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West Fargo, North Dakota 7 Day Weather Forecast
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NWS Forecast for West Fargo ND
National Weather Service Forecast for:
West Fargo ND
Issued by: National Weather Service Grand Forks, ND |
| Updated: 12:49 pm CDT May 9, 2025 |
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This
Afternoon
Smoke and
Breezy
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Tonight
Mostly Clear
and Breezy
then Partly
Cloudy
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Saturday
Mostly Sunny
then Sunny
and Breezy
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Saturday
Night
Mostly Clear
and Breezy
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Sunday
Hot and Windy
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Sunday
Night
Mostly Clear
and Breezy
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Monday
Hot and Windy
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Monday
Night
Partly Cloudy
and Breezy
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Tuesday
Hot and
Breezy
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| Hi 80 °F |
Lo 44 °F |
Hi 79 °F |
Lo 61 °F |
Hi 91 °F |
Lo 67 °F |
Hi 90 °F |
Lo 65 °F |
Hi 90 °F |
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Fire Weather Watch
Hazardous Weather Outlook
This Afternoon
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Widespread smoke. Sunny, with a high near 80. Breezy, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. |
Tonight
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Mostly clear, with a low around 44. Breezy, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 7 to 12 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. |
Saturday
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Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. |
Saturday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. |
Sunday
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Sunny and hot, with a high near 91. Windy, with a south southwest wind 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph. |
Sunday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 67. Breezy, with a south wind 23 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. |
Monday
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Sunny and hot, with a high near 90. Windy, with a south wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. |
Monday Night
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Breezy, with a south wind 21 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. |
Tuesday
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Sunny and hot, with a high near 90. Breezy, with a south wind 20 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. |
Tuesday Night
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A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. |
Wednesday
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A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Breezy, with a southeast wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. |
Wednesday Night
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Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. |
Thursday
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A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 22 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. |
Forecast from NOAA-NWS
for West Fargo ND.
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Weather Forecast Discussion
746
FXUS63 KFGF 091815
AFDFGF
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
115 PM CDT Fri May 9 2025
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Near critical fire weather conditions today eastern North Dakota
and all of northwest and west central Minnesota.
- Near critical to critical fire weather conditions possible
Saturday. Critical fire weather conditions anticipated for all areas
Sunday. A fire weather watch is in effect.
&&
.UPDATE...
Issued at 115 PM CDT Fri May 9 2025
Showers/sprinkles pushing through west central MN will move out
of the forecast area shortly. Not much impact with minimal
amounts reaching the ground. Breezy north winds behind the
front, think they will continue to gust up to around 30 mph in
some spots through this afternoon and then drop down this
evening. Still getting some reports of smoke or lowers vis
across portions of the Devils Lake and Sheyenne Basins, so will
keep the mention going in the grids.
UPDATE
Issued at 950 AM CDT Fri May 9 2025
Cold front and a few light showers right behind it has
progressed to a Lisbon to Bemidji line. Made a few minor tweaks
to POPs to match current trends. There is also a band of fairly
thick smoke behind the frontal boundary across northeastern ND
and northwest MN. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency thinks
the smoke impacts should be short lived and only a few hours,
so have messaged the smoke on social media and an email to
partners instead of AQA product.
UPDATE
Issued at 702 AM CDT Fri May 9 2025
A few light showers did form along the front around 5 am, more
sprinkle showers than anything. Front and light showers are from
near Baudette to Crookston to about Mayville to Jamestown at 12z
and moving southeast. Did insert a narrow band of isold rw- for
this morning along the front as it moves southeast.
Observations and Air quality info indicate an area of surface
smoke over southern Manitoba....exited Dauphin but moved into
Winnipeg at 6 am. May well move thru NE ND and NW MN this
morning. Largest fires are in the The Pas area and Swan River MB
vcnty.
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.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 341 AM CDT Fri May 9 2025
...Synopsis...
Focus will be fire weather concerns today through Sunday.
Especially focused on Sunday as that is when the highest winds
align with the lowest relative humidity values.
