TODAY:  MOSTLY CLOUDY AND NO RAIN, EXCEPT FOR A FEW SPRINKLES FAR WEST AND NORTH.   HIGH: LOW TO MID 60S SOUTH, NEAR 60 NORTH.  WIND: NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH

THIS EVENING:  RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGIN TO MOVE IN AND SPREAD ACROSS THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA.  CONTINUING THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING.   LOWS: NEAR 50.   HIGHS: NEAR 60.   WIND: EAST … 10 TO 25 MPH, GUSTING TO 30 MPH.

FRIDAY:  MORNING SHOWERS, THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY, BREEZY AND COOL.  HIGH: MID TO UPPER 50S.   WIND: WEST/NORTHWEST 12 TO 28 MPH, GUSTING TO NEAR 30.

SATURDAY:  PARTLY SUNNY, MOSTLY DRY AND WARMER!   HIGH: LOW 70S.  AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSHOWER POSSIBLE.

SUNDAY:  MOSTLY SUNNY, DRY AND WARM.   HIGH: MID 70S

MONDAY:  MOSTLY SUNNY, DRY AND WARM.  HIGH: NEAR 80!

TUESDAY THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK:  WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPS, MOSTLY IN THE 70S,  A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

THEN A MAJOR COOL DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK.  SCATTERED FROST POSSIBLE IN THE NORTH ABOUT THE 25TH THROUGH THE 27TH OF SEPTEMBER.