TODAY:  PARTLY SUNNY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY,  SMOKEY AND GRAY.  HIGH: 78 TO 83.  WIND: NORTHEAST UNDER 10 MPH.

TONIGHT:  SMOKEY THIS EVENING.  PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY.  OVERNIGHT THE WIND TURNS TO THE SOUTHEAST AND INCREASES TO 15 TO 20 MPH.  LOW: NEAR 60.

TOMORROW:  PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY, WINDY AND WARM.  HIGH: MID TO UPPER 80S.  WIND: SOUTH/SOUTHEAST 10 TO 25, GUSTING TO 35 MPH.

FRIDAY:  PARTLY SUNNY, CONTINUED WINDY AND WARM.  HIGH: MID 80S.  A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSHOWERS IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL DAKOTAS.  WIND: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 25, GUSTING TO 40 MPH.

THIS WEEKEND:  A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT NIGHT, OTHERWISE DURING THE DAY, MOSTLY SUNNY, WARM AND BREEZY.  HIGHS: MID 80S.  LOWS: NEAR 60.

NEXT WEEK:  HIGHS IN THE 80S EARLY IN THE WEEK, LATE WEEK HIGHS IN THE 60S WITH MORE NUMEROUS RAIN CHANCES STARTING MIDWEEK.