BLIZZARD WARNING ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 281 TO CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING UNTIL MID DAY TOMORROW

                  WINTER STORM WATCH NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA

                   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ELSEWHERE IN SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA, NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA

TODAY:  CLOUDY, MILD … SOUTHEAST BREEZE INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH.  SNOW BEGINS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA  HIGH: 25 TO 28

TONIGHT AND TOMORROW: SNOW, HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE.  WIND INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTING HIGHER.  REDUCED VISIBILITY AND VERY POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT INTO AND THROUGH SATURDAY.  SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NORTHERN NORTH DAKOTA, BUT BLOWING SNOW ISSUES EVERYWHERE AROUND HERE.

SATURDAY NIGHT:  LIGHT SNOWFALL OF ANOTHER INCH OR TWO, WIND CONTINUES OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST, TURNING NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH.  LOW NEAR 10 ABOVE

SUNDAY:  BLUSTERY WITH BLOWING SNOW.  HIGH: NEAR 20, WIND: NORTH/NORTHWEST 15 TO 25, GUSTING TO 30 MPH.  WIND DIMINISHING BY EVENING.

MONDAY:  SUNNY AND COOL.   LOW: 5 ABOVE.  HIGH: TEENS TO NEAR 20

MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK ANOTHER SYSTEM, WITH SOME FREEZING PRECIP PRECEDING SNOW AND WIND WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.