TODAY:  BECOMING WINDY, SUNNY AND WARM.  AREAS OF SMOKE AND SOME FOG WILL DISSIPATE.  SOUTHEAST WIND OF 10 TO 25 WILL GUST TO 40 MPH.  HIGH: MID 80S, A FEW UPPER 80S.   AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

TONIGHT: CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY.  CONTINUED WINDY AND MILD.   LOW: MID 60S.  WIND: SOUTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH, GUSTING TO 40 MPH.

TOMORROW:  MOSTLY SUNNY, WARM AND WINDY.  HIGH: MID 80S.  WIND: SOUTH/SOUTHEAST 15 TO 30, GUSTING TO 40 MPH.  A LINE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE EASTERN DAKOTAS, SOME POTENTIALLY STRONG.

FRIDAY NIGHT:  PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY.  A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF MIDNIGHT, THEN ENDING.  LOW: 62. WIND: SOUTH 10 TO 25 MPH

THIS WEEKEND:  SUNNY AND WARM DAYS WITH A SOUTH/SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 25 MPH.  HIGH: LOW TO MID 80S.   GOOD CHANCE OF NIGHT TIME THUNDERSTORMS EACH NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

COOLER WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.  ALSO MORE FREQUENT SHOWERS.