Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
592 FOUS53 KBIS 120631 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 130 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026 NDZ015-130900- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 130 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026 Date 08/11/26 Wed 08/12/26 Thu 08/13/26 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 58 84 57 78 56 Temp 62 60 69 77 79 75 69 64 61 59 65 72 75 74 68 64 62 59 Dewpt 62 60 63 62 60 63 63 62 60 58 58 57 56 58 57 56 55 55 RH 100100 81 60 52 66 81 93 97 96 78 59 52 57 68 75 78 87 Wind dir E N E E NE E SE NE NE E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 3 0 2 5 6 6 8 6 8 8 10 12 13 14 13 13 12 12 Wind gust 23 23 Clouds SC B1 B1 SC B2 OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 20 70 70 10 50 QPF 12hr 0.21 0.17 0.14 0 0.03 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S C C L C S S C C D Tstms S C C C Date 08/14 Sat 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 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 74 55 76 51 78 54 85 57 84 Temp 67 71 63 58 69 73 59 53 73 76 62 56 78 81 64 58 78 80 Dewpt 60 64 62 58 59 58 57 53 56 56 57 56 61 61 60 58 61 60 PWind dir SE W N N W SE S W N Wind char GN GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 80 60 5 5 5 20 20 30 20 Rain shwrs D D L S S C C S S Tstms S S S S S S $$ NDZ033-130900- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 1230 AM MDT Wed Aug 12 2026 Date 08/11/26 Wed 08/12/26 Thu 08/13/26 Fri MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 55 80 52 75 51 Temp 62 57 68 74 72 70 64 59 57 56 61 68 69 68 63 60 58 56 Dewpt 57 57 60 59 60 60 61 59 57 56 58 57 58 57 58 57 57 56 RH 84100 76 59 66 71 90100100100 90 68 68 68 84 90 96100 Wind dir E E E NE E NE NE NE NE E E E E E E SE SE E Wind spd 3 3 6 9 9 9 8 8 9 10 12 16 17 18 18 16 16 18 Wind gust 27 28 26 Clouds SC B2 SC B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 10 70 50 50 90 QPF 12hr 0 0.09 0.37 0.04 0.38 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L C C C C L L D D D Tstms C C S S S S S S S Date 08/14/26 Sat 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 72 48 74 46 77 51 83 53 82 Temp 64 65 57 53 67 69 55 50 71 72 59 54 77 78 61 55 77 77 Dewpt 59 60 57 53 55 54 55 50 55 55 57 54 58 57 57 55 57 55 PWind dir SE NW N E S S SW S NW Wind char BZ GN GN LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 90 20 5 10 20 30 10 40 20 Rain shwrs D L S S C C C C S S Tstms S S S S C S S $$ NDZ044-130900- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 1230 AM MDT Wed Aug 12 2026 Date 08/11/26 Wed 08/12/26 Thu 08/13/26 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 55 81 51 75 51 Temp 61 59 70 75 75 68 61 60 58 57 63 68 72 68 62 59 57 57 Dewpt 61 59 63 63 61 62 61 60 58 57 60 60 57 58 58 59 57 57 RH 100100 78 66 62 81100100100100 90 76 59 70 87100100100 Wind dir E SE E E NE NE E NE NE E E E E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 5 2 4 9 9 10 8 5 5 6 11 14 17 18 18 17 18 20 Wind gust 25 28 29 28 27 Clouds B1 B2 SC B1 OV OV B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 20 80 60 50 90 QPF 12hr 0 0.09 0.17 0.04 0.40 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C L L C S S C C C C C C D D D Tstms C C C C S S S S S S S Date 08/14/26 Sat 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 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 47 74 46 77 50 83 53 83 Temp 66 68 57 54 67 69 55 51 71 72 57 54 77 78 60 55 78 78 Dewpt 61 61 57 54 57 55 55 51 57 57 57 54 59 57 58 55 58 55 PWind dir SE NW N NE SE SE S S NE Wind char BZ LT GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 