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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
116 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

NDZ015-192215-
BISMARCK/MANDAN-BURLEIGH/MORTON ND
46.78N 100.76W ELEV. 1650 FT
116 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

DATE             SUN 05/19/13            MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13
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                      66          52          59          46          57
TEMP          57 56 56 61 63 66 59 52 53 53 53 55 58 58 51 49 46 46 48 51 57 56
DEWPT         56 52 53 54 56 55 50 50 49 47 47 47 46 48 45 44 44 43 43 43 44 45
RH            96 86 90 78 78 68 72 93 86 80 80 74 64 69 80 83 93 89 83 74 62 66
WIND DIR      NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE
WIND SPD      12 14 19 19 19 16 14 16 14 18 19 19 21 19 17 14 14 16 16 16 14 12
CLOUDS        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR                     80          80          90          80          50
QPF 12HR                   0.85        0.39        0.50        0.39        0.09
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS     L  D  L  C  L  D  D  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
TSTMS          S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
OBVIS          F  F
WIND CHILL                                                       39
MIN CHILL                                                        39


DATE          WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13
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          46    64      46    68      50    71      53    72
TEMP          48 47 59 63   51 48 64 66   54 52 68 69   57 54 68 70
DEWPT         45 44 44 45   45 43 45 47   48 47 50 50   51 50 55 55
PWIND DIR        NE    NE       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR         30    20      10     5      10    10      10    20
RAIN SHWRS     C  C  S  S                                      S  S

$$
NDZ033-192215-
DICKINSON-STARK ND
46.80N 102.81W ELEV. 2562 FT
1216 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

DATE             SUN 05/19/13            MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13
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          50          57          45          55
TEMP          55 52 53 56 57 60 55 52 52 50 52 55 56 56 50 48 46 45 49 50 55 54
DEWPT         54 52 52 52 52 52 47 48 46 44 44 45 44 45 41 39 39 40 41 41 42 43
RH            96100 96 86 83 75 74 86 80 80 74 69 64 66 71 71 76 82 74 71 61 66
WIND DIR      NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE
WIND SPD      12 12 16 19 21 16 14 14 14 19 21 24 23 19 16 13 13 14 14 13 12 10
CLOUDS        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR                     80          90          80          70          40
QPF 12HR                   0.66        0.51        0.43        0.29        0.05
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS     S  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
TSTMS          S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
OBVIS          F  F
WIND CHILL                                                       38
MIN CHILL                                                        38


DATE               WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13
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            44    61      46    65      49    68      53    73
TEMP          47   45 55 61 50   47 60 64 52   51 64 67 57   54 70 71
DEWPT         42   42 44 44 44   43 45 46 47   46 51 51 53   51 57 56
PWIND DIR          NE     E       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
WIND CHAR          LT    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC
POP 12HR           20    20      10    10      20    10      10    10
RAIN SHWRS     S    S  S  S                S    S
TSTMS                                      S    S

$$
NDZ044-192215-
HETTINGER-ADAMS ND
46.02N 102.66W ELEV. 2703 FT
1216 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

DATE             SUN 05/19/13            MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13
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                      62          50          57          45          56
TEMP          57 53 55 57 58 63 58 53 54 50 52 54 56 56 49 47 45 45 48 52 56 54
DEWPT         56 52 53 53 52 51 47 48 47 43 44 46 45 46 43 41 40 42 42 41 42 43
RH            96 96 93 86 80 65 67 83 77 77 74 74 66 69 80 79 82 89 80 66 59 66
WIND DIR      NE  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
WIND SPD      10 13 17 19 21 17 17 18 17 21 24 25 24 21 18 16 17 18 17 16 14 13
CLOUDS        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR                     80          90          90          80          50
QPF 12HR                   0.90        0.51        0.46        0.34        0.08
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS     C  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
TSTMS          S  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
OBVIS          F  F
WIND CHILL                                                    38 37
MIN CHILL                                                        37    39


DATE               WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13
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            44    61      46    65      50    68      53    74
TEMP          47   45 56 60 50   47 61 64 54   51 64 67 58   54 70 72
DEWPT         43   42 44 45 46   44 46 47 49   47 52 52 53   51 57 56
PWIND DIR          NE    NE       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
WIND CHAR          GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC
POP 12HR           20    20      10    10      20    20      10    10
RAIN SHWRS     S    S  S  S                S    S  S  S
TSTMS                                      S    S  S  S

$$
NDZ011-192215-
MINOT-WARD ND
48.26N 101.29W ELEV. 1699 FT
116 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

