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KEY MESSAGES

- Dense fog may impact travel across portions of eastern North Dakota tonight.

- Several chances for wintry weather over the next week but confidence remains low beyond this weekend.

UPDATE

Issued at 1126 PM CST Sat Feb 7 2026

Fog becoming more common across northwest and north central North Dakota this evening with dense fog likely to become more prevalent along and west of a line from Devils Lake to Jamestown. Unsure if it will reach far enough into our area for a dense fog advisory to be warranted but wont rule it out just yet.

..Freezing Drizzle Remains Possible This Evening

Freezing drizzle chances are diminishing this afternoon as dry air continues to influence the near-surface layer across northwest Minnesota and the northern Red River Valley. The better dew point depressions are further west, from Devils Lake southeast to around Gwinner. This represents the baroclinic zone fairly well, with the better moisture expected to remain to our west and southwest this evening before expanding eastward during the late overnight hours. Once this occurs, we could see patchy fog and mist for many areas west of the Red River Valley.

AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY/

Issued at 1126 PM CST Sat Feb 7 2026

Conditions are variable from west to east with IFR in DVL and MVFR for GFK and TVF. Stronger southerly winds still are helping to keep clouds further north. BJI is just uncertain if it wants to be 3500 and VFR and 3000 and MVFR so the take the TAF with a grain of salt for that site. Aside from Bemidji things should temporarily worsen tonight for most before they get better after 18z Sunday. Fog expected to move into DVL with vis anywhere from 0.25 to 2sm at the lowest point. For TVF and GFK MVFR remaining until Sunday afternoon with FAR somewhere low VFR thresholds but currently models are suggesting it stays there and never actually dips to MVFR. This seems unlikely looking at widespread MVFR to the west but thats what we're going with.

FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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

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