAS.   HIGH: MID TO UPPER 50S.   WIND: EAST 10 TO 20 MPH

SUNDAY:  PARTLY SUNNY.  MORNING LOW: NEAR 35.  HIGH: 58

MONDAY & TUESDAY:  MOSTLY SUNNY.  HIGH: 58 TO 65.  LOWS: NEAR 35

SECOND HALF OF NEXT WEEK, CONTINUED COOL AND DRY WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS MID WEEK AND THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND.