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KEY MESSAGES

- Light snow this evening into tonight. Warm temperatures Thursday into early next week. No impactful weather is expected.

..Synopsis

Ridging over the western US is keeping the Northern Plains in northwest flow, with weak waves propagating through. One such wave passed through this morning, providing light snow. Yet another wave will track through tonight, with our area under a weak WAA regime. This will drive light snow, but accumulations will be limited, only up to a few tenths of an inch. Winds will remain light, under 15 mph, so blowing snow is not a concern.

Ridging to our west only continues to build Wednesday into Thursday. Temperatures locally start to rise, as a surge of warmer air advects east. Highs on Thursday will rise above freezing area wide, with the NBM showing a tight clustering of temperatures from the mid 30s to low 40s area wide. This warm up does get interrupted by a cold front Thursday night into early Friday, but its short lived. Winds will pick up Thursday night as the bubble of CAA works through from north to south. However, the warm temperatures ahead of these stronger winds should aid the existing snowpack in crusting over. Therefore, blowing and drifting snow concerns should be mitigated.

As the main ridge axis over the west coast translates eastward this weekend, temperatures will warm again, with this general warming trend lasting into early next week. There are signs that this may be the start of a larger shift in the synoptic pattern. With troughing over the western US and ridging through the plains states, ensembles are hinting at southwest flow developing, which could open the door for more system(s) next week.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY/

Issued at 1128 AM CST Tue Feb 3 2026

MVFR stratus will spread from west to east today. Once MVFR ceilings set in, they will persist through most of the TAF period, with slight improvement to low end VFR at the end of the period. There will also be a period of light snow later this evening/overnight, which will lower visibilities into MVFR as well. Winds should remain under 12 knots, limiting impacts, but they will shift from a general southerly direction to a northerly direction tonight.

FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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

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