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Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
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916 FOUS53 KBIS 040949 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 449 AM CDT Mon Aug 4 2025 NDZ015-042100- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 449 AM CDT Mon Aug 4 2025 Date Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 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 84 64 83 63 88 Temp 64 69 77 82 82 73 68 66 65 70 77 80 79 72 69 66 63 72 82 87 86 Dewpt 64 65 65 64 64 65 65 64 63 65 65 66 66 67 65 63 62 63 60 58 59 RH 100 87 67 55 55 76 90 93 93 84 67 62 64 84 87 90 97 73 47 38 40 Wind dir E E SE SE E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE S SW SW W W W SW Wind spd 3 4 5 6 9 9 8 8 9 11 14 14 12 9 5 5 5 8 9 9 8 Wind gust 25 25 Clouds OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW CL FW CL PoP 12hr 20 10 60 50 5 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.07 0.40 0.35 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L C C Tstms S S S C L C C Obvis F Heat index 83 83 82 82 Max heat 84 82 82 82 87 Dense Fog Y Date Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 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 64 88 63 82 59 79 58 80 Temp 70 66 82 84 69 65 76 77 66 61 74 75 63 59 74 78 Dewpt 62 62 66 66 65 63 63 62 60 56 56 55 56 54 55 55 PWind dir S SE NE N NW W W W Wind char LT GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 40 60 40 30 20 5 5 Rain shwrs S C L C C C C S S Tstms S C L S C S $$ NDZ033-042100- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 349 AM MDT Mon Aug 4 2025 Date Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 MDT 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 85 62 81 59 85 Temp 59 70 80 84 83 71 67 65 63 69 74 78 77 68 64 61 60 71 79 84 83 Dewpt 58 63 61 59 60 62 62 62 62 64 65 65 66 63 60 58 56 57 56 54 56 RH 96 78 52 43 46 73 84 90 97 84 74 64 69 84 87 90 87 61 45 36 40 Wind dir S S SE E SE E SE SE SE SE SE S W W W W W W W W W Wind spd 5 4 5 6 10 10 11 10 11 13 14 12 10 9 8 8 9 10 10 10 8 Clouds SC FW FW FW CL SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW PoP 12hr 5 20 60 30 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.20 0.22 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C L L C C Tstms S C S C L C Obvis PF Heat index 81 84 83 Max heat 81 84 81 84 Dense Fog Y Date Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 MDT 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 61 84 59 75 54 73 53 76 Temp 66 63 78 80 64 60 70 72 59 55 68 69 59 55 71 73 Dewpt 57 58 63 65 62 60 60 58 55 53 53 54 53 52 52 53 PWind dir S SE NE NW W W W W Wind char LT GN GN GN GN BZ GN GN Avg clouds FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 40 50 40 30 20 10 5 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C C S S Tstms S S C C S C S S S $$ NDZ044-042100- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 349 AM MDT Mon Aug 4 2025 Date Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 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 86 61 84 58 86 Temp 55 73 82 86 83 72 67 65 63 69 76 82 81 70 65 61 60 72 81 85 84 Dewpt 54 62 58 57 60 63 62 61 62 65 65 65 63 63 59 57 56 58 55 55 58 RH 96 68 44 37 46 73 84 87 97 87 69 56 54 78 81 87 87 61 41 36 41 Wind dir S SW SE SE SE E SE SE E SE SE S W NW W W W W NW SW S Wind spd 2 4 6 9 11 11 13 12 13 16 14 12 10 8 5 5 5 8 10 10 10 Wind gust 25 Clouds SC FW FW CL CL SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW PoP 12hr 5 20 50 20 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.26 0.05 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C S S Tstms C C C C S Heat index 82 83 84 82 81 84 Max heat 82 85 81 84 81 85 Date Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 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 61 87 59 76 54 74 53 77 Temp 67 64 81 82 64 61 73 72 60 56 70 71 59 55 73 74 Dewpt 60 62 66 65 63 60 60 57 