TODAY:  MOSTLY SUNNY AND WARM, ALTHOUGH INCREASING CLOUDS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL DAKOTAS,  A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS IN THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS.   HIGH: MID TO UPPER 60S.  WIND: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 20 GUSTING TO 25 MPH.

TONIGHT: CLOUDY AND MILD. LOW: NEAR 50,  SOUTHEAST BREEZE

SATURDAY:  SUNNY MORNING THEN INCREASING CLOUDS.  SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EAST CENTRAL DAKOTAS.  HIGH: 66 TO 75, WARMER EAST.  WIND: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 25, GUSTING OVER 35 MPH.

SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY:  PERIODS OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.   HIGHS: 60S.  LOWS: 50S.  A HALF TO MORE THAN ONE INCH LIKELY.

TUESDAY:  PARTLY SUNNY, NO RAIN.  HIGH: 60S

WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK:  MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE EACH DAY.  LOWS: 50S.  HIGHS: 60S AND 70S.