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Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1249 AM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025

NDZ015-030900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
1249 AM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025

Date           08/01/25      Sat 08/02/25            Sun 08/03/25            Mon
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          77          62          78          61
Temp                   67 65 63 66 71 77 74 68 65 63 62 67 73 77 76 69 66 64 63
Dewpt                  57 57 59 59 60 61 62 62 61 60 60 62 62 62 62 64 63 61 61
RH                     70 75 87 78 68 58 66 81 87 90 93 84 68 60 62 84 90 90 93
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE  E SE  E  E  E
Wind spd               12 12 11 13 13 13 13 10  9  5  5  5  6  6  8  5  5  4  4
Clouds                 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     10          10          50          50          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.05        0.28
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     C  C  S  S  S     S  C  C  S        S
Obvis                   K  K  K


Date           08/04  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25  Thu 08/07/25  Fri 08/08/25
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          80      61    85      63    87      64    87      62    83
Temp          74 79   66 63 79 83   70 65 80 85   70 65 81 84   69 65 77 80
Dewpt         62 62   63 61 63 63   64 62 63 62   64 62 62 61   61 60 61 58
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE      SE     S      SE     S      SW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 SC FW   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    20      50    20      20    20      40    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    S        S    C  C  S       S  S  S  S    C  S     S
Tstms          S  C    S             C  S          S  S     S    C        S

$$
NDZ033-030900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1149 PM MDT Fri Aug 1 2025

Date           08/01/25      Sat 08/02/25            Sun 08/03/25            Mon
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                      59          77          60          76          58
Temp                   61 60 60 64 69 76 75 67 63 61 60 65 71 75 74 66 62 60 59
Dewpt                  57 59 59 61 62 62 63 62 61 61 60 62 62 61 63 62 61 60 59
RH                     87 96 96 90 78 62 66 84 93100100 90 73 62 69 87 97100100
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  W  S  N  N  E SE  S SE
Wind spd               10 11 12 13 12 11 11 10  8  5  5  5  5  6  6  5  5  5  5
Clouds                 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20          60          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.16        0.08        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                     C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  S  S  S
Obvis                   K  K  K


Date           08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25  Thu 08/07/25  Fri 08/08/25
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          79      58    82      59    84      60    83      58    80
Temp          74 78 64   60 76 79 65   60 78 82 67   61 77 79 64   60 74 75
Dewpt         61 62 60   59 61 63 61   58 59 60 59   59 59 59 58   57 58 57
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE      SW    SW      SE    SW      SW     W
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      20    30      50    10      30    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     S  C  S    S     C  C    C        S    C  S  C  C    S  S  S
Tstms             C  S          S  C    S        S    C     C  S          S

$$
NDZ044-030900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1149 PM MDT Fri Aug 1 2025

Date           08/01/25      Sat 08/02/25            Sun 08/03/25            Mon
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                      58          79          60          80          57
Temp                   60 59 59 64 71 78 77 68 63 61 60 67 74 79 75 67 63 61 59
Dewpt                  58 58 59 61 62 62 63 65 63 61 60 62 62 61 62 64 62 60 59
RH                     93 96100 90 73 58 62 90100100100 84 66 54 64 90 97 97100
Wind dir               SE SE  E SE  E SE  E  E SE SE NE NW NW NW  N NE SE  S  E
Wind spd                3  6 12 13 12 11 11 10  6  4  3  5  8  8  8  5  4  3  3
Clouds                 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          20          60          50          50
QPF 12hr                   0.18           0        0.07        0.03        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S              L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                     L  C  C  C        S  C  C  S        S


Date           08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25  Thu 08/07/25  Fri 08/08/25
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          83      58    85      60    87      60    86      58    81
Temp          78 80 65   61 78 81 66   62 80 84 68   62 79 80 66   61 75 76
Dewpt         61 60 62   59 61 61 60   59 59 59 61   60 60 60 60   58 59 57
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    NE      NE    NW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20    30      40    10      20    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     S  S  S    S     C  C    S             S  S  S  C    C  S  S
Tstms          S  S  S          S  C                  S     S  S          S

$$
NDZ011-030900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
1249 AM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025

