textproduct: Grand Forks

KEY MESSAGES

- Drying out this evening with near to slightly above average temperatures through the next seven days.

..Rain ending and warm and dry pattern setting in

Band of light rain currently over west central MN is associated with some mid-level frontogenesis, and is expected to move east out of our area in the next three hours. Drier air setting in behind the band, and think northwesterly winds will keep any fog tonight at bay even with recent rainfall. Northwesterly flow aloft continues into the upcoming week, with probabilities of at least a 0.01 of rain near zero except for some 10 percents near Lake of the Woods towards the end of the week. ECWMF EFI shows a trend towards temps above seasonal averages, but nothing on the extreme end of climo at this point.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY/

Issued at 1225 PM CDT Sat Oct 3 2026

VFR conditions with mostly mid and high clouds. Some light rain showers moving through but so far have not impacted the TAF sites. There could be some at KFAR in the next few hours but uncertain if the current showers will hold together so left out for now and will amend a VCSH if needed. Winds have already started to shift around to the northwest at KDVL, and the winds will shift at the rest of the TAF sites later this afternoon as the surface trough moves through. Some gusts up to 20 or even 25 kts as the boundary first moves through, but winds will decrease to around 10 kts by sunset, remaining out of the northwest.

FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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