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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

Minot Air Force Base (KMIB)

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

Light Snow Blowing Snow and Windy

7°F

-14°C

Humidity 76%
Wind Speed N 28 mph
Barometer 29.83 in (1013.1 mb)
Dewpoint 1°F (-17°C)
Visibility 3.00 mi
Wind Chill-16°F (-27°C)
Last update 16 Jan 6:55 am CST
Extended Forecast for

Maxbass ND

Wind Advisory January 16, 07:13am until January 16, 06:00pm
Winter Weather Advisory January 16, 07:13am until January 16, 03:00pm
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Wind Advisory
Winter Weather Advisory
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    Wind Advisory January 16, 07:13am until January 16, 06:00pm
    Winter Weather Advisory January 16, 07:13am until January 16, 03:00pm

    NOW: Multiple hazards in effect

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  • Today

    High: 5 °F

    Snow Likely
    and Areas
    Blowing Snow

  • Tonight

    Tonight: A 20 percent chance of snow before 10pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around -12. Wind chill values as low as -30. Blustery, with a northwest wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

    Low: -12 °F

    Blustery.
    Slight Chance
    Snow then
    Mostly Cloudy

  • Saturday

    Saturday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 17. Wind chill values as low as -30. Northwest wind 10 to 16 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

    High: 17 °F

    Increasing
    Clouds

  • Saturday Night

    Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow. Patchy blowing snow after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 2. Blustery, with a south wind 11 to 16 mph becoming northwest 18 to 23 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.

    Low: 2 °F

    Chance Snow
    and Patchy
    Blowing Snow

  • Sunday

    Sunday: Patchy blowing snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 17. Windy, with a northwest wind 21 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph.

    High: 17 °F

    Patchy
    Blowing Snow
    and Windy

  • Sunday Night

    Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -7. Northwest wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

    Low: -7 °F

    Partly Cloudy

  • M.L.King Day

    M.L.King Day: Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 4. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

    High: 4 °F

    Cold

  • Monday Night

    Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -6. West wind 6 to 8 mph.

    Low: -6 °F

    Mostly Cloudy

Detailed Forecast

Today
Snow likely, mainly before 10am. Areas of blowing snow before 10am. Cloudy and cold, with a steady temperature around 5. Wind chill values as low as -20. Windy, with a northwest wind 29 to 32 mph, with gusts as high as 48 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of snow before 10pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around -12. Wind chill values as low as -30. Blustery, with a northwest wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.
Saturday
Increasing clouds, with a high near 17. Wind chill values as low as -30. Northwest wind 10 to 16 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Saturday Night
A 40 percent chance of snow. Patchy blowing snow after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 2. Blustery, with a south wind 11 to 16 mph becoming northwest 18 to 23 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.
Sunday
Patchy blowing snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 17. Windy, with a northwest wind 21 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around -7. Northwest wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
M.L.King Day
Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 4. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around -6. West wind 6 to 8 mph.
Tuesday
A slight chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 16. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6. Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Wednesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 13. Northwest wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around -4. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Thursday
Partly sunny, with a high near 11. West wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
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ABOUT THIS FORECAST

 
Point Forecast:
Maxbass ND
 48.73°N 101.14°W
Last Update:
6:36 am CST Jan 16, 2026
Forecast Valid:
7am CST Jan 16, 2026-6pm CST Jan 22, 2026
 
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