Date           08/01/25      Sat 08/02/25            Sun 08/03/25            Mon
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          79          61          77          59
Temp                   64 61 60 68 73 79 76 69 64 63 61 67 73 76 75 69 64 63 61
Dewpt                  57 58 58 60 61 61 62 62 61 61 60 62 62 62 63 64 63 62 61
RH                     78 90 93 76 66 54 62 78 90 93 97 84 68 62 66 84 97 97100
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE  E  E  E SE  E  E
Wind spd                9  9 10 12 13 13 12 10  8  5  5  6 10 10  9  6  5  5  5
Wind gust                          24
Clouds                 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          40          50          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.05        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S                 S  C  S
Obvis                   K  K  K


Date           08/04  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25  Thu 08/07/25  Fri 08/08/25
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          78      60    81      61    85      61    83      61    80
Temp          73 76   64 62 76 78   67 62 78 82   67 63 78 80   66 62 74 76
Dewpt         62 63   62 61 63 64   63 60 61 60   61 60 61 60   60 59 60 58
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       S    SW      SW     W       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    20      50    20      20    20      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  C    S  S     S    C  C     S       S     S    C  C  S  C
Tstms          S  C    S        S    C  C     S       S     S    S        S

$$
NDZ037-030900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
1249 AM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025

Date           08/01/25      Sat 08/02/25            Sun 08/03/25            Mon
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          74          61          72          61
Temp                   62 60 60 66 69 74 70 65 63 62 61 66 68 71 70 66 64 63 63
Dewpt                  56 54 56 59 60 60 62 61 60 59 60 62 63 64 64 64 63 62 61
RH                     81 81 87 78 73 62 76 87 90 90 97 87 84 79 81 93 97 97 93
Wind dir               SE SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE  E  E
Wind spd                8  9 10 13 16 16 13 10  9  8  8 10 10 11 10  8  6  6  6
Wind gust                          26 26
Clouds                 FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          20          30          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.15        0.30        0.03        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S        C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                           C  S        S  S  C  C  S  S  S
Obvis                   K  K  K  K  K  K


Date           08/04  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25  Thu 08/07/25  Fri 08/08/25
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          75      61    79      63    83      63    83      63    82
Temp          69 72   64 63 73 76   67 65 76 79   69 66 78 80   68 65 76 77
Dewpt         64 64   63 62 65 66   65 63 66 67   65 63 65 65   63 62 64 63
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE      SE     S       S     S       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50      20    10      50    30      20    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    S  S          C  C  C       S  S  S  S    C  C  S  S
Tstms          S  C    S             C  C  S       S  S  S  S    C  S

$$
NDZ001-030900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
1249 AM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025

Date           08/01/25      Sat 08/02/25            Sun 08/03/25            Mon
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          80          62          79          61
Temp                   67 64 62 68 73 79 77 71 66 63 62 68 75 77 76 69 66 64 62
Dewpt                  63 61 60 63 64 64 64 63 62 62 61 64 64 64 64 64 63 62 61
RH                     87 90 93 84 73 60 64 76 87 97 97 87 69 64 66 84 90 93 97
Wind dir               SE SE  E SE SE SE SE  E SE  E  E  E SE SE  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd               12 11 11 13 13 13 11  9  6  5  5  6  9  8  8  5  5  5  5
Wind gust              23
Clouds                 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          20          60          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.11        0.08        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                     C                 S  C  S
Obvis                   K  K  K


Date           08/04  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25  Thu 08/07/25  Fri 08/08/25
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          81      61    82      60    84      60    83      59    79
Temp          76 79   66 62 76 79   67 62 79 82   67 62 78 80   66 62 74 75
Dewpt         65 63   61 61 64 63   60 58 59 58   59 58 60 59   58 57 59 58
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE      SW    SW       E    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      20    40      50    10      20    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     S  C    S  S  S  C    C  C          S  S     S    C  S  S  S
Tstms             S    S        C    C             S  S     S             S

$$
NDZ021-030900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
1249 AM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025

