Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
616 FOUS53 KBIS 122049 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 349 PM CDT Fri Sep 12 2025 NDZ015-130900- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 349 PM CDT Fri Sep 12 2025 Date 09/12/25 Sat 09/13/25 Sun 09/14/25 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 63 79 60 77 58 Temp 88 86 71 68 66 65 65 73 73 73 68 65 63 62 64 71 73 71 65 61 61 59 Dewpt 65 65 67 66 65 64 65 66 66 67 66 64 62 62 64 64 63 64 64 61 60 59 RH 47 50 87 93 97 97100 79 79 81 93 97 97100100 79 71 79 97100 97100 Wind dir N NE E E NE NE E E E E NE NE E E E SE S S SE SE S S Wind spd 0 5 9 6 6 8 10 11 10 10 8 5 5 5 5 9 10 9 8 8 8 6 Clouds SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 60 70 60 70 60 QPF 12hr 0.10 0.97 0.23 0.33 0.25 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C L L L L L L C C L L L L C C L L C Tstms C C C C C C C C C C S S S C C C C C C S Heat index 90 87 Max heat 90 82 Date 09/15 Tue 09/16/25 Wed 09/17/25 Thu 09/18/25 Fri 09/19/25 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 56 81 55 74 53 71 50 73 Temp 74 76 62 58 76 74 60 57 69 69 57 55 66 67 56 52 68 68 Dewpt 61 60 58 56 60 59 58 55 58 57 55 53 56 54 54 51 54 54 PWind dir SW S E N N N NE E SE Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 SC FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 50 10 20 30 40 30 30 10 20 Rain shwrs C C S C C C C C C C S S Tstms S S S S S $$ NDZ033-130900- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 249 PM MDT Fri Sep 12 2025 Date 09/12/25 Sat 09/13/25 Sun 09/14/25 Mon MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 60 72 54 71 53 Temp 84 79 66 63 62 61 62 66 69 67 62 60 59 57 61 66 70 66 60 58 57 56 Dewpt 61 62 62 63 62 61 62 64 64 64 61 60 59 57 61 60 59 60 59 58 57 55 RH 46 56 87100100100100 93 84 90 97100100100100 81 68 81 96100100 96 Wind dir NE NE NE E N NE E E E E NE N N W W W NW N S SW SW SW Wind spd 3 6 10 9 8 6 9 10 10 8 6 5 5 5 5 6 8 5 5 6 6 9 Clouds SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 80 90 60 60 60 QPF 12hr 1.04 0.60 0.08 0.33 0.41 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C L D D L L L L C C L L L L C C L L C Tstms S C C C C S S C C C C S S S Heat index 84 Max heat 84 Date 09/15/25 Tue 09/16/25 Wed 09/17/25 Thu 09/18/25 Fri 09/19/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 78 52 76 52 70 49 69 47 70 Temp 72 74 58 55 71 70 56 53 66 66 54 51 65 66 52 49 65 65 Dewpt 56 56 54 52 56 56 54 53 55 54 53 51 53 52 51 49 52 51 PWind dir SW S N N N NE E SE SE Wind char GN LT GN LT GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 20 20 40 40 30 20 10 10 Rain shwrs C S S S C C C C S C S Tstms S $$ NDZ044-130900- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 249 PM MDT Fri Sep 12 2025 Date 09/12/25 Sat 09/13/25 Sun 09/14/25 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 73 53 68 51 Temp 86 82 67 63 62 61 64 67 70 69 63 60 58 56 61 65 67 65 60 58 55 54 Dewpt 54 57 63 63 62 61 64 64 64 64 62 60 58 56 61 60 60 61 59 58 55 54 RH 34 43 87100100100100 90 81 84 97100100100100 84 78 87 96100100100 Wind dir NE NE N NE E NE NE E E E N N NW W NW NW NW NW W SW SW SW Wind spd 3 5 8 9 6 6 9 10 9 8 5 4 5 5 6 9 9 6 5 6 6 8 Clouds SC B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 PoP 12hr 80 80 60 60 60 QPF 12hr 1.08 0.24 0.15 0.45 0.43 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L D D D L L L L L L L L C C C C L L S Tstms C C C C C C C C S S S S S S Heat index 82 Max heat 84 Date 09/15/25 Tue 09/16/25 Wed 09/17/25 Thu 09/18/25 Fri 09/19/25 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 51 75 50 70 48 69 47 71 Temp 73 74 58 54 71 70 55 53 66 65 53 50 65 65 52 49 65 66 Dewpt 56 57 54 52 57 58 55 53 57 56 53 50 54 54 52 49 54 53 PWind dir SW E N N N N NE SE SE Wind char GN LT GN LT GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 20 20 20 40 