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Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
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007 FOUS53 KBIS 171850 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 149 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025 NDZ015-172100- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 149 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 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 77 61 84 62 88 Temp 76 74 69 65 64 63 68 76 80 80 71 66 64 63 71 82 85 85 Dewpt 68 67 66 64 63 63 64 65 64 64 66 63 63 62 65 65 65 64 RH 76 79 90 97 97100 87 69 58 58 84 90 97 97 81 56 51 50 Wind dir NW NE NE NE N N N N E E E SE SE SE S S SE SE Wind spd 10 9 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 5 4 3 2 2 4 5 5 6 Clouds B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL PoP 12hr 20 5 10 20 0 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 82 82 84 87 86 Max heat 83 84 88 Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 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 65 90 68 87 58 78 53 75 Temp 70 66 85 87 73 69 83 82 66 59 74 75 59 54 71 72 Dewpt 65 63 66 66 64 62 63 61 57 53 51 50 51 48 50 50 PWind dir SE S SE W NW NW NW N Wind char LT GN GN GN GN GN LT LT Avg clouds FW FW FW CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 10 10 20 10 10 5 Rain shwrs S $$ NDZ033-172100- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 1249 PM MDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 MDT 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 80 59 84 61 89 Temp 78 79 69 64 62 61 68 76 81 81 70 64 63 62 73 82 87 86 Dewpt 68 67 66 64 62 60 64 65 64 64 64 62 61 60 64 65 63 63 RH 71 67 90100100 97 87 69 56 56 81 93 93 93 73 56 45 46 Wind dir N E E SE S S S E SE SE SE S S S S S SE SE Wind spd 6 8 6 4 4 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 8 8 Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL PoP 12hr 10 20 20 20 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 83 83 84 88 87 Max heat 83 84 89 Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 MDT 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 63 91 64 83 53 75 51 74 Temp 69 66 86 87 71 65 80 79 61 56 70 72 56 52 68 71 Dewpt 61 61 64 61 59 57 60 57 52 49 49 47 47 46 49 48 PWind dir SE S S NW N NW NW N Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds FW FW FW CL FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 10 5 20 10 20 10 Rain shwrs S S $$ NDZ044-172100- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 1249 PM MDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 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 84 60 86 60 90 Temp 84 80 70 66 63 62 71 79 84 81 70 65 63 62 73 84 89 87 Dewpt 66 66 67 65 63 62 65 65 64 64 64 62 61 61 65 65 64 63 RH 55 62 90 97100100 81 62 51 56 81 90 93 97 76 53 44 45 Wind dir NW E E E E E SE SE SE SE E SE S S S SE SE SE Wind spd 4 8 5 4 2 2 4 8 8 8 5 5 4 4 5 9 9 9 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL PoP 12hr 5 10 30 20 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C S S Tstms S S C S Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 86 82 85 83 86 90 88 Max heat 86 85 86 90 Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 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 62 93 65 88 54 78 51 75 Temp 69 64 88 90 73 66 85 83 63 56 73 74 57 52 71 73 Dewpt 62 61 62 59 58 57 58 57 54 50 49 47 47 46 49 48 PWind dir SE SE SE NW N NW N N Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 10 5 20 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S S $$ NDZ011-172100- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 149 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 73 59 82 62 88 Temp 70 71 65 62 61 61 66 74 79 79 71 66 64 63 72 81 86 86 Dewpt 65 65 64 62 61 60 63 64 65 65 65 63 62 61 65 65 64 64 RH 84 81 97100100 97 90 71 62 62 81 90 93 93 79 58 48 48 Wind dir E E E E S S SW S SE SE SE S S S S S S S Wind spd 6 9 6 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 Wind gust 18 Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW CL CL PoP 12hr 50 10 5 20 5 QPF 12hr 0.04 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 83 87 87 Max heat 82 83 88 Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 91 66 83 56 75 52 73 Temp 70 67 86 87 73 67 78 77 62 57 70 72 58 53 67 70 Dewpt 63 63 65 66 63 62 62 58 52 49 49 48 48 48 49 49 PWind dir S S S W NW NW NW NW Wind char LT GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 5 5 30 10 10 5 10 5 Rain shwrs C Tstms S $$ NDZ037-172100- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 149 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 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 76 61 77 60 81 Temp 71 70 66 64 63 62 66 71 75 74 67 64 62 61 68 75 79 78 Dewpt 66 68 66 64 63 62 64 65 65 66 65 62 61 60 64 65 65 66 RH 84 93100100100100 93 81 71 76 93 93 97 97 87 71 62 67 Wind dir SE E NE N N NW N N N NE E S SE SE SE S SE SE Wind spd 12 9 8 6 8 8 9 9 8 5 3 2 2 2 3 4 5 5 Clouds OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW CL PoP 12hr 