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Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1035 AM CDT Mon Aug 10 2026

NDZ015-102100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
1035 AM CDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date             Mon 08/10/26            Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26
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                      85          57          88          57          81
Temp                   73 82 80 71 65 61 59 68 79 85 81 71 65 61 59 66 74 78 77
Dewpt                  57 58 61 62 61 60 59 61 62 59 61 64 63 61 59 60 58 55 55
RH                     57 44 52 73 87 97100 78 56 41 51 79 93100100 81 57 45 47
Wind dir                S  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  W  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                8  8  8  8  5  4  4  4  5  5  6  5  4  4  4  5  8  8  9
Clouds                 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B2 SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          30          40          60          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.10        0.02        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S  S     S  C  S     S  C  L  L  C  C        S  S  S
Tstms                   S  S  S     S  C  S     S  C  S                    S  S
Heat index                82 81                   85 82
Max heat                     82                      85


Date          Thu 08/13/26  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26
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          54    77      54    72      53    75      51    78
Temp          62 55 70 74   62 56 66 68   60 55 68 72   59 53 71 75
Dewpt         56 55 53 52   54 53 56 57   58 55 57 57   57 53 55 55
PWind dir        NE     E       E    SE      NE     N       N     W
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 OV B2   B1 SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20    10      40    60      40    20      20    10
Rain shwrs     S  S          S  C  L  L    C  C  S  S    S  S
Tstms          S             S  S  C  S

$$
NDZ033-102100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
935 AM MDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date             Mon 08/10/26            Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26
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          54          88          53          79
Temp                   76 80 80 69 62 59 57 68 81 84 79 68 61 58 55 64 72 74 72
Dewpt                  62 59 57 60 59 59 57 61 61 58 57 60 59 58 55 58 55 54 52
RH                     62 49 45 73 90100100 78 51 41 47 76 93100100 81 55 50 49
Wind dir               SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  E  E  E NE NE NE NE  E  E
Wind spd                9  8 10 10  8  6  6  6  8  6  8  6  5  5  5  9 11 10 10
Clouds                 B2 SC FW SC FW FW SC CL FW SC FW SC FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          20          60          40          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.09        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S                 S  C  C  C              C  C  C
Tstms                      S  S                 S  C  C  S              S  C  S
Heat index                81 80                82 84
Max heat                     81                82    84


Date               Thu 08/13/26  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26
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            50    74      49    69      47    72      47    77
Temp          59   52 67 68 57   52 63 64 56   51 66 68 54   51 71 72
Dewpt         54   52 52 52 54   52 56 56 55   51 54 53 53   51 53 53
PWind dir           E     E      SE    SE       N     N       E     S
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   OV OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr           40    50      60    70      50    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     C    C  C  C  C    L  L  C  C    C  S     S    C  S  S
Tstms          S    S  S  C  C    C  C  S                S    S     S

$$
NDZ044-102100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
935 AM MDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date             Mon 08/10/26            Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26
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                      88          55          90          54          80
Temp                   80 85 79 67 62 60 58 69 81 86 79 67 62 58 56 66 73 75 70
Dewpt                  64 57 61 61 61 60 58 62 62 56 58 59 60 58 56 60 57 55 57
RH                     58 39 54 81 97100100 78 53 36 49 75 93100100 81 57 50 63
Wind dir               SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  S NE  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                6 10 12 10  6  4  3  5  8  8  9  5  4  4  4  8 10 11 12
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          40          40          50          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.16        0.03        0.01        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  S                 C  C  C              L  L  L
Tstms                      S  C  S                 C  C  C              S  C  C
Heat index             82                      82
Max heat               82    84                82    85


