Snow May Produce Poor Travel Conditions in the North-Central U.S. and East Coast

A strong cold front sweeping across the Northern Plains may bring snow showers and snow squalls from eastern Montana to north-central Nebraska, with blizzard conditions possible in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Montana. Heavy snow is expected to persist downwind of the Great Lakes. Snow showers will spread up the East Coast across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast coasts. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Bismarck, Bismarck Municipal Airport (KBIS)

Lat: 46.78°NLon: 100.76°WElev: 1677ft.

Unknown Precip and Windy

8°F

-13°C

Humidity	76%
Wind Speed	NW 28 G 41 mph
Barometer	30.26 in (1028.0 mb)
Dewpoint	2°F (-17°C)
Visibility	1.50 mi
Wind Chill	-14°F (-26°C)
Last update	18 Jan 3:52 pm CST

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Extended Forecast for

Bismarck ND

Wind Advisory January 18, 04:31pm until January 18, 06:00pm

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Wind Advisory

Wind Advisory January 18, 04:31pm until January 18, 06:00pm
NOW until 6:00pm Sun
Wind Advisory
This Afternoon
High: 8 °F
Isolated Snow
Showers and
Patchy
Blowing Snow
Tonight
Low: -3 °F
Partly Cloudy
and Blustery
then Partly
Cloudy
M.L.King Day
High: 12 °F
Decreasing
Clouds
Monday Night
Low: 0 °F
Increasing
Clouds
Tuesday
High: 21 °F
Snow Likely
Tuesday Night
Low: 13 °F
Snow Likely
Wednesday
High: 21 °F
Blustery.
Chance Snow
then Partly
Sunny
Wednesday Night
Low: 2 °F
Mostly Cloudy

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

Isolated snow showers before 5pm. Patchy blowing snow. Mostly sunny and cold, with a steady temperature around 8. Windy, with a northwest wind 23 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with a low around -3. Wind chill values as low as -20. Blustery, with a northwest wind 16 to 21 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph.

M.L.King Day

Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 12. Wind chill values as low as -20. West wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Monday Night

Increasing clouds, with a low around 0. Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday

Snow likely, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 21. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday Night

Snow likely, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday

A 30 percent chance of snow before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 21. Blustery, with a northwest wind 13 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 2. Northwest wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Thursday

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 12. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -9. North wind 6 to 8 mph.

Friday

Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 1. North wind 6 to 8 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -14. East wind 6 to 8 mph.

Saturday

Partly sunny and cold, with a high near -2. North wind 6 to 9 mph becoming east in the afternoon.