textproduct: Grand Forks

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KEY MESSAGES

- Wildfire smoke continues to affect air quality.

..Air Quality

As winds become southerly and then westerly overnight, smoke should move out of the area. That said, forecasting where wildfire smoke will go is pretty difficult, and as the flow turns from the north tomorrow, smoke could return, although not sure how impactful it would be if it does.

AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY/

Issued at 1118 PM CDT Thu Jul 16 2026

Overall, the main aviation impacts will be between the 08z-15z timeframe wherein lower cloud bases between 1500-4000 ft may arise in eastern North Dakota. Cloud coverage may be enough to create MVFR ceilings at DVL and this has been a persistent signal so it was added to this routine TAF issuance. Conditions improve through the day after sunrise, eventually becoming VFR with mostly northwesterly winds as a front sweeps through the region. Gusts will peak around 20-30 knots in the afternoon, diminishing close to sunset late in the TAF period.

FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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

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