Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
670 FOUS53 KBIS 190036 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 735 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 NDZ015-190900- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 735 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 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 54 86 59 88 58 Temp 69 61 58 55 67 79 84 80 71 66 63 60 72 83 87 84 73 65 62 58 Dewpt 57 51 51 50 54 55 53 56 59 59 58 55 56 52 49 50 53 54 55 54 RH 66 70 77 83 63 44 34 44 66 78 84 84 57 34 27 31 49 68 78 86 Wind dir NE E SE E S S SW SW S S SW W NW NW NW NW N N N N Wind spd 4 3 3 3 4 6 8 6 6 5 5 4 5 10 13 11 5 3 0 0 Clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 20 20 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Heat index 80 Max heat 83 82 84 80 Date 08/21 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 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 86 55 83 60 85 60 88 58 87 Temp 80 81 64 55 79 80 66 61 78 81 67 61 82 84 66 59 82 83 Dewpt 53 51 52 52 50 50 52 52 58 58 58 56 58 56 57 55 56 55 PWind dir N NE SE SE S SW NW NW NW Wind char LT LT LT GN GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 5 0 0 20 40 20 10 5 5 Rain shwrs S C S Tstms S C S $$ NDZ033-190900- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 635 PM MDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 53 86 56 87 55 Temp 68 60 57 54 68 80 84 82 70 64 60 57 72 82 85 83 70 63 60 57 Dewpt 50 50 51 51 54 51 48 47 50 50 50 49 51 48 47 47 51 51 51 50 RH 52 69 80 90 61 36 29 29 49 60 69 75 48 31 27 28 51 65 72 77 Wind dir NE SE S S S SW NW NW SW SW W NW N NW NW N NE E SE SE Wind spd 4 6 5 5 8 9 10 10 6 5 5 4 4 9 10 11 8 5 4 4 Clouds B1 SC SC SC SC FW B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 10 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 80 Max heat 80 82 81 83 Date 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 85 54 84 59 86 59 87 57 87 Temp 79 81 62 55 79 80 66 60 81 83 66 60 83 83 64 58 82 83 Dewpt 50 49 50 49 49 50 52 53 56 54 54 53 50 49 52 51 51 49 PWind dir E E SE SE SW W NW W SE Wind char LT GN BZ BZ BZ GN GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 30 20 20 10 10 5 Rain shwrs S C S S Tstms S S S $$ NDZ044-190900- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 635 PM MDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 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 53 86 55 90 56 Temp 66 60 56 54 68 80 85 82 69 63 59 57 73 84 88 85 70 63 59 57 Dewpt 59 53 53 53 56 53 48 47 51 51 50 49 51 47 46 45 49 51 51 50 RH 78 78 90 96 65 39 28 29 53 65 72 75 46 28 23 25 47 65 75 77 Wind dir NE S S SW SW SW W NW SE SW W NW N N NW N NE E E E Wind spd 6 4 3 2 4 8 10 10 4 4 4 3 3 6 9 10 8 4 3 3 Wind gust 19 Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 5 5 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 80 Max heat 80 83 82 85 80 Date 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 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 87 55 85 58 88 58 88 56 88 Temp 82 82 62 55 79 81 65 59 81 84 65 59 83 83 63 57 83 84 Dewpt 50 49 51 50 51 52 55 55 58 54 55 54 51 49 52 52 52 49 PWind dir E E SE SE SW W NW NE SE Wind char LT GN BZ BZ BZ GN GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 5 40 20 10 10 10 5 Rain shwrs S C S Tstms S S $$ NDZ056-190900- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 735 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 51 84 58 83 55 Temp 63 55 52 51 67 78 82 80 68 63 60 58 70 79 82 79 67 61 58 55 Dewpt 50 46 44 44 50 51 52 55 57 56 54 53 55 53 52 53 55 55 54 54 RH 62 72 74 77 54 39 35 42 68 78 81 83 59 41 35 41 65 81 86 96 Wind dir NE S S S SE S SW W S W W W NW NW NW NW NW W W NW Wind spd 4 4 5 4 5 9 9 9 8 9 9 8 10 14 14 13 5 4 5 5 Wind gust 25 25 Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 10 5 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 80 Max heat 81 81 Date 08/21 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 81 50 81 57 82 59 84 56 83 Temp 76 76 58 51 76 78 62 58 76 79 64 59 80 81 62 57 79 80 Dewpt 52 52 53 50 49 50 51 50 57 59 57 55 57 56 56 54 56 55 PWind dir NW NE SE SE S SW W NW NW Wind char GN LT LT GN BZ GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 5 0 0 20 40 20 10 10 5 Rain shwrs S C C S Tstms S S S $$ NDZ037-190900- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 735 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 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 51 80 59 83 57 Temp 63 57 54 52 66 76 79 76 67 63 62 61 70 79 82 79 68 63 59 58 Dewpt 54 48 47 46 50 52 54 56 58 58 59 58 60 58 56 55 57 57 58 57 RH 72 72 77 80 56 43 42 50 73 84 90 90 71 49 41 44 68 81 96 96 Wind dir N N N N S S W S S S SW SW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW Wind spd 0 0 0 0 3 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 12 14 16 13 8 4 4 5 Wind gust 25 26 Clouds FW FW FW SC FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 