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KEY MESSAGES

- Our next chance for precipitation will be Wednesday night into Thursday, then Saturday into Sunday.

..Synopsis

Low to mid level stratus has been persistent through much of the day in the Devils Lake area, but will gradually diminish heading into the overnight period. The remainder of eastern North Dakota and northwest and west central Minnesota is experiencing mostly clear skies and temperatures in the 60s. South to southeast winds are expected to continue this evening and into the overnight hours as our next shortwave approaches the region. This will bring rain chances into much of the area late Wednesday into Thursday. Slightly warmer temperatures follow on Thursday and Friday as highs reach into the upper 60s to lower 70s. Additional rain chances return on Saturday and Sunday, along with continued high temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s.

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY/

Issued at 626 PM CDT Tue Sep 22 2026

Stratocumulus has been lingering over central ND and near KDVL but trends have been towards prevailing VFR conditions over the last few hours and this should continue through the evening. Generally clear skies have developed across the rest of eastern ND and northwest MN and VFR should prevail at least through 12Z Wednesday morning. Chances for MVFR stratus increases as the next low pressure system approaches the region with the best chance for sub-VFR conditions at KDVL during this TAF period Wednesday (still a 30% in eastern ND towards KGFK and KFAR before 00Z). Rain chances increase during the late afternoon Wednesday in central ND and spread east through the evening hours (after this TAF period).

Southeast this evening should generally decrease below 12kt within a few hours of sunset/loss of daytime mixing for most locations, but should increase again Wednesday as surface gradient increases. The best chance for 30kt wind gusts Wednesday will be at KGFK and KFAR during the mid to late afternoon period, dependent on mixing/cloud cover. More cloud cover would lower the chance for those gusts, though breezy conditions would still be expected.

FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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

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