Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
256 FOUS53 KBIS 292326 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 625 PM CDT Wed Jul 29 2026 NDZ015-300900- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 625 PM CDT Wed Jul 29 2026 Date 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 66 86 59 91 60 Temp 100 84 75 72 70 74 78 81 81 74 67 64 62 73 83 88 87 75 68 65 63 Dewpt 56 64 65 66 66 68 68 67 67 68 67 64 62 62 58 55 57 61 61 61 60 RH 23 51 71 81 87 82 71 63 63 82100100100 68 43 33 36 62 78 87 90 Wind dir S S E E NE SW NE NE N NE N N N NE E E SE S SE S S Wind spd 18 11 9 6 5 5 8 10 10 6 5 5 4 4 4 5 8 8 8 6 6 Clouds SC B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1 SC FW B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 50 70 40 0 10 QPF 12hr 0.04 0.19 0.38 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S L L C C C Tstms S S C C C C C Heat index 85 83 83 83 Max heat 100 95 83 83 87 84 Heat Y Date 08/01 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 Tue 08/04/26 Wed 08/05/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 96 64 100 63 86 53 81 53 87 Temp 87 90 72 66 92 95 74 65 82 82 62 54 75 78 61 55 79 84 Dewpt 60 58 61 59 60 57 58 58 55 50 51 50 46 45 50 51 49 50 PWind dir S S S E N N NW NE S Wind char GN GN BZ GN BZ GN LT LT LT Avg clouds FW CL CL FW SC FW FW SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 30 20 10 5 5 10 Rain shwrs C S Tstms C S $$ NDZ033-300900- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 525 PM MDT Wed Jul 29 2026 Date 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 63 86 56 92 60 Temp 78 75 70 69 66 74 79 81 82 72 65 62 60 73 83 89 89 75 69 67 64 Dewpt 65 64 63 63 63 63 65 63 60 63 62 60 59 59 55 51 52 56 56 55 55 RH 64 69 78 81 90 69 62 54 47 73 90 93 96 62 38 27 28 52 63 65 73 Wind dir SE E S S W N N N E NE NW N S SE S S S S S S S Wind spd 4 10 11 8 5 6 10 11 11 8 6 4 4 6 10 10 11 12 12 13 12 Clouds B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 70 60 10 5 10 QPF 12hr 0.18 0.29 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L C C C C C C L Tstms L C C C C C C C Heat index 82 82 Max heat 83 82 81 82 87 83 Heat Y Date 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 Tue 08/04/26 Wed 08/05/26 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 98 65 99 60 82 51 80 53 86 Temp 91 96 74 68 95 96 70 62 79 80 59 52 74 79 60 55 79 85 Dewpt 53 48 53 52 50 44 46 48 44 42 44 44 40 40 44 45 45 45 PWind dir S S SW N N N NW E S Wind char GN BZ BZ GN WY GN LT LT GN Avg clouds FW CL CL FW SC FW FW SC SC FW CL FW SC FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 30 5 5 5 5 10 Rain shwrs C Tstms S $$ NDZ044-300900- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 525 PM MDT Wed Jul 29 2026 Date 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 61 86 55 91 58 Temp 91 75 69 67 65 74 79 81 81 70 64 61 59 73 83 89 88 73 67 64 62 Dewpt 59 61 63 64 63 65 64 62 61 60 61 61 59 61 56 51 52 54 55 55 55 RH 34 62 81 90 93 74 60 53 51 71 90100100 66 40 27 29 51 65 73 78 Wind dir NE E E NE S NE N N N N N N N SE SE SE SE SE S S S Wind spd 8 9 8 4 3 4 10 13 12 6 4 3 2 4 8 9 10 9 10 10 8 Wind gust 27 Clouds B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW SC FW SC FW PoP 12hr 60 50 10 5 20 QPF 12hr 0.06 0.10 0 0 0.02 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L C C C C C S S Tstms C C C C C C C C S Heat index 82 82 Max heat 92 87 82 82 87 83 Heat Y Date 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 Tue 08/04/26 Wed 08/05/26 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 97 62 101 61 84 50 81 52 86 Temp 91 94 72 65 97 98 72 63 82 81 58 51 74 79 60 54 79 84 Dewpt 53 49 53 53 53 47 47 50 46 43 44 46 42 43 45 48 48 48 PWind dir S SE S NE N N N E SE Wind char GN BZ BZ BZ WY BZ LT LT GN Avg clouds FW CL CL FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 