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KEY MESSAGES

- Wind chills tonight will drop into the -30 to -40 range again. This will be mainly in northeastern North Dakota, northwest and portions of west central Minnesota.

- Light snow and blowing snow may impact travel conditions Wednesday into Thursday. There is a 20 percent chance for advisory level impacts.

- Very cold conditions late this week will bring cold weather impacts to the region.

..More cold late week into the weekend

Ensembles continue to show a strong signal for cold as the end of the week arrives. Ensemble mean apparent temperatures are already lower than -40 across our north, and the NBM10 and NBM25 percentiles even get down to -50 or lower. Likely will need cold headlines during this period.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY/

Issued at 1205 PM CST Mon Jan 19 2026

VFR conditions at most of the TAF sites, although KBJI has been going in and out of MVFR. Some lower clouds and flurries at the MN airports for a time this afternoon, then all sites should be VFR after 00Z. Northwest winds around 10 to 15 kts will shift around to the west then southwest by the end of the period.

FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

ND...Cold Weather Advisory from 9 PM this evening to 10 AM CST Tuesday for NDZ006>008-015-016-026-027-054. MN...Cold Weather Advisory from 9 PM this evening to 10 AM CST Tuesday for MNZ001-002-004-007. Cold Weather Advisory until 10 AM CST Tuesday for MNZ005-006- 008-009-013>017-022>024-028-032.