Expires:201103012330;;914284 ASUS63 KMPX 011227 RTPMPX REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 545 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2011 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-012330- 545 AM CST TUE MAR 1 2011 A COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM JUST NORTH OF THE CATARACTS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...TO FAR SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA...WILL SWEEP SOUTH TODAY. BY THIS EVENING...THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE SEEN NEAR A LINE...FROM NORTHEAST WISCONSIN...TO CENTRAL MINNESOTA...TO NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE MUCH OF THE UPPER MIDWEST BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN NORTH DAKOTA...LOOK FOR A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WEST THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO ANTICIPATED THROUGHOUT THE STATE. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW NORTHWEST. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST. IN MINNESOTA...A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THE DAY FAR NORTH...SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH. FOR TONIGHT IN WISCONSIN...CHANCE OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR SNOWBELT. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY FOG WEST. THEIR NEIGHBORS IN NORTH DAKOTA WILL HAVE TO SETTLE FOR...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW WEST. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL TOP OUT INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO NEAR 10 ABOVE IN NORTH DAKOTA...INTO THE TEENS TO LOWER 40S IN SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH THE 20S TO UPPER 30S IN THE FORECAST ACROSS MINNESOTA. THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S WILL BE OBSERVED IN WISCONSIN...WHILE THE MID 30S TO MIDDLE 50S COME TO FRUITION ACROSS THE GREAT STATE OF IOWA. LOWS TONIGHT WILL PULL BACK INTO THE ZERO TO MID 20S RANGE IN IOWA ...INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TO NEAR 20 DEGREES WISCONSIN. FIVE ABOVE TO 20 BELOW ARE EXPECTED IN WISCONSIN...WHILE MINNESOTANS EXPERIENCE THE SINGLE DIGITS TO 20S. SEVEN BELOW TO 10 ABOVE ARE EXPECTED IN SOUTH DAKOTA...ZERO TO 20 BELOW MATERIALIZING IN NORTH DAKOTA. $$ AZ