Strong Atmospheric River Bringing Heavy Rain to the Pacific Northwest; Areas of Snow in the North-Central and Eastern U.S.

A strong atmospheric river will bring prolonged heavy rainfall along with gusty winds to the Pacific Northwest through much of this week. The heavy rainfall may lead to widespread urban and river flooding. Accumulating snow is expected over parts of the central Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic today as well as the Upper Midwest and the Upper Great Lakes this evening into Tuesday. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Minot Air Force Base (KMIB)

Lat: 48.42°NLon: 101.35°WElev: 1667ft.

Mostly Cloudy

9°F

-13°C

Humidity	82%
Wind Speed	S 10 mph
Barometer	29.80 in (1014.4 mb)
Dewpoint	5°F (-15°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	-5°F (-21°C)
Last update	8 Dec 6:55 am CST

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Extended Forecast for

4 Miles WNW Des Lacs ND

High Wind Watch December 9, 09:00am until December 10, 03:00am

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High Wind Watch

Today
High: 35 °F
Chance Wintry
Mix and
Patchy Fog
then Patchy
Blowing Snow
Tonight
Low: 20 °F
Mostly Cloudy
then Freezing
Rain
Tuesday
High: 37 °F⇓
Windy.
Rain/Freezing
Rain then
Chance
Rain/Snow
Tuesday Night
Low: 0 °F
Slight Chance
Snow and
Windy then
Mostly Cloudy
and Blustery
Wednesday
High: 11 °F
Partly Sunny
Wednesday Night
Low: 0 °F
Snow Likely
Thursday
High: 14 °F
Slight Chance
Snow
Thursday Night
Low: -15 °F
Chance Snow
and Patchy
Blowing Snow
Friday
High: -6 °F
Patchy
Blowing Snow
and Blustery
then Partly
Sunny

Detailed Forecast

Today

A slight chance of snow before 8am, then a chance of snow and freezing rain between 8am and 11am. Patchy blowing snow between noon and 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 35. South wind 8 to 18 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tonight

Freezing rain, mainly after 4am. Low around 20. Southwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible.

Tuesday

Freezing rain before 7am, then rain between 7am and 3pm, then a chance of rain and snow after 3pm. Temperature rising to near 37 by noon, then falling to around 28 during the remainder of the day. Windy, with a southwest wind 14 to 24 mph becoming northwest 26 to 36 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tuesday Night

A 20 percent chance of snow before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 0. Windy, with a northwest wind 27 to 32 mph decreasing to 16 to 21 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph.

Wednesday

Partly sunny, with a high near 11. Northwest wind 7 to 14 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Wednesday Night

Snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 0. East wind 8 to 14 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday

A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 14. Northwest wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday Night

A chance of snow before midnight. Patchy blowing snow after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -15. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday

Patchy blowing snow before 8am. Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -6. Blustery, with a northwest wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -15. Northwest wind around 10 mph becoming east after midnight.

Saturday

A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near 3. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -9. East wind 10 to 13 mph becoming south in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Sunday

Partly sunny, with a high near 20. South wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.