FIRST ALERT: Severe storms south possible Monday

SUNDAY EVENING – MONDAY MORNING: A low-pressure system brought scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms to the northern areas Sunday morning and afternoon. Temperatures also reached the 40s and 50s in most areas, with only a few 60s and 70s in the southern Valley. By early evening, any leftover rain will be out of the northern areas. There is a chance of an isolated thunderstorm in the southern Valley Sunday evening, so we’ll keep an eye on the risk. Otherwise, expect increasing clouds and temperatures in the 40s and 50s during the evening hours. Overnight into Monday morning, overcast skies will settle across our region. Morning lows will be in the 30s to low-40s.

FIRST ALERT MONDAY: After a cool morning, Monday will start the workweek on an active note. A low-pressure system will lift moisture and instability into the Northern Plains. As a result, rain showers will lift into the northern Valley and international border. The northern areas will see rain during the late morning and afternoon timeline. Meanwhile, Lakes Country may see a few isolated showers and storms. There is a Level 1 risk for severe weather in Lakes Country and the southern Valley. That means there is a chance of isolated severe storms producing large hail, damaging winds, and a few downpours. The timeline of the threat is in the early afternoon to late evening. Therefore, keep the VNL Weather App handy for the storm threat. The first round of moisture moves out before midnight. By that time, expect about 0.2 – 0.4″ of rain in some areas.

Besides the showers, the workweek will start with mostly cloudy skies. Afternoon highs will “only” reach the mid-40s up north and the 50s down south.

TUESDAY: Another round of showers will lift into the northern Valley early overnight into Tuesday morning. The precipitation will come down as a rain/snow mix. The bulk of the mix will be in northeast ND and the international border. The rain and mix will push out of our region early afternoon, leaving between 0.25″ to over 0.5″ of moisture in some areas. Of that amount, up to 1″ of snow is expected on grassy surfaces.

After the showers move out, we’re looking at a mostly cloudy, mild day. Morning lows will be in the upper-30s and afternoon highs will be in the 50s.

WEDNESDAY – THURSDAY: Towards the middle of the week, an upper-level ridge and warm front will drag warm air into our region. As a result, morning lows will be in the 40s and afternoon highs will be in the mid-to-upper-60s. Additionally, we’re looking at mostly sunny skies. Overall, this coming midweek will feel like late spring. Thursday night, however, rain showers may push into our region, ahead of our next weather maker.

FRIDAY – WEEKEND: On Friday, a complex low-pressure system will sweep into our region. It’s likely to bring wintry mix at times, which may cause a few impacts. Therefore, we’ll keep an eye on the upcoming system. Heading into the weekend, any leftover moisture will move out of our region, leaving partly to mostly sunny skies over the weekend. As for temperatures, Friday and the weekend will be on the cool side. Morning lows will be near-freezing and afternoon highs will be in the 40s.

FARGO 7-DAY FORECAST:

Monday: Breezy and cooler. Showers north. Chance thunderstorms south. Low: 40 High: 56

Tuesday: Partly cloudy. AM rain/mix north. Low: 38 High: 57

Wednesday: Sunny skies. Low: 41 High: 68

Thursday: Mostly sunny. Late PM isolated shower chance Low: 45 High: 67

Friday: Cooler with chance showers/mix. Low: 32 High: 45

Saturday: Cold morning. AM chance mix. Mostly cloudy. Low: 26 High: 43

Sunday: Mostly sunny. Breezy. Low: 28 High: 51

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