Today’s video:
Observed rainfall over the past 24 hours is below…some localized very heavy rainfall noted across the southern half of ND and a good many locations across SD:
Several locations in the circled area across the southern half of MN are anticipated to see 1.0-3.0″…a few locations maybe even top 3.0″+ due to flash flooding risks especially south and east. Otherwise, we targeted scattered 0.25-0.75″ across eastern ND to northern MN, and isolated 0.25-0.50″ across western ND:
We’ve circle an area black where we favor the best risks for flash flooding and strong / severe risks tonight…damaging winds being the primary threat, isolated large hail and isolated tornadoes possible:
Rainfall guidance from Thursday night to Monday Monday is below that we favor right now…with storm clusters riding the top of the ridge continuing across the boundaries of ND/SD into south-central MN on par for 0.75-1.50″ (localized 2-3″ possible across the western Dakotas and south-central MN). Best threat for more coverage after today is Saturday…with more hit and miss activity Thursday-Friday.
Wind guidance over the next 4 days:
Extreme heat will clip southern parts of the area late week, where heat indices go over 100º. Here are the forecast heat indices the next 4 days. Notice the sharp gradient in the temperatures over the area!
North Dakota:
Crosby:
Jamestown:
Fargo / Grand Forks:
South Dakota:
Pierre:
Aberdeen:
Sioux Falls:
Minnesota:
Worthington:
Grand Rapids:
Minneapolis:
Rochester:
