Tracking Winter Weather and Frigid Temperatures Through This Weekend

A clipper storm will move across the Great Lakes through this weekend with periods of light snow, gusty winds, and lake effect snow bands which could make for hazardous travel at times. A frigid airmass will spread eastward behind this storm into the Midwest and Eastern U.S. through the weekend. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Oakes Municipal Airport (K2D5)

Lat: 46.17°NLon: 98.08°WElev: 1335ft.

Light Snow and Windy

0°F

-18°C

Humidity	78%
Wind Speed	N 30 G 36 mph
Barometer	30.05 in
Dewpoint	-6°F (-21°C)
Visibility	NA
Wind Chill	-26°F (-32°C)
Last update	17 Jan 12:55 am CST

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Extended Forecast for

Merricourt ND

Cold Weather Advisory January 17, 01:03am until January 17, 12:00pm

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Cold Weather Advisory

Cold Weather Advisory January 17, 01:03am until January 17, 12:00pm
NOW until 12:00pm Sat
Cold Weather Advisory
Overnight
Low: -4 °F
Mostly Cloudy
and Windy
Saturday
High: 12 °F
Partly Sunny
and Windy
Saturday Night
Low: 9 °F⇑
Chance Snow
and Patchy
Blowing Snow
Sunday
High: 22 °F
Very Windy.
Chance Snow
then Partly
Sunny
Sunday Night
Low: -3 °F
Areas Blowing
Snow and
Windy
M.L.King Day
High: 9 °F
Cold and
Blustery
Monday Night
Low: 0 °F
Partly Cloudy
Tuesday
High: 23 °F
Chance Snow

Detailed Forecast

Overnight

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -4. Wind chill values as low as -30. Windy, with a north wind around 32 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Saturday

Partly sunny, with a high near 12. Wind chill values as low as -30. Windy, with a northwest wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 39 mph.

Saturday Night

A chance of snow before 2am, then a chance of snow after 5am. Patchy blowing snow between 11pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 21 by 5am. Windy, with a west wind 10 to 20 mph becoming northwest 22 to 32 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday

A 30 percent chance of snow before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 22. Wind chill values as low as -20. Very windy, with a northwest wind 34 to 44 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph.

Sunday Night

Areas of blowing snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around -3. Windy, with a northwest wind 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph.

M.L.King Day

Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 9. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Monday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 0. West wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday

A chance of snow, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 23. Southwest wind 9 to 14 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Tuesday Night

A slight chance of snow before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. Northwest wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Wednesday

Partly sunny, with a high near 18. Blustery, with a northwest wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 1. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Thursday

Partly sunny, with a high near 15. West wind 10 to 14 mph.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -5. North wind 10 to 13 mph.

Friday

Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 5.