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Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
1209 PM CDT Fri Aug 29 2025

NDZ015-292100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
1209 PM CDT Fri Aug 29 2025

Date             Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun 08/31/25
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                      83          58          80          57          80
Temp                   79 81 77 69 63 61 59 67 76 78 76 67 62 60 58 66 75 77 76
Dewpt                  60 57 59 61 60 59 58 61 60 57 58 59 59 58 57 60 58 57 56
RH                     52 44 54 76 90 93 96 81 58 48 54 75 90 93 96 81 55 50 50
Wind dir                E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                2  6  8  4  2  1  2  2  5  5  6  3  2  2  2  3  6  6  6
Clouds                 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          10           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S                                   S  S  S  S
Tstms                         S
Obvis                                 PF PF PF
Heat index                81
Max heat                     81


Date          Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          57    83      55    74      47    66      42    72
Temp          63 58 78 79   63 57 71 67   55 48 61 63   48 45 67 69
Dewpt         58 56 57 56   57 54 53 50   47 43 39 36   39 38 39 40
PWind dir         S    SW       W     N       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      10    20      20     5       0     5
Rain shwrs                         S  S    S  S
Tstms                                 S

$$
NDZ033-292100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
1109 AM MDT Fri Aug 29 2025

Date             Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun 08/31/25
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                      78          54          76          53          78
Temp                   75 76 74 64 60 58 56 66 73 74 72 63 58 57 55 65 73 76 74
Dewpt                  55 54 55 57 57 56 55 59 57 57 55 57 56 56 55 58 56 55 54
RH                     50 46 51 78 90 93 96 78 57 55 55 81 93 96100 78 55 48 50
Wind dir                E  E  E  E  S  W SE  E  E  E SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                9  9  8  5  4  3  3  4  8  8  6  5  5  4  4  5  8  6  5
Clouds                 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     20          30          20          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C           S  S  S  S              S  S  S  S
Tstms                         S                 S  S                       S
Obvis                                 PF PF PF


Date               Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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            54    82      53    73      44    65      41    71
Temp          60   56 77 79 60   56 69 66 52   46 59 62 47   44 65 69
Dewpt         56   53 54 51 52   49 53 48 46   43 40 36 37   36 39 39
PWind dir           S     W      NW    NW       N     N       S    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           10     5      10    20      20     5       0     0
Rain shwrs                           S  S  S    S
Tstms                                   S

$$
NDZ044-292100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
1109 AM MDT Fri Aug 29 2025

Date             Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun 08/31/25
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                      73          54          71          52          76
Temp                   71 72 69 61 59 58 56 64 69 70 69 60 57 56 54 63 71 74 72
Dewpt                  58 57 58 61 59 57 56 61 60 58 58 60 57 56 54 59 57 57 57
RH                     63 59 68100100 96100 90 73 66 68100100100100 87 61 55 59
Wind dir               NE  E  E NE NE NE NE NE  E  E SE SE  S SE  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd               11 10  9  5  3  2  2  5  9  8  6  4  3  2  2  4  8  8  6
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          30          50          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.10           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                   S  S  S  S              S  S  S                    S
Obvis                                 PF PF PF


Date               Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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            52    82      53    78      45    67      40    73
Temp          57   53 78 78 59   54 74 70 53   47 61 63 47   42 67 70
Dewpt         57   53 55 53 53   49 53 51 47   43 42 38 38   35 39 39
PWind dir           S     W      NW    NW       N     N      NE    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr           10     5       5    20      20    10       0     0
Rain shwrs                           S  S  S    S

$$
NDZ011-292100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
1209 PM CDT Fri Aug 29 2025

Date             Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun 08/31/25
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                      85          59          84          59          83
Temp                   79 83 82 71 65 62 59 71 81 82 80 70 65 62 59 70 79 81 79
Dewpt                  57 54 55 56 55 55 55 58 57 54 54 56 55 56 56 58 57 55 56
RH                     47 37 40 59 70 78 87 63 44 38 41 61 70 81 90 66 47 41 45
Wind dir               SE  E  E  E SW SW  W SW SE SE SE  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                1  4  5  4  3  2  2  2  5  6  6  5  5  5  4  5  8  8  6
Clouds                 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index                                     81    80                   81
Max heat                     82                81    82                      81


