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KEY MESSAGES

- Another round of rain will occur tonight into Wednesday across far southeast North Dakota and west central Minnesota. Additional rainfall totals of generally up to 1 inch are forecast.

..Rain Tonight into Wednesday

As the previously mentioned surface and upper low track to the north and east from the Central Plains this afternoon towards Lake Superior by early Thursday. As it does so, rain will develop over the Upper Midwest. The western edge of this systems deformation band will impact far southeastern ND into west central MN. The northwestern edge of the precipitation shield will have a quite tight gradient in rainfall totals. This western edge looks to extend from near Gwinner to near Fargo to the Red Lakes and Baudette. Small shifts in the systems track will lead to locations along this line receiving little (a tenth or two) of rain or more significant values (half inch or so). Locations in west central MN, where the deformation band will have a residence time of up to 24 hours, will see the highest rainfall totals. Rainfall totals of up to 1 inch (locally higher) are forecasted in our southeastern tier of counties.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY/

Issued at 1138 AM CST Tue Nov 3 2026

LIFR and IFR will remain predominate throughout today at most terminals. Exceptions to this include KGFK and KDVL, where IFR/LIFR early in the afternoon should give way to MVFR for several hours mid to late this afternoon. A stiff northerly wind will continue, with gusts around 30 knots during the afternoon, strongest early in the TAF period. Overnight, ceilings will tumble back into IFR/LIFR. Northerly winds will remain elevated, but gusts will drop off. Ceilings will be slow to budge Wednesday morning, but by the very end of the TAF period MVFR will start to filter in from west to east. A few pockets of fog cannot be ruled out, especially around KDVL, but predictability in this occurring is low. Winds Wednesday morning will re-obtain their gusts as well, albeit slowly lower then today (just under 30 knots).

FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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

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