Expires:200911130600;Remove:200911130600;851849
FPUS73 KBIS 130356
NOWBIS
SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
956 PM CST THU NOV 12 2009

NDZ018>021-033-034-040>045-130600-
DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-STARK-MORTON-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-
BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILLDEER...BEULAH...HAZEN...CENTER...
GARRISON...DICKINSON...MANDAN...MARMARTH...MOTT...ELGIN...
BOWMAN...HETTINGER...FORT YATES
956 PM CST THU NOV 12 2009 /856 PM MST THU NOV 12 2009/
.NOW...
AT 855 PM MST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A BAND OF RAIN AND LIGHT
TO MODERATE SNOW. THIS BAND WAS ORIENTED SOUTHWEST TO THE
NORTHEAST FROM BOWMAN...TO EAST OF DICKINSON...CONTINUING
NORTHEAST TO BEULAH AND GARRISON. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF THIS LINE ARE WARM
ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS RAIN INITIALLY.
HOWEVER...AS THE ATMOSPHERE COOLS...A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IS
ANTICIPATED. PERSONS IN OR NEAR MOTT...ELGIN...CARSON...GLEN
ULLIN AND CENTER CAN EXPECT VISIBILITIES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS
TO FALL TO NEAR A MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW THIS EVENING. MINOR
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS.
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