textproduct: Grand Forks

KEY MESSAGES

- Isolated strong thunderstorms may bring small hail and gusty winds to parts of eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota this evening.

- Much cooler, windier weather Thursday into the weekend.

..Cooler and breezy weekend into next week

Warm signal in the ECWMF EFI just for today and into Thursday morning, then flips over to cooler than climo temperatures. Nothing really impactful, but a break from head advisory conditions we saw yesterday. Low pressure over southern Canada will continue to bring a pretty tight pressure gradient through the end of the work week and into the weekend. Decent mixing up to 800 mb, but even the bullish BUFKIT soundings stay below wind advisory criteria. Breezy conditions look likely, but nothing warranting messaging at this point.

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY/

Issued at 634 PM CDT Wed Jun 10 2026

VFR conditions should prevail through this evening, with the main aviation impact related to a line of showers and thunderstorms tracking from eastern ND and northwest MN. Besides lightning, small hail (generally pea size) and gusty erratic winds would be the main risks. As the pattern shifts and much cooler air filters into the region aloft, the chance for MVFR stratus increases Thursday morning in north central MN, with scattered shower chances increasing during the afternoon (ending by sunset Thursday). Southwest winds increase again from the northwest Thursday during the daytime period, with a chance for gusts to 30kt in eastern ND (30%).

FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

ND...None. MN...None.