Government agencies count on volunteer weather observers to collect an accurate picture of conditions across the region. But retirements have cut the network reporting to the Grand Forks office nearly in half.
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A red flag warning is in effect for most of central and southern Minnesota through Tuesday. The combination of dry conditions, low humidity, strong winds, and high temperatures makes wildfires more likely and means they will spread quickly where they do occur.
The Weather Service office in Grand Forks says a storm is set to form in the Colorado Rockies this weekend that could blow through parts of North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota, leaving accumulating snowfall on the ground.
The National Weather Service says very dry and windy weather will create elevated to critical fire weather conditions across parts of Minnesota. The southern two-thirds of the state is under the most serious wildfire warning. Separately, frost is possible across much of the state Monday night.
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The National Weather Service in the Dakotas and Minnesota says it's sticking with the "extreme cold" warnings that it tested last winter. Meteorologists say the winter weather can be dangerously cold even without wind. Forecasters will issue the warning when the temperature could feel like 30 below or colder.