60 20 0 5 5 QPF 12hr 0.13 0.05 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S Tstms C S Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 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 62 85 64 83 58 75 53 71 Temp 66 63 80 79 68 65 79 78 65 59 71 71 58 54 67 68 Dewpt 63 61 67 68 65 62 66 67 60 54 53 55 52 50 53 52 PWind dir S S S S NW NW NW NW Wind char LT GN GN GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds FW FW FW CL FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 5 20 30 10 10 5 Rain shwrs S S C S Tstms S C $$ NDZ001-172100- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 149 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 82 62 85 62 91 Temp 81 80 72 67 64 63 69 78 84 83 73 68 66 63 73 84 90 89 Dewpt 68 68 67 65 64 63 65 65 64 64 64 63 62 61 66 65 63 63 RH 65 67 84 93100100 87 64 51 53 73 84 87 93 79 53 41 42 Wind dir SE E SE E E SE S S SE SE E SE SE SE S S SE SE Wind spd 2 6 4 4 3 3 4 5 6 8 5 5 5 5 5 8 9 8 Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL PoP 12hr 10 20 20 10 0 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0.03 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S Tstms S S S S S Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 84 83 85 84 86 91 90 Max heat 85 86 82 86 92 Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 66 94 65 81 54 75 52 74 Temp 72 68 87 91 73 67 77 78 62 56 70 74 58 54 69 73 Dewpt 63 63 67 64 61 61 61 56 51 49 49 48 50 48 50 49 PWind dir SE S S NW NW NW N N Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 5 5 20 10 10 5 10 5 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S $$ NDZ021-172100- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 149 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 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 76 59 82 61 88 Temp 76 71 65 63 62 61 67 74 80 79 70 65 63 62 71 81 86 85 Dewpt 65 65 64 62 62 61 63 64 64 64 65 63 62 61 65 65 63 64 RH 69 81 97 97100100 87 71 58 60 84 93 97 97 81 58 46 50 Wind dir NE E E NE NE NW S SW SE SE SE SE S S S S S SE Wind spd 5 8 5 4 2 3 3 3 4 5 4 4 3 3 5 6 5 5 Clouds B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW CL CL PoP 12hr 20 5 20 20 0 QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 82 83 87 86 Max heat 83 83 88 Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 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 64 90 66 83 55 75 51 73 Temp 69 65 84 86 71 67 78 77 62 56 70 71 57 53 68 69 Dewpt 63 63 66 66 62 61 62 59 54 51 49 48 50 48 49 49 PWind dir SE S S W NW NW NW N Wind char LT GN GN GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds FW FW FW CL FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 0 0 20 10 10 5 10 5 Rain shwrs S $$ NDZ043-172100- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 1249 PM MDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 MDT 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 87 60 86 59 91 Temp 87 82 71 66 63 62 70 79 84 82 70 66 63 61 73 84 90 88 Dewpt 60 65 65 64 62 61 64 65 63 63 63 62 61 60 64 64 61 61 RH 40 56 81 93 97 97 81 62 49 53 78 87 93 97 73 51 38 40 Wind dir NW E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE Wind spd 2 9 6 4 3 3 6 9 10 10 8 8 6 5 8 10 10 10 Clouds SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW CL CL CL FW PoP 12hr 10 20 30 10 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S C C Tstms S S S S S C Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 87 84 85 83 85 90 88 Max heat 82 87 85 85 91 Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 MDT 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 63 94 65 86 53 76 51 75 Temp 70 66 88 90 73 66 82 81 62 56 71 74 56 52 69 73 Dewpt 62 61 62 59 59 55 59 56 54 51 49 49 48 47 50 49 PWind dir SE S S NW N NW NE NE Wind char GN BZ GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW FW FW CL FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 10 5 20 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S S S $$ NDZ045-172100- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 149 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025 Date Sun 08/17/25 Mon 08/18/25 Tue 08/19/25 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 78 63 82 63 85 Temp 77 75 69 66 64 63 68 76 79 77 71 66 64 63 71 80 84 83 Dewpt 69 68 67 65 64 63 65 66 66 66 66 65 64 63 66 67 66 66 RH 76 79 93 97100100 90 71 64 69 84 97100100 84 65 55 57 Wind dir NW NE NE NE N NW N N E E E SE S SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 12 10 8 5 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 Clouds B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL PoP 12hr 10 5 10 20 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S Heat index 82 86 85 Max heat 82 86 Date Wed 08/20/25 Thu 08/21/25 Fri 08/22/25 Sat 08/23/25 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 65 89 68 88 59 76 55 73 Temp 70 66 84 85 73 68 84 82 67 60 73 73 60 55 69 71 Dewpt 65 64 67 65 62 61 64 63 58 54 51 51 51 48 50 51 PWind dir SE SE SE SW N NW NW N Wind char GN GN BZ GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 5 10 20 10 10 5 Rain shwrs S $$