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KEY MESSAGES

- Winds Thursday afternoon may reach advisory criteria over eastern North Dakota and the Red River valley behind a cold front passage.

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

UPDATE

Issued at 247 AM CDT Wed Oct 14 2026

MVFR cloud deck is slowly clearing southward thru SW Manitoba with clearing area headed toward Bottineau and meanwhile the west to east clearing that was moving into central ND has stalled. Therefore confidence is now high that clouds will hold in the western fcst area that was under a freeze warning. With temperatures staying well above 32F due to clouds and confidence high that it will remain so did cancel the freeze warning we had out.

..Temperatures Near Freezing Thursday and Friday Night

Cold air advection follows the Thursday/Friday system, bringing temperatures into the 20s and low 30s Thursday and Friday nights. We are still watching for a scenario with more cloud cover, which serves to maintain a slightly higher overnight low temp. It is also worth noting that winds remain somewhat elevated overnight, which could also play a role in keeping temperatures a bit warmer.

AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY/

Issued at 632 AM CDT Wed Oct 14 2026

Clouds likely to persist much of the day maybe into tonight. Cloud bases will run mostly 2000 to 3500 ft agl thru the period, with most sites between 2-3k ft. Winds northwest 4-8 kts this morning then more westerly and eventually south 4-8 kts tonight.

FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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