40 30 20 10 10 Rain shwrs S S S S S C C C S C S Tstms S S S S $$ NDZ011-130900- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 349 PM CDT Fri Sep 12 2025 Date 09/12/25 Sat 09/13/25 Sun 09/14/25 Mon CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 62 73 59 75 58 Temp 83 78 68 65 63 63 64 68 70 69 66 63 62 61 64 70 73 70 65 62 61 59 Dewpt 64 66 66 64 63 62 64 65 65 65 65 63 62 61 64 64 64 65 64 61 60 59 RH 53 67 93 97100 97100 90 84 87 97100100100100 81 73 84 97 97 97100 Wind dir NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E SE SE S SE SE SE S Wind spd 11 11 8 8 6 8 10 11 12 10 10 9 6 6 8 9 9 8 6 6 6 8 Clouds SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 30 60 70 60 60 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.39 0.32 0.17 0.30 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C S S L L L L L L L L C C L L C C L L L Tstms S C S S C S S C C C S S S S C C S C C C Heat index 84 Max heat 84 Date 09/15 Tue 09/16/25 Wed 09/17/25 Thu 09/18/25 Fri 09/19/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 76 56 78 54 71 50 69 50 70 Temp 69 71 62 57 73 72 60 55 67 66 57 52 64 65 56 51 65 66 Dewpt 62 60 58 56 60 59 56 54 57 56 54 52 55 54 53 51 54 53 PWind dir SW SW NW NW N N NE SE SE Wind char GN LT GN LT GN LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 60 20 10 30 30 20 20 20 10 Rain shwrs L C S S S C S C S S S S S Tstms C C S $$ NDZ037-130900- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 349 PM CDT Fri Sep 12 2025 Date 09/12/25 Sat 09/13/25 Sun 09/14/25 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 80 62 81 59 Temp 81 78 68 66 63 63 67 73 77 74 68 67 65 63 69 76 79 75 67 64 62 61 Dewpt 68 68 66 64 63 62 65 67 66 67 67 65 64 63 66 67 65 65 63 62 60 60 RH 65 71 93 93100 97 93 81 69 79 97 93 97100 90 74 62 71 87 93 93 97 Wind dir E E E NE E NE E E E E E E E E SE S S SE S SE SE S Wind spd 5 5 6 5 6 8 10 12 13 10 10 9 9 8 10 12 13 11 10 10 11 12 Wind gust 24 Clouds SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 20 20 30 40 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.05 0.04 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S C C C C S S C C C C C C C Tstms S S S S S C S C S S S C S Heat index 84 Max heat 84 Date 09/15 Tue 09/16/25 Wed 09/17/25 Thu 09/18/25 Fri 09/19/25 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 57 81 56 73 53 69 52 69 Temp 74 74 63 59 77 73 61 58 69 67 58 55 65 64 56 54 65 64 Dewpt 62 62 59 58 63 62 59 57 61 60 57 55 59 58 55 53 57 57 PWind dir S S S N N N N NE NE Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 40 10 20 40 40 40 30 20 20 Rain shwrs C C S C C C C C C C C S S S S Tstms S S C S $$ NDZ001-130900- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 349 PM CDT Fri Sep 12 2025 Date 09/12/25 Sat 09/13/25 Sun 09/14/25 Mon CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 61 70 57 73 55 Temp 83 80 67 64 63 61 63 66 68 67 63 62 60 59 62 68 72 70 63 61 59 57 Dewpt 64 64 63 63 62 61 63 66 66 66 63 61 60 59 62 63 62 63 61 59 58 56 RH 53 58 87 97 97100100100 93 97100 97100100100 84 71 78 93 93 96 96 Wind dir N NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E SE S S SE SE S S W Wind spd 10 11 9 8 6 8 10 12 13 11 9 6 5 5 6 9 9 8 5 5 5 5 Clouds B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 50 90 70 50 50 QPF 12hr 0.32 0.84 0.12 0.09 0.31 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C C D D D D L L C C C C C C C C C C C Tstms S C C C C C C C C C C S S Heat index 84 81 Max heat 84 Date 09/15 Tue 09/16/25 Wed 09/17/25 Thu 09/18/25 Fri 09/19/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 77 54 76 52 71 50 71 49 71 Temp 71 73 61 56 71 72 59 54 67 68 56 51 66 68 56 51 66 68 Dewpt 61 59 56 53 59 57 55 52 56 54 53 50 55 54 51 49 54 53 PWind dir W W NW N N E SE SE SE Wind char GN LT GN LT GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 20 20 30 30 20 20 10 10 Rain shwrs