DATE             SUN 05/19/13            MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13
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                      62          51          58          46          59
TEMP          54 53 54 60 62 62 57 56 52 51 54 55 56 57 50 49 46 47 51 55 59 58
DEWPT         52 51 51 51 53 52 48 49 46 44 44 44 42 45 41 39 39 39 40 41 42 43
RH            93 93 90 72 72 70 72 77 80 77 69 66 59 64 71 68 76 74 66 59 53 57
WIND DIR      NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE
WIND SPD      11 16 19 19 20 17 17 16 17 19 23 21 23 19 16 12 12 13 13 13 13 12
CLOUDS        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2
POP 12HR                     70          70          70          60          30
QPF 12HR                   0.26        0.26        0.40        0.23        0.02
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS     S  S  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
TSTMS          S  S  S        S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
OBVIS          F  F


DATE          WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13
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          46    66      46    69      49    71      53    71
TEMP          50 47 60 65   50 48 64 68   55 50 68 69   58 54 67 70
DEWPT         42 41 42 43   43 42 44 44   45 45 49 49   50 49 55 53
PWIND DIR        NE     E       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 SC
POP 12HR         20    10      10    10      10    10      20    20
RAIN SHWRS     S  S                                      S  S  S  S

$$
NDZ037-192215-
JAMESTOWN-STUTSMAN ND
46.94N  98.69W ELEV. 1496 FT
116 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

DATE             SUN 05/19/13            MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13
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                      66          52          61          46          57
TEMP          57 56 58 62 63 65 60 55 52 54 57 59 61 58 54 50 46 47 49 52 57 55
DEWPT         56 54 55 57 59 58 52 52 50 50 52 52 49 51 49 47 46 45 45 46 47 47
RH            96 93 90 84 87 78 75 90 93 86 83 78 65 77 83 89100 93 86 80 69 74
WIND DIR      NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NE  N  N NE NE NE NE  N NE NE NE NE
WIND SPD      14 16 19 19 20 14 13 14 14 18 17 19 19 19 17 16 17 18 18 17 16 14
CLOUDS        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV
POP 12HR                     90          80          80          80          50
QPF 12HR                   0.76        0.40        0.43        0.34        0.08
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS     D  D  L  C  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
TSTMS          S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  S  S  S  S
OBVIS          F  F
WIND CHILL                                                    39
MIN CHILL                                                        39


DATE          WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13
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          46    63      46    68      47    70      51    68
TEMP          49 47 59 62   50 48 65 65   51 49 68 67   54 52 65 66
DEWPT         46 43 44 45   44 42 46 46   46 44 48 48   48 47 52 52
PWIND DIR        NE    NE       E     E      SE    SE      SE    SE
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
AVG CLOUDS    OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR         40    20      10     5       5     5      20    30
RAIN SHWRS     C  C  S  S                                S  S  C  C

$$
NDZ001-192215-
WILLISTON-WILLIAMS ND
48.18N 103.64W ELEV. 1920 FT
116 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

DATE             SUN 05/19/13            MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13
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                      64          51          62          46          63
TEMP          55 53 55 60 64 61 56 53 52 51 54 59 60 61 51 51 47 48 52 58 62 63
DEWPT         53 50 50 50 51 50 48 46 45 41 42 43 41 44 39 38 39 38 38 39 40 40
RH            93 89 83 69 63 67 74 77 77 68 64 55 49 53 63 61 74 68 59 49 44 43
WIND DIR      NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  E
WIND SPD      11 12 16 18 20 16 14 16 17 18 19 23 24 18 13 10 10 11 11 11 11 11
CLOUDS        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR                     80          80          60          50          30
QPF 12HR                   0.14        0.25        0.23        0.16        0.02
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS     S  C  C  D  L  D  D  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
TSTMS          S  S  S        S  S  S  S
OBVIS          F  F


DATE          WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13
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          46    66      48    69      50    71      54    76
TEMP          51 47 61 65   53 49 65 68   55 51 66 70   60 55 71 75
DEWPT         41 40 41 41   43 42 45 45   46 46 50 50   52 49 56 54
PWIND DIR         E     E       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
WIND CHAR        LT    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC
POP 12HR         20    10      10    10      20    10      10    10
RAIN SHWRS     S  S                        S  S
TSTMS                                      S  S

$$
NDZ021-192215-
GARRISON-MCLEAN ND
47.65N 101.44W ELEV. 1912 FT
116 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

