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AWUS83 KFGF 180950
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AREA WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
450 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
AREA THIS MORNING...AS MOIST AIR IS TRANSPORTED INTO THE NORTHERN
PLAINS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER
TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY PROGRESSES
ACROSS THE GREAT PLAINS. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE
FROM THE 70S NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER...TO THE LOW 80S ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY AND WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MILD LOW
TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S TO LOW 60S ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. COOLER
HIGHS IN THE 60S AND 70S ARE EXPECTED FOR TOMORROW.

A SHOWERY AND COOL PERIOD WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE
WEEK...AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM GRADUALLY PUSHES INTO THE GREAT
LAKES REGION BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. DRIER WEATHER AND
WARMER...MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE END OF
THE COMING WEEK.

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JAM