Date           08/01/25      Sat 08/02/25            Sun 08/03/25            Mon
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          76          60          75          58
Temp                   66 63 60 66 71 76 73 66 63 61 60 66 71 75 73 66 63 61 60
Dewpt                  59 59 58 60 61 61 62 62 61 59 59 62 62 61 64 64 62 61 60
RH                     78 87 93 81 71 60 68 87 93 93 96 87 73 62 73 93 97100100
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd               10  9 10 13 13 13 11  9  6  5  5  6  8  6  6  5  4  4  5
Wind gust                          24
Clouds                 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          10          50          60          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.05        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S  S              S  C  C  S  S     S
Obvis                   K  K  K


Date           08/04  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25  Thu 08/07/25  Fri 08/08/25
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          78      59    82      60    85      60    83      59    80
Temp          72 75   64 60 75 79   67 62 78 81   67 62 78 79   66 61 74 75
Dewpt         62 62   62 60 63 64   62 59 61 61   61 60 62 61   60 59 60 58
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       S    SW       S     W       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    20      50    20      20    20      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  C    S        S    C  C  S       S  S     S    C  S  S  C
Tstms          S  C    S        S    C  S          S  S     S    C        S

$$
NDZ043-030900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1149 PM MDT Fri Aug 1 2025

Date           08/01/25      Sat 08/02/25            Sun 08/03/25            Mon
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                      58          81          60          81          58
Temp                   59 59 60 64 71 80 79 68 63 61 60 67 75 78 77 66 63 60 59
Dewpt                  59 59 60 62 63 62 63 65 63 61 60 62 62 60 61 62 61 60 59
RH                    100100100 93 76 54 58 90100100100 84 64 54 58 87 93100100
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE  S NW NW NW NW NW  E  S  S  S
Wind spd                4  6 12 12 11 10 10  9  8  5  5  8 10 10 10  5  5  5  5
Clouds                 OV B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10          30          60          50          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.09        0.03        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                  S  C  C  C  S  S     C  C  C  C  S
Heat index                            81
Max heat                                 82


Date           08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25  Thu 08/07/25  Fri 08/08/25
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          83      59    85      59    87      60    84      58    80
Temp          78 80 66   62 78 81 65   60 80 84 68   62 79 80 65   60 74 75
Dewpt         59 59 60   59 61 60 59   58 59 58 59   60 59 59 58   58 58 57
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       S    SE      SE     N      SE    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW SC   SC SC FW SC   SC FW FW SC   B1 SC SC SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20    30      30    10      20    20      30    20
Rain shwrs        S  S    S     C  C    S             S  S  S  C    S  S  S
Tstms             S  S          C  C                  S     S  S          S

$$
NDZ045-030900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
1249 AM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025

Date           08/01/25      Sat 08/02/25            Sun 08/03/25            Mon
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                      61          75          61          78          62
Temp                   66 63 61 64 68 75 72 67 65 62 61 66 72 77 75 69 65 63 62
Dewpt                  58 58 59 61 62 62 63 63 61 61 61 63 64 64 64 64 63 62 61
RH                     75 84 93 90 81 64 73 87 87 97100 90 76 64 69 84 93 97 97
Wind dir               SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE  E  E SE SE  E
Wind spd               14 16 18 17 17 17 14 13 12 10  9  8  8  8  8  8  8  8  8
Wind gust              27 28       27
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          20          50          50          50
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.01        0.05        0.05        0.21
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S  S  S        C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  S              C  C  C  C  S  S     C  C  S
Obvis                   K  K  K


Date           08/04  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25  Thu 08/07/25  Fri 08/08/25
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          79      62    83      64    85      65    85      64    81
Temp          73 77   66 62 76 81   69 65 78 83   70 66 78 83   69 65 76 78
Dewpt         64 64   63 61 65 65   64 62 65 64   65 63 64 63   62 61 63 61
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE     E      SE    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC FW   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    20      50    20      20    20      40    30
Rain shwrs     C  C    S        S    C  C  S          S  S  S    C  C  S  C
Tstms          S  C    S             C  S             S  S  S    C

$$