Lower Scan Implemented At KMBX (Minot North Dakota WSR-88D)

Heavy Rain From the Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Wave Begins This Weekend

Strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rain will impact portions of the central Plains into the Upper Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic through the weekend. A stretch of unusually hot and humid weather is expected across portions of the central U.S. and the Southeast beginning this weekend and continuing through next week. The heat may reach dangerous levels, particularly mid to late next week. Read More >

On Wednesday, July 31, 2019 technicians upgraded the software at the Doppler Radar site located near Minot. This upgrade adds a lower surveillance scan at 0.3 degrees. Previously the lowest scan had been 0.5 degrees. The change will improve weather radar coverage across the entire area served by this radar. This was already evidenced by National Weather Service Forecasters during the severe weather that occurred in the northern part of the state on Thursday.