Why does the radar screen almost always show a weather disturbance centered over Minot, North Dakota?
The reason why Minot, North Dakota has what looks like precipitation or storm activity around it most of the time is because the National Weather Service has their NEXRAD weather radar at Minot. What you are seeing is what we call “ground clutter”, the radar’s beam bouncing off tall buildings, etc. Sometimes they can filter out the ground clutter from the image, but most of the time it’s transmitted to us with its clutter.
