


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
207 FOUS53 KBIS 170949 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 449 AM CDT Thu Jul 17 2025 NDZ015-172100- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 449 AM CDT Thu Jul 17 2025 Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 71 56 78 55 81 Temp 43 59 67 68 67 63 60 59 58 64 72 76 76 67 61 57 57 65 74 79 78 Dewpt 42 45 44 45 47 50 52 55 56 59 59 59 57 58 57 56 56 57 56 55 56 RH 96 60 43 43 49 62 75 87 93 84 64 56 52 73 87 96 96 75 53 44 47 Wind dir E SE S S SE E E E E NE N N NE NE NE E E E E SE SE Wind spd 1 8 11 12 11 10 9 6 5 5 8 10 10 6 4 2 2 5 9 10 11 Clouds FW FW SC B2 OV B2 OV OV B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 70 5 0 10 QPF 12hr 0 0.17 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L C Tstms S C C C Obvis K K Date Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 61 85 63 89 62 88 62 84 Temp 65 63 77 82 69 65 82 86 68 63 81 84 68 63 78 81 Dewpt 57 60 63 62 65 62 63 61 62 61 63 61 62 61 61 59 PWind dir SE SE SE E NE NE NE NE Wind char GN GN LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 50 40 50 20 20 20 40 30 Rain shwrs C C C C C S S S S S S C C C S Tstms C C C S S S S S S C C C S $$ NDZ033-172100- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 349 AM MDT Thu Jul 17 2025 Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 MDT 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 66 50 76 54 78 Temp 45 55 57 62 63 57 54 52 52 62 70 75 74 64 59 56 57 64 71 75 75 Dewpt 43 47 50 50 53 53 52 52 52 56 57 56 56 57 57 56 57 59 58 57 60 RH 93 74 77 65 70 86 93100100 81 63 52 53 78 93100100 84 63 54 60 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE E SE E E NE NE N NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 6 14 18 18 14 11 10 6 5 6 10 10 10 8 8 6 9 11 14 16 14 Wind gust 28 28 25 Clouds SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 20 40 0 10 20 QPF 12hr 0 0.06 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S C C S S C Tstms C C S S S Obvis K K Date Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 MDT 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 59 83 60 85 58 83 59 80 Temp 63 61 76 79 64 62 79 82 64 61 76 79 63 60 75 77 Dewpt 60 60 62 62 61 60 60 59 59 59 60 60 59 59 59 58 PWind dir SE S SE NE NE NE NE N Wind char GN GN GN GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 50 30 30 20 20 20 40 20 Rain shwrs C C S C C S S S S S S C C S S Tstms S S C C S S S C C S S $$ NDZ044-172100- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 349 AM MDT Thu Jul 17 2025 Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 MDT 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 69 50 80 54 78 Temp 44 54 58 63 67 59 55 53 53 65 74 79 78 67 60 58 58 65 71 76 75 Dewpt 43 50 50 52 53 55 54 53 53 59 59 56 55 58 58 58 58 61 60 60 61 RH 96 86 75 67 61 87 96100100 81 59 45 45 73 93100100 87 68 58 62 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE E E NE NE N N N NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 4 18 20 19 17 12 9 5 5 6 11 10 10 8 8 6 8 12 16 17 16 Wind gust 32 31 27 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 30 0 20 30 QPF 12hr 0 0.07 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S S S C C C C C Tstms C S S S S S C C S Obvis K Date Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 MDT 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 58 88 60 88 59 87 59 82 Temp 64 62 79 84 66 63 81 85 66 62 80 84 66 61 76 80 Dewpt 62 62 64 60 61 59 60 56 60 60 62 60 61 59 61 58 PWind dir SE SE SE E E NE NE NE Wind char GN GN LT GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 40 30 30 20 20 20 40 20 Rain shwrs C C C C S S S S S C C S S Tstms S C C S S C C S S $$ NDZ011-172100- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 449 AM CDT Thu Jul 17 2025 Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 73 54 73 53 78 Temp 47 61 68 71 68 62 58 56 55 60 66 70 71 64 58 56 55 66 73 77 76 Dewpt 45 47 44 45 46 49 50 51 52 55 55 55 54 55 54 53 53 55 53 53 53 RH 93 60 42 39 45 62 75 83 90 84 68 59 55 73 86 90 93 68 49 43 45 Wind dir S S S S S SE E E E NE NE NE NE NE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 5 10 12 12 10 8 8 6 5 6 9 9 8 4 3 2 2 5 10 11 12 Clouds SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 20 50 5 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0.03 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C Tstms S Obvis K K K Date Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 58 80 61 83 59 80 59 79 Temp 64 61 73 77 66 63 77 80 65 61 75 77 64 60 74 76 Dewpt 56 58 62 63 63 61 63 61 60 59 60 60 59 58 59 58 PWind dir SE SE S NW NW N N N Wind char GN GN GN GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 60 60 50 20 20 30 40 30 Rain shwrs C L C L C C S S S S C C C C C Tstms S C S C C S S S C C S S C $$ NDZ037-172100- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 449 AM CDT Thu Jul 17 2025 Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 71 56 71 53 75 Temp 44 61 66 69 68 61 60 58 58 61 65 69 68 61 59 56 55 64 70 73 73 Dewpt 44 47 45 47 49 52 55 56 57 59 61 61 61 60 58 56 55 58 57 56 56 RH 100 60 47 45 51 72 84 93 96 93 87 76 78 97 96100100 81 63 55 55 Wind dir N SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE NE NE NE NE N N N NE E E E Wind spd 3 4 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 6 10 10 