Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND

Home |  Current Version |  Previous Version |  Text Only |  Print | Product List |  Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
760
FOUS53 KBIS 301136
PFMBIS

Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
635 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

NDZ015-302100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
635 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date             Thu 07/30/26            Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26
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                      85          60          91          61          97
Temp             71 76 81 82 81 74 68 64 62 73 82 88 87 76 69 65 64 76 89 94 92
Dewpt            66 69 70 69 69 70 67 64 62 62 58 55 55 60 61 60 59 61 61 56 57
RH               84 79 69 65 67 87 97100100 68 44 33 34 58 76 84 84 60 39 28 31
Wind dir          N  E  E  N NE  N  N  N  N  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          0  2  6  9 10  8  6  4  4  3  4  5  8  8  8  8  6  9 12 13 14
Wind gust                                                                 24
Clouds           OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     60          40           0          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.18        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  S  C  L  C  S
Tstms             C  S  C  C  C
Heat index             85 85 84                82                      89
Max heat               85    86    83          82    86    84          89    92


Date          Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26
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          65   103      66    89      55    82      55    88
Temp          73 67 93 97   75 67 83 84   64 56 76 79   62 56 82 85
Dewpt         60 58 59 56   58 57 54 49   51 50 45 42   48 49 48 46
PWind dir         S     S      SE     N       N    NW       N    SW
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC FW   FW SC B1 FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      40    20      10     5       0     0
Rain shwrs                      C  S
Tstms                           S  S

$$
NDZ033-302100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
535 AM MDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date             Thu 07/30/26            Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26
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                      85          58          91          61          99
Temp             65 74 79 81 82 72 65 63 60 73 83 89 89 75 69 67 64 79 91 96 97
Dewpt            62 65 66 64 62 64 62 61 60 60 56 53 52 56 55 55 55 57 55 49 48
RH               90 74 64 56 51 76 90 93100 64 40 29 28 52 61 65 73 47 30 20 19
Wind dir         SE  E  N  N NE NE NE  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S
Wind spd          6  9 10 10 10  8  8  4  4  8 10  9 11 12 13 12 12 11 10 10 10
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     50          20          10          20           0
QPF 12hr                   0.07           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  S                       S  S
Tstms                   C  C  S                       S
Heat index                83 83
Max heat                     83    81          82    87    84          89    95


Date               Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26
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            66   102      62    84      53    80      52    88
Temp          74   69 96 98 71   63 80 81 60   54 73 79 60   54 81 86
Dewpt         52   52 49 43 44   46 44 42 45   45 40 37 42   43 42 41
PWind dir           S    SW       N     N       N    NW      NE    SW
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW   SC FW FW FW   SC SC CL CL   SC SC FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     0      20     5       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                        S

$$
NDZ044-302100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
535 AM MDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date             Thu 07/30/26            Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26
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                      84          57          90          61          98
Temp             64 75 80 81 80 70 64 61 60 72 82 88 88 73 67 64 62 79 92 97 95
Dewpt            59 62 63 62 62 61 62 61 60 62 57 53 52 54 55 55 55 57 54 49 47
RH               84 64 56 53 54 73 93100100 71 43 30 29 51 65 73 78 47 28 20 19
Wind dir         SE  E  N  N  N NE NE  N NE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          3  5 10 12 12  6  4  3  2  4  8  8 10  9 10  9  6 10 11 12 13
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     60          10          10          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.17           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C  L
Tstms                S  C  C
Heat index             81 82 81                82
Max heat               81    82                82    86    83          90    95