Date               Thu 08/13/26  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26
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            50    72      49    71      47    73      48    76
Temp          58   54 66 66 56   53 64 65 56   51 67 68 54   51 70 71
Dewpt         57   54 55 56 56   53 57 58 56   51 55 55 54   50 55 55
PWind dir           E     E      SE    SE       N     N       E    SE
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   OV OV B2 B2   B2 OV B1 SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr           60    50      70    70      40    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     L    C  C  C  C    L  L  C  C    C  S  S  C    C  S  S
Tstms          C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S             S  S    S     S

$$
NDZ056-102100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
1035 AM CDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date             Mon 08/10/26            Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26
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          54          85          55          79
Temp                   67 77 77 66 58 55 54 67 76 81 78 66 59 57 55 64 72 75 73
Dewpt                  57 55 56 57 56 55 54 57 59 59 61 62 59 57 55 57 55 53 53
RH                     70 47 48 73 93100100 70 56 47 56 87100100100 78 55 46 49
Wind dir               NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  N NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                3  6  9  9  5  4  2  4  5  5  9  9  6  5  6  8  9  9 11
Clouds                 B2 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          10          50          30           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.02        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S                 S  S  C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S                 S  S  C  C  S
Heat index                                        81
Max heat                                             81


Date          Thu 08/13/26  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26
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          51    77      52    69      52    72      50    76
Temp          56 52 71 72   56 53 65 65   54 53 66 67   53 51 70 73
Dewpt         54 52 51 52   52 52 56 59   54 53 58 58   53 51 56 56
PWind dir        NE     E       E    SE      NE     N       W     W
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 OV B2   B1 SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10    30      40    60      60    30      10    20
Rain shwrs              C    S  C  L  L    L  C  C  S             S
Tstms                   S    S  C  S

$$
NDZ037-102100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
1035 AM CDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date             Mon 08/10/26            Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26
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                      82          57          83          58          78
Temp                   73 79 77 67 63 60 59 68 76 80 79 68 64 61 60 66 73 75 74
Dewpt                  53 58 59 62 60 59 59 61 63 63 62 65 63 61 60 62 61 60 58
RH                     49 49 54 84 90 96100 78 64 56 56 90 97100100 87 66 60 57
Wind dir               SE SE NE  E  E NE NE  E  E NE NE  E NE  N  N NE NE  N  N
Wind spd               12  6  6  6  5  4  4  5  5  5  6  6  5  5  6  9  9 10 11
Clouds                 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 SC FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20          20          30          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S     S  S                    L  L  C  C
Tstms                   S     S  S                    S  S
Heat index                                        81
Max heat                                             81


Date          Thu 08/13/26  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26
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          54    75      54    71      55    70      52    74
Temp          61 55 70 71   61 56 67 67   60 56 66 68   58 54 69 71
Dewpt         57 55 54 51   53 53 54 57   58 56 60 59   58 54 58 57
PWind dir        NE    NE       E    SE       E     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B1 B1   SC B2 OV B2   B2 OV OV B1   B1 B1 B2 SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      10    40      50    30      30    10
Rain shwrs                         C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S
Tstms                              S  S

$$
NDZ001-102100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
1035 AM CDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date             Mon 08/10/26            Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26
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                      82          57          86          55          78
Temp                   71 80 80 70 64 60 57 67 78 83 81 70 63 58 55 64 72 75 74
Dewpt                  54 56 57 57 56 55 55 60 61 60 59 59 58 56 55 57 55 53 53
RH                     55 44 45 63 75 84 93 78 56 46 47 68 84 93100 78 55 46 48
Wind dir               NE  E  E NE NE NE NE  E SE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd               12 11 12 11 11  8  6  8  6  8 12 11  9  6  6  9 10 12 12
Clouds                 B1 FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          10          50          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S           S  S
Tstms                                     S           S
Heat index                80 80                   83 81
Max heat                     80                      83


Date          Thu 08/13/26  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26
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          54    74      54    70      51    73      51    77
Temp          60 54 69 71   60 56 65 67   56 53 68 71   57 52 71 75
Dewpt         53 51 52 54   54 53 57 58   56 53 56 56   55 52 56 57
PWind dir        NE     E       E     E      NE     N       E     S
Wind char        GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 OV B2   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20    40      60    70      50    20      10    10
Rain shwrs        S  S  C    C  L  L  L    C  C  S
Tstms                   S    C  S  S

