520
FXUS63 KFGF 241149
AFDFGF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
649 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- SHARP TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS REMAIN IN PLACE THIS WEEK, WITH
HIGHS RANGING FROM 30S (NORTH) TO 50S AND 60S (SOUTH).
- CHANCES FOR SOME RAIN/SNOW WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.
- DRYING FUELS THIS WEEK MAY INTERMITTENTLY SUPPORT LOW END
FIRE DANGER.
UPDATE
ISSUED AT 649 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ROSEAU AND LAKE OF THE
WOODS COUNTIES. AN AREA OF FOG FORMED BETWEEN 3 AND 4 AM, WITH
WEBCAMS ALONG MN HIGHWAY 11 CONFIRMING OBSERVATIONS FROM ROSEAU,
BAUDETTE AND WARROAD OF QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY. THE ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1258 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2026
..SYNOPSIS
A WEAK SHORTWAVE RIDGE TRAVERSES THE REGION TODAY, WITH A WEAK
COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LIGHT
SHOWERS OR RAIN/SNOW MIX COULD BE OBSERVED THIS AFTERNOON,
MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. A WELL-ESTABLISHED TEMPERATURE
GRADIENT IS APPARENT ACROSS A SHARP BAROCLINIC ZONE, STRETCHING
FROM CENTRAL ALBERTA THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION. WE WILL SEE
THIS REFLECTED IN OUR DAILY TEMPERATURES, WITH HIGHS IN THE 30S
IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND IN THE 50S IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
ON TUESDAY. FOR WEDNESDAY, THIS GRADIENT BECOMES MORE APPARENT
AS HIGHS CLIMB WELL INTO THE 60S IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA, WITH
30S NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. A COLD FRONT WILL TRAVERSE
THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY, WITH COOLER HIGHS IN THE
20S AND 30S THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW ARE
POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING, WITH THE BETTER CHANCES FOR SNOW
ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200. AT THIS TIME, THE PROBABILITY
FOR 1 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS AROUND 30 PERCENT, MAINLY AROUND
LAKE OF THE WOODS. WEAK RIDGING BUILDS INTO WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA ON FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND, WITH TEMPERATURES STILL
RATHER SPLIT FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST.
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY/
ISSUED AT 649 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2026
VFR THROUGHOUT THE TAF PERIOD. NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUS
SET OF TAFS. WINDS WILL PICK UP A BIT OUT OF THE EAST/SOUTHEAST
INTO THE AFTERNOON, SUSTAINED BETWEEN 10 AND 15 KNOTS. WINDS
WILL DIE DOWN AFTER SUNSET, AND BEGIN TO SHIFT TO THE NORTH BY
LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD AT NORTHERN TERMINALS.
FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ND...NONE.
MN...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR MNZ005-006.
UPDATE...RAFFERTY
DISCUSSION...LYNCH
AVIATION...RAFFERTY
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