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ZCZC MSPHMDMSR ALL TTAA00 KMSR DDHHMM HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL FORECAST DISCUSSION NWS NORTH CENTRAL RIVER FORECAST CENTER TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1142 AM CST SAT NOV 7 2009 ...Precipitation... High pressure will cover the Midwest through tomorrow. A weak low pressure system over the central plains will extend to Minnesota and Wisconsin by Sunday night. The NCRFC area was precipitation-free in the past 24 hours except for a few reports of very light rain in Iowa...Illinois...and Wisconsin. No precipitation is expected in the NCRFC area through tomorrow morning. Some light rain is possible on Sunday and Sunday night over Minnesota...Wisconsin...and Michigan...with up to a tenth of an inch possible. High temperatures today will range from the 50s in the north to the 70s in the south. Low temperatures tonight will range from the upper 20s in the U.P. of Michigan to the 50s in the south. ...Hydrologic Conditions... All rivers and streams in the NCRFC area are receding and are expected to continue to do so for the forseeable future. The Red River of the North in the Fargo area has crested and is expected to fall below flood stage later today. The Buffalo River at Dilworth... Minnesota... is expected to fall below flood stage early next week. The lower end of the Illinois River has finally crested. At Valley City... Illinois... the river crested near 20 feet. Flood stage at Valley City is 11 feet. The Iowa River at Marengo is still at moderate flood levels... however the stages should begin a sharp decline over the next couple of days. The Mississippi River at Chester... Illinois... is at moderate flood levels and should continue to recede... falling below flood stage early next week. For additional and more in-depth information concerning river forecasts...precipitation and all hydrometeorological information in the NCRFC area of responsibility...please refer to the NCRFC web page at: http://www.weather.gov/ncrfc $$ ...bsites/ALH... NNNN
