TODAY:  PARTLY SUNNY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY, WARM AND WINDY.   AREA OF MIXED PRECIP MOVING FROM NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TO CENTRAL MINNESOTA MID DAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.   SLIPPERY ROADS LIKELY.   HIGH: 35 TO 43.   WIND: WEST/NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH

TONIGHT:  CLOUDY AND WINDY WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES TO NEAR 20 BY MORNING.  WIND: NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH

WEDNESDAY:  PARTLY SUNNY, WINDY AND COLD WITH COLD WIND CHILLS.   TEMPS CONTINUE TO FALL TO THE LOW TO MID TEENS THROUGH THE DAY.   WIND: NORTH/NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH.

THURSDAY:  COLD MORNING, THEN TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY WARMING TO NEAR 40!   WITH AN AREA OF MIXED PRECIP MOVING WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE DAKOTAS INTO MINNESOTA.   WIND: SOUTH 15 TO 25, GUSTING TO 40 MPH

THURSDAY NIGHT:  AREA OF LIGHT SNOW AS WINDS TURN TO THE NORTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH.  LOW: 5 TO 10 ABOVE.

FRIDAY:  CLOUDY AND WINDY WITH COLD WIND CHILLS.  AREA OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING.  HIGH: NEAR 20

SATURDAY:  CLEAR COLD MORNING. MOSTLY SUNNY DAY.  LOW NEAR 5 TO 10 BELOW.  THEN MOSTLY SUNNY.  HIGH: 15 TO 20.

SUNDAY:  SUNNY AND COOL BUT DRY.   LOW: NEAR 5 ABOVE.  HIGH: MID 20S.