TODAY:  MOSTLY SUNNY SOUTH AND MILD BUT COOLER TEMPS.  HIGHS IN THE 70S.   FOR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA, CLOUDS AND A FEW SHOWERS, HIGHS: 68 TO 72.  WIND: NORTH 10 TO 25 MPH.

TONIGHT: PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY.  A FEW LATE NIGHT SHOWERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND ACROSS MINNESOTA.   LOW: NEAR 63.  WIND: TURNING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.

TOMORROW:  MOSTLY SUNNY AND HOT.  HIGH: NEAR 90.   MORNING AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA, MOVING INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA.  WIND: SOUTHEAST 10 TO 25 MPH

THURSDAY:  MORNING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEPART TO THE EAST, THEN MOSTLY SUNNY AND MILD EACH DAY THROUGH THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND.  HIGHS: LOW TO MID 80S.  LOWS: 55 TO 60.   VERY OCCASIONAL SHOWERS OR THUNDERSHOWERS THIS WEEKEND.  MORE LIKELY ON MONDAY THE 4TH.