HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS ND
1158 AM CDT MON MAR 14 2011 ...SPRING THAW PROGRESS FOR RED RIVER OF THE NORTH...
...SIGNIFICANT WARM-UP WILL INITIATE SPRING THAW THIS WEEK... A SHIFT IN THE LARGE-
SCALE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING A SIGNIFICANT WARMING TREND TO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
AND NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS WEEK. DAY-TIME HIGHS IN THE
MID-40S AND NIGHT-TIME LOWS JUST BELOW FREEZING IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE BASIN
WILL START THE SNOW MELT THERE. ADDITIONALLY...A COMPLEX AND POTENT SPRING STORM
SYSTEM MAY AFFECT OUR AREA ON SUNDAY AND NEXT MONDAY WITH RAIN IN THE SOUTH AND
SNOW IN THE NORTH. THE RAIN WOULD ACCELERATE THE SNOW MELT IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF
THE BASIN AND ADD TO THE SNOWMELT RUN OFF. SEE THE 7-DAY OUTLOOK BELOW FOR MORE
DETAILED INFORMATION.
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