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Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
277 FOUS53 KBIS 152136 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 436 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026 NDZ015-160900- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 436 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 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 44 71 47 70 52 Temp 64 52 48 47 46 55 63 69 69 57 53 50 48 52 64 69 67 60 58 55 54 Dewpt 43 46 47 47 46 49 51 51 54 55 53 50 48 50 51 51 53 54 54 54 54 RH 46 80 96100100 80 65 53 59 93100100100 93 63 53 61 81 86 96100 Wind dir N NE E E E SE SE S SE E N N NE NE E E E E E E E Wind spd 4 4 6 8 9 12 16 13 8 6 5 6 5 6 10 11 11 11 10 9 9 Wind gust 24 27 Clouds FW SC FW FW SC B1 B2 SC CL FW FW B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 30 0 5 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S S S S Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 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 73 53 69 52 69 49 72 51 73 Temp 67 70 59 55 67 67 57 54 66 66 55 51 68 69 56 52 70 70 Dewpt 58 59 58 55 57 57 56 53 56 56 55 51 54 54 54 52 54 53 PWind dir E E E E E E E SE SE Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 20 40 40 40 30 10 5 10 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C C $$ NDZ033-160900- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 336 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 42 76 41 69 50 Temp 59 50 46 45 45 56 68 74 68 53 49 46 45 50 63 68 63 57 55 54 54 Dewpt 35 42 42 42 44 49 50 52 51 52 49 46 45 49 50 52 53 55 55 54 54 RH 40 74 86 89 96 77 52 46 54 96100100100 96 62 57 70 93100100100 Wind dir E E E E SE SE S W N N N NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 2 9 11 12 14 18 17 6 13 12 9 6 8 9 13 14 14 14 12 11 11 Wind gust 25 29 27 Clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC CL FW SC SC OV OV B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV PoP 12hr 10 20 0 10 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S S Wind chill 39 38 Min chill 38 39 Date 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 74 51 69 48 70 45 73 48 75 Temp 67 68 57 54 66 63 55 52 67 64 51 48 70 67 54 49 71 68 Dewpt 59 58 57 54 58 56 54 51 55 53 51 48 51 50 50 49 52 49 PWind dir SE SE E SE NE E SE SE S Wind char GN GN GN GN GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW SC FW SC SC PoP 12hr 30 60 70 60 50 20 10 5 20 Rain shwrs S C L L L L L C C C S S Tstms S S $$ NDZ044-160900- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 336 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 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 45 76 44 67 51 Temp 59 50 47 47 47 57 67 75 71 56 51 48 46 52 61 67 61 57 56 55 54 Dewpt 34 44 45 45 47 52 53 53 53 54 51 48 46 52 54 56 56 57 56 55 54 RH 39 80 93 93100 83 61 46 53 93100100100100 78 68 84100100100100 Wind dir SE E E SE SE SE S W NW N N N NE E E SE SE E SE SE E Wind spd 5 9 12 16 21 25 20 8 8 12 10 8 6 9 13 16 16 16 13 11 10 Wind gust 26 37 32 23 24 27 27 27 Clouds FW SC FW SC SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 10 20 10 20 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S C C S S Wind chill 39 Min chill 38 Date 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 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 71 51 68 48 69 45 71 47 73 Temp 65 67 58 53 65 62 54 50 65 63 51 47 67 65 52 48 69 67 Dewpt 61 59 57 53 59 58 54 50 56 53 51 46 53 51 52 48 53 51 PWind dir SE E SE SE N E SE SE SE Wind char GN LT GN LT GN LT LT GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 60 70 60 40 30 20 5 5 Rain shwrs C L L L L C C C C S Tstms S S $$ NDZ056-160900- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 436 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 41 63 41 66 50 Temp 56 47 44 43 41 51 58 61 56 50 47 45 42 48 59 65 61 53 52 51 50 Dewpt 45 47 44 43 41 47 51 54 55 50 47 45 42 48 49 49 52 52 52 51 50 RH 66100100100100 86 77 78 96100100100100100 69 56 72 96100100100 Wind dir NW NE E SE E SE SE E N N N NW NW E E E E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 5 3 4 5 8 11 11 9 11 9 6 4 2 3 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 Wind gust 21 Clouds SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 30 5 0 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S C C C Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 70 53 66 52 67 49 70 50 71 Temp 64 65 56 54 64 62 55 52 63 64 54 49 67 66 54 51 68 67 Dewpt 57 61 56 54 58 60 55 52 57 59 53 49 56 58 54 50 56 58 PWind dir SE SE E E E SE S S S Wind char GN LT LT LT LT LT LT GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 40 60 50 40 30 20 10 5 5 Rain shwrs C C L L C C C C C C S $$ NDZ037-160900- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 436 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 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 41 65 45 67 49 Temp 61 49 47 45 44 53 61 63 61 55 52 50 47 53 63 67 63 55 52 52 51 Dewpt 49 49 47 45 44 51 53 55 57 55 52 50 47 53 52 53 54 53 52 52 51 RH 65100100100100 93 75 75 87100100100100100 67 61 72 93100100100 Wind dir N NE N E E SE SE SE SE SE NW N N NE E E E E E E E Wind spd 6 4 0 5 6 10 12 12 6 6 3 5 6 8 9 9 8 10 9 10 10 Wind gust 23 Clouds SC FW FW FW SC SC OV B1 B1 SC SC B2 OV B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV B2 PoP 12hr 0 40 0 0 30 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0 0 0.07 