90 20 10 20 20 30 10 20 20 Rain shwrs D L S S S S C C S S S Tstms S S S S S S S $$ NDZ056-130900- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 130 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026 Date 08/11/26 Wed 08/12/26 Thu 08/13/26 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 54 80 53 76 54 Temp 55 54 66 74 76 74 64 58 55 53 63 71 73 71 64 59 57 55 Dewpt 54 54 56 57 56 57 57 56 55 53 55 54 53 54 55 54 53 53 RH 96100 70 55 50 55 78 93100100 75 55 49 55 73 83 86 93 Wind dir N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E Wind spd 3 5 8 9 9 11 9 6 5 5 8 11 12 14 14 13 13 13 Wind gust 25 24 24 Clouds CL SC SC B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 20 30 10 10 50 QPF 12hr 0 0.18 0 0 0.02 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C D Tstms S Date 08/14 Sat 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 68 52 74 48 76 53 82 54 77 Temp 63 64 58 55 68 69 54 49 72 73 57 55 77 76 59 55 74 74 Dewpt 58 64 58 55 59 58 54 49 56 57 56 55 61 61 59 55 60 60 PWind dir E N NW NW W S SW NW W Wind char GN GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 90 60 5 0 5 30 20 30 20 Rain shwrs D D L S C S C C S S Tstms S S S S $$ NDZ037-130900- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 130 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026 Date 08/11/26 Wed 08/12/26 Thu 08/13/26 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 58 80 57 77 56 Temp 64 60 69 75 77 75 66 63 60 59 65 72 74 73 65 62 60 59 Dewpt 63 59 63 63 63 63 64 62 60 58 58 57 56 56 56 55 54 54 RH 97 96 81 66 62 66 93 97100 96 78 59 53 55 73 78 81 83 Wind dir N N E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E NE E E E Wind spd 2 0 3 5 6 8 9 8 9 9 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 Clouds B2 B1 SC SC B2 OV OV B2 B1 B2 SC B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 60 60 50 10 0 QPF 12hr 0.28 0.14 0.07 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C C Tstms C S Date 08/14 Sat 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 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 58 75 53 74 54 81 58 79 Temp 69 70 64 61 70 71 60 55 71 72 59 55 77 78 63 59 75 74 Dewpt 59 63 64 61 64 63 60 55 57 57 57 55 61 63 62 59 63 62 PWind dir E SE NW NW NW W SW SW NW Wind char GN GN GN LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 FW FW SC SC FW SC B1 B2 SC PoP 12hr 50 70 5 5 5 10 20 40 30 Rain shwrs C C L S S C S C C Tstms S C S S S S $$ NDZ001-130900- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 130 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026 Date 08/11/26 Wed 08/12/26 Thu 08/13/26 Fri CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 57 80 55 73 54 Temp 61 57 66 75 76 75 67 62 59 57 63 69 69 68 65 62 60 58 Dewpt 52 55 57 56 56 56 56 54 54 54 57 56 57 58 58 57 57 56 RH 72 93 73 52 50 52 68 75 83 90 81 63 66 70 78 84 90 93 Wind dir N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E Wind spd 6 9 12 14 13 14 12 10 9 9 13 18 20 20 21 21 20 21 Wind gust 28 32 31 32 33 32 33 Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 20 40 30 50 90 QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0 0.05 0.39 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C S C S C L L D D D Tstms S S S S S S Date 08/14 Sat 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 68 50 73 50 77 54 82 55 79 Temp 63 65 57 54 68 71 57 51 73 75 61 56 78 78 63 57 76 76 Dewpt 60 61 57 54 56 57 55 51 57 58 58 56 61 60 59 56 59 59 PWind dir E N NW NE S SE SW NE SE Wind char BZ GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 90 20 5 5 10 30 20 40 30 Rain shwrs D L S C S S C C S C Tstms S S S S S