Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Walker, MN

UPDATE
Issued at 953 PM CST Tue Jan 13 2026

Skies remain partly to mostly cloudy this evening with temperatures falling across much of the region. Expect a quiet night with low temperatures below zero to the single digits with breezy conditions ongoing.

UPDATE Issued at 644 PM CST Tue Jan 13 2026

The cold front continues to advance southward this evening with areas behind the front already in the mid teens. Winds behind the front are generally sustained between 15-20 mph with gusts between 30-35 mph. As the front sags southward, this will expand southward with it. Limited impacts are expected overnight as this front sags southward with only cold temperatures behind it with lows in the single digits to below zero.

DISCUSSION
Issued at 110 PM CST Tue Jan 13 2026

Synopsis

The pattern remains transient as early week shortwaves give way to dominant western riding and northerly flow aloft with a more pronounced shortwave moving into Minnesota and the Great Lakes later this week. In the meantime a cold front is moving through the area tonight with winds gusting near 40 mph along the front.
Otherwise quiet weather in store until Thursday.

- Tonight

As the cold front pushes south out of Manitoba strong low level cold advection with winds of 40kts near the top of the boundary layer will support a few gusts over 40 mph through eastern ND and the Red River Valley this afternoon/evening. A few stray snow showers are possible in central and eastern ND but otherwise this front should be a dry one. Temps behind the front drop quickly from the current low to mid 30s (slightly above freezing) to the teens leading to some concern of a flash freeze for any area roadways that are still wet yet from the overnight rain where clouds have prevented efficient drying perhaps. Not currently seeing any impacts north of the international border where this temperature drop has already occurred nor could we issue any headlines for it should we notice said impacts but do want to message the potential in here.

- Thursday/Friday

The higher end scenarios which up until now have included the potential for widespread blizzard conditions seem to be becoming increasingly an outlier with 1-3" more likely over the course of the event (Thursday morning to Friday afternoon). With only 1 to maybe 2" falling prior to the Friday morning cold front there will likley will not be enough existing blowable snow to lead to widespread blizzard type conditions. Thus we check the potential for a falling snow driven blizzard with yet again this scenario likely coming up short of the areal coverage factor that we look for (>80%). Never the less with falling snow and winds of 20-30mph this will likley lead to advisory conditions ahead of the cold front for Thursday/Thursday night. Increased post frontal northerly winds Friday morning combined with precipitating HCR's leading to more widespread whiteout conditions (50-80% of the time). This would either be a very borderline blizzard type event from a coverage perspective similar to the Dec 4 2024 event. So could end up going either way with slam dunk sustained winds of 30-35mph at the minimum and maybe a 30-50% coverage factor from the HCR side of things.

Current guess would be an advisory if HCR's are more widely spaced or a winter storm warning after the cold front passage Friday morning if the HCR's are producing meaningful snow on their own/are more tightly packed together allowing for less recovery time in between whiteout periods for travelers.
Blizzard seems to only still be on the table pending enough snow accumulation prior to the cold front with a 30% chance or less for >2" prior to 12z Friday within and west of the Red River Valley where the strong winds should lead to the worst impacts.
Should also be noted that if the winds are the main impact and snow/blowing snow is minimal due to no precipitating HCR's/lack of thursday snowfall there is a scenario where a high wind warning is warranted for gusts in excess of 58 mph for more western areas (west of the Red River most likely) that see very little snow.

AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY/
Issued at 512 PM CST Tue Jan 13 2026

Aviation conditions will improve through the evening with all TAF sites eventually becoming VFR. Winds will diminish in intensity with frequency of gusts also diminishing overnight, but will remain sustained above 12 knots through the overnight hours. By 12z tomorrow, expect winds to diminish to below 12 knots for all TAF sites with only the occasional gust through the day to 15-20 knots.

FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
ND...None.
MN...None.