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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
149 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

NDZ015-300900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
149 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun
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                      27          38          19          38          22
Temp                      31 27 29 34 37 37 32 29 27 22 26 34 37 36 30 28 26 24
Dewpt                     26 24 25 28 29 30 29 26 24 20 23 24 25 26 26 25 24 23
RH                        81 88 85 78 72 75 88 88 88 92 88 66 61 67 85 88 92 96
Wind dir                   E  E SE  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE  E NE NE
Wind spd                   6  8  9  8 13 13 10 10  9  5  5  4  5  5  5  5  5  5
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          40           0           5          30
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Frzg rain                  L  C  S
Rain                                                              C
Sleet                      C
Snow                       L  C  C                                C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                24 19 20 27 28 28 24 20 18 15 19          24 22 19 17
Min chill              22    19    18    28    20    15    16    31    22    17
Winter Weath               Y  Y  Y


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          38      22    44      26    52      29    59      33    56
Temp          34 36   27 24 38 42   31 29 46 49   34 31 52 54   38 33 47 49
Dewpt         26 27   25 22 26 28   27 26 30 32   29 27 34 35   33 29 33 33
PWind dir         E      NE    NE       W    NW       W     W       N     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      30    10       5     5       5    10      20    20
Rain                                                                S  S  S
Snow           C  C    C  S

$$
NDZ033-300900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1249 AM MDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun
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                      28          38          19          35          21
Temp                      31 29 31 36 37 36 29 26 24 22 26 31 34 33 27 25 24 23
Dewpt                     26 28 30 31 31 29 27 25 23 21 22 24 26 26 24 24 23 23
RH                        81 96 96 82 79 75 92 96 96 96 85 75 72 75 88 96 96100
Wind dir                  SE  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  E NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                  12  9 14 19 18 14 11 10  8  6  6  5  5  8  8  8  8  9
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          30           0          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Frzg rain                  L
Rain
Snow                       L  C                                   C  C  S  S
Wind chill                21 20 20 25 27 27 19 16 15 14 18 25    26 19 16 15 13
Min chill              20    19    20    25    16    14    15    26    16    13
Winter Weath               Y  Y  Y


Date           03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          35      21    44      26    53      31    62      33    54
Temp          32 33 26   24 37 41 31   28 46 48 35   34 53 53 37   33 45 46
Dewpt         27 27 24   23 28 29 26   25 30 33 30   29 34 35 31   29 30 30
PWind dir         E       E    SW       W    NW       W     W       W     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      30     5       0     0       5     5      20    30
Rain                                                           S    S  S  C
Snow              S  C    S

$$
NDZ044-300900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1249 AM MDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun
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                      26          42          19          38          22
Temp                      29 28 33 39 42 38 28 24 22 22 27 33 36 34 28 26 25 24
Dewpt                     26 27 32 33 32 30 27 23 21 20 24 26 27 28 27 26 24 24
RH                        88 96 96 79 67 73 96 96 96 92 88 75 69 78 96100 96100
Wind dir                  SE  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                  10 10 21 21 20 18 11  9  6  5  6  6 10 11 10  9  9 10
Wind gust                       32 32 31
Clouds                    OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          10           0          20          40
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Frzg rain                  S
Rain
Snow                                                        S  S  C  C  C  C  S
Wind chill                20 19 21 29 33 28 18 14 14 15 20 27 29 26 19 17 16 14
Min chill              20    18    18    28    14    12    16    26    17    14


Date           03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          36      22    42      24    53      28    63      31    59
Temp          34 33 26   23 37 40 28   27 46 49 34   32 55 55 36   31 48 48
Dewpt         28 29 26   23 29 29 25   23 31 32 28   27 34 35 31   28 31 31
PWind dir         E       E     N       W    NW       W     W      NW     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 SC SC   FW SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      40    10       0     0       5    10      20    20
Rain                                                           S    S  S  S
Snow           S  C  C    C

$$
NDZ011-300900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
149 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun
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                      25          34          19          36          19
Temp                      28 25 28 31 34 33 28 26 24 21 26 32 35 34 27 23 21 20
Dewpt                     22 22 25 26 27 27 25 23 21 18 22 24 24 24 22 20 18 18
RH                        78 88 88 81 75 78 88 88 88 88 85 72 64 66 81 88 88 92
Wind dir                  SE SE SE SE NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N
Wind spd                   6 11 13  8 10 11  9  8  9  8  8  6  9  6  4  4  3  4
Wind gust                 17
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     80          90           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.13        0.18           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     1           2       00-00
Snow                       C  D  L  S
Wind chill                21 14 17 24 26 24 19 18 14 11 18 25 28 28    17    13
Min chill              24    14    15    24    18    11    13    26    17    13
Winter Weath               Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          36      18    43      27    51      30    57      33    52
Temp          32 33   23 22 38 41   31 29 46 48   34 33 50 50   37 33 45 45
Dewpt         21 22   18 17 26 30   25 24 30 32   28 27 34 35   30 27 30 31
PWind dir        NE      SE    SW       W    NW       W     W       W    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5       5     5       5     5       5     5      20    20
Rain                                                                S  S  S

$$
NDZ037-300900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
149 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun
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                      24          35          20          38          23
Temp                      29 25 27 31 34 33 29 27 26 22 26 34 37 34 29 27 26 25
Dewpt                     12 17 20 24 26 28 26 24 22 20 22 25 26 26 25 24 22 22
RH                        48 71 74 75 72 82 88 88 85 92 85 69 64 72 85 88 85 88
Wind dir                  SE  E SE SE  S NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N
Wind spd                  16 17 18 13  6  8 10 12 14 11 10  9  9  5  5  5  5  5
Wind gust                    27
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          60           5           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Frzg rain                  C
Snow                       S  L  C  C                                   S  S  S
Wind chill                17 12 14 21 28 26 20 16 14 10 16 27 30    23 20 19 18
Min chill              20    12    11    25    16    10    12    29    20    18