5 10 20 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S Heat index 82 Max heat 82 Date 08/21 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 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 53 78 56 79 59 84 59 83 Temp 77 77 61 54 75 75 62 57 74 76 64 60 80 80 65 60 79 79 Dewpt 57 55 55 53 52 51 50 51 57 59 58 58 63 61 60 57 60 60 PWind dir NW N E SE S S W NW NW Wind char GN LT LT GN BZ GN GN LT GN Avg clouds FW FW CL FW SC FW SC B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 5 0 0 10 30 20 5 10 5 Rain shwrs C C S S Tstms S S $$ NDZ001-190900- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 735 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 54 86 57 85 56 Temp 67 61 58 56 67 80 86 84 73 66 61 58 70 81 85 83 71 64 61 58 Dewpt 50 51 50 50 55 55 52 52 53 52 52 51 54 52 51 52 53 53 52 52 RH 54 70 75 80 65 42 31 33 49 61 72 77 57 37 31 34 53 67 72 80 Wind dir E SE S SE S SW W NW NW N NW NW NW NW NW N NE N N NE Wind spd 4 6 6 5 8 10 12 12 9 5 4 3 3 10 13 13 8 5 4 4 Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 10 5 0 0 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 80 Max heat 80 84 81 80 83 80 Date 08/21 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 82 55 82 61 86 59 85 56 85 Temp 78 80 62 55 79 80 68 62 81 84 67 59 82 83 64 57 81 83 Dewpt 52 51 52 51 51 53 53 53 57 56 55 53 53 52 53 52 53 54 PWind dir NE E SE SE SW W NW NE E Wind char GN GN BZ BZ BZ GN GN LT GN Avg clouds FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW CL FW SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 5 30 20 10 5 10 5 Rain shwrs S C S S Tstms S $$ NDZ021-190900- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 735 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 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 50 84 56 84 54 Temp 68 56 53 51 67 77 82 80 67 62 59 57 71 80 83 79 67 61 58 55 Dewpt 47 48 46 47 52 53 52 54 57 56 54 52 56 52 50 51 54 54 54 53 RH 47 74 77 86 59 43 35 41 70 81 83 83 59 38 32 38 63 78 86 93 Wind dir NE E SE SE S S SW W S SW NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N NW Wind spd 5 4 4 3 5 9 8 6 5 5 5 5 8 12 13 11 5 3 0 3 Wind gust 24 Clouds CL FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC FW SC B1 FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC PoP 12hr 0 20 10 0 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Heat index 80 80 Max heat 81 80 81 Date 08/21 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 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 51 80 56 82 56 84 55 84 Temp 77 77 59 52 77 78 63 58 76 79 63 57 80 80 62 56 79 81 Dewpt 52 49 51 50 49 49 51 50 56 58 56 54 56 54 55 53 55 54 PWind dir N NE SE SE S SW NW NW N Wind char LT LT GN GN BZ GN GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 30 40 10 10 10 5 Rain shwrs C C S Tstms S S $$ NDZ043-190900- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 635 PM MDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 54 87 56 89 56 Temp 65 61 56 54 69 81 84 83 70 63 59 56 73 84 87 85 70 63 59 57 Dewpt 54 51 51 51 54 49 45 43 48 48 46 46 49 45 44 44 49 49 49 49 RH 68 70 83 90 59 33 26 24 45 58 62 69 43 26 22 24 47 60 69 75 Wind dir E S S SW SW W W NW NW W W NW N N NW N NE E E E Wind spd 9 6 4 4 5 10 14 16 6 5 4 4 4 9 11 12 10 8 6 5 Clouds B1 B2 SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 5 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Date 08/21/26 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 88 56 85 58 88 58 88 56 88 Temp 82 84 63 57 80 81 65 59 82 84 64 59 83 83 63 57 84 84 Dewpt 49 47 50 49 51 53 55 55 56 53 54 52 49 47 51 50 50 48 PWind dir E E SE SE W W NW E SE Wind char GN GN BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 5 40 10 20 10 10 5 Rain shwrs C C S Tstms S S $$ NDZ045-190900- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 735 PM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026 Date 08/18/26 Wed 08/19/26 Thu 08/20/26 Fri 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 57 83 61 87 59 Temp 70 63 59 57 68 78 83 78 69 66 63 61 72 83 87 84 72 66 62 59 Dewpt 58 56 55 54 57 57 54 56 60 59 57 54 56 52 49 50 53 54 54 53 RH 66 78 87 90 68 48 37 47 73 78 81 78 57 34 27 31 51 65 75 80 Wind dir E SE S S SW S SW S S S SW W NW N NW NW N N N N Wind spd 6 5 5 6 8 8 9 9 10 10 9 8 8 9 11 11 8 5 4 5 Clouds SC B1 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 30 20 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.05 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Date 08/21 Sat 08/22/26 Sun 08/23/26 Mon 08/24/26 Tue 08/25/26 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 85 56 82 61 84 61 86 59 86 Temp 80 82 65 57 78 79 67 62 78 81 67 62 82 84 67 60 82 84 Dewpt 53 51 53 52 50 49 53 53 59 58 59 55 57 53 57 54 56 53 PWind dir N NE SE SE S S NW NW NW Wind char GN GN GN BZ BZ GN GN LT LT Avg clouds FW CL FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 30 20 20 5 10 5 Rain shwrs C S S Tstms S S S $$