CSi Weather…

…WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST/11 AM MST/FRIDAY… JAMESTOWN, VALLEY CITY

WHAT…Life threatening wind chills. Wind chills as low as 60
below zero.

* WHERE…Northwest and most of central North Dakota. Portions of northeast and southeast North Dakota

* IMPACTS…Hypothermia. Frostbite in as little as 5 minutes. If
you are caught stranded outside your life will be in danger.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

Avoid outside activities if possible. When outside, make sure you
wear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves.

 

Forecast…

 

.TONIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 30 below. West winds around

5 mph shifting to the south after midnight. Wind chills around

50 below.

.FRIDAY…Increasing clouds. Patchy blowing and drifting snow in

the afternoon. Not as cold. Highs around 15. Southeast winds

10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Lowest

wind chills around 50 below in the morning.

FRIDAY NIGHT…Mostly cloudy. Patchy blowing and drifting snow.

Lows zero to 5 above. Windy. South winds 20 to 30 mph. Lowest

wind chill readings 20 below to 25 below zero in the evening.

.SATURDAY…Mostly sunny. Patchy blowing and drifting snow

through the day. Highs in the lower 20s. West winds 15 to 20 mph

with gusts to around 40 mph.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Patchy blowing and drifting snow

through the night. Lows around 15 below.

.SUNDAY…Sunny. Highs near zero.

.SUNDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows around 15 below.

.MONDAY…Sunny. Highs 5 to 10 above.

.MONDAY NIGHT…Mostly clear. Lows around 5 below.

.TUESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…Partly cloudy. Lows 5 to 10 above.

.WEDNESDAY…Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.

 

Temperatures above zero on Friday,

With this warmup comes a chance for snow as a progressive clipper moves through, although the bulk of precipitation is expected to stay north of the International Border, starting in the morning in parts of western North Dakota and expanding across much of the area during the afternoon, and ending overnight. Chances are limited to areas along and north of Interstate 94, with only light accumulations expected, except for in the north central where locations could see 1 to 2 inches of new snow.

Colder air again moves in on Saturday, with highs on Saturday occurring early in the day.  Air temperatures Saturday night from 20 below to 10 below, and wind chills as low as 40 below in northern North Dakota.

A gradual warmup across the area through the first few days of the week, before temperatures level off.

The forecast  looks dry from Sunday through midweek.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Dangerously cold temperatures enveloping North Dakota have pushed wind chill readings down to minus 59 degrees in at least one city early Thursday. According to the National Weather Service, Bowbells, the county seat of Burke County in northwestern North Dakota, recorded that wind chill temperature while Mandan was at minus 45 and Bismarck at 41 below zero. The arctic air surged into the Northern Plains on the heels of an Alberta clipper weather system that moved out of the Northern Rockies earlier this week. The weather service issued a wind chill warning for the entire state of North Dakota until noon Central Standard Time on Friday.

 

The North Dakota Department of Health dashboard is updated daily by 11 am and includes cases reported through the previous day. The investigations are ongoing and information on the website is likely to change as cases are investigated. The information contained in this dashboard is the most up to date and will be different than previous news releases. This dashboard supersedes information from previous news releases or social media postings.

Check out our other dashboards: The COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard, NDUS Dashboard.

 

COVID-19 Stats

Thurs. Jan. 6, 2022

10:15 -a.m.

Barnes

New Positives: 14

Total Positives: 2275

Active: 33

Recovered: 2164

Breakthrough Incidents Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 477

 

Stutsman

New Positives: 28

Total Positives: 5267

Active: 68

Recovered: 5024

Breakthrough Incidents Per 10K Fully Vaccinated Individuals: 498

 

 

 

CVHD COVID-19 Testing Clinics

Friday, January 7 @ 11:00AM – 1:00PM

Monday, January 10 @ 9:00 – 11:30AM

Friday, January 14 @ 11:00AM – 1:00PM

Thursday, January 20 @ 1:00 – 3:00PM

Thursday, January 20 @ 3:00 – 4:00PM  –  *PEDIATRIC ONLY must be ages 5 – 11

Friday, January 21 @ 11:00AM – 1:00PM

Monday, January 24 @ 9:00 – 11:30AM

Thursday, January 27 @ 1:00 – 3:00PM

Thursday, January 27 @ 3:00 – 4:00PM  –  *PEDIATRIC ONLY must be ages 5 – 11

Friday, January 28 @ 11:00AM – 1:00PM

Monday, January 31 @ 9:00 – 11:30AM

Pop-Up COVID-19 Community Vaccination Clinics

Events hosted by the North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH).  Vaccine availability may vary see registration link below for more information.

Various Upcoming Dates:

Event Location: Buffalo Mall and S&R Truck Plaza

 

 

 

Valley City (CCHD) City County Health in Valley City announces their COVID-19 testing days and site location in Valley City.

Testing is at the REC Center at 140 4th Street Southwest.

Testing will be 12:30 – 2:30pm Mon, Weds, and Fridays.

There are opportunities for vaccinations, both for annual influenza and for the COVID vaccine. Call 845-8518 to make an appointment.

 

In sports…

Montana native Tommy Mellott knows what it means for Montana State to be in its first national championship game since 1984. The Bobcats will play in the FCS national championship game Saturday with Mellott at quarterback. The true freshman took over as their starter after the regular season, and was in tears after they won their semifinal game. The 12-2 Bobcats play eight-time FCS champion North Dakota State in Frisco, Texas. Mellott has accounted for 11 touchdowns in his first three career starts, all in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. He has six touchdowns rushing, four passing an even caught one in the postseason.

In world and national news..

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A dramatic surge in coronavirus cases has sidelined more than 800 Los Angeles city police and firefighters and led to slightly longer ambulance and fire response times. That’s adding to concerns about shortages of critical staff including health care workers. Mayor Eric Garcetti said Thursday that more than 500 LAPD personnel and nearly 300 firefighters were off-duty after testing positive for COVID-19. He said measures were being taken to ensure the safety of the public. California’s confirmed cases have shot up nearly 500% in the last two weeks and hospitalizations have doubled since Christmas. State officials say the surge is also sidelining health care workers, leading to hospital staffing shortages that could become a bigger problem.

 

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal appeals court has declined to lift a three-state ban on President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors. The ruling comes after a nationwide ban on the mandate for federal contractors was imposed by a federal judge in Georgia last month. A judge in Louisville, Kentucky, in November issued the preliminary injunction that blocked the mandate. It includes two other states: Tennessee and Ohio. A panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the injunction in a 2-1 ruling Wednesday. The lawsuit from the states claims the vaccination requirement is unlawful and unconstitutional.

 

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Principals, superintendents and counselors are filling in as substitutes in classrooms around the United States as the surge in coronavirus infections further strains schools already struggling with staffing shortages. Dozens of employees from the central office in Cincinnati were dispatched this week to schools at risk of having to close because of low staffing. The superintendent of Boston schools tweeted she was filling in for a fifth grade teacher. San Francisco’s school system asked any employees with teaching credentials to be available for classroom assignments. Some teachers say they are dealing with overwhelming stress just trying to keep classes running.

 

MONTREAL (AP) — Passengers who filmed themselves partying without masks aboard a chartered flight from Montreal to Mexico now face being stranded after three airlines have refused to fly them home to Canada. Sunwing Airlines cancelled the return charter flight from Cancun scheduled for Wednesday and Air Transat and Air Canada both said they will refuse to carry the passengers, Videos of the Dec. 30 flight shared on social media show unmasked passengers gathered in close proximity, singing and dancing in the aisle and on seats. In one video, a large bottle of vodka appears to be passed among passengers.