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Frost Advisory 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this frost advisory at May 16, 2026, 1:31 PM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at May 17, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2026, 1:31 PM CDT (18:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2026, 12:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 17, 2026, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
Counties Beltrami County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Roseau County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 441 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this frost advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this frost advisory went out at May 16, 12:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 16, 12:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 400 AM CDT Sat May 16 2026 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-170900- West Polk-Norman-Clay-Kittson-Roseau-Lake Of The Woods- West Marshall-East Marshall-North Beltrami-Pennington-Red Lake- East Polk-North Clearwater-South Beltrami-Mahnomen- South Clearwater-Hubbard-West Becker-East Becker-Wilkin- West Otter Tail-East Otter Tail-Wadena-Grant-Towner-Cavalier- Pembina-Benson-Ramsey-Eastern Walsh-Eddy-Nelson-Grand Forks- Griggs-Steele-Traill-Barnes-Cass-Ransom-Sargent-Richland- Western Walsh- 400 AM CDT Sat May 16 2026 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern North Dakota, west central and northwest Minnesota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Near critical fire weather conditions are forecast in southeast North Dakota into west-central Minnesota late this morning into the afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday There is a 2 out of 5 risk for a few elevated thunderstorms bringing a threat for one inch hail Sunday afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated today.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 16, 10:03 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 10:00 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 11 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.