409 PM CST MON DEC 26 201

INCLUDING … STUTSMAN- -GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-

…THE BLIZZARD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND

CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE…

.WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE IMPROVING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL

NORTH DAKOTA WITH WINDS DECREASING AND VISIBILITY INCREASING. AS

A RESULT, THE BLIZZARD WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST.

DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING

HOURS AND ROADS WILL REMAIN SLIPPERY.

Note that although weather conditions were improving, impacts from

the Christmas Day 2016 storm linger. Some roads remain blocked by

snow drifts and were closed. Travel was dangerous and in some

areas still impossible. Many were without power, especially in the

James River Valley area due to the ice storm there that brought

down power lines.

Be safe.

Forecast…

.TONIGHT…DECREASING CLOUDS. PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN

THE EVENING. BREEZY. LOWS NEAR ZERO. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH

SHIFTING TO THE WEST 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 15 TO 20. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH

SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COLD. LOWS 15 TO 20.

SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. WEST WINDS

15 TO 20 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. WINDY. LOWS AROUND

20. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.

.FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S.

LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.

.SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 15.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.

.NEW YEARS DAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 15 TO 20.