Date               Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26
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            65   103      64    87      52    81      53    88
Temp          72   66 97100 72   64 83 83 60   53 73 79 60   54 81 86
Dewpt         52   52 52 46 46   48 45 42 45   46 42 39 42   45 46 44
PWind dir           S    SW       N     N       N     N      NE    SE
Wind char          BZ    BZ      BZ    WY      GN    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW CL   FW SC FW SC   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     0      20     5      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                        S

$$
NDZ056-302100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
635 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date             Thu 07/30/26            Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26
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                      85          59          90          63          94
Temp             65 73 80 83 82 72 64 61 59 73 82 87 86 74 68 66 65 76 86 91 90
Dewpt            60 63 67 66 63 63 61 59 57 58 55 53 54 58 60 60 59 61 62 58 57
RH               84 71 65 57 53 73 90 93 93 59 40 31 34 57 76 81 81 60 45 33 33
Wind dir         NW  N  N NE  N NE  N NW NW SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S SW  W
Wind spd          2  4  9 11 12  8  4  4  2  2  4  6 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5          20           0
QPF 12hr                   0.06           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S                          S  S  S  S
Tstms                   S  S                          S  S
Heat index             82 85 83                                        86
Max heat               82    85    81          81    86    82          86    91


Date          Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26
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          67   101      63    83      54    79      54    85
Temp          72 70 93 95   70 64 78 78   60 55 73 77   59 55 80 82
Dewpt         61 57 57 51   50 51 50 47   49 47 44 42   46 47 46 44
PWind dir         S    SW      NW    NW      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC FW   FW SC B1 FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      30    10      10     0       0     0
Rain shwrs                      C

$$
NDZ037-302100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
635 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date             Thu 07/30/26            Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26
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                      80          61          84          59          87
Temp             73 77 77 77 75 70 67 65 64 72 78 81 80 69 64 61 62 73 81 85 84
Dewpt            70 73 73 74 72 70 67 65 64 64 62 62 62 63 61 60 61 64 65 65 64
RH               90 87 87 90 90100100100100 76 58 53 54 81 90 97 97 73 58 51 51
Wind dir          S  S SE  S  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E SE  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          8  9  8  8  9  6  6  9  9 10  9  9  8  5  2  2  3  6 10 12 12
Clouds           OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          40           0          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.21        0.11           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  L  C  C
Tstms             C  C  S  C  C
Heat index                                        82 81                83 87 85
Max heat                                             82                83    88


Date          Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26
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          63    92      66    85      57    78      54    82
Temp          69 66 85 88   73 67 80 79   63 57 73 75   60 55 78 79
Dewpt         63 62 65 65   65 63 64 61   57 54 51 50   52 52 52 53
PWind dir         S     S       S    NE       N    NW       N     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC FW   SC SC B2 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      20    30      40     5       5     0
Rain shwrs                      S  C       C  S
Tstms                           S  S       S

$$
NDZ001-302100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
635 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date             Thu 07/30/26            Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26
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                      87          61          94          64          97
Temp             66 72 82 86 85 75 69 66 63 73 86 91 91 79 73 68 64 75 90 95 95
Dewpt            64 66 64 62 60 61 59 59 59 64 61 59 59 61 60 59 59 63 62 58 57
RH               93 81 55 45 43 62 70 78 87 73 43 34 34 54 64 73 84 66 39 29 28
Wind dir          N NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E SE  S  S  S SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SE
Wind spd          9 10 12 13 13 10  8  6  5 11 17 16 12 12  9  6  5  6  6  8  9
Wind gust                                         26
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10          20          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  S                       S  S  S  S
Tstms                S  S                          S  S  S
Heat index             83 86 85                86                      90
Max heat               83    86    83          86    91    88          90    95


