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Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
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697 FOUS53 KBIS 151049 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 549 AM CDT Thu May 15 2025 NDZ015-152100- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 549 AM CDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 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 58 40 48 35 56 Temp 49 52 54 54 51 48 46 44 42 43 44 45 45 42 40 39 37 43 50 54 54 Dewpt 48 49 48 47 44 44 42 41 41 39 38 37 37 37 37 35 33 34 33 33 33 RH 96 89 80 77 77 86 86 89 96 86 79 73 73 82 89 85 85 70 52 45 45 Wind dir N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N NW N N N N NE Wind spd 17 17 19 25 25 25 23 23 21 23 25 25 20 17 12 10 9 9 10 10 10 Wind gust 27 31 34 42 41 39 36 36 35 37 37 39 32 27 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 100 90 100 50 10 QPF 12hr 0.65 0.84 0.22 0.04 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D D L D D D D D D D D D C C S S Tstms S C C C S Wind chill 38 35 33 34 35 36 37 34 33 32 30 Min chill 37 33 31 35 33 30 32 Wind Y Y Y Y Y Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 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 35 56 42 58 43 59 41 59 Temp 40 37 50 54 46 44 52 55 48 45 54 56 47 43 55 58 Dewpt 33 31 35 38 39 39 40 42 43 41 43 42 42 39 40 39 PWind dir E E E E E NE N NW Wind char LT GN GN BZ GN GN GN GN Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 40 70 90 90 70 50 40 Rain shwrs S C C L D D D D L L C C C C Tstms S $$ NDZ033-152100- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 449 AM MDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 MDT 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 50 37 51 33 58 Temp 45 45 46 46 44 41 40 40 40 40 43 45 46 41 38 36 35 45 52 55 54 Dewpt 45 45 43 42 40 39 39 39 38 39 38 38 37 37 35 34 34 35 34 35 33 RH 100100 89 86 86 92 96 96 92 96 82 76 71 85 89 92 96 68 50 47 45 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N NE NE E E Wind spd 16 23 26 28 26 26 24 25 25 27 27 25 19 13 10 8 6 6 9 11 11 Wind gust 28 36 39 42 43 39 36 36 36 40 39 37 29 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC FW PoP 12hr 100 90 90 30 10 QPF 12hr 1.50 0.86 0.40 0.02 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D D D L L D D D D D L L C C Wind chill 38 36 37 37 34 30 30 29 29 29 33 36 38 33 31 30 29 Min chill 38 34 34 29 28 26 34 31 28 33 Wind Y Y Y Y Y Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 MDT 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 35 52 39 56 39 57 38 61 Temp 39 37 47 49 43 41 49 52 43 42 52 53 43 41 55 57 Dewpt 33 33 36 37 38 39 41 41 41 39 41 40 38 38 39 37 PWind dir E E E E NE N NW NW Wind char GN BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN BZ Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 50 80 80 80 60 40 40 Rain shwrs S C C L D D D D L L L C C C C Tstms S $$ NDZ044-152100- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 449 AM MDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 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 50 36 49 32 58 Temp 46 46 47 48 45 41 40 40 38 41 44 46 46 40 38 36 35 45 53 57 55 Dewpt 45 46 44 44 42 40 39 38 37 40 40 40 39 38 37 35 34 37 37 38 38 RH 96100 89 86 89 96 96 92 96 96 86 79 76 92 96 96 96 73 54 49 53 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N NW N N N NE E E Wind spd 23 32 32 34 32 33 31 32 33 35 32 31 23 14 9 6 5 5 9 11 11 Wind gust 35 48 48 51 49 51 42 46 44 49 46 43 35 25 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 90 80 80 30 10 QPF 12hr 1.54 0.66 0.26 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D D D L L D L D D D L L C C Wind chill 38 36 38 39 35 29 28 28 25 29 34 36 38 32 32 30 Min chill 38 32 35 28 25 24 35 31 29 34 Wind Y Y Y Y Y Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 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 34 51 39 54 38 57 38 61 Temp 39 37 47 49 43 42 49 52 43 41 51 52 42 40 56 