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Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
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809 FOUS53 KBIS 152129 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 429 PM CDT Fri Aug 15 2025 NDZ015-160900- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 429 PM CDT Fri Aug 15 2025 Date 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 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 64 76 61 Temp 78 70 66 64 62 66 75 78 77 70 67 66 65 67 72 75 75 69 66 64 63 Dewpt 58 59 58 57 56 57 60 63 63 64 62 63 64 64 65 65 65 65 64 63 62 RH 50 68 75 78 81 73 60 60 62 81 84 90 97 90 79 71 71 87 93 97 97 Wind dir E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 13 10 9 10 10 11 12 13 13 12 10 9 8 8 8 8 10 6 5 4 3 Clouds FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 10 40 30 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.30 0.21 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C C S S S S Tstms S S C C S S S Date 08/18 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 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 82 63 88 64 90 65 86 60 80 Temp 75 79 68 64 81 85 69 64 84 86 71 65 81 81 66 62 75 75 Dewpt 64 65 65 63 65 65 64 62 66 65 63 61 63 62 61 58 56 54 PWind dir SE SE S SE SE SE NE N N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 20 5 5 5 10 20 30 10 Rain shwrs S S S C Tstms S S S $$ NDZ033-160900- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 329 PM MDT Fri Aug 15 2025 Date 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 Mon MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 58 80 61 79 58 Temp 77 67 63 60 60 66 73 78 77 69 65 64 62 66 73 78 78 68 63 61 61 Dewpt 57 58 57 58 58 61 64 64 65 66 64 64 62 65 66 65 65 64 62 61 61 RH 50 73 81 93 93 84 73 62 67 90 97100100 97 79 64 64 87 97100100 Wind dir E E E E E E SE SE SE E E E E SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 14 12 11 10 10 13 14 14 14 13 11 10 9 9 9 9 9 8 6 5 5 Wind gust 25 25 Clouds CL FW SC FW B1 SC B1 B1 B1 OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 40 30 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.30 0.03 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C S S C C S S Tstms S C C C C S S S S C S S Date 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 83 60 88 63 90 62 84 57 77 Temp 76 81 65 61 81 86 68 64 84 87 69 63 79 80 63 58 71 74 Dewpt 65 64 62 60 64 62 61 60 64 62 59 58 62 58 57 55 55 53 PWind dir SE S SE SE SE S NE NE N Wind char LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 FW SC FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 20 5 5 5 10 10 30 20 Rain shwrs S S C S Tstms S S $$ NDZ044-160900- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 329 PM MDT Fri Aug 15 2025 Date 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 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 82 60 82 58 Temp 82 71 66 63 61 68 75 80 78 69 66 64 63 68 75 81 80 69 63 62 61 Dewpt 61 62 61 61 60 63 65 66 66 67 65 64 63 66 66 65 65 65 63 62 61 RH 49 73 84 93 97 84 71 62 67 93 97100100 93 74 58 60 87100100100 Wind dir E E E E E E E SE SE E E E E E SE E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 11 13 10 10 10 12 13 14 13 13 10 9 6 8 9 9 9 6 5 4 4 Wind gust 21 24 24 Clouds FW SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 30 50 30 30 QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0.48 0.01 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C C C C C C C C S S Tstms S S C C C S S C C Heat index 83 82 83 82 Max heat 84 82 84 Date 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 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 84 59 89 62 92 62 87 57 79 Temp 76 81 65 61 83 86 68 64 86 89 69 63 84 83 65 59 74 75 Dewpt 65 64 62 60 64 62 62 61 63 60 59 58 60 59 58 56 56 53 PWind dir SE SE SE SE SE S NE NE NE Wind char LT LT GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 20 20 5 5 5 10 10 30 20 Rain shwrs S S S C S S Tstms S S S S $$ NDZ011-160900- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 429 PM CDT Fri Aug 15 2025 Date 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 Mon CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 56 77 59 77 60 Temp 73 65 61 59 57 62 70 75 75 68 64 62 61 64 71 76 76 69 63 62 62 Dewpt 51 53 51 52 52 54 55 57 57 57 56 56 57 60 63 64 64 64 62 61 62 RH 46 65 70 78 83 75 59 54 54 68 75 81 87 87 76 66 66 84 97 97100 Wind dir E E E E E E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 5 6 8 9 10 13 14 16 16 13 11 10 9 10 10 10 10 8 6 5 5 Wind gust 26 Clouds SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 5 20 30 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.04 0.16 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C S S S S S S Tstms S S Date 08/18 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 82 63 87 64 90 63 82 57 76 Temp 75 79 67 64 81 85 69 65 83 86 70 65 76 77 63 59 71 73 Dewpt 65 65 63 62 66 64 63 62 65 64 62 61 63 60 57 54 52 51 PWind dir SE SE S SE S S NW N NW Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 SC SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 10 30 5 10 5 30 10 20 10 Rain shwrs C S S C S Tstms C S S S $$ NDZ037-160900- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 429 PM CDT Fri Aug 15 2025 Date 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 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 59 74 62 70 60 Temp 74 66 64 62 60 64 69 73 72 67 65 64 63 64 67 68 68 65 63 62 61 Dewpt 60 60 57 56 55 57 60 62 62 62 61 62 62 63 65 65 65 65 63 61 61 RH 62 81 78 81 84 78 73 68 71 84 87 93 97 97 93 90 90100100 97100 Wind dir NE NE NE E NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E NE Wind spd 8 9 8 10 11 13 13 13 12 11 10 10 10 11 11 12 10 9 5 5 5 Clouds FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 50 5 40 50 20 QPF 12hr 0.06 0 0.29 0.23 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S S Date 08/18 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 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 75 61 82 62 84 63 82 60 77 Temp 68 72 65 62 76 78 66 63 79 79 67 64 77 77 66 61 72 72 Dewpt 65 65 65 62 66 67 64 63 67 68 65 62 66 66 62 59 58 57 PWind dir E SE S SE S S SW N N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B1 SC B1 B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 5 10 5 5 5 10 20 30 10 Rain shwrs S S C C Tstms S S $$ NDZ001-160900- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 429 PM CDT Fri Aug 15 2025 Date 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 Mon CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 59 82 63 83 62 Temp 75 67 63 62 60 66 75 79 79 72 68 66 65 68 75 81 80 71 67 65 63 Dewpt 54 54 54 54 54 59 63 64 65 63 62 62 62 65 67 67 66 65 64 63 62 RH 48 63 72 75 81 78 66 60 62 73 81 87 90 90 76 63 62 81 90 93 97 Wind dir E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 11 13 13 12 13 18 19 20 19 18 14 13 11 11 11 11 10 9 5 5 5 Wind gust 29 31 Clouds SC B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 40 20 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.04 0.03 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C S S S S C C S S Tstms C C S S S S S C C S S Heat index 83 82 Max heat 82 85 Date 08/18 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 85 61 89 65 91 63 81 57 76 Temp 78 82 67 63 82 87 71 66 84 87 71 64 76 77 63 58 71 74 Dewpt 67 65 63 61 67 65 62 62 67 65 62 61 63 60 56 54 55 53 PWind dir SE SE SE SE SE E N N N Wind char LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 FW SC FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 10 20 5 10 5 20 10 20 20 Rain shwrs S S S S S Tstms S S $$ NDZ021-160900- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 429 PM CDT Fri Aug 15 2025 Date 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 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 57 79 60 76 60 Temp 75 64 61 60 58 64 72 77 75 67 65 64 62 65 72 76 75 67 63 62 61 Dewpt 55 55 54 53 53 54 57 59 61 60 60 59 59 62 64 64 64 64 63 62 61 RH 50 73 78 78 83 70 59 54 62 78 84 84 90 90 76 66 69 90100100100 Wind dir E E E E E E E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 11 10 9 10 10 12 13 14 14 12 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 6 5 4 4 Wind gust 24 25 23 Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 5 30 30 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.11 0.21 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C S S Tstms S C S S Date 08/18 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 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 82 62 87 63 89 62 82 57 77 Temp 74 79 66 63 81 84 68 64 82 85 69 63 78 78 63 58 71 73 Dewpt 64 64 64 62 65 63 64 62 66 64 62 61 63 60 58 56 53 52 PWind dir SE SE S SE S SE NE N N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 SC SC SC SC CL FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 10 20 5 5 5 20 10 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S $$ NDZ043-160900- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 329 PM MDT Fri Aug 15 2025 Date 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 Mon MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 59 82 60 84 59 Temp 82 70 66 63 62 69 76 80 78 69 66 64 63 68 75 82 81 68 63 61 61 Dewpt 60 61 61 62 61 64 66 66 67 66 65 64 63 66 66 65 65 65 63 61 61 RH 47 73 84 97 97 84 71 62 69 90 97100100 93 74 56 58 90100100100 Wind dir SE E E SE E SE SE SE E SE E E E SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 14 14 12 11 12 14 17 18 18 14 13 10 10 10 10 10 10 8 6 5 5 Wind gust 25 Clouds FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 FW SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 30 40 30 30 QPF 12hr 0 0.01 0.19 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C C S S C C C C S S Tstms S S C C S S C C S Heat index 82 82 84 83 Max heat 83 83 85 Date 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 86 59 89 63 92 62 87 57 79 Temp 78 81 65 61 83 87 68 64 86 89 70 63 82 83 64 59 72 74 Dewpt 65 64 62 60 64 61 62 62 63 58 59 58 60 58 58 56 55 54 PWind dir SE S SE SE SE S NE NE NE Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds SC FW SC FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 20 20 5 5 5 10 5 30 20 Rain shwrs S S C S Tstms S S $$ NDZ045-160900- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 429 PM CDT Fri Aug 15 2025 Date 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 Sun 08/17/25 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 80 64 77 62 Temp 79 71 67 65 63 66 74 78 75 69 67 65 65 67 72 76 76 69 65 64 63 Dewpt 62 62 61 60 58 61 64 66 67 66 66 65 65 66 66 67 67 67 65 64 63 RH 56 73 81 84 84 84 71 67 76 90 97100100 97 81 74 74 93100100100 Wind dir E E E E E E E E E E E E NE E E E E E E E E Wind spd 12 13 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 13 12 11 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 8 6 Clouds FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 10 20 50 30 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.47 0.07 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S C C C C S S Tstms S S S S C C S S S Date 08/18 Tue 08/19/25 Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 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 63 85 64 88 65 86 62 78 Temp 73 77 67 64 79 83 69 65 83 85 71 65 81 81 68 62 73 73 Dewpt 65 65 65 63 66 65 64 62 66 64 64 61 65 64 62 58 57 56 PWind dir E SE SE SE SE SE E NE N Wind char LT GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 20 5 5 5 10 10 30 20 Rain shwrs S S C S Tstms S S S $$