Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
900 FOUS53 KBIS 171248 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 748 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 NDZ015-172100- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 748 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 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 56 35 55 41 55 Temp 45 49 54 54 46 41 38 36 42 49 53 54 48 46 44 42 46 50 52 51 Dewpt 33 35 35 35 35 34 33 31 33 34 36 37 38 38 37 36 36 37 37 39 RH 62 58 48 48 65 76 82 82 70 56 52 52 68 73 76 79 68 61 56 63 Wind dir N N N NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 11 9 9 9 8 9 9 10 12 14 17 16 13 13 13 13 16 18 18 14 Wind gust 27 26 28 Clouds B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 0 10 50 70 80 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.04 0.07 0.35 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C L L L L L L D D D Wind chill 39 35 32 29 35 37 35 39 Min chill 32 33 35 29 31 35 36 Frost Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 39 53 37 62 39 68 43 67 Temp 44 41 46 50 42 38 55 60 45 41 62 64 50 45 62 65 Dewpt 40 37 36 37 38 35 36 38 39 37 41 41 42 40 42 41 PWind dir E E NE SE S SE SE W Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT LT GN Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 90 70 50 30 20 20 30 30 Rain shwrs D D L L C C C S S S C C C C Tstms S $$ NDZ033-172100- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 648 AM MDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 MDT 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 57 37 50 38 50 Temp 44 50 55 56 46 42 39 38 41 47 49 50 44 42 40 40 42 46 46 46 Dewpt 37 38 38 38 37 36 35 34 36 37 39 38 38 37 38 38 39 38 40 39 RH 76 63 53 51 71 79 85 85 82 68 68 63 79 82 92 92 89 73 79 76 Wind dir NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 6 5 9 11 11 12 14 17 21 24 24 20 18 17 16 16 18 19 18 13 Wind gust 34 35 32 28 Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 30 70 80 80 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.09 0.10 0.32 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C L L L L D D L L D D D Tstms S S Wind chill 35 31 29 31 39 36 34 32 32 33 38 39 Min chill 31 34 35 29 28 34 32 31 38 Freeze Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 MDT 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 37 48 34 60 38 66 42 64 Temp 40 39 44 45 38 37 53 56 42 41 59 61 46 44 59 61 Dewpt 39 39 38 37 36 35 39 38 38 37 42 40 40 40 41 40 PWind dir E E SE S S S S W Wind char GN GN GN GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 80 70 40 30 20 30 40 40 Rain shwrs D L L L C C S C S C C C C C $$ NDZ044-172100- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 648 AM MDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 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 59 37 51 37 46 Temp 45 52 56 56 47 43 41 39 42 46 50 49 43 41 40 40 41 42 43 42 Dewpt 38 40 41 41 40 36 35 35 38 40 42 41 40 39 39 39 41 40 41 41 RH 76 63 57 57 76 76 79 85 86 79 74 74 89 92 96 96100 93 93 96 Wind dir NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E NE Wind spd 3 5 9 11 11 13 17 19 26 26 27 23 21 18 18 18 19 19 19 14 Wind gust 27 31 37 40 40 35 33 29 28 29 32 29 25 Clouds FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV PoP 12hr 0 30 70 90 90 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.07 0.19 0.61 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C L L L L L L D D D D D D D Tstms S S Wind chill 36 32 29 32 37 34 32 31 31 32 33 35 34 Min chill 29 33 36 29 29 38 32 31 31 33 Freeze Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 36 47 33 59 36 66 41 63 Temp 39 38 44 45 37 36 52 55 42 39 59 60 46 43 58 60 Dewpt 39 38 40 40 37 35 41 41 39 37 45 45 41 40 44 43 PWind dir NE NE SE S SE S SE NW Wind char GN GN LT GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 90 70 40 30 10 30 40 40 Rain shwrs D D L L C C S C C C C C C $$ NDZ011-172100- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 748 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 54 33 54 40 58 Temp 40 45 50 53 45 39 36 34 41 48 53 52 48 44 41 40 46 52 55 55 Dewpt 32 33 33 33 33 31 30 30 31 33 34 35 35 35 34 34 34 35 34 35 RH 73 62 52 46 62 73 79 85 67 56 48 52 60 70 76 79 63 52 45 47 Wind dir N N NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 9 11 11 10 10 11 10 11 14 18 19 18 17 14 14 14 18 19 19 17 Wind gust 19 25 28 31 29 27 29 31 29 27 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 20 40 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.13 0.02 0.03 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C C S S C C L Wind chill 34 39 32 29 26 33 37 33 32 39 Min chill 27 30 32 26 27 37 32 33 Freeze Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 40 56 39 63 41 69 44 67 Temp 46 41 49 52 43 39 56 59 47 42 62 64 49 44 62 63 Dewpt 35 34 33 34 36 35 37 37 38 37 40 39 40 40 40 39 PWind dir E E S S S S SW SW Wind char GN GN LT GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 60 50 40 30 20 10 30 30 Rain shwrs L L C C C C C C S C S S C Tstms S $$ NDZ037-172100- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 748 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 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 51 32 56 40 58 Temp 38 44 48 49 42 37 34 34 44 51 55 55 48 44 41 40 46 52 55 54 Dewpt 32 32 33 33 32 31 31 31 32 33 35 35 36 36 35 33 34 35 36 37 RH 79 62 56 54 67 79 89 89 62 50 47 47 63 73 79 76 63 52 49 52 Wind dir N N N N NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 