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KEY MESSAGES

- Advisory level winds are expected Thursday across eastern North Dakota and the Red River valley behind a cold front passage.

- Best chance for widespread freezing temperatures will be Friday night.

..Freezing Temperatures Possible Friday Night

Guidance continues to bring colder air into the area following Thursday's cold front. Low temperatures Friday morning are expected to be in the lower 30s, but with lingering cloud cover. A better chance of upper 20s and low 30s will be Friday night into Saturday morning as cloud cover is expected to diminish by midday Friday.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY/

Issued at 1237 PM CDT Wed Oct 14 2026

MVFR conditions prevail at all sites this afternoon, with slow improvement expected late this evening and overnight. Stratus remains quite persistent in eastern North Dakota and much of western Minnesota, with signs of clearing across central North Dakota. Winds go light and variable this evening, then pick up out of the northwest during the late overnight hours and early Thursday morning. Wind gusts could approach 40 knots late in the TAF period.

FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

ND...Wind Advisory from 10 AM Thursday to 1 AM CDT Friday for NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-052-054. MN...Wind Advisory from 10 AM Thursday to 1 AM CDT Friday for MNZ001-004-007.

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