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Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
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254 FOUS53 KBIS 180230 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 929 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025 NDZ015-180900- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 929 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 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 64 88 66 Temp 73 69 65 63 67 79 83 82 73 69 67 65 73 83 87 86 76 71 68 67 Dewpt 68 66 63 62 65 66 66 66 67 65 64 64 67 66 65 64 66 65 64 64 RH 84 90 93 97 93 64 57 58 81 87 90 97 81 57 48 48 71 81 87 90 Wind dir E N W E NE S SW S S SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE SE SE S Wind spd 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 5 3 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 6 8 6 6 Clouds FW FW SC B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 20 20 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S Obvis PF PF PF PF Heat index 85 84 85 89 87 Max heat 86 82 85 90 85 Date 08/20 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 Sun 08/24/25 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 91 68 86 58 79 52 73 48 73 Temp 86 87 74 69 82 80 65 59 75 74 59 54 68 69 55 50 68 69 Dewpt 67 66 64 63 63 62 58 54 51 49 49 48 48 47 48 46 48 48 PWind dir S S W N NW NW NW N NE Wind char GN GN GN GN GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds FW CL FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 5 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 $$ NDZ033-180900- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 829 PM MDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 60 85 61 90 65 Temp 72 67 63 61 70 78 83 83 72 66 63 62 74 83 88 87 75 70 68 66 Dewpt 68 66 63 61 65 65 64 64 65 62 61 61 64 63 62 61 62 61 60 60 RH 87 97100100 84 64 53 53 79 87 93 97 71 51 42 42 64 73 76 81 Wind dir E SE S SW W W W E SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE S S Wind spd 6 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 9 9 10 10 10 11 11 Clouds FW FW B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 20 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S Tstms S S S S S Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 84 84 84 88 87 Max heat 85 82 84 89 83 Date 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 Sun 08/24/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 93 64 83 53 74 48 71 47 72 Temp 86 90 72 65 78 78 61 55 70 71 55 49 66 69 53 49 66 70 Dewpt 63 61 58 58 60 58 53 51 48 47 46 45 46 46 46 45 47 47 PWind dir S S NW N NW NW N E SE Wind char BZ GN GN GN GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds FW CL FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 10 5 20 10 10 5 5 5 Rain shwrs S $$ NDZ044-180900- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 829 PM MDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 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 87 61 91 64 Temp 75 69 64 61 72 81 85 82 71 67 64 62 75 85 89 88 75 70 68 65 Dewpt 66 64 63 61 65 64 64 63 65 63 61 60 64 63 62 60 62 60 61 61 RH 74 84 97100 79 56 50 53 81 87 90 93 69 48 41 39 64 71 78 87 Wind dir SE SE S S W S S SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 2 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 5 5 4 3 5 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 Clouds FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 20 20 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.04 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S S Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 83 86 83 86 89 88 Max heat 83 86 82 86 90 84 Date 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 Sun 08/24/25 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 95 65 87 54 77 49 73 47 73 Temp 89 91 74 67 84 81 62 56 73 73 57 51 68 71 54 48 68 71 Dewpt 62 58 57 56 59 57 56 52 49 45 46 45 45 44 45 44 47 47 PWind dir S S N N NW N N NE E Wind char BZ GN GN GN GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 10 5 30 20 20 5 10 5 Rain shwrs C S S $$ NDZ011-180900- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 929 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 60 82 61 88 66 Temp 63 62 60 60 67 76 81 79 71 66 64 63 72 81 86 85 76 70 69 68 Dewpt 63 61 60 60 63 65 66 65 65 64 63 62 65 66 63 63 65 64 64 64 RH 100 97100100 87 69 60 62 81 93 97 97 79 60 46 48 69 81 84 87 Wind dir E E S S SW NW N NE E SE S S S SE SE SE SE S S S Wind spd 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 6 6 6 8 9 9 10 Clouds B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW FW SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 20 20 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0.04 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S Obvis PF PF PF PF PF PF Heat index 83 83 87 86 Max heat 83 83 88 83 Date 08/20 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 Sun 08/24/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 91 67 81 56 74 50 69 47 70 Temp 85 87 74 68 77 76 62 57 71 71 57 52 65 67 53 49 65 68 Dewpt 67 66 63 62 62 58 53 50 48 47 48 47 47 47 46 46 47 47 PWind dir S S NW NW NW NW NW N NE Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 20 10 10 5 5 0 5 5 Rain shwrs S Tstms S $$ NDZ037-180900- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 929 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 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 79 61 82 63 Temp 70 68 66 63 67 72 77 76 68 65 63 62 70 77 81 79 70 67 65 64 Dewpt 68 67 65 62 65 66 67 67 66 65 63 61 65 66 66 66 66 64 63 62 RH 93 97 97 97 93 81 71 74 93100100 97 84 69 60 64 87 90 93 93 Wind dir E N NW NW NW NW