textproduct: Grand Forks

KEY MESSAGES

- Blowing snow will continue to linger in the southern Red River Valley, reducing visibility to 1/4 mile or less, particularly in open country.

- Freezing rain and accumulating snow may bring travel impacts Tuesday. The probability for advisory level impacts is 60 percent.

..Synopsis

Skies are clearing this afternoon across much of the region with the main cloud shield associated with the winter storm over the upper midwest still lingering in our southeastern zones. Winds will remain gusty for the next 12 hours, so blowing snow impacts may arise, particularly in the southern portions of the area where the freshest snowpack is. Impacts should greatly improve after 00z as gusts die down and sustained winds slowly diminish. Cold temperatures will be left in its wake with overnight lows falling below zero in some locations. We'll see another cold day tomorrow before we start to warm up with highs in the single digits to teens.

The upper flow pattern will feature an anomalously large ridge over the southwestern United States, bringing extreme heat to the southwest and putting us in northwesterly flow aloft. There will be a very fast moving shortwave that brings a nice swath of warm air advection snow across the area. Generally the QPF footprint is modest, generally a few tenths. The bulk of precipitation appears to be on the cold side of the thermal ridge so primarily snow will be the concern, although given the close proximity of it some freezing rain may mix in. This creates a roughly 60% chance for advisory impacts due to freezing rain and snow.

The ridge continues to build through the remainder of the week with the potential for temperatures to rise into the 60s by Friday before we get another shot of precipitation. Overall, expect a relatively quieter week with Tuesday being the main risk for weather impacts.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY/

Issued at 1226 PM CDT Sun Mar 15 2026

Conditions will gradually become VFR this afternoon with periodic reductions to MVFR due to blowing snow at FAR and GFK. Winds will remain gusty from the northwest through the end of the TAF period, however the magnitude will slowly die off after midnight. No other aviation impacts are anticipated at this time other than a low chance for MVFR ceilings at BJI after 00z.

FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

ND...Winter Weather Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for NDZ053. MN...Winter Weather Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for MNZ029- 030-040.