55 51 52 53 52 51 51 51 PWind dir SE SE NE NW NW W W NW Wind char LT GN GN GN GN BZ GN GN Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 30 50 30 30 20 10 5 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C C S Tstms S S C C C C S S $$ NDZ011-042100- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 449 AM CDT Mon Aug 4 2025 Date Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 80 61 81 62 84 Temp 61 66 73 79 78 70 65 64 62 69 77 78 74 69 67 65 63 70 79 83 83 Dewpt 61 63 63 64 64 65 64 63 62 65 65 66 66 66 64 63 61 62 61 60 60 RH 100 90 71 60 62 84 97 97100 87 67 67 76 90 90 93 93 76 54 46 46 Wind dir E E SE SE E E SE SE E SE SE SE SE S S SW SW W W W W Wind spd 5 6 9 9 9 9 8 8 9 11 13 13 11 10 9 9 10 11 13 13 10 Wind gust 24 24 24 Clouds OV B2 B2 SC FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW CL FW CL PoP 12hr 20 10 60 70 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.17 0.76 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S L L L L C C Tstms C C C C Obvis PF Heat index 83 83 Max heat 84 Dense Fog Y Date Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 62 83 61 78 57 74 56 75 Temp 67 63 79 78 64 61 74 73 62 58 70 69 61 56 71 73 Dewpt 59 59 63 64 63 61 63 62 59 56 56 58 56 55 56 56 PWind dir SW E N NW W W W W Wind char LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 40 60 50 40 30 20 10 Rain shwrs S C L L C C C C S C S Tstms S C C S S S S S $$ NDZ037-042100- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 449 AM CDT Mon Aug 4 2025 Date Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 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 76 62 79 64 84 Temp 65 66 70 73 73 67 65 64 63 69 72 76 74 69 67 66 66 72 79 83 81 Dewpt 65 64 66 66 66 66 65 64 63 65 66 67 68 68 66 64 64 67 66 64 66 RH 100 93 87 79 79 97100100100 87 81 74 82 97 97 93 93 84 64 53 60 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SW SW W W SW Wind spd 4 5 6 8 8 8 8 8 10 13 16 18 14 13 12 10 9 10 10 10 6 Wind gust 26 28 25 Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW CL CL PoP 12hr 30 20 40 70 10 QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0.05 0.56 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S C S S S C C L L L L Tstms S C S S S C L L C Obvis F Heat index 84 83 Max heat 85 Dense Fog Y Date Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 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 64 85 64 81 60 77 58 77 Temp 68 66 80 80 68 65 75 76 66 62 72 73 62 59 71 73 Dewpt 65 64 68 69 67 64 67 67 63 59 60 60 58 56 58 59 PWind dir SW S E NE NW W W W Wind char LT GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 20 50 40 30 20 5 5 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C S Tstms C S C C S $$ NDZ001-042100- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 449 AM CDT Mon Aug 4 2025 Date Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 86 64 80 59 85 Temp 62 71 81 85 84 75 70 67 65 71 76 76 74 69 65 62 61 70 79 84 83 Dewpt 61 65 66 63 62 63 63 63 63 66 67 67 66 64 62 61 59 62 61 57 57 RH 97 81 60 48 48 66 78 87 93 84 74 74 76 84 90 97 93 76 54 40 41 Wind dir SE SE SE E E E SE E E SE SE S SW W SW SW W W W W W Wind spd 5 5 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 13 14 13 13 9 8 9 10 12 13 13 10 Clouds SC FW FW FW CL SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL FW CL PoP 12hr 10 20 80 40 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.56 0.18 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C D D C C Tstms S C L L C Obvis PF Heat index 83 86 85 Max heat 83 86 83 84 Dense Fog Y Date Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 61 83 59 75 56 71 55 75 Temp 67 63 79 77 65 61 71 72 61 58 67 69 60 56 71 73 Dewpt 57 57 63 63 61 60 61 59 57 55 57 57 56 54 56 55 PWind dir SW NE NE W W W W W Wind char LT GN LT GN GN BZ GN GN Avg clouds FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 40 60 50 30 30 20 10 Rain shwrs S S C C L C C C C S C S S Tstms S S C C S S S S $$ NDZ021-042100- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 449 AM CDT Mon Aug 4 2025 Date Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 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 81 61 80 61 84 Temp 62 66 73 80 78 70 66 64 63 69 75 77 74 68 65 63 61 70 78 83 81 Dewpt 62 64 64 64 64 65 64 63 62 65 65 65 66 66 64 62 60 62 60 58 60 RH 100 93 73 58 62 84 93 97 97 87 71 67 76 93 97 97 97 76 54 43 49 Wind dir E E SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SW SW W W W W W Wind spd 4 5 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 11 13 13 10 8 6 6 8 10 12 10 8 Wind gust 24 20 Clouds OV B2 SC FW FW FW SC B1 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC CL CL CL CL PoP 12hr 10 10 60 60 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.26 0.35 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L L L L S S Tstms C C C S Obvis F Heat index 82 83 82 Max heat 82 83 Dense Fog Y Date Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 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 83 60 77 56 74 55 75 Temp 67 63 77 77 64 61 73 72 62 58 69 69 59 56 71 72 Dewpt 59 59 64 65 63 61 62 62 58 55 56 57 55 53 55 56 PWind dir SW SE NE NW W W W W Wind char LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 40 60 50 30 20 10 10 Rain shwrs S S C L C C C C S S S Tstms S C C C S S S S $$ NDZ043-042100- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 349 AM MDT Mon Aug 4 2025 Date Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 MDT 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 87 62 85 58 87 Temp 56 73 83 86 84 73 69 65 64 69 77 82 80 69 64 61 59 72 81 86 84 Dewpt 56 60 56 54 58 61 61 61 62 64 65 63 61 60 58 56 54 56 53 53 56 RH 100 64 40 34 41 66 76 87 93 84 67 53 52 73 81 84 83 57 38 32 38 Wind dir S SW SE SE E E SE SE E SE S SW W NW W W W W W W S Wind spd 5 5 8 10 13 13 14 13 13 14 14 13 13 9 6 6 8 9 10 10 10 Clouds FW FW FW CL FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW PoP 12hr 5 20 40 20 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.08 0.04 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C C S S Tstms S S C C C C S Heat index 84 83 81 Max heat 82 85 81 83 80 84 Date Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 MDT 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 61 86 59 76 53 74 53 77 Temp 67 64 80 82 64 60 71 72 58 55 70 71 59 54 72 74 Dewpt 59 61 64 64 62 60 58 55 53 50 52 52 52 50 51 50 PWind dir SE SE NE NW W W W W Wind char GN GN GN GN GN BZ GN GN Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 30 40 30 30 20 5 5 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C C S Tstms S S C C S C S S $$ NDZ045-042100- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 449 AM CDT Mon Aug 4 2025 Date Mon 08/04/25 Tue 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 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 83 64 82 63 86 Temp 62 68 76 81 80 72 68 65 65 69 75 80 80 73 69 65 63 72 79 85 84 Dewpt 62 65 66 64 64 66 65 64 64 66 67 67 68 68 65 63 62 65 61 60 61 RH 100 90 71 56 58 81 90 97 97 90 76 65 67 84 87 93 97 79 54 43 46 Wind dir S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S SW W W W W S Wind spd 5 5 6 8 10 11 12 13 13 17 18 17 13 10 10 9 9 10 10 9 8 Wind gust 29 27 Clouds B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW CL CL CL PoP 12hr 20 20 60 50 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.37 0.33 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L C C Tstms S S C C L C S Obvis F Heat index 83 82 82 83 85 84 Max heat 83 84 86 Dense Fog Y Date Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 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 66 86 65 79 60 76 58 77 Temp 70 67 79 82 69 66 75 74 65 60 72 73 63 59 72 74 Dewpt 63 64 68 68 66 63 65 63 59 55 57 56 54 53 56 56 PWind dir SE SE NE N NW W W W Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 30 50 30 30 20 5 5 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C C S Tstms S C C S C C S S S $$