Scattered Severe Thunderstorms Across the Northern Plains; Fire Weather Concerns in the Western U.S.

Scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast across central and eastern North Dakota, as well as far northwest Minnesota Saturday (Slight Risk level 2 of 5). Damaging wind gusts are the primary threat. Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will persist through the weekend across the Western U.S. Isolated dry thunderstorms could lead to new fire starts over portions of the northern Rockies. Read More >

Automatically generated image showing areas of 0-6km vertical shear.


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Shear (0-6Km)

The 0-6 km shear vector. Values generally greater than 40 knots are supportive of supercells, although in high instability environments this can be as low as 30 knots.

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Scattered Severe Thunderstorms Across the Northern Plains; Fire Weather Concerns in the Western U.S.

Convective Parameters Shear - 0-6km