DATE             SUN 05/19/13            MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13
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                      62          51          57          46          58
TEMP          53 52 55 59 61 62 59 55 53 51 53 56 56 57 51 50 46 47 50 55 58 57
DEWPT         52 50 51 52 53 53 49 49 46 44 44 45 45 46 42 40 39 40 41 41 42 43
RH            96 93 86 78 75 72 69 80 77 77 71 66 66 67 71 68 76 76 71 59 55 59
WIND DIR      NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE
WIND SPD      13 16 18 19 20 18 17 17 17 20 24 21 24 20 17 13 13 14 14 13 13 13
CLOUDS        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
POP 12HR                     70          70          80          70          30
QPF 12HR                   0.50        0.32        0.46        0.29        0.04
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS     C  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
TSTMS          S  S  S        S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
OBVIS          F  F


DATE          WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13
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          45    64      45    68      48    70      53    72
TEMP          49 46 59 63   51 46 64 66   54 49 67 68   59 54 69 70
DEWPT         43 42 42 43   44 42 45 46   46 46 50 50   51 49 55 54
PWIND DIR        NE     E       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR         20    20      10     5      10    10      20    20
RAIN SHWRS     S  S  S  S                                S  S  S  S

$$
NDZ043-192215-
BOWMAN-BOWMAN ND
46.19N 103.43W ELEV. 2956 FT
1216 AM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

DATE             SUN 05/19/13            MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13
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          49          56          45          56
TEMP          56 53 54 56 56 60 56 51 51 49 52 53 56 55 49 48 46 46 49 51 56 54
DEWPT         55 52 51 52 51 50 46 47 46 44 45 45 43 45 41 40 40 41 41 40 41 42
RH            96 96 90 86 83 69 69 86 83 83 77 74 62 69 74 74 79 83 74 66 57 64
WIND DIR       N  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
WIND SPD      10 11 16 19 21 17 16 17 18 21 24 25 24 20 17 14 16 17 16 14 13 11
CLOUDS        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR                     80          90          90          80          40
QPF 12HR                   0.83        0.55        0.38        0.27        0.05
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS     C  C  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  S
TSTMS          S  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S
OBVIS          F  F
WIND CHILL                                                    39 39
MIN CHILL                                                        38


DATE               WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13
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            43    61      46    66      50    67      53    74
TEMP          45   44 55 61 50   47 61 65 53   51 63 67 57   54 71 72
DEWPT         43   42 44 45 45   44 46 46 48   47 52 51 53   51 57 55
PWIND DIR          NE     E       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
WIND CHAR          LT    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC
POP 12HR           20    20      10    10      20    20      10    30
RAIN SHWRS     S    S  S  S                S    S  S  S          C  C
TSTMS                                      S    S  S  S

$$
NDZ045-192215-
SELFRIDGE-SIOUX ND
46.16N 100.90W ELEV. 2375 FT
116 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

DATE             SUN 05/19/13            MON 05/20/13            TUE 05/21/13
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                      64          51          57          45          54
TEMP          58 56 56 59 61 65 58 52 52 51 53 51 56 56 51 47 45 46 48 50 53 53
DEWPT         57 54 54 55 56 56 51 50 49 47 48 49 46 49 46 44 43 43 43 43 44 45
RH            96 93 93 87 84 73 77 93 89 86 83 93 69 77 83 89 93 89 83 77 71 74
WIND DIR      NE  N NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
WIND SPD      10 14 18 19 20 14 13 14 14 19 20 21 21 20 18 16 17 18 18 17 16 13
CLOUDS        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR                     90          80          90          80          50
QPF 12HR                   0.74        0.47        0.51        0.44        0.12
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS     D  D  L  C  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
TSTMS          S  C  C  S  S  L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  S  S  S  S
OBVIS          F  F
WIND CHILL                                                    38 39
MIN CHILL                                                        37


DATE          WED 05/22/13  THU 05/23/13  FRI 05/24/13  SAT 05/25/13
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          45    63      46    66      49    69      53    70
TEMP          47 46 56 63   51 47 62 65   53 50 66 68   57 54 66 69
DEWPT         44 43 44 44   46 44 46 46   47 47 51 50   51 50 55 55
PWIND DIR         N    NE       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE
WIND CHAR        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
AVG CLOUDS    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR         30    20      10     5      10    10      10    20
RAIN SHWRS     C  C  S  S                                      S  S

$$






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