750
FXUS63 KFGF 221212
AFDFGF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
712 AM CDT TUE SEP 22 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY, THEN ONCE MORE THIS WEEKEND.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 320 PM CDT MON SEP 21 2026
..SYNOPSIS
H5 UPPER LOW CONTINUES MOVING EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS AND INTO THE
MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA IS SEEING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AS A RESULT,
WITH ONLY SOME MID LEVEL CLOUD COVER IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON WILL REACH THE LOW TO MID 60S. FOR TONIGHT,
LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER 40S ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA, WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S IN PORTIONS OF
NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. SIMILAR CONDITIONS PREVAIL ON TUESDAY WITH
HIGHS IN THE 60S, PERHAPS APPROACHING 70 DEGREES IN THE NORTHERN RED
RIVER VALLEY. OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION ENTERS THE FORECAST
LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY, WITH ADDITIONAL RAIN CHANCES THIS
WEEKEND.
..FROST POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING
LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 30S TO
UPPER 30S, PRIMARILY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA (60 PERCENT CHANCE),
WITH A LOWER CHANCE (20 PERCENT) IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY
AND FAR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. RADIATIONAL COOLING IS EXPECTED TO
BE EFFICIENT AS WINDS GO NEARLY CALM TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. DEW
POINTS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S AS WELL, THUS
LIMITING THE FLOOR OF LOWER TEMPS. PATCHY GROUND FOG COULD FORM IN
COOLER SPOTS AROUND SUNRISE.
AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY/
ISSUED AT 709 AM CDT TUE SEP 22 2026
SOUTHEAST WIND IS SPREADING PATCHES OF STRATOCU NORTH-NORTHWEST
THRU EASTERN ND THIS EARLY MORNING. MEANWHILE SCATTERD IFR LOW
CLOUDS WITH PATCHY FOG FORMED AROUND CASS LAKE AND HAS SPREAD
NORTHWEST INTO BEMIDJI AREA WITH PATCHES ELSEWHERE IN MN LAKES
COUNTRY. OVERALL WILL EXPECT THE LOW CLOUDS AROUND BJI TO CLEAR
OUT MID MORNING, THEN MAINLY SUNNY REST OF THE DAY. SCATTERED
CLOUDS TODAY RRV AND E ND WITH POTENTIAL FOR BKN CLOUDS
3500-4500 FT AGL INTO DVL REGION TODAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS
INCREASING TO 10-20 KTS TODAY WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KTS IN E ND.
FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ND...NONE.
MN...FROST ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR MNZ006-009-016-
017-023-024.
DISCUSSION...LYNCH
AVIATION...RIDDLE
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