6 4 4 4 5 6 9 9 Clouds FW FW FW FW B1 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B2 SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 80 30 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.40 0.20 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S L D C C Tstms S C C C Obvis PF Date Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 58 78 63 83 61 82 61 81 Temp 62 60 72 75 66 64 76 80 68 64 76 79 66 63 75 77 Dewpt 57 58 63 65 64 64 67 67 65 63 66 66 64 62 64 63 PWind dir SE SE SE SE SE NE NE NE Wind char GN GN GN GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC PoP 12hr 30 40 50 30 30 20 40 30 Rain shwrs C C C C C S C C S C C C S Tstms S C C C C S C S C S $$ NDZ001-172100- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 449 AM CDT Thu Jul 17 2025 Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 69 53 76 55 81 Temp 47 61 66 65 65 60 57 56 54 62 70 74 74 67 61 58 58 67 76 79 79 Dewpt 44 49 49 51 52 53 52 53 53 55 56 55 55 55 54 55 55 58 59 60 61 RH 89 65 54 60 63 78 83 90 96 78 61 51 51 65 78 90 90 73 56 52 54 Wind dir E SE SE SE SE E E E NE NE NE NE NE E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 6 14 19 18 16 12 9 5 5 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 8 13 18 18 18 Wind gust 28 Clouds SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 60 0 5 20 QPF 12hr 0 0.03 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S C C S S S L Tstms S S S S C Obvis K K K K Date Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 61 84 60 83 59 80 58 79 Temp 67 63 77 82 66 61 78 81 66 61 74 77 65 60 75 76 Dewpt 60 60 64 62 60 59 61 59 59 58 60 59 58 57 59 57 PWind dir SE S S N NE N NE NW Wind char GN GN LT GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B2 B1 SC PoP 12hr 70 40 30 20 20 30 40 20 Rain shwrs L L C C C S S S S C C C C S S Tstms C S S C C S S S S S C C C S S $$ NDZ021-172100- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 449 AM CDT Thu Jul 17 2025 Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 70 52 74 52 78 Temp 47 59 65 66 65 58 56 54 54 61 67 71 71 62 57 55 55 65 73 77 75 Dewpt 43 47 45 44 47 51 51 51 53 56 57 56 56 57 55 53 54 56 55 54 56 RH 86 64 48 45 52 77 83 90 96 84 70 59 59 84 93 93 96 73 53 45 52 Wind dir SE S S S SE SE E E E NE NE NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 5 10 13 12 11 8 6 5 5 6 8 8 8 4 2 2 2 6 11 11 11 Clouds FW SC FW B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 20 70 0 0 10 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C L L C Tstms S S S Obvis K K K K Date Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 57 81 60 83 58 83 58 80 Temp 62 60 73 77 64 62 78 80 64 61 76 78 63 60 75 77 Dewpt 57 58 63 64 62 61 63 61 60 60 61 61 59 59 60 58 PWind dir SE SE SE NE NE NE NE SW Wind char GN GN LT GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 60 50 50 20 20 30 40 30 Rain shwrs C L C C C S S S S S S C C C C C Tstms S C C C C S S S S S C S C C $$ NDZ043-172100- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 349 AM MDT Thu Jul 17 2025 Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 MDT 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 70 49 80 55 80 Temp 48 53 60 65 68 60 55 53 52 63 73 78 78 67 61 58 58 64 73 78 76 Dewpt 47 50 52 54 56 56 55 53 52 58 57 56 55 57 57 58 58 61 61 61 62 RH 96 89 75 68 65 87100100100 84 57 47 45 70 87100100 90 66 56 62 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E E NE N N N NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 10 21 24 21 18 13 10 5 5 9 11 11 10 9 10 10 11 16 19 19 18 Wind gust 34 32 Clouds B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 20 0 20 30 QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S C C C Tstms S S S S S S C C C Obvis K Date Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 MDT 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 59 89 60 88 58 86 58 82 Temp 64 62 80 84 66 61 81 85 65 61 79 82 64 60 76 79 Dewpt 62 62 63 59 61 60 58 55 59 59 61 60 61 59 59 57 PWind dir SE S E NE E NE E NE Wind char BZ GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 20 30 20 20 20 30 20 Rain shwrs C S S C S S S S S C C S S Tstms C S S C S S S C C S S $$ NDZ045-172100- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 449 AM CDT Thu Jul 17 2025 Date Thu 07/17/25 Fri 07/18/25 Sat 07/19/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 66 57 77 57 77 Temp 47 57 61 63 65 62 61 59 58 65 71 76 76 67 61 58 58 64 71 75 76 Dewpt 45 47 48 49 50 51 54 56 57 62 62 61 59 59 59 58 57 59 59 58 58 RH 93 69 62 60 58 67 78 90 96 90 73 60 56 75 93100 96 84 66 55 54 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E NE N N NE NE NE E E E E SE SE Wind spd 8 12 13 14 13 13 13 10 9 9 10 11 11 10 9 8 8 10 11 12 13 Wind gust 25 Clouds FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B2 B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 50 10 5 10 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C Tstms S C C Obvis K Date Sun 07/20/25 Mon 07/21/25 Tue 07/22/25 Wed 07/23/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 62 83 65 87 65 86 64 82 Temp 66 63 75 81 70 65 81 84 70 66 79 83 69 64 76 79 Dewpt 60 61 66 65 63 62 66 62 62 62 66 63 63 62 64 61 PWind dir SE SE SE SE E NE NE NE Wind char GN BZ GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 50 40 40 20 20 20 40 20 Rain shwrs C C C C C S S S S C C S S Tstms C C C S S S S C C S S $$