TODAY:  CLOUDY AND COLD WITH SNOW LATER TODAY.  STEADY TEMPS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE.  10 TO 15 ABOVE FOR I-29 EASTWARD.  WIND: SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15, INCREASING TO 25 MPH BY EVENING WITH GUSTY AND BLOWING SNOW LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  
 
TONIGHT:  SNOW, BLOWING SNOW AND GROUND DRIFTING.  TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ONLY AN INCH OR TWO, BUT WINDY WITH RURAL TRAVEL ISSUES.
 
TOMORROW: VERY WINDY UNDER A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY.  WIND: GUSTING TO 40 MPH OUT OF THE WEST.  HIGH: SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE, TEENS BELOW WIND CHILLS.
 
FRIDAY:  QUIETLY COLD.  MORNING LOW NEAR 5 BELOW.  HIGH: NEAR 10 ABOVE.  LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND.
 
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY:  SNOW LIKELY, UP TO 5 INCHES FOR NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.  ELSEWHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES AT THE MOST.  LESS WINDY WITH THE WEEKEND SNOW.   LOW: 5 ABOVE, HIGH: 10 TO 15 ABOVE.
 
SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK:  LESS FREQUENT SNOW, CONTINUED COLD.  MORNING LOWS TEENS BELOW.  HIGHS: SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE.