TODAY:  PARTLY SUNNY AND LESS HOT, BUT STILL VERY WARM, WITH A HIGH MID TO UPPER 80S.  SCATTERED, ISOLATED RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND PARTS OF THE EASTERN DAKOTAS.  WIND: VARIABLE 10 TO 20 MPH.

TONIGHT:  MOSTLY CLOUDY, ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE SLOW MOVING STORMS.  LOW: NEAR 65, WIND: NORTHEAST 5 TO 20 MPH.

THURSDAY:  PARTLY CLOUDY.  SCATTERED BUT MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.  HIGH: MID 80S.  WIND: SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST 5 TO 20 MPH.

FRIDAY:  MORNING RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.  LOW: NEAR 60 HIGH: NEAR 78.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY:  PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE EACH DAY AND ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.  HIGH SATURDAY: MID TO UPPER 70S.  SUNDAY: NEAR 70

NEXT WEEK: CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY, BUT LESS NUMEROUS AND LESS HOT.  HIGHS: NEAR 80.  LOWS: IN THE 50S.