North Dakota Weather 3/8 Morning - Wind Advisory

Good morning. North Dakota. I'm Michael Nally. Step outside right now and you'll feel something weird for early March. We're running nearly 40 degrees warmer than normal. Bismarck hits 68 degrees this afternoon. Fargo climbs to 60. Minot reaches 59. That's spring preview weather in the first week of March. But here's the catch. This warmth comes with a price. The wind is absolutely howling today. Gusts reach 48 miles an hour up north, 38 miles an hour through central areas. A Wind Advisory runs until 7 P.M. For western and central counties. Secure anything loose outside — trash cans, patio furniture, your neighbor's trampoline. This wind will move it all. Tonight, the script flips fast. A cold front crashes through from north to south, bringing rain showers that mix with snow up north. Lows drop to the mid to upper 20s statewide. That's a 40-degree temperature crash in 12 hours. Monday brings the payback for today's warmth. Highs fall to the upper 30s with a 50 percent chance of accumulating snow in central areas. One to two inches possible by Tuesday morning. Tuesday stays cloudy with lingering snow and highs in the upper 30s again. Wednesday offers a break — mostly sunny, low 40s. Thursday warms back to the low 50s, but another system brings rain and snow chances. Friday turns colder with highs in the low 30s and continued snow potential into next weekend. One more thing — spring forward tonight. Clocks move ahead one hour at 2 A.M. You lose an hour of sleep, but you gain evening daylight. See you this afternoon.