1.   Another area will feature musk oxen, caribou and other animals of the northern Canadian plains.

2.   A cool front crossing the plains states will trigger broken bands of thunderstorms from the Texas panhandle into the northern plains.

3.   A cool front had dipped down from the northern plains, bringing with it a badly needed rain.

4.   After a chilly morning across the northern plains and northern Rockies, Saturday afternoon temperatures will rebound under full sunshine.

5.   But cold temperatures and heavy snow in the U.S. northern plains kept losses to a minimum.

6.   But this drought is among the worst, and in some counties, particularly in the northern plains, it is the most devastating in more than a century.

7.   Dry weather will cover a large area from the southwestern states across the Rockies to the northern plains.

8.   Finally, its troops edged across the border and began their drive across the northern plains toward the Terek.

9.   Farther west, winds across the northern high plains will be tamed by Canadian high pressure ridging east from Montana.

10.   Frequent snow showers will whiten the ground from the northern plains to interior New England.