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C S C C C Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 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 68 50 66 50 67 48 69 48 71 Temp 64 65 55 53 64 64 55 52 65 64 53 50 66 66 53 50 68 67 Dewpt 59 60 55 53 58 59 54 52 57 57 53 50 55 56 53 50 56 56 PWind dir E E E E E E E SE SE Wind char GN GN GN LT GN LT LT LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 SC B1 B2 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 30 20 20 30 30 20 10 5 5 Rain shwrs C C S S C S S C S S $$ NDZ001-160900- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 436 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 45 66 42 68 54 Temp 57 50 46 45 45 53 64 65 59 50 47 44 42 49 63 68 65 59 57 55 54 Dewpt 40 45 45 44 44 49 52 53 52 50 47 44 42 49 50 52 53 54 54 55 54 RH 53 83 96 96 96 86 65 65 78100100100100100 62 57 65 83 90100100 Wind dir NE E E E E SE SE N N N N E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 4 6 9 11 14 13 9 16 17 9 4 3 4 8 14 18 18 17 14 13 13 Clouds SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW B1 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 10 0 5 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.13 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L Tstms S C Wind chill 39 38 Min chill 38 39 39 39 Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 73 56 67 53 69 50 72 50 74 Temp 68 67 58 56 65 65 56 53 67 67 54 50 69 70 56 51 71 70 Dewpt 62 62 58 56 61 59 56 53 59 58 54 50 57 56 53 50 56 55 PWind dir SE E E E E E SE SE SE Wind char GN GN GN GN GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 70 80 70 50 30 10 5 0 0 Rain shwrs L L D D L L C C C C Tstms C S S S S S $$ NDZ021-160900- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 436 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 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 41 68 41 68 49 Temp 60 48 45 44 41 54 61 67 62 51 48 45 42 51 62 68 64 55 52 51 50 Dewpt 41 44 45 44 41 47 50 52 53 51 48 45 42 48 47 47 50 52 52 51 50 RH 49 86100100100 77 67 59 72100100100100 89 58 47 60 90100100100 Wind dir N NE E E E SE SE S N N N N NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 4 4 6 8 10 14 14 10 9 11 8 6 5 8 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 Wind gust 20 26 26 Clouds FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 SC FW FW B1 OV B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 30 0 5 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S S C C C Wind chill 35 Min chill 35 37 38 Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 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 72 51 69 49 70 47 72 49 74 Temp 66 67 56 53 66 64 54 51 67 65 52 48 68 67 53 49 69 68 Dewpt 56 59 56 53 56 57 54 50 55 55 52 48 53 53 53 49 53 53 PWind dir SE SE E E E E SE SE SE Wind char GN LT GN LT GN LT LT GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 60 50 50 40 20 10 5 5 Rain shwrs C C L C C C C C C C S $$ NDZ043-160900- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 336 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 Fri MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 47 78 45 69 52 Temp 60 50 48 48 47 58 70 77 70 55 50 47 45 52 64 68 62 56 56 56 55 Dewpt 29 40 41 43 45 49 50 48 48 50 50 47 45 51 52 53 54 56 56 56 55 RH 31 68 77 83 93 72 49 36 45 83100100100 96 65 59 75100100100100 Wind dir E E E SE SE SE S NW N N N NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 10 13 16 20 21 24 17 11 18 17 11 9 8 12 19 21 21 20 18 14 14 Wind gust 35 33 33 31 Clouds FW SC FW SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 10 20 5 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S S Wind chill 39 Min chill 39 Date 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 73 52 68 49 70 46 73 47 75 Temp 68 69 57 54 66 63 54 51 67 64 50 47 70 67 52 48 72 68 Dewpt 60 57 57 54 58 55 54 50 54 50 50 47 50 48 50 47 50 47 PWind dir SE SE SE S N E SE SE SE Wind char BZ GN BZ GN GN LT GN GN BZ Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC FW B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 70 80 60 50 20 20 5 5 Rain shwrs S S C L D D L C C C S S S Tstms S S S S $$ NDZ045-160900- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 436 PM CDT Tue Sep 15 2026 Date 09/15/26 Wed 09/16/26 Thu 09/17/26 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 48 69 49 67 55 Temp 60 53 50 48 48 54 62 67 67 58 54 51 49 53 61 66 63 59 57 56 55 Dewpt 39 46 48 47 48 51 52 53 56 55 54 51 49 53 54 55 57 57 56 56 55 RH 46 77 93 96100 90 70 61 68 90100100100100 78 68 81 93 96100100 Wind dir N E E SE SE SE S S S SE N N N NE E E E E E E E Wind spd 3 8 9 13 18 19 23 17 8 10 6 9 10 9 10 11 12 14 14 13 13 Wind gust 31 35 27 Clouds FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 SC FW FW SC B1 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 5 20 0 20 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.04 0.10 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S C C C C Date 09/18 Sat 09/19/26 Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 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 69 55 67 54 67 51 69 52 71 Temp 64 67 58 56 64 63 57 54 64 63 55 51 66 66 56 52 68 67 Dewpt 60 61 58 56 59 59 57 54 57 56 55 51 54 54 54 52 55 54 PWind dir E E E E E E E SE SE Wind char GN LT GN GN GN LT LT GN BZ Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 20 30 50 50 30 10 5 5 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C $$