C C S S S C C S S S $$ NDZ021-130900- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 349 PM CDT Fri Sep 12 2025 Date 09/12/25 Sat 09/13/25 Sun 09/14/25 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 74 57 75 56 Temp 85 81 67 63 62 62 65 68 70 69 64 62 60 59 64 69 71 69 62 60 59 59 Dewpt 64 66 65 63 62 62 65 64 64 64 64 61 60 59 63 63 62 63 62 60 59 59 RH 50 60 93100100100100 87 81 84100 97100100 97 81 73 81100100100100 Wind dir NE NE NE E NE NE E E E E E E E E SW SE S S SE SE S SW Wind spd 9 11 9 8 8 9 10 11 11 10 8 6 5 5 5 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 Clouds SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 50 70 70 60 60 QPF 12hr 0.23 0.77 0.28 0.31 0.32 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C L L L L L L L L C C L L L L L L L Tstms C C C C C C C C C C S S C C C C C C Heat index 86 82 Max heat 86 Date 09/15 Tue 09/16/25 Wed 09/17/25 Thu 09/18/25 Fri 09/19/25 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 77 55 79 53 71 50 69 48 71 Temp 70 73 59 56 74 72 58 55 67 67 55 52 65 66 53 50 66 66 Dewpt 61 59 56 54 58 59 56 54 56 56 53 51 54 53 52 50 52 52 PWind dir SW S NW N N NE NE E SE Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds B2 SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 60 20 20 30 30 20 20 10 10 Rain shwrs L C S S S C C C C S S S S Tstms C C S $$ NDZ043-130900- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 249 PM MDT Fri Sep 12 2025 Date 09/12/25 Sat 09/13/25 Sun 09/14/25 Mon MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 58 72 52 69 50 Temp 84 81 65 62 61 60 63 67 70 68 60 58 57 56 61 65 67 66 58 56 55 53 Dewpt 61 60 61 61 61 60 63 62 61 62 60 58 57 56 60 58 57 58 58 56 55 53 RH 46 49 87 97100100100 84 73 81100100100100 97 78 70 75100100100100 Wind dir NE NE NE NE N NE NE E E NE N NW NW W W NW NW NW SW SW SW SW Wind spd 6 8 9 10 8 6 9 10 10 9 6 5 5 6 8 10 10 9 6 6 8 9 Clouds SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 PoP 12hr 80 90 50 50 40 QPF 12hr 0.78 0.16 0.08 0.19 0.18 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C L D D D L L C C C C C C C C C C C C S Tstms C C C C S S C C C S Heat index 84 81 Max heat 85 Date 09/15/25 Tue 09/16/25 Wed 09/17/25 Thu 09/18/25 Fri 09/19/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 79 51 76 50 70 48 70 47 71 Temp 74 75 57 53 71 70 55 52 66 65 52 50 66 66 51 49 65 66 Dewpt 53 53 54 51 55 56 54 52 55 54 52 50 52 52 51 49 52 52 PWind dir SW E N NW N NE E SE SE Wind char GN LT GN GN GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 20 20 40 40 30 20 10 10 Rain shwrs S S S S S C C S S C S Tstms S S S $$ NDZ045-130900- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 349 PM CDT Fri Sep 12 2025 Date 09/12/25 Sat 09/13/25 Sun 09/14/25 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 64 77 61 72 59 Temp 85 82 71 68 66 64 66 71 73 72 67 65 62 61 64 68 69 67 63 61 61 59 Dewpt 65 66 67 67 65 64 66 65 65 66 66 64 62 61 64 63 64 63 63 61 60 59 RH 51 58 87 97 97100100 81 76 81 97 97100100100 84 84 87100100 97100 Wind dir E E SE NE N NE E E E E NE N NE NW E SE S S S S SW SW Wind spd 5 8 10 9 10 10 10 11 10 10 9 9 8 8 8 10 11 10 10 10 11 10 Clouds SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 PoP 12hr 60 70 60 70 70 QPF 12hr 0.37 0.46 0.18 0.50 0.29 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C L L L C C L L L L L L L L C C L L C Tstms S C C C S S C C C C S S C C C C C S S Heat index 87 84 Max heat 87 82 Date 09/15 Tue 09/16/25 Wed 09/17/25 Thu 09/18/25 Fri 09/19/25 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 57 79 57 71 54 69 52 70 Temp 73 74 63 58 76 71 61 57 67 66 57 55 64 64 56 52 66 66 Dewpt 59 59 58 56 60 60 59 57 58 58 57 55 57 56 55 52 54 54 PWind dir SW SE E N N N NE E SE Wind char GN LT GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 10 20 40 40 30 30 20 10 Rain shwrs C S S S C C C C C C C S S Tstms S S S $$