Today, a cold front will is moving southeast and will be near a
Roseau to Grand Forks to Jamestown line at 12z and then push
southeast out of west central MN by 18z. There is a band of mid
clods near the front. Earlier showers along it have dissipated
but will watch for any shower development has it moves
southeast. Moisture is limited to the 700-600 mb layer.
Gusty north-northwest winds behind the front today in the 15-25
mph range, strongest in the Red River valley. Dry airmass behind
the front combined with shifting winds will bring near critical
fire weather conditions with lowest RH values in the 20 to 25
percent range.
Winds turn south to southeast Saturday morning and southerly
increasing to 20 to 30 mph Saturday afternoon focused in
northeast ND and the northern Red River valley. Will need to
watch RH values again but forecasts would indicate another day
of near critical fire weather conditions.
A 850 mb warm front will be located along the US/Canada border
Saturday and there has been signals from the short term and
global models of a 20-30 percent chance for a few showers or a
t-storm along the border and especially north on Saturday. Did
keep in low pops right along the border. Otherwise dry Saturday.
Sunday will see very warm to hot airmass spread over the area
along with south winds 20 to 30 mph gusts to 45 mph within the
RRV. Highs will reach near record values with highs in the upper
80s to mid 90s, warmest in the northern RRV. These temps and
winds will bring likely critical fire weather conditions to all
areas.
Similar conditions may continue into Monday.
For Tuesday-Wednesday period... ensemble data and trends support
a more westward and slower moving upper low into Montana
Wednesday as noted by the 00z ECMWF vs farther east. This would
keep our area in the heat and wind on Tuesday once again
whereas operational 00z GFS wants to break out some convection
thru central into NE ND Tues aftn, vs dry ECMWF. Based on
potential ridging along to our east I would side 70 pct chance
in favor of ECMWF slower and western idea. This slower ECMWF
idea will even keep most of Wednesday daytime dry but as sfc low
tracks north thru western ND Wed aft/eve a front will move thru
Wed night giving a chance for t-storms. Upper low moves east-
northeast into S Manitoba Thursday with continued chances for
rain but cooler temperatures.
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.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/...
Issued at 115 PM CDT Fri May 9 2025
Ceilings are all VFR, but some smoke is causing IFR conditions
at KDVL and KGFK. KGFK has already started improving in
visibility back up to MVFR, so should see all conditions
returning to VFR by this evening. Winds that are gusting above
20 kts at some locations will begin to drop this evening, then
shift back around to the east and then southeast by tomorrow
morning. ND airports could be picking up on wind speed from the
southeast with gusts to around 20 kts returning by the end of
the period.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
Issued at 341 AM CDT Fri May 9 2025
Coordination with all nearby offices yielded an area wide near
critical fire wx condition wording, SPS for MN and in HWO for
eastern ND. Mainly due to lowest RH 20-25 pct along with cold
front moving thru and shifting winds from south to north.
Fire weather watch parts of NW MN Saturday, but otherwise looks
like another near critical day as south winds return 15 to 25
mph over NE ND/nrn RRV and RH drops to 20-25 pct.
Sunday is a day where strong south winds with gusts 35-45 mph
combine with very warm to hot temperatures in the upper 80s to
mid 90s to bring low RH values into the teens to low 20s. Fire
weather watch all areas Sunday for likely critical conditions.
Similar conditions may exist on Monday as well.
&&
.CLIMATE...
Issued at 623 PM CDT Thu May 8 2025
Record High Temperatures:
May 11 (Sunday):
Grand Forks NWS/UND: 95/1906 KGFK: 88/1977
KFAR: 93/1906
KPKD: 87/1900
KBDE: 83/1991
May 12 (Monday):
KPKD: 89/1906
KBDE: 85/1991
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.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...Fire Weather Watch from Sunday morning through Sunday evening
for NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-049-052>054.
MN...Fire Weather Watch from Sunday morning through Sunday evening
for MNZ001>003-007-013>017-022>024-027>032-040.
Fire Weather Watch from Saturday morning through Sunday
evening for MNZ004>006-008-009.
&&
$$
UPDATE...Riddle/JR
DISCUSSION...Riddle
AVIATION...Riddle
FIRE WEATHER...Riddle/TT
CLIMATE...Riddle/TT
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