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Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
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614 FOUS53 KBIS 270049 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 749 PM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 NDZ015-270900- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 749 PM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 Tue 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 92 64 86 60 Temp 81 73 68 66 74 84 90 90 79 72 68 66 74 81 82 78 71 66 63 61 Dewpt 68 66 65 64 65 63 63 62 64 64 63 63 64 62 60 59 61 61 59 59 RH 65 79 90 93 74 49 41 39 60 76 84 90 71 53 47 52 71 84 87 93 Wind dir E SW E E SE W NW N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 9 8 5 5 5 5 6 9 6 5 5 5 6 10 11 12 10 6 5 5 Clouds B2 OV B2 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 70 10 10 20 50 QPF 12hr 0.19 0 0 0 0.07 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S L S S S C C C C S Tstms S C S S S C Heat index 84 85 91 90 82 82 Max heat 93 90 85 92 88 82 83 Heat Date 07/29 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 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 81 59 80 58 81 59 80 59 81 Temp 75 77 65 60 75 78 64 59 75 78 65 60 75 78 65 61 75 78 Dewpt 58 57 59 57 55 53 56 55 55 53 56 54 55 54 57 57 59 60 PWind dir NE NE E SE SE SE SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 30 10 10 10 10 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S S C S S S S C S S Tstms S C S S S S S $$ NDZ033-270900- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 649 PM MDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 Tue MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 61 88 60 78 57 Temp 72 68 64 61 73 81 86 85 72 67 63 61 69 74 74 73 65 62 59 57 Dewpt 70 61 60 59 63 61 59 59 62 60 60 60 63 61 60 59 59 58 58 57 RH 93 78 87 93 71 51 40 41 71 78 90 97 81 64 62 62 81 87 96100 Wind dir E SE W S S NW N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E Wind spd 5 8 6 5 5 8 8 10 6 5 6 8 10 12 13 13 10 10 8 6 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 50 20 10 30 50 QPF 12hr 0.14 0 0 0.01 0.14 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C S S S S C C C C C C S Tstms S C S S S S S C C S S Heat index 82 85 Max heat 87 83 82 86 83 Date 07/29/25 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 76 56 75 57 76 57 78 57 80 Temp 70 71 61 57 70 72 62 58 70 73 63 58 71 74 63 58 73 76 Dewpt 58 59 58 56 57 57 56 56 57 57 56 55 58 58 58 57 61 61 PWind dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE S Wind char GN LT GN GN GN GN BZ GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 30 40 20 30 20 30 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S C C C S C S S S C S S C C S S Tstms C C C C S S S S S C S $$ NDZ044-270900- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 649 PM MDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 Tue 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 59 90 61 85 58 Temp 72 68 62 60 74 85 89 88 76 69 65 63 74 80 81 75 68 64 62 60 Dewpt 72 61 60 58 62 60 59 59 62 60 60 59 64 62 62 62 62 60 59 58 RH 100 78 93 93 66 43 37 38 62 73 84 87 71 54 53 64 81 87 90 93 Wind dir NE NE E SW W NW N N NE E E NE E E E NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 4 8 5 5 5 10 10 10 6 5 5 8 11 13 13 14 13 10 9 9 Wind gust 24 24 Clouds OV B2 B1 SC FW CL FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 60 5 5 30 60 QPF 12hr 0.06 0 0 0 0.07 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C L L C C S Tstms C S C C S S S Heat index 85 81 82 Max heat 89 86 85 89 85 81 82 Date 07/29/25 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 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 77 56 75 56 76 56 76 56 80 Temp 72 72 62 