N N E E E SE S SE E E SE S S S Wind spd 8 6 8 8 8 8 6 5 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 Clouds B2 B1 B2 OV B1 SC SC FW B1 SC SC B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 20 0 20 0 0 QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0.03 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S Obvis PF PF F PF PF PF Heat index 83 Max heat 83 Date 08/20 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 Sun 08/24/25 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 85 66 83 58 75 52 68 48 68 Temp 79 79 69 66 78 76 65 59 72 70 58 53 64 64 53 49 64 65 Dewpt 68 68 65 63 67 66 61 56 54 53 50 49 50 50 48 47 50 50 PWind dir S S SW NW NW NW NW N N Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds FW CL FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 10 20 30 5 5 5 5 5 Rain shwrs S S C S Tstms S S $$ NDZ001-180900- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 929 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 62 85 61 91 67 Temp 74 69 65 63 70 79 84 84 73 68 65 63 72 84 90 89 78 74 71 69 Dewpt 69 67 65 62 65 65 63 62 62 62 61 61 65 66 62 63 63 63 62 62 RH 84 93100 97 84 62 49 48 68 81 87 93 79 55 39 42 60 69 73 78 Wind dir SE S E S W NW NW NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 5 4 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 6 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 Clouds FW FW B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 10 5 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Tstms S Obvis PF PF Heat index 85 85 86 90 90 Max heat 86 82 86 92 87 Date 08/20 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 Sun 08/24/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 94 65 80 54 74 49 72 49 72 Temp 87 92 73 67 75 76 61 56 70 72 56 50 66 70 54 49 67 70 Dewpt 67 65 62 60 62 56 52 49 50 48 47 46 49 47 47 47 50 49 PWind dir S SW N NW NW NW N NE E Wind char GN GN GN LT GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds FW CL FW B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 20 10 5 5 5 0 5 5 Rain shwrs S Tstms S $$ NDZ021-180900- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 929 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 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 59 83 61 88 65 Temp 69 65 63 60 67 75 82 81 71 66 64 63 73 81 86 85 74 70 68 66 Dewpt 66 63 61 60 64 66 65 65 66 65 63 62 66 66 62 64 64 64 64 64 RH 90 93 93100 90 74 56 58 84 97 97 97 79 60 45 50 71 81 87 93 Wind dir E E NW NE E S SW S E E SE SE S S SE SE SE SE S S Wind spd 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 2 2 2 4 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 Clouds SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 20 20 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S S Obvis PF PF PF PF Heat index 84 83 83 86 86 Max heat 84 83 87 83 Date 08/20 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 Sun 08/24/25 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 90 65 82 54 74 50 69 47 70 Temp 84 87 73 67 78 76 61 56 71 71 56 52 65 67 53 49 65 67 Dewpt 66 66 63 62 62 58 55 51 48 47 49 47 47 47 47 46 47 47 PWind dir S S NW NW NW NW NW NE E Wind char GN GN GN LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds FW CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 10 10 10 5 5 0 5 5 $$ NDZ043-180900- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 829 PM MDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 60 87 60 92 65 Temp 72 68 64 61 72 80 86 84 72 67 64 61 76 86 91 89 76 71 68 66 Dewpt 65 64 62 61 64 63 61 61 61 62 61 60 63 61 58 58 59 60 60 60 RH 79 87 93100 76 56 43 46 68 84 90 97 64 43 33 35 56 68 76 81 Wind dir E SW NW W W SW SW E SE SE SE S S SE SE SE SE SE S S Wind spd 3 3 3 3 5 6 8 8 6 6 5 5 8 11 12 12 11 13 12 12 Clouds FW FW B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 5 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S S Obvis PF PF Heat index 81 86 84 86 Max heat 81 86 82 86 90 84 Date 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 Sun 08/24/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 96 64 86 53 76 49 72 48 75 Temp 90 92 74 65 82 79 61 54 72 72 56 50 67 71 54 49 67 71 Dewpt 61 58 56 56 58 56 54 51 49 46 46 46 46 44 45 45 48 47 PWind dir S S N N N N N E SE Wind char BZ GN GN GN GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds FW CL FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 10 0 20 10 20 5 10 5 Rain shwrs S S $$ NDZ045-180900- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 929 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 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 83 64 87 66 Temp 73 68 65 63 69 78 82 80 72 69 66 64 73 81 85 84 75 71 68 66 Dewpt 68 66 64 63 66 67 67 67 67 65 64 64 67 67 66 65 67 65 65 64 RH 84 93 97100 90 69 61 65 84 87 93100 81 63 53 53 76 81 90 93 Wind dir E NE NW N NE NE S SW N SE SE SE S SE SE E SE SE SE S Wind spd 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 8 8 8 10 11 11 11 Clouds FW FW FW B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 20 20 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.46 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S S Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 85 82 83 87 86 Max heat 86 83 87 83 Date 08/20 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 Sun 08/24/25 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 89 69 86 59 77 52 71 49 70 Temp 85 86 74 69 83 80 67 60 73 72 59 53 67 68 55 49 66 67 Dewpt 67 65 63 62 64 63 59 54 52 50 48 47 49 47 48 45 48 48 PWind dir S S SW N NW NW N NE E Wind char BZ BZ GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds CL CL FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 5 10 20 10 10 5 5 5 Rain shwrs S $$