textproduct: Grand Forks

KEY MESSAGES

- Low chance for fire weather impacts Friday into this weekend.

..Synopsis

Surface analysis this afternoon shows a surface low working its way away from our area, diminishing the pressure gradient and thus allowing for winds to diminish. Afternoon cumulus has developed but will remain benign as dewpoints remain fairly dry. This will diminish after sunset with winds becoming more light and variable.

The remainder of the week will be mostly rinse and repeat with temperatures in the 40s and 50s with generally light winds and dry conditions. Temperatures look to increase this weekend, which should cause relative humidity values to become lower. However, there is no strong signal for wind and green up is ongoing, so the probability for critical fire conditions is low. Having said that, near critical fire weather conditions may arise with minimum RH values around 20%, even without wind. Regardless, this remains the only weather impact for the forecast period.

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY/

Issued at 624 PM CDT Tue Apr 28 2026

VFR conditions are expected to prevail through the TAF period across eastern ND and northwest MN, with periods of 5-10 kft agl stratocumulus through the TAF period. Northwest winds should become light (5kt or less) and more variable after sunset as surface high pressure is in place. As daytime mixing increases northwest winds should increase again back to 12-15kt Wednesday, with periodic gusts to 20kt. The strongest winds within the mixed layer are below 25kt across the region Wednesday, so gusts 30kt+ are not expected at KGFK.

FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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