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KEY MESSAGES

- Scattered showers this evening with gusts up to 40mph.

- slightly cooler and drier Wed/Thur before warmer temps and rain chances return for the weekend.

..Isolated Severe Thunderstorms This Evening

Showers and thunderstorms are moving across northwest Minnesota this afternoon, most being very light. This is in response to an upper low and H5 trough extending into northwest Minnesota, in the presence of modest instability and peak daytime heating. At this time, the best forcing remains east of the area; however, there is just enough forcing, along small lobes of higher vorticity that are moving along the flow to the south of the main H5 low, to allow a mention of isolated strong to severe storms this afternoon. Best chances will extend southward along and east of a line from Lake of the Woods to about Wadena, MN. The primary concern will be hail up to 1 inch in diameter, with a lower chance for damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph.

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY/

Issued at 632 PM CDT Tue Aug 25 2026

Mostly VFR this evening pockets of MVFR cumulus and occasional thundershowers around GFK, TVF, and BJI through midnight. Cells have been gusting anywhere from 25-35kts but remain brief in their impacts. Skies slowly clearing overnight except in the east where BJI will fall to MVFR and potentially IFR in the morning before recovering for the afternoon. Some SCT MVFR to VFR cumulus again tomorrow with winds remaining NW at 10-15kts and gusts near 20kts so slightly more calm than today.

FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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