20 0 10 10 10 10 Rain shwrs S Tstms S $$ NDZ056-300900- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 625 PM CDT Wed Jul 29 2026 Date 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 65 85 57 90 62 Temp 88 76 71 70 67 73 78 81 81 71 64 61 59 72 82 87 86 73 67 65 64 Dewpt 63 64 64 64 64 64 66 66 63 63 61 58 57 58 55 52 56 59 60 60 59 RH 43 66 79 81 90 73 67 60 54 76 90 90 93 61 40 30 36 62 78 84 84 Wind dir S SW W NW N NE NE NE NE NE N NW NW N SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 13 11 9 6 6 9 9 11 12 8 4 4 2 0 4 6 9 11 11 10 10 Wind gust 34 Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 40 30 0 5 30 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S C S S C C Tstms C S S C S Heat index 89 83 82 Max heat 93 85 83 81 86 82 Heat Y Date 08/01 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 Tue 08/04/26 Wed 08/05/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 93 67 99 62 79 52 77 54 83 Temp 86 91 72 69 93 94 71 62 76 76 58 53 72 76 58 55 77 81 Dewpt 60 56 59 57 58 53 52 52 51 48 48 47 45 44 47 48 48 47 PWind dir S SE SW NW N NW NW W W Wind char GN BZ WY GN BZ BZ GN LT LT Avg clouds FW CL CL FW SC FW FW SC B1 FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 30 20 5 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C S $$ NDZ037-300900- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 625 PM CDT Wed Jul 29 2026 Date 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 67 81 59 83 58 Temp 92 79 75 72 71 75 76 75 74 70 67 65 64 71 78 81 79 69 64 62 62 Dewpt 74 64 66 65 67 70 71 73 71 70 67 65 64 64 62 62 63 64 62 60 60 RH 56 60 74 79 87 84 85 94 90100100100100 79 58 53 58 84 93 93 93 Wind dir S S S SE S W N N E NE N N N N N N NE E SE S S Wind spd 17 11 10 9 8 8 9 9 9 8 6 9 9 9 9 9 8 5 3 2 1 Clouds B1 B1 B2 B1 OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 PoP 12hr 10 80 40 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0.31 0.06 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L L C C S Tstms C C C C C S Heat index 102 82 Max heat 103 94 82 Heat Y Date 08/01 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 Tue 08/04/26 Wed 08/05/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 86 62 90 64 83 54 76 53 81 Temp 80 82 68 65 84 87 72 66 79 77 62 55 71 72 58 55 76 78 Dewpt 63 65 63 61 65 66 64 62 64 60 56 53 51 51 53 52 53 54 PWind dir S S S SE NE N NW NW SW Wind char GN GN WY BZ BZ BZ GN LT LT Avg clouds FW CL CL FW SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 20 30 40 10 5 10 Rain shwrs S C S C S Tstms S S S S $$ NDZ001-300900- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 625 PM CDT Wed Jul 29 2026 Date 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 63 86 59 93 62 Temp 89 76 72 69 66 72 81 85 84 75 68 64 62 73 85 91 90 78 72 68 65 Dewpt 62 66 65 64 63 65 64 61 60 60 59 58 58 62 60 58 60 61 59 58 57 RH 41 71 79 84 90 79 56 45 44 60 73 81 87 68 43 33 37 56 64 70 75 Wind dir SW E N NE N NE E NE E E E E SE SE S S S SE S S S Wind spd 17 9 5 6 11 12 13 13 13 9 6 6 5 11 16 16 13 12 11 9 8 Clouds B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 FW FW SC SC B2 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 40 20 10 5 10 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S S Tstms C S S S Heat index 89 83 85 84 85 90 Max heat 93 86 83 85 83 85 91 87 Heat Y Date 08/01 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 Tue 08/04/26 Wed 08/05/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 98 68 94 58 77 51 79 54 84 Temp 90 98 80 71 92 91 70 59 74 75 59 51 73 77 62 55 78 82 Dewpt 62 57 54 54 51 45 43 47 48 46 46 45 44 44 46 47 48 47 PWind dir S SE W N N NW NW SE SW Wind char GN BZ BZ BZ WY GN GN LT LT Avg clouds FW CL CL SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 30 20 10 5 5 5 Rain shwrs C S $$ NDZ021-300900- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 