TODAY:   MOSTLY SUNNY AND WARM, A LIGHT NORTH/NORTHWEST BREEZE.  A FEW AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.  HIGH: 79 TO 82

TONIGHT: LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA.   LOW: 62.

SATURDAY:  MOSTLY SUNNY AND HOT!   HIGH: NEAR 86.   LIGHT SOUTH BREEZE.

SUNDAY:  MORNING THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN, THEN SUNNY AND HOT!   HIGH: LOW 90S.  SOUTH WIND: 10 TO 20 MPH

MONDAY:  SUNNY AND HOT WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.   HIGH: NEAR 90.

TUESDAY:  MOSTLY SUNNY.   HIGH: 85

WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NEXT WEEK:  SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.  HIGHS: MID TO UPPER 80S.