Spring weather

AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST SNOWFALL POTENTIAL IS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 FROM BEACH...TO DICKINSON AND BISMARCK...WITH AN EMBEDDED AREA OF POTENTIALLY 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN LOCATIONS SUCH AS MOTT...BOWMAN AND HETTINGER THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE CONSISTENCY OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY TO BE WET AND HEAVY...WITH NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 30 MPH.

Walynut,

You were trying to post an excel document.  That isn't going to jive with HTML requirements without some editing.

Bdub,

Not sure what you are trying to post but a hint is to get rid of all the HTML by using the clipboard button with a little blue page symbol on it.  That will greatly reduce goofy markups from other HTML pages.

I'm guessing you are trying to post something like this (Minot Forecast):

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WINDS IN THE SOUTHWEST CONTINUE STRONG WITH SUSTAINED WINDS 35 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. WILL EXTEND THE HIGH WIND WARNING IN THE SOUTHWEST FOUR COUNTIES UNTIL 15Z OR 9 AM MDT THEN GO WITH A WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 18Z OR NOON MDT. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA...WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW WARNING CRITERIA AND ARE IN THE ADVISORY CRITERIA AND SHOULD REMAIN THERE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. STRONG WINDS CONTINUE SOUTH OF A TROUGH/COLD FRONT ROTATING AROUND THE SURFACE LOW IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. THE STRONG WINDS ALOFT HAVE BEEN SHIFTING SOUTH AHEAD OF THE FRONT. EVEN WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONTLIKELY TO SEE WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINS FAIRLY STRONG BEHIND THE SURFACE LOW. THE LOW SHOULD BE FAR ENOUGH EAST OF THE AREA BY EVENING FOR THE WINDS TO LIGHTEN SIGNIFICANTLY. IN ADDITION MOISTURE WRAPPING AROUND THE LOW TODAY WILL BRING SPOTTY RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA THIS MORNING...MAINLY SCATTERED TO ISOLATED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE.

THE NEXT CHALLENGE WILL BE THE SURFACE LOW THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE PLAINS ON THURSDAY WHILE THE STRONGEST UPPER LEVEL FEATURES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. THE MODELS ALL INDICATE SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION AND ALL TRACK THE 700 MB LOW ACROSS THE DAKOTAS NEAR THE ND/SD BORDER BUT WITH THE USUAL DIFFERENCES. THICKNESSES ARE BELOW 540 DECAMETERS WITH 850 TEMPERATURES GENERALLY BELOW 0 DEGREES CELSIUS WHICH INDICATES A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. AT THIS POINT...THE TRACK OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS STILL SOMEWHAT IN DOUBT BUT APPEARS THAT THE BEST POTENTIAL WILL BE IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE. CONSEQUENTLY WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW FOR THOSE COUNTIES ALONG INTERSTATE 94 FROM THE MONTANA BORDER TO BISMARCK AND SOUTH. WILL START THE WATCH IN THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 3 AM MDT THURSDAY MORNING...THEN ADD THE REST OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ND AFTER 6 AM MDT OR 7 AM CDT THAT MORNING...ENDING AT 6 AM MDT OR 7 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING. DUE TO CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION...TEMPERATURES SHOULD SEE ONLY MINOR RISES ON FRIDAY IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL...BETTER ELSEWHERE BUT STILL BELOW NORMAL. FRIDAY SHOULD BE THE BEGINNING OF A WARMING TREND...BUT WILL STILL BE WELL BELOW NORMAL MOST AREAS.

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...
MODELS AGREE IN DEPICTING A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN WITH GENERALLY BELOW NORMAL HEIGHTS ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA AND THE CENTRAL US. THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL BE COOL AND WET. I WILL FOCUS ON THE WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH THE ECMWF AND GFS DIFFER SOMEWHAT BY MONDAY...GENERALLY THERE IS A BROAD SOUTHWEST FETCH AT H500 MB ACROSS THE CENTRAL US. THIS WILL GIVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR LOW LEVELS TO TAP INTO GULF MOISTURE. SO WILL RAISE THE PROBABILITY FOR PRECIPITATION INTO THE CHANCE CATEGORY OR 30 TO 50 PERCENT RANGE. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE COOL...WITH HIGHS UPPER 40S TO MID 50S AND LOWS IN THE 30S. I WILL KEEP THE PRECIPITATION AS RAIN AS TEMPS LOOK TOO WARM FOR SNOW.

8 to 10 inces down in the southwest corner!

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/wxstory.php?site=bis

And then you take a look at the precip forecast.  She's a wet one.

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/d12_fill.gif (2 day)

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/p120i12.gif (5 day)