Date          Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26
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          70    96      61    78      53    77      53    85
Temp          78 72 92 93   71 61 75 76   60 53 72 76   61 54 80 84
Dewpt         57 54 51 43   44 47 49 46   47 46 44 42   46 46 47 46
PWind dir        SE     W       N     N      NW    NW       E    SW
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC FW   FW SC B1 FW   FW SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      30     5      10     5       0     0
Rain shwrs                      C

$$
NDZ021-302100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
635 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date             Thu 07/30/26            Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26
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                      84          57          89          61          94
Temp             64 73 79 82 82 71 65 61 60 72 81 86 86 73 68 64 63 75 86 92 91
Dewpt            60 63 66 66 65 64 63 60 58 60 56 53 54 61 60 59 59 61 61 57 57
RH               87 71 64 58 56 79 93 97 93 66 42 32 34 66 76 84 87 62 43 31 32
Wind dir         NE NE  N NE NE NE  N  N  N  E  S  S  S SE  S SE  S  S  S SW  S
Wind spd          2  5  9 10 11  9  5  4  3  4  5  5  8 10 10  9  9 10 11 11  9
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW SC FW FW FW SC FW SC FW FW CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     30          20           5          20           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  S                       S  S
Tstms                   S  C  S                       S
Heat index                84 84                81                      86
Max heat                     84                81    84    82          86    92


Date          Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26
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          65   100      62    83      52    78      52    85
Temp          71 67 92 94   70 63 79 78   59 53 72 76   59 54 79 82
Dewpt         60 57 58 52   50 51 50 46   49 47 44 41   47 48 47 45
PWind dir         S    SW       N     N      NW    NW       N     W
Wind char        GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC FW FW   FW SC B1 CL   CL FW SC FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      30    10      10     0       5     5
Rain shwrs                      C

$$
NDZ043-302100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
535 AM MDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date             Thu 07/30/26            Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26
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                      85          58          91          61          99
Temp             61 73 79 81 81 70 64 61 60 73 83 89 89 74 68 65 62 79 92 96 97
Dewpt            59 62 64 62 60 60 61 60 59 61 57 54 52 54 54 54 54 57 52 47 45
RH               93 68 60 53 49 71 90 97 96 66 41 30 28 50 61 68 75 47 26 19 17
Wind dir         SE  E  N  N  N  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S
Wind spd          5  8 12 13 12  9  5  4  4  9 12 12 12 12 12 11 10 11 11 11 13
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     60          10          10          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.13           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C  L
Tstms                S  S  C
Heat index                82 82
Max heat                     82                82    87    84          89    94


Date               Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26
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            66   100      62    85      53    80      53    88
Temp          73   66 95 97 72   63 81 82 60   54 72 78 60   54 80 86
Dewpt         49   50 48 41 41   43 42 40 42   44 41 38 41   43 44 42
PWind dir           S    SW       N     N       N     N      NE     S
Wind char          BZ    BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW CL   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr            0     0      20     0      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                        S

$$
NDZ045-302100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
635 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2026

Date             Thu 07/30/26            Fri 07/31/26            Sat 08/01/26
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                      84          63          87          64          94
Temp             71 74 79 80 78 72 67 65 63 72 81 86 85 73 68 66 65 76 88 93 91
Dewpt            59 64 69 68 68 69 67 65 63 65 60 56 54 59 59 59 58 62 59 56 55
RH               66 71 72 67 71 90100100100 79 49 36 35 62 73 78 78 62 38 29 30
Wind dir          E  E  E  E NE  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          3  5  9 11 11 10  8  9  8  6  6  8  6  9 11 12 12 12 13 16 16
Wind gust                                                              24
Clouds           OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL
PoP 12hr                     70          50           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.31        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  L  C  S
Tstms             C  C  S  C  C
Heat index                83                   82
Max heat                     83                82    85    82          87    91


Date          Sun 08/02/26  Mon 08/03/26  Tue 08/04/26  Wed 08/05/26
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          68   100      68    87      57    79      57    85
Temp          72 69 92 96   74 69 83 84   64 58 74 78   62 58 80 83
Dewpt         59 57 58 56   57 57 55 50   50 49 46 43   48 49 49 47
PWind dir         S     S      SE    NE       N     N      NE     W
Wind char        BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW SC FW   FW SC B1 FW   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0     0      20    10      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                      S
Tstms                           S

$$