S $$ NDZ021-130900- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 130 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026 Date 08/11/26 Wed 08/12/26 Thu 08/13/26 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 55 81 52 75 51 Temp 57 56 69 75 77 73 64 59 56 54 64 71 73 70 63 59 56 55 Dewpt 56 56 59 57 57 58 59 57 55 54 56 55 54 55 56 54 52 52 RH 96100 70 54 50 59 84 93 96100 75 57 51 59 78 83 86 90 Wind dir E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E Wind spd 2 1 5 9 8 9 11 9 9 9 11 13 13 14 16 14 14 16 Wind gust 24 25 26 25 27 27 Clouds FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 20 30 20 20 50 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.04 0 0 0.05 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C S S S S C C D Tstms C S S Date 08/14 Sat 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 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 48 73 47 75 51 81 53 79 Temp 63 64 57 54 68 69 55 50 71 72 57 53 76 77 59 55 75 74 Dewpt 59 62 57 54 57 56 55 50 55 55 57 53 60 60 59 55 60 59 PWind dir E N NW NW SW SE SW W W Wind char BZ GN GN LT LT LT LT LT LT Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B2 B1 PoP 12hr 90 70 5 5 5 30 10 40 30 Rain shwrs D D L S C C C S C Tstms S S S S S $$ NDZ043-130900- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 1230 AM MDT Wed Aug 12 2026 Date 08/11/26 Wed 08/12/26 Thu 08/13/26 Fri MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 56 80 53 75 53 Temp 60 59 70 75 73 68 62 59 58 57 63 67 70 67 62 59 58 57 Dewpt 60 59 62 62 61 61 60 59 58 57 59 59 58 58 58 59 58 57 RH 100100 76 64 66 78 93100100100 87 75 66 73 87100100100 Wind dir SE SE SE E E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 4 4 5 10 12 14 10 8 8 10 14 18 21 23 23 20 20 20 Wind gust 28 33 34 Clouds B1 B1 SC B2 OV OV SC SC B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 5 80 50 60 90 QPF 12hr 0 0.10 0.08 0.04 0.54 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C S C C C C L L D D D Tstms C C C C S S S S C S S S S Date 08/14/26 Sat 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 74 48 74 48 77 51 84 54 83 Temp 66 67 57 53 66 69 55 51 71 72 58 54 77 78 61 56 77 77 Dewpt 61 59 57 53 55 54 55 51 57 57 58 54 58 55 57 55 56 54 PWind dir S NW N E SE SE S E E Wind char BZ GN GN LT GN GN LT GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 80 20 10 20 20 30 10 30 20 Rain shwrs D C S S S S C S C S S S Tstms S S S S C S $$ NDZ045-130900- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 130 AM CDT Wed Aug 12 2026 Date 08/11/26 Wed 08/12/26 Thu 08/13/26 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 62 81 59 76 59 Temp 65 62 70 76 77 73 67 63 61 60 64 70 73 72 67 64 62 60 Dewpt 65 61 64 64 63 64 65 63 61 59 60 60 58 59 59 58 57 57 RH 100 97 81 66 62 73 93100100 96 87 71 59 64 75 81 84 90 Wind dir E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E Wind spd 4 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 10 11 12 13 14 16 16 16 17 18 Clouds SC SC SC SC OV OV OV B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV PoP 12hr 40 70 60 10 60 QPF 12hr 0.13 0.08 0.33 0 0.05 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C L L S S S L L D Tstms S C C C S S Date 08/14 Sat 08/15/26 Sun 08/16/26 Mon 08/17/26 Tue 08/18/26 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 57 74 53 76 57 82 59 82 Temp 67 70 63 58 68 72 59 54 71 74 62 58 77 80 64 60 77 79 Dewpt 61 64 63 58 59 58 58 54 56 55 58 56 61 60 61 59 61 59 PWind dir SE W N N NE SE S SW NE Wind char BZ GN GN LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 80 50 5 10 10 30 20 30 20 Rain shwrs D L C S S C S C S S Tstms S S S S S S S S $$