56 Dewpt 34 34 39 40 39 40 44 46 42 40 43 43 39 38 41 39 PWind dir E E E E NE N NW NW Wind char GN BZ BZ BZ GN BZ GN BZ Avg clouds SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 30 60 80 90 80 60 40 40 Rain shwrs C C L L D D D D L L L C C C C Tstms S S $$ NDZ011-152100- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 549 AM CDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 55 39 46 35 53 Temp 42 44 48 52 51 46 44 43 40 40 41 43 43 41 39 38 35 41 46 51 51 Dewpt 42 44 47 47 45 43 41 39 39 36 36 36 37 36 34 33 31 31 30 30 31 RH 100100 96 83 80 89 89 86 96 85 82 76 79 82 82 82 85 67 53 44 46 Wind dir N N N N N N NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N N N NE NE Wind spd 23 19 21 25 26 28 26 26 26 27 26 26 21 18 13 12 12 11 11 11 11 Wind gust 32 34 39 42 46 42 42 42 43 41 41 35 29 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 100 100 90 50 10 QPF 12hr 0.68 0.98 0.46 0.01 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D L D D D D D D D D D D C C Tstms S C S S Wind chill 32 36 37 34 33 29 29 30 33 34 32 31 30 26 34 Min chill 32 33 34 29 28 32 31 26 28 Wind Y Y Y Y Y Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 34 57 41 56 42 57 41 58 Temp 39 34 50 54 46 41 52 52 45 42 52 54 45 42 53 55 Dewpt 30 30 33 36 36 36 38 39 39 39 41 39 39 39 40 39 PWind dir E E E E E NE N NW Wind char GN GN GN BZ GN GN GN GN Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 5 20 50 70 80 70 50 40 Rain shwrs S C C C L D L L L C C C C $$ NDZ037-152100- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 549 AM CDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 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 44 51 35 53 Temp 53 65 67 66 61 56 52 48 46 47 47 45 44 41 39 37 37 42 46 50 49 Dewpt 51 57 57 57 55 51 50 46 43 44 42 40 37 36 35 33 32 32 31 32 32 RH 93 75 70 73 81 83 93 93 89 89 83 82 76 82 85 85 82 67 55 50 52 Wind dir E SE SE E N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N Wind spd 18 16 17 18 18 18 18 20 21 26 27 28 24 21 19 18 17 17 16 14 11 Wind gust 27 29 28 29 29 33 34 37 40 41 37 35 31 28 Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 100 90 100 50 20 QPF 12hr 0.44 0.24 0.04 0.01 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L D D D L L D D D D D C C S S S S Tstms S S C C C S Wind chill 38 39 38 35 35 31 29 27 27 34 39 Min chill 38 36 35 29 26 29 Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 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 34 59 41 58 43 58 42 59 Temp 39 36 52 56 46 42 52 55 48 45 53 55 47 44 54 56 Dewpt 33 32 35 37 38 37 39 41 41 42 44 44 42 41 42 41 PWind dir NE E E E E E N NW Wind char LT GN GN BZ BZ BZ GN GN Avg clouds B1 SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 5 10 40 70 90 80 60 50 Rain shwrs S C C L D D D L L C C C Tstms S $$ NDZ001-152100- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 549 AM CDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 50 42 54 35 58 Temp 45 46 47 48 46 45 44 44 43 43 47 50 52 46 42 39 38 45 53 57 56 Dewpt 45 44 43 44 42 41 41 41 39 40 40 40 39 38 37 35 34 36 35 35 35 RH 100 93 86 86 86 86 89 89 86 89 76 68 61 73 82 85 85 70 50 43 45 Wind dir N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N NE E E E E Wind spd 17 21 27 29 29 28 26 26 27 29 29 27 21 12 8 5 5 8 10 12 14 Wind gust 32 40 41 41 37 39 39 41 40 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 100 90 70 20 5 QPF 12hr 1.05 0.71 0.35 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D D D D D D D D L L C C S S Wind chill 38 38 38 39 37 35 34 34 33 33 38 Min chill 38 36 37 34 33 31 39 37 34 35 Wind Y Y Y Y Y Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 37 55 42 56 41 58 41 61 Temp 43 38 50 53 47 43 51 53 46 42 54 56 46 43 56 59 Dewpt 34 33 36 39 38 39 42 42 41 40 42 41 40 39 42 41 PWind dir E E E E E N NW NW Wind char GN BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW SC B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 5 40 60 70 60 60 30 50 Rain shwrs S C C L L L L C L L C S C C $$ NDZ021-152100- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 549 AM CDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 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 53 37 47 33 55 Temp 45 47 49 51 49 45 43 41 40 40 41 43 43 40 39 36 35 41 48 52 52 Dewpt 43 46 45 44 43 41 41 39 39 38 36 36 36 36 35 33 31 32 31 31 31 RH 93 96 86 77 80 86 93 92 96 92 82 76 76 85 85 89 85 70 51 44 44 Wind dir N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N NE E Wind spd 24 19 21 25 25 26 25 25 24 25 25 24 20 16 11 10 10 10 10 9 10 Wind gust 34 31 32 36 41 41 39 37 37 39 37 37 33 27 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 100 100 100 40 10 QPF 12hr 0.91 0.87 0.24 0.01 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D D D D D D D D D D D D C C Tstms S S S S Wind chill 36 36 33 31 30 29 31 34 34 32 32 29 27 35 Min chill 36 37 33 28 27 32 31 27 29 Wind Y Y Y Y Y Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 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 33 56 39 56 40 57 39 58 Temp 38 34 50 53 44 41 51 52 45 42 52 53 44 41 53 56 Dewpt 32 30 34 36 37 37 38 39 41 39 41 39 39 38 39 38 PWind dir E E E E E NE N NW Wind char GN GN GN BZ GN GN GN GN Avg clouds SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 5 30 60 80 80 70 50 40 Rain shwrs C C L L D D L L L C C C C Tstms S $$ NDZ043-152100- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 449 AM MDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 MDT 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 50 37 51 33 60 Temp 45 46 48 48 46 41 40 40 39 42 45 48 48 41 38 36 35 46 54 58 57 Dewpt 43 44 43 42 40 39 38 38 37 39 39 38 38 36 36 35 34 37 37 37 37 RH 93 93 83 80 79 92 92 92 92 89 79 68 68 82 92 96 96 71 52 45 47 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N E E E E Wind spd 24 31 34 34 32 31 28 29 32 34 34 31 24 13 9 6 5 6 10 12 14 Wind gust 43 47 48 46 41 40 46 44 41 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC PoP 12hr 80 80 70 20 10 QPF 12hr 1.10 0.64 0.28 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D L L L L L L D L L C C S S Wind chill 36 36 39 39 36 30 29 28 27 30 35 39 33 32 30 Min chill 35 34 36 28 27 25 36 32 29 34 Wind Y Y Y Y Y Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 MDT 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 36 52 38 54 38 57 37 61 Temp 40 37 47 49 42 41 48 52 43 40 51 53 42 40 55 57 Dewpt 35 35 40 40 39 40 44 44 41 40 43 41 39 38 40 38 PWind dir E SE E E NE NW NW NW Wind char BZ WY BZ BZ GN BZ GN BZ Avg clouds SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 30 60 80 90 80 60 40 40 Rain shwrs C L L L D D D D L L C C C C C Tstms S S $$ NDZ045-152100- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 549 AM CDT Thu May 15 2025 Date Thu 05/15/25 Fri 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 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 51 40 44 37 53 Temp 47 49 48 49 46 44 43 42 41 41 41 42 42 41 40 38 37 43 48 52 52 Dewpt 47 48 47 44 43 42 41 40 41 41 39 38 39 38 37 35 34 35 34 34 34 RH 100 96 96 83 89 93 93 93100100 92 86 89 89 89 89 89 73 58 50 50 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N NE Wind spd 16 26 27 31 31 34 32 33 31 31 29 28 26 21 18 16 13 13 12 11 11 Wind gust 41 44 49 47 50 42 43 42 46 44 43 36 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW PoP 12hr 100 90 100 50 10 QPF 12hr 1.10 1.24 0.28 0.03 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D C L L D D D D D D D D C C S S Tstms S S C C Wind chill 36 33 32 31 30 30 30 31 32 31 31 29 28 36 Min chill 36 32 29 28 30 31 28 31 Wind Y Y Y Y Y Date Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 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 37 52 43 53 44 56 42 57 Temp 40 37 46 51 46 45 50 52 48 46 52 53 47 44 53 55 Dewpt 34 32 36 39 41 41 44 46 45 43 45 44 43 40 40 40 PWind dir E E E E E N NW NW Wind char GN BZ BZ BZ BZ BZ BZ BZ Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 50 80 90 90 70 50 40 Rain shwrs S C C L D D D D D L L C C C C Tstms S $$