59 70 72 62 58 70 73 62 58 71 73 62 58 73 76 Dewpt 60 61 60 58 57 57 56 56 57 56 56 56 59 59 58 57 62 62 PWind dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE S Wind char GN LT GN GN BZ BZ BZ BZ GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC PoP 12hr 30 50 30 30 30 30 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C S S C C S S C S S C C S S Tstms C C C S S S S S S S S C S S S $$ NDZ011-270900- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 749 PM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 65 87 61 77 56 Temp 73 70 67 65 71 79 85 84 74 68 65 62 69 73 73 71 65 61 59 57 Dewpt 70 63 63 62 65 66 64 64 65 64 62 61 61 60 59 59 59 58 57 56 RH 90 78 87 90 81 64 50 51 74 87 90 97 76 64 62 66 81 90 93 96 Wind dir NE NE SW E S W NW NW N N N N N N N N N N N N Wind spd 8 6 6 5 5 6 8 9 6 6 6 8 8 10 10 9 5 4 3 3 Clouds SC B1 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 40 30 20 30 30 QPF 12hr 0.11 0.02 0 0.01 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C S C S S S C C C C C C Tstms S C C S S S S S C S Heat index 86 85 Max heat 88 85 87 83 Date 07/29 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 76 56 78 57 80 59 80 60 80 Temp 72 73 61 57 73 76 62 58 75 77 64 60 75 77 65 61 74 77 Dewpt 57 57 56 54 54 52 54 54 55 54 55 54 56 55 56 57 60 60 PWind dir NE NE NE SE SE SE S SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 20 5 5 5 10 10 20 20 Rain shwrs S S S S S Tstms S S S S $$ NDZ037-270900- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 749 PM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 Tue 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 89 65 83 60 Temp 75 73 69 67 75 81 87 86 75 71 68 67 74 78 79 77 68 65 62 61 Dewpt 74 69 67 66 68 68 67 69 69 68 66 65 66 65 64 63 63 62 61 59 RH 97 87 93 97 79 65 52 57 82 90 93 93 76 64 60 62 84 90 97 93 Wind dir E SW N SE SE SW W NW N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE N NE Wind spd 8 8 6 8 8 9 9 9 8 5 6 6 9 10 11 10 8 6 5 5 Clouds B1 OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 70 30 10 10 30 QPF 12hr 0.38 0 0 0 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L S S S C C C C C S Tstms L S S S C S Heat index 84 90 90 Max heat 92 89 84 91 88 Heat Date 07/29 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 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 78 58 78 56 78 57 78 58 77 Temp 72 73 63 59 72 74 61 57 73 74 61 58 73 74 63 59 71 73 Dewpt 59 59 58 56 54 54 54 54 54 54 56 54 55 56 57 57 59 60 PWind dir NE NE NE SE SE SE S SE S Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 10 5 0 5 5 5 20 20 Rain shwrs S S S S $$ NDZ001-270900- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 749 PM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 62 85 59 75 57 Temp 72 69 65 62 71 79 83 83 73 67 64 62 67 71 72 72 66 62 59 58 Dewpt 65 62 61 61 64 64 62 62 62 61 60 60 62 61 61 61 60 59 58 57 RH 79 78 87 97 79 60 49 49 68 81 87 93 84 71 68 68 81 90 96 96 Wind dir E NE N N E W W NW N N NE N NE NE NE NE E E E NE Wind spd 13 9 6 5 6 8 9 10 9 8 6 6 9 11 10 10 5 5 5 5 Clouds SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC B1 SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 30 30 20 40 30 QPF 12hr 0.03 0 0.02 0.04 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C S S C S S S S C C C C C C Tstms S C S C S S S S C C S Heat index 84 84 Max heat 85 82 86 83 Date 07/29 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 77 56 78 58 78 60 80 61 81 Temp 72 75 62 57 74 77 64 59 75 76 66 62 75 78 67 61 76 79 Dewpt 60 60 58 55 57 56 55 55 59 58 57 56 60 60 59 58 63 62 PWind dir E E E E SE SE SE SE S Wind char LT LT GN GN BZ GN BZ GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 20 10 20 10 20 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S S S S S S C C