625 PM CDT Wed Jul 29 2026 Date 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 64 85 56 89 60 Temp 84 74 70 68 67 73 78 81 81 70 64 61 59 72 81 86 86 72 67 64 63 Dewpt 70 65 64 64 64 66 67 67 65 64 62 60 58 59 56 52 55 61 61 60 59 RH 63 74 81 87 90 79 69 63 58 81 93 97 96 64 42 31 35 68 81 87 87 Wind dir S NE S NE N NE NE NE N NE N N NE E SE S S S S SE SE Wind spd 18 11 8 5 5 8 9 10 11 8 5 4 2 3 5 5 8 10 10 10 9 Wind gust 37 Clouds B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 OV B1 B1 FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 50 60 5 5 20 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.12 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S C C C S S S S S Tstms C C S C C C S Heat index 88 83 83 81 Max heat 90 84 83 81 85 82 Heat Y Date 08/01 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 Tue 08/04/26 Wed 08/05/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 93 64 98 60 80 51 77 51 83 Temp 86 91 71 66 92 94 69 61 77 77 57 52 71 74 57 53 76 81 Dewpt 61 57 59 57 59 53 53 53 50 47 48 47 45 44 48 49 49 47 PWind dir S S S N N NW NW E SW Wind char GN BZ BZ GN WY BZ GN LT LT Avg clouds FW CL CL FW SC FW FW SC B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 40 20 5 5 5 10 Rain shwrs C S $$ NDZ043-300900- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 525 PM MDT Wed Jul 29 2026 Date 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 61 87 56 92 59 Temp 78 73 69 67 65 75 80 82 82 71 64 61 59 74 84 90 89 74 68 65 62 Dewpt 65 62 62 62 61 63 62 60 58 59 61 60 59 61 56 51 51 54 54 54 54 RH 64 68 78 84 87 66 54 47 44 66 90 97100 64 38 26 27 50 61 68 75 Wind dir E E S SE S NE NW N NE NE NE E SE S S S S SE S S S Wind spd 12 11 11 6 5 6 12 13 14 9 6 4 4 9 12 12 13 13 12 12 10 Clouds B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B2 SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW PoP 12hr 60 40 10 5 10 QPF 12hr 0.05 0.03 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L C C C C C Tstms C C C C C C C Heat index 81 82 82 Max heat 83 81 83 81 83 88 83 Date 08/01/26 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 Tue 08/04/26 Wed 08/05/26 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 98 63 99 60 83 51 80 53 86 Temp 92 96 73 66 95 96 71 62 80 80 58 52 72 79 60 55 78 84 Dewpt 51 47 50 51 47 42 42 46 42 41 42 45 40 41 43 47 47 46 PWind dir S SE W N N N N E S Wind char GN BZ BZ BZ WY BZ GN GN GN Avg clouds FW CL CL FW SC FW FW B1 SC FW CL FW SC FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 30 0 5 5 10 10 Rain shwrs C $$ NDZ045-300900- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 625 PM CDT Wed Jul 29 2026 Date 07/29/26 Thu 07/30/26 Fri 07/31/26 Sat CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 69 82 61 87 62 Temp 94 83 76 72 71 73 77 78 78 71 67 65 63 71 81 86 85 73 68 65 64 Dewpt 60 63 66 67 66 69 69 67 66 67 67 65 63 64 60 56 56 60 61 60 59 RH 32 51 71 84 84 87 76 69 67 87100100100 79 49 36 37 64 78 84 84 Wind dir S SE S S S SW NE NE N NE NW NW N N NE E SE S S S S Wind spd 12 16 14 10 10 8 10 12 12 10 9 9 9 6 6 8 8 9 11 11 11 Wind gust 26 Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 SC B1 SC SC FW B1 FW FW CL FW FW SC FW SC PoP 12hr 50 80 20 0 5 QPF 12hr 0.07 0.27 0.02 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C D C C S Tstms C C C C C C S Heat index 94 84 82 Max heat 95 91 82 85 81 Heat Y Date 08/01 Sun 08/02/26 Mon 08/03/26 Tue 08/04/26 Wed 08/05/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 93 66 98 67 85 55 79 56 84 Temp 86 90 72 67 91 95 74 68 81 81 62 55 74 77 61 57 78 82 Dewpt 59 56 60 58 60 56 58 57 56 51 50 49 47 45 50 51 52 51 PWind dir S S S SE N N N E S Wind char GN BZ WY BZ WY BZ GN LT GN Avg clouds FW CL CL FW SC FW FW FW B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 20 5 10 10 5 10 Rain shwrs S Tstms S $$