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          39      22    44      26    51      29    56      32    55
Temp          36 35   27 23 39 39   31 29 45 45   33 30 49 50   37 32 47 47
Dewpt         26 26   22 19 24 26   25 24 29 30   27 26 32 34   31 28 33 33
PWind dir        NE      NE     N       W    NW      NW     W       W     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         20      20    10       5     5       5     5      10    20
Rain              S                                                    S
Snow           S  S    S  S

$$
NDZ001-300900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
149 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun
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                      28          38          20          34          20
Temp                      32 28 31 34 37 35 31 28 25 22 25 30 33 33 27 25 23 22
Dewpt                     27 28 29 31 31 30 27 25 23 20 21 23 24 24 22 22 21 20
RH                        81100 92 89 79 82 85 88 92 92 84 75 69 69 81 88 92 92
Wind dir                  SE SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E
Wind spd                  14  5  6 12 13 11  9  5  5  5  3  5  5  5  0  2  3  5
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     80          40           0          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.04           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T           T       00-00
Frzg rain
Sleet
Snow                       D  C
Wind chill                22 22 24 25 28 27 23 22 18 15    24                15
Min chill              23    22    22    26    22    15    16    25    25    15


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          36      20    45      27    53      32    59      33    51
Temp          32 34   26 22 39 43   32 28 46 51   37 35 51 52   37 33 44 45
Dewpt         25 26   23 21 31 32   28 25 32 35   33 30 36 37   31 27 31 31
PWind dir         E      SE    SW       W     W      SW     W      NW     N
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5       5     0       5     5       5    10      30    30
Rain                                                             S  C  C  C

$$
NDZ021-300900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
149 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun
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                      25          35          16          36          18
Temp                      29 26 27 31 34 33 28 25 23 20 24 31 33 32 26 23 21 20
Dewpt                     25 24 25 28 29 29 27 24 21 18 22 25 25 27 24 22 20 19
RH                        85 92 92 88 82 85 96 96 92 92 92 78 72 81 92 96 96 96
Wind dir                  SE SE SE  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE NE NE
Wind spd                   9 11 10  8 12 13 10  9  8  6  5  5  5  5  5  5  4  5
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     90          70           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.17        0.08           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     1           1       00-00
Frzg rain                  D
Sleet                      C
Snow                       D  L  C                                S  S  S  S
Wind chill                20 15 17 24 25 23 19 16 14 11 17 25    26 19 16 15 12
Min chill              20    15    14    23    16    11    12    26    16    12
Winter Weath               Y  Y  Y


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          35      17    41      24    48      27    57      31    51
Temp          31 32   23 21 36 39   29 27 43 45   32 30 48 49   35 31 44 45
Dewpt         24 26   21 18 27 31   26 24 30 33   29 27 34 36   31 27 31 32
PWind dir         E       E    SW       W    NW       W     W      NW     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10      10     5       5     5       5     5      20    30
Rain                                                             S  S  S  C

$$
NDZ043-300900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1249 AM MDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun
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                      28          42          20          37          24
Temp                      31 31 33 39 42 38 28 24 23 22 27 34 35 34 29 27 26 25
Dewpt                     29 31 31 31 30 29 25 23 22 21 24 26 27 28 27 26 25 25
RH                        92100 92 73 62 70 88 96 96 96 88 72 72 78 92 96 96100
Wind dir                   S NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   6 19 21 21 20 14 10  9  5  5  5  8 10 10  9  9 10 10
Clouds                    OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          10           0          30          30
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Frzg rain                  C
Rain
Sleet
Snow                                                        C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Wind chill                24 19 21 29 33 29 19 14 16 15 20 27 27 26 20 18 16 15
Min chill              23    19    19    29    14    14    16    26    18    15


Date           03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          36      23    42      25    53      31    63      33    57
Temp          34 33 27   25 37 41 30   28 47 50 35   34 55 55 37   33 48 47
Dewpt         28 28 26   24 28 29 26   24 29 32 30   28 34 35 32   29 30 30
PWind dir         E       E     W       W    NW       W     W      NW     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      40    10       0     0       5    10      20    30
Rain                                                           S    S  S  C
Snow           S  C  C    C

$$
NDZ045-300900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
149 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            Sun
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                      26          37          20          34          24
Temp                      30 26 29 35 37 35 32 29 26 22 26 30 33 33 29 28 26 25
Dewpt                     26 26 28 32 32 32 30 28 26 22 24 26 26 27 28 27 26 25
RH                        85100 96 89 82 89 92 96100100 92 85 75 78 96 96100100
Wind dir                   E SE SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   4  9  9 14 20 18 13 12 10 10  9  4  5  9  9  9 10  9
Wind gust                             31
Clouds                    OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          20           0          10          50
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Frzg rain                  C  S  S
Rain
Snow                          S  S                                C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                   17 20 25 26 24 22 19 16 11 17 24    25 20 19 16 16
Min chill              23    17    18    24    19    11    12    25    19    15
Winter Weath               Y  Y  Y


Date           03/31  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          34      23    40      27    48      30    57      33    56
Temp          32 32   28 25 34 39   31 28 43 46   34 32 50 52   38 33 46 49
Dewpt         28 29   28 24 28 30   28 26 30 33   30 29 34 36   33 30 33 34
PWind dir         E      NE     N       W    NW       W     W      SW    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2   OV B2 B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      40    20       5     5       5    10      20    20
Rain              S                                                 S  S  S
Snow           C  C    C  C  S

$$


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