TODAY:  SUNNY BUT SMOKY,  WITH RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL AND LATE DAY IN THE EAST CENTRAL DAKOTAS.  HIGH: 75 NORTHERN MINNESOTA, 84 EASTERN DAKOTAS.  WIND: EAST/NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.

TONIGHT:  GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS, MORE NUMEROUS FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.   LOW: 62.  BREEZY OUT OF THE EAST, 10 TO 25 MPH

FRIDAY:  SUNNY, WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS, ESPECIALLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BREEZY.  HIGHS: 80S,  WIND: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15, GUSTING TO 25 MPH.

FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT:  PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS, OTHERWISE SUNNY TO PARTLY CLOUDY.  HIGHS: 80 TO 85, LOWS: 60S.

SUNDAY & MONDAY:  MOSTLY SUNNY AND HOT.  HIGHS: NEAR 90.  LOWS: MID TO UPPER 60S.

MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK:  GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS.  HIGHS: MID 80S, LOWS: 60S.