Minot Radar Maintenance through Late Saturday, June 13th

Extreme Fire Weather Concerns for the Western U.S.; Severe Weather and Flooding Threats for the Central U.S.

Extremely critical fire weather conditions are expected to develop across the Great Basin and Southwest today, and exceptionally dry and windy conditions will promote rapid wildfire spread through the weekend. Scattered severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are possible across parts of the Ozark Plateau into lower Ohio Valley and parts of the northern Rockies into adjacent Great Plains. Read More >

...THE MINOT WEATHER RADAR IS DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE UNTIL LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 13th... The Minot Doppler radar, KMBX will be down for planned maintenance until late Saturday afternoon, June 13th. The maintenance being done includes installation of new hardware, and removal of obsolete hardware that will allow for a new design to improve radar data quality. While the Minot radar is out of service the following surrounding radars can be used: KBIS at Bismarck, KMVX at Mayville, and KGGW at Glasgow, Montana.