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KEY MESSAGES

- Much cooler, windier weather Thursday into the weekend.

UPDATE

Issued at 243 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026

Issued a Special Weather Statement on potential for funnels in the southern Red River Valley into northwest and west-central MN. This stems from a report received of rotation in clouds as a front with incipient updrafts amid relatively strong low level instability was moving through Fargo. Any updrafts near this frontal boundary would be liable to produce funnels through mid morning.

UPDATE Issued at 711 AM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026

Messaging was left the same from the dayshift. Clouds and showers will spread southeast over the area today...scattered to numerous in coverage with a few afternoon t-storms. Pea size hail possible with cooler air aloft.

..Cooler and breezy weekend into next week

Warm signal in the ECWMF EFI just for today and into Thursday morning, then flips over to cooler than climo temperatures. Nothing really impactful, but a break from head advisory conditions we saw yesterday. Low pressure over southern Canada will continue to bring a pretty tight pressure gradient through the end of the work week and into the weekend. Decent mixing up to 800 mb, but even the bullish BUFKIT soundings stay below wind advisory criteria. Breezy conditions look likely, but nothing warranting messaging at this point.

AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY/

Issued at 711 AM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026

Brief MVFR cigs into Devils Lake and northeast ND this morning but majority of the period to see clouds spread southeast and cloud base heights in the 4000 to 6000 ft agl range. West winds 10 to 20 kts gusts 25 kts especially in DVL basin.

FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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