19 18 16 12 9 5 5 6 10 13 17 16 13 14 14 17 20 23 21 18 Wind gust 24 25 27 31 33 33 28 Clouds OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 10 0 10 30 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0.11 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C C L L L Wind chill 28 36 36 28 38 37 33 31 38 Min chill 25 25 39 32 28 31 37 31 32 Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 39 59 37 65 41 69 45 68 Temp 43 39 51 55 43 39 58 62 45 42 63 65 49 46 63 65 Dewpt 35 32 33 34 34 32 34 36 38 38 39 40 40 40 41 41 PWind dir E E E SE SW S SE SW Wind char BZ GN LT GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 70 60 40 20 10 10 20 30 Rain shwrs L L L C C C S S S S C $$ NDZ001-172100- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 748 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 58 39 51 42 56 Temp 44 52 56 57 50 44 41 39 43 48 50 51 48 46 44 42 46 50 53 53 Dewpt 35 38 38 38 37 36 35 34 36 36 38 39 38 38 38 37 39 39 40 39 RH 70 59 51 49 61 73 79 82 76 63 63 63 68 73 79 82 76 66 61 59 Wind dir E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 6 8 11 13 13 16 18 20 25 28 29 26 23 19 18 17 18 19 19 16 Wind gust 39 40 36 33 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 10 50 60 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.08 0.11 0.13 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L L L C C L L L Wind chill 37 32 29 33 38 36 34 39 Min chill 32 36 37 29 30 38 34 35 Freeze Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 42 52 38 63 41 66 44 66 Temp 46 42 48 50 42 40 56 60 47 43 61 62 50 45 60 63 Dewpt 40 39 40 40 38 38 42 41 40 39 44 42 41 41 43 42 PWind dir E SE SE S SE S S W Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 60 60 40 40 10 30 30 40 Rain shwrs L C L L C S C C C C C C C $$ NDZ021-172100- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 748 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 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 55 33 53 38 56 Temp 41 47 52 52 43 39 36 35 40 47 51 51 45 43 40 39 44 50 53 51 Dewpt 33 34 33 33 34 33 31 31 33 33 35 36 35 35 35 35 36 35 35 36 RH 73 60 48 48 70 79 82 85 76 58 54 56 68 73 82 85 73 56 50 56 Wind dir N N NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 11 9 9 9 9 10 10 12 14 17 18 17 16 14 13 14 17 18 18 16 Wind gust 27 28 28 26 25 25 25 27 28 28 26 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 5 40 60 60 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.18 0.06 0.11 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L C C C C L L L Wind chill 34 32 29 26 32 38 36 32 31 36 Min chill 26 29 32 26 27 36 31 32 Freeze Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 38 53 36 62 39 67 42 66 Temp 43 39 46 49 40 38 55 58 44 40 60 62 48 44 60 63 Dewpt 37 36 35 35 36 35 36 36 38 37 40 39 40 39 41 39 PWind dir E E SE S S SE S W Wind char GN GN LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 70 60 40 30 20 20 30 30 Rain shwrs L L L L C C C C S S C C C C Tstms S $$ NDZ043-172100- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 648 AM MDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 MDT 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 60 39 52 37 46 Temp 48 54 58 58 48 44 42 40 44 48 50 50 43 41 40 39 41 42 43 43 Dewpt 39 40 41 41 40 38 36 36 39 41 42 41 40 39 39 39 41 41 41 40 RH 71 59 53 53 74 79 79 85 82 77 74 71 89 92 96100100 96 93 89 Wind dir SE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 4 6 11 14 14 18 20 24 29 32 31 27 25 21 19 18 19 19 19 16 Wind gust 40 42 41 37 Clouds SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV PoP 12hr 0 30 50 90 90 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.04 0.17 0.49 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C C C L L D D D D D D D Tstms S S Wind chill 36 33 30 34 39 33 31 31 30 32 33 35 35 Min chill 35 39 36 30 30 31 30 30 33 Freeze Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 MDT 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 37 49 34 61 37 66 41 63 Temp 39 38 44 47 37 37 53 56 42 39 59 60 45 42 58 60 Dewpt 39 38 40 40 37 36 42 41 40 38 45 43 41 40 43 42 PWind dir NE NE SE S SE S SE NW Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 90 60 30 30 10 30 40 30 Rain shwrs D L L C C C S C C C C C C $$ NDZ045-172100- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 748 AM CDT Sat May 17 2025 Date Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 05/19/25 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 56 36 54 40 47 Temp 44 48 53 54 46 42 38 37 40 45 51 51 46 45 44 41 42 43 45 44 Dewpt 36 37 37 37 37 36 33 32 35 36 37 39 39 39 39 38 39 39 39 40 RH 73 65 54 52 71 79 82 82 82 70 59 63 76 79 82 89 89 86 79 86 Wind dir N N N NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 10 12 10 10 10 13 14 17 18 19 21 20 20 19 20 21 21 21 21 18 Wind gust 29 32 32 33 33 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 0 20 70 80 90 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.04 0.10 0.59 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C L L L L D D D D D D D Tstms S S Wind chill 38 35 29 27 31 37 38 37 36 31 33 34 37 36 Min chill 31 32 35 27 27 37 31 31 35 Date Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 39 46 37 57 40 65 45 63 Temp 43 40 42 45 40 38 51 55 44 42 59 61 49 46 60 61 Dewpt 41 38 38 38 38 36 38 39 39 38 43 44 42 42 44 43 PWind dir NE NE N S S SE SE SW Wind char BZ GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 90 80 50 30 10 20 30 30 Rain shwrs D D D L C C C S S C C C C Tstms S $$