736  
FXUS63 KFGF 290819  
AFDFGF  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND  
319 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW THRU  
THE NEXT 7 DAYS.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 308 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2025  
   
..SYNOPSIS
 
 
HIGH PRESSURE IS OVER CENTRAL ND AT 08Z. NORTH WIND 5 TO 15 KTS  
OVER THE FCST AREA....FEW GUSTS 20 KTS BEMIDJI-PARK RAPIDS. HIGH  
PRESSURE WILL MOVE OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY AT 18Z AND THEN  
EASTERN FCST AREA BY 00Z. AS IT DOES WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY  
5-15 KTS THIS AFTN IN E ND...WITH 10-20 KTS SOUTH WINDS TONIGHT.  
CLEAR SKY MOST OF THE DAY, WITH VERY DRY AIRMASS PER BUFKIT  
SOUNDINGS EXPECT LITTLE TO NO CU.  
 
HIGH CLOUDS THOUGH WILL INCREASE EASTWARD AHEAD OF NEXT SHORT  
WAVE WHICH WILL MOVE THRU SOUTHERN CANADA FROM SOUTHERN ALBERTA  
THRU SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN TONIGHT AND INTO MANITOBA WEDNESDAY.  
MOISTURE WITH THIS WAVE LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING IS  
LIMITED IN OUR AREA AND MORE NORTH OF THE BORDER WITH POPS MORE  
IN THE SLIGHT CHC RANGE AND QPF ZERO TO 0.02 INCH NORTHEAST ND  
THRU 18Z WED.  
 
WE WILL SEE A BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WED AFTN/EVE AS A SECOND  
SHORT WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE DAKOTAS 00Z-06Z THU. AHEAD OF IT IS  
AN AREA OF RAIN SHOWERS WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AS IT MOVES  
EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL MN WED EVENING WHERE POPS INCREASE TO  
LIKELY.  
 
BIT COOLER ON THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER SHORT WAVE MOVING SOUTHEAST  
THRU THE AREA. COLD AIR ALOFT WITH 500 MB TROUGH OVER THE AREA  
WILL LEAD TO DAYTIME SCATTERED SHOWERS.  
 
THEN A BIG WARM UP STARTS FRIDAY AND PEAKS ON SUNDAY AS UPPER  
RIDGE BUILDS WELL NORTH INTO CENTRAL CANADA AND MOVES OVERHEAD  
SUNDAY. HIGHS SUNDAY FORECAST TO REACH 80 DEGREES IN MANY AREAS,  
WARMEST OF THE YEAR SO FAR.  
 
EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL SEE THE RIDGE BREAKDOWN SOME BUT HOW MUCH  
IT BREAKS DOWN, HOW MUCH MOISTURE IS SPREAD NORTH AHEAD OF AN  
UPPER TROUGH OVER THE ROCKIES REMAINS TO BE SEEN.  
 
NBM DATA USED THRU THE 0-7 DAY FCST PERIOD.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 1119 PM CDT MON APR 28 2025  
 
SKIES WILL CONTINUE TO CLEAR FROM THE WEST OVERNIGHT, WITH VFR  
CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR EACH SITE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. LINGERING  
RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN BJI THROUGH 9Z AS THE LOW PRESSURE  
SYSTEM SHIFTS EASTWARD. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT  
AND SWITCH FROM THE NORTH TOWARD THE SOUTH 19-22Z. SKIES REMAIN SKC  
TO FEW THROUGHOUT TOMORROW AHEAD OF ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM  
THE WEST BRINGING MORE PRECIPITATION POST TAF PERIOD.  
 

 
   
FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
ND...NONE.  
MN...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
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AVIATION...SPENDER  
 
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