UPDATE AT 12:30 AM on 12/28/25:
REGION – Ahead of the predicted winter weather Sunday, the National Weather Service has upgraded the Winter Weather Advisory to a Blizzard Warning for the Red River Valley east into Minnesota.
The weather service says blizzard conditions are expected in the Red River Valley into western Minnesota. Total snow accumulations will range between three- and five-inches Sunday, with ice accumulating to a light glaze. The weather service also says winds could gust as high as 50 miles per hour in parts of the region.
As a precaution, travel is only recommended in emergencies, and those who must travel are reminded to have a winter survival kit.
As of 12:30 a.m. Sunday, much of the state is under a Travel Alert, with the western part of the state experiencing blowing snow and freezing rain falling in the eastern part of the state.
ORIGINAL STORY:
REGION – Much of the region is preparing for winter weather conditions come Sunday.
The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Grand Forks has placed the Red River Valley into Minnesota in a Winter Storm Watch beginning at 3 a.m. Sunday and lasting until 6 a.m. Monday. This includes the Fargo-Moorhead metro area.
“Some areas could experience near blizzard conditions later Saturday,” Flag Family Chief Meteorologist Dean Wysocki said Saturday evening.
The NWS’ latest update calls for winter impacts with accumulating snow greater than two inches, and blowing snow leading to widespread travel impacts, possible on Sunday.
The NWS said if more than two inches falls in the Red River Valley, blizzard conditions ‘are likely to develop by Sunday afternoon.’ Fargo has a 68 percent chance of eclipsing two inches or more. Areas to the north and east of Fargo-Moorhead have a greater chance of exceeding two inches., including Grand Forks (77 percent), Thief River Falls (79 percent) and Fosston (86 percent).
