TODAY:  SUNNY, HOT AND HUMID.  HIGH: MID TO UPPER 90S ALONG THE NORTH DAKOTA/SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER.  NEAR 90 ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2.  WIND: SOUTH/SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.   A FEW STORMS LATE DAY NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

TONIGHT:  CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY, WARM AND HUMID.  LOW: NEAR 70.  A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.

FRIDAY:  SUNNY, HOT AND HUMID AGAIN.  HIGHS: 90S.  AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP IN THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS, FORM A LINE AND MOVE EAST INTO MINNESOTA BY LATE EVENING. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS LIKELY.  WIND: SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT: THUNDERSTORMS, MOSTLY INTO MINNESOTA.  LOW: 65.

SATURDAY:  MORNING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS, MOSTLY IN MINNESOTA.  THEN MOSTLY SUNNY, WINDY AND MILD.  HIGH: 70S.  WIND: NORTHWEST 15 TO 25, GUSTING TO 35 MPH

SUNDAY:  SUNNY, WINDY AND MILD.  HIGH: LOW 70S.  WIND: NORTH/NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.

MONDAY:  SUNNY AND WARM.  LOW: NEAR 60.  HIGH: MID 80S.

TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY:  SUNNY, WARM AND A CHANCE OF RAIN OR THUNDERSTORMS MOST DAYS.