S Tstms S S S S S S C S $$ NDZ021-270900- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 749 PM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 Tue 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 87 60 78 56 Temp 73 70 66 64 72 79 85 84 74 68 65 62 69 73 76 72 65 61 59 57 Dewpt 73 66 63 62 65 64 62 63 64 63 62 61 63 61 58 59 60 58 57 57 RH 100 87 90 93 79 60 46 49 71 84 90 97 81 66 54 64 84 90 93100 Wind dir NE E W SE S W W N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 4 6 5 5 5 6 6 8 5 5 5 5 8 10 10 10 5 4 4 3 Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 50 20 20 20 40 QPF 12hr 0.09 0 0 0.11 0.03 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S S S S S S S S C C C C S Tstms C C S S S S S S S C Heat index 86 85 Max heat 90 86 86 84 Date 07/29 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 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 77 56 78 56 78 57 79 58 80 Temp 71 73 61 56 72 74 62 57 72 75 63 59 72 75 64 59 72 76 Dewpt 57 57 57 55 55 54 54 54 55 54 55 54 56 57 57 57 60 61 PWind dir NE NE E SE SE SE SE SE S Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 20 5 10 10 10 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S S S S S C S S Tstms S S S S S S S $$ NDZ043-270900- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 649 PM MDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 Tue MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 60 89 61 83 58 Temp 70 67 62 60 73 83 88 87 74 68 64 62 72 77 79 74 67 63 60 60 Dewpt 70 60 60 58 61 60 58 58 61 60 60 60 63 62 62 62 61 60 59 59 RH 100 78 93 93 66 46 36 38 64 76 87 93 73 60 56 66 81 90 96 96 Wind dir S E N SW SW NW NW NE NE E E E E E NE NE NE E E E Wind spd 5 9 6 5 8 10 10 10 8 6 8 10 13 16 16 17 13 12 10 10 Clouds OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 60 10 5 40 50 QPF 12hr 0.13 0 0 0.01 0.08 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L C C C C C C C S Tstms L S S C C S C S Heat index 83 Max heat 87 83 83 88 85 Date 07/29/25 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 77 57 75 57 76 57 76 57 81 Temp 72 72 62 59 70 73 62 59 69 73 62 58 71 73 62 58 74 78 Dewpt 61 61 60 58 59 58 58 57 59 58 57 57 60 60 59 58 63 62 PWind dir E E E SE SE SE SE SE S Wind char GN GN GN GN BZ BZ BZ BZ GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 30 50 30 40 30 30 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S C C C C C S C C C C C S S C C S Tstms C C C S C S C S C C S C S S $$ NDZ045-270900- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 749 PM CDT Sat Jul 26 2025 Date 07/26/25 Sun 07/27/25 Mon 07/28/25 Tue 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 89 66 86 62 Temp 75 71 67 65 74 83 89 88 79 74 69 66 74 81 83 77 72 68 64 62 Dewpt 75 64 63 62 65 65 63 61 64 63 63 63 66 64 62 63 62 61 61 59 RH 100 79 87 90 74 55 42 40 60 69 81 90 76 56 49 62 71 78 90 90 Wind dir E SW E S S W N N N NE E NE E E E NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 9 11 10 9 9 9 9 10 9 8 8 10 10 12 13 13 13 12 11 11 Clouds B2 OV B1 SC FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 70 5 5 20 50 QPF 12hr 0.19 0 0 0 0.07 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S S C C C C C Tstms C S S C S Heat index 85 90 88 83 84 Max heat 96 91 85 90 87 83 84 Heat Date 07/29 Wed 07/30/25 Thu 07/31/25 Fri 08/01/25 Sat 08/02/25 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 78 60 76 59 76 59 76 58 78 Temp 73 76 65 61 72 74 64 59 72 73 64 59 71 73 64 59 71 75 Dewpt 60 59 60 58 57 55 56 55 56 54 55 54 58 57 57 57 61 61 PWind dir NE NE E SE SE SE SE SE S Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN BZ BZ BZ Avg clouds SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 30 40 10 10 20 20 20 30 20 Rain shwrs C S C C S S S S S C S S Tstms S S C S S S S S $$