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KEY MESSAGES

- Wind chills tonight will drop into the -30 to -40 range again. This will be mainly in northeastern North Dakota, northwest and portions of west central Minnesota.

- Light snow and blowing snow may impact travel conditions Wednesday into Thursday. There is a 20 percent chance for advisory level impacts.

- Very cold conditions late this week will bring cold weather impacts to the region.

UPDATE

Issued at 953 PM CST Mon Jan 19 2026

Cold weather continues beneath clear skies. Air temperatures are below zero and will continue to fall overnight with limited wind and clear skies. Wind chills are expected to remain generally between -30 to -40, with the potential for lower in some colder spots.

UPDATE Issued at 650 PM CST Mon Jan 19 2026

The main story continues to be the cold this evening. Wind chills across the region range from -20 to -30 and will continue to fall this evening as clear skies facilitate very cold air temperatures. No other impacts are expected as any lingering HCRs will come to an end with sunset.

..More cold late week into the weekend

Ensembles continue to show a strong signal for cold as the end of the week arrives. Ensemble mean apparent temperatures are already lower than -40 across our north, and the NBM10 and NBM25 percentiles even get down to -50 or lower. Likely will need cold headlines during this period.

AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY/

Issued at 1126 PM CST Mon Jan 19 2026

Skies will remain VFR through the morning hours with generally light winds. Ceilings will begin to slowly fall from west to east through the early afternoon hours, eventually becoming at least MVFR for all TAF sites with isolated IFR ceilings. Snow may accompany this at FAR for a brief period, but the greatest probabilities for snow are south and west. Regardless of precipitation, predominant MVFR will linger through the end of the TAF period, with potentially some improvements to VFR but that may occur just after the TAF period ends.

FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

ND...Cold Weather Advisory until 10 AM CST Tuesday for NDZ006>008- 015-016-026-027-054. MN...Cold Weather Advisory until 10 AM CST Tuesday for MNZ001-002- 004>009-013>017-022>024-028-032.