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KEY MESSAGES

- Another round of light wintry mix will move in tonight. This will bring a light glaze of ice in portions of northwest and west central Minnesota, and a winter weather advisory is in effect.

- A stronger system could bring additional impacts late this week into the weekend. There is a 50 percent chance for advisory impacts.

..Precipitation chances late week and into the weekend

There is decent agreement with the ensemble members in southwesterly flow with a lead shortwave moving through late week, then the main trough Friday into Saturday. Cluster analysis has some very minor differences in timing and amplification of the trough, but overall have a pretty wet signal. The main question will be the exact track and how cold temperatures will be. Probabilities of over 2 inches of snow are 50 to 60 percent in some areas, so at least advisory level impacts look pretty good but pWSSI only has around 10 percent chance for warning level snow. Will continue to monitor closely as any shift in the track of the system will bring a change to what we expect.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY/

Issued at 1240 PM CDT Mon Mar 30 2026

VFR conditions for all TAF sites except KDVL, which has already gone down to MVFR. More widespread MVFR stratus and even IFR in a few places will spread through the rest of the airports tonight as cold air moves in from the north. A few spots late tonight could get a mix of rain, freezing rain, or snow. Best chances for this will be at the MN TAF sites, so included a Prob30 there for now and will leave out of the ND side for the moment. Winds will shift from the east and northeast at 15 to 20 kts around more to the northeast/due north later tonight, then eventually northwest. By the end of the period, northwesterly winds will be picking back up with gusts over 20 kts.

FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

ND...None. MN...Winter Weather Advisory from 7 PM this evening to 1 PM CDT Tuesday for MNZ005-006-008-009. Winter Weather Advisory from 1 AM to 1 PM CDT Tuesday for MNZ016-017-024.

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