TODAY:  MOSTLY SUNNY, MILD AND WINDY.   CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW WITH ROADWAYS BECOMING SLICK THIS AFTERNOON.   HIGH: 38 TO 45.   WIND: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 35, GUSTING TO 45 AND HIGHER.

TONIGHT:  PARTLY CLOUDY, CONTINUED WINDY.   BLOWING SNOW ISSUES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT.   LOW: NEAR 20.  WIND: WEST 20 TO 30 MPH

THURSDAY:  MOSTLY CLOUDY, WINDY WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES AND BLOWING SNOW.   WIND: NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH.   TEMPS FALLING TO NEAR 10 ABOVE BY EVENING.

FRIDAY:  SUNNY BUT COLD.  LOW: NEAR 5 BELOW. HIGHS: LOW TO MID TEENS.  WIND: 5 TO 15 WEST TO SOUTHWEST.

SATURDAY: MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH AREAS OF SNOW TO THE SOUTH.  HIGHS: NEAR 20.

SATURDAY NIGHT: SNOW FOR SOUTH DAKOTA, SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA AND MOST OF MINNESOTA.  LOW: NEAR 10.  HIGH: NEAR 20.

SUNDAY AND MOST OF NEXT WEEK:  LOWS SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE.  HIGHS: TEENS.