$$
NDZ021-102100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
1035 AM CDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date             Mon 08/10/26            Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26
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          53          84          52          79
Temp                   73 77 76 66 59 56 55 67 76 81 78 66 60 57 55 64 72 75 73
Dewpt                  56 57 58 59 57 56 55 59 60 60 61 63 60 57 55 58 56 53 52
RH                     55 50 54 78 93100100 75 58 49 56 90100100100 81 57 46 48
Wind dir               SE  E NE NE NE NE  E  E SE NE NE  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                4  6  8  8  6  5  4  5  5  4  6  5  5  5  5  8  8  8  9
Clouds                 B2 B1 FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     50          30          40          40          10
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.05           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C           S  S     C     C  C  S  S
Tstms                   S  C           S  S     C     S     S
Heat index                                        82
Max heat                                             82


Date          Thu 08/13/26  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26
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          49    75      49    69      48    72      47    76
Temp          57 52 69 71   57 52 64 65   54 52 66 68   54 50 70 72
Dewpt         53 52 52 51   53 51 56 57   54 52 57 56   54 50 55 54
PWind dir        NE     E       E    SE      NE     N      NW     W
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 OV OV B2   B2 B2 OV B2   B1 SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10    20      40    70      50    20      10    20
Rain shwrs           S       S  C  L  L    C  C  S  S             S
Tstms                        S  C  C

$$
NDZ043-102100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
935 AM MDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date             Mon 08/10/26            Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26
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                      89          57          90          56          80
Temp                   78 85 81 69 63 60 58 70 83 86 81 68 62 58 56 66 73 75 70
Dewpt                  62 56 57 59 60 60 58 62 60 54 54 57 58 57 56 58 55 55 55
RH                     58 37 44 70 90100100 76 46 34 39 68 87 96100 75 53 50 59
Wind dir               SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  S NE  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                6 11 14 13 10  8  6  9 10 10 11 10  8  6  5 10 13 13 14
Clouds                 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC CL SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          20          40          40          60
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.02        0.02        0.01        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S                    C  C  C              L  L  L
Tstms                      S  S                    C  C  S              S  C  C
Obvis                      K  K
Heat index                   81                83    81
Max heat                     84                83    85


Date               Thu 08/13/26  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26
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            52    72      51    71      50    73      50    77
Temp          58   54 66 66 56   53 64 65 56   51 67 68 55   51 70 71
Dewpt         56   54 55 56 56   53 57 57 56   51 54 54 55   51 55 54
PWind dir           E     E      SE    SE       N     N       E    SE
Wind char          GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr           70    50      80    70      40    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     L    L  C  C  L    D  L  C  C    C  S  C  C    C  C  C
Tstms          C    C  S  C  C    C  S  S                S    S     S

$$
NDZ045-102100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
1035 AM CDT Mon Aug 10 2026

Date             Mon 08/10/26            Tue 08/11/26            Wed 08/12/26
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          60          86          60          79
Temp                   78 82 79 69 65 62 60 68 77 84 81 70 66 62 60 66 72 76 74
Dewpt                  61 61 63 64 63 62 60 63 64 61 61 63 63 62 60 61 60 57 57
RH                     56 49 58 84 93100100 84 64 46 51 78 90100100 84 66 52 55
Wind dir               SE SE  E  E  E NE  E NE  E  E  N  E NE NE  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd                8  9  9  9  6  6  6  6  8  6  6  6  8  6  8  9  9 10  9
Wind gust              19
Clouds                 SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          40          40          60          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.35        0.11           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  S                 S  L  L  C  C        C  C  C
Tstms                      S  C  S                 S  C  S                 S  S
Heat index                83                      84 82
Max heat                     83                      84


Date          Thu 08/13/26  Fri 08/14/26  Sat 08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26
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    74      57    71      56    73      54    76
Temp          63 57 67 72   62 58 65 68   60 56 67 71   60 55 70 74
Dewpt         58 56 55 53   56 54 57 58   59 56 58 56   58 55 56 54
PWind dir        NE     E       E    SE      NE     N       N     E
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 OV B2   SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40    30      50    70      50    20      20    20
Rain shwrs     C  C  C       C  C  L  L    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  S
Tstms          S  C  S       C  S  C  S    S             S  S     S

$$