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KEY MESSAGES
- There is a 1 of 5 risk for severe storms this evening and overnight across northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota.
- Heat impacts continue across portions of the area through today.
- Wildfire smoke continues to affect air quality.
..Air Quality
As winds become southerly and then westerly overnight, smoke should move out of the area. That said, forecasting where wildfire smoke will go is pretty difficult, and as the flow turns from the north tomorrow, smoke could return, although not sure how impactful it would be if it does.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY/
Issued at 625 PM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026
The main aviation impact this evening will be a complex of showers and thunderstorms developing around or near MOT and progressing east-southeastward. The greatest chances for terminal impacts will be at DVL, with potential continued impacts to GFK/TVF/BJI depending on how far east they get before diminishing.
Thereafter, winds will shift to northwesterly with the potential for MVFR ceilings to arise at DVL. This should improve after sunrise as mixing increases, giving way to VFR conditions and persistent northwesterly winds through the end of the TAF period.
FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ND...Heat Advisory until 10 PM CDT this evening for NDZ024-026>030- 038-039-049-052-053. MN...Heat Advisory until 10 PM CDT this evening for MNZ001>003-029.
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