Date          Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          60    83      55    68      44    63      44    70
Temp          65 60 78 79   63 57 65 63   50 45 58 60   48 45 65 67
Dewpt         56 56 57 55   56 53 51 47   44 40 39 37   38 38 40 41
PWind dir        SW     W      NW     N       N     N       W    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      20    30      10     5       0     5
Rain shwrs                      S  C  S
Tstms                              S  S

$$
NDZ037-292100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
1209 PM CDT Fri Aug 29 2025

Date             Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun 08/31/25
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                      81          58          81          56          79
Temp                   77 80 76 67 63 60 59 69 77 78 75 65 62 59 57 68 75 77 74
Dewpt                  61 60 60 61 60 60 59 62 61 59 59 60 59 58 57 61 60 58 59
RH                     58 51 58 81 90100100 78 58 52 58 84 90 96100 78 60 52 59
Wind dir                E  E SE SE  S  S  N  E SE SE SE  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                8  5  4  3  2  2  2  2  5  6  5  4  4  2  2  4  6  6  5
Clouds                 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10           5           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                                 PF PF PF
Heat index                81
Max heat                     81


Date          Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          58    79      56    72      45    62      42    67
Temp          61 58 75 74   62 58 69 64   52 47 57 58   47 44 62 63
Dewpt         58 56 59 59   59 56 55 50   46 43 42 40   40 38 41 42
PWind dir         S    SW      SW    NW       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5    20      20    20      20     5       5     5
Rain shwrs           S  S    S     S  S    S  S
Tstms                   S    S        S    S

$$
NDZ001-292100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
1209 PM CDT Fri Aug 29 2025

Date             Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun 08/31/25
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                      83          57          82          57          82
Temp                   80 83 81 70 65 62 59 68 78 81 80 69 64 61 59 67 77 81 80
Dewpt                  53 52 53 55 55 54 54 58 57 55 55 56 55 55 55 59 58 56 56
RH                     39 34 38 59 70 75 83 70 48 41 42 63 73 81 87 75 52 42 44
Wind dir               SE SE SE  E NE SW NE  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                5  8  8  5  4  3  2  4  6  8  8  4  4  3  4  5  9  9  6
Clouds                 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Heat index             80                         81 80                   81 80
Max heat               80    82                      81                      82


Date          Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          57    84      55    71      45    66      45    73
Temp          64 58 78 81   64 57 67 67   53 47 61 65   50 46 67 72
Dewpt         56 54 57 52   53 52 53 48   44 41 41 38   39 38 41 42
PWind dir         S    NW       N     N       N     N       S    NW
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10     5      10    20      10     5       0     0
Rain shwrs                         S  S

$$
NDZ021-292100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
1209 PM CDT Fri Aug 29 2025

Date             Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun 08/31/25
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                      84          57          82          56          81
Temp                   81 82 79 68 62 60 58 69 78 81 78 66 62 59 57 68 77 80 77
Dewpt                  59 53 55 56 56 57 56 59 57 54 55 58 57 56 56 59 57 55 55
RH                     47 37 44 65 81 90 93 70 48 39 45 75 84 90 96 73 50 42 47
Wind dir               SE SE SE  E  S SE NE  S SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                5  5  5  3  2  1  1  2  5  6  5  4  3  2  2  4  6  6  6
Clouds                 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                                 PF PF PF
Heat index             81                         81                      80
Max heat               81    82                      81                      80


Date          Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          56    82      54    71      43    65      42    70
Temp          61 58 77 79   60 56 66 64   50 46 59 61   47 44 65 68
Dewpt         56 56 56 54   55 52 52 49   45 42 39 37   38 38 39 40
PWind dir         S     W       N     N       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      10    20      20     5       0     5
Rain shwrs                         S  S       S
Tstms                                 S

$$
NDZ043-292100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
1109 AM MDT Fri Aug 29 2025

Date             Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun 08/31/25
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                      74          54          72          52          78
Temp                   68 70 70 61 58 57 56 63 69 71 70 60 57 56 54 63 72 75 74
Dewpt                  61 56 56 58 58 57 56 60 58 57 58 58 57 56 54 58 56 55 55
RH                     78 61 61 90100100100 90 68 61 66 93100100100 84 57 50 51
Wind dir                E  E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                6 10 10  5  5  4  4  5 10 10  9  5  5  4  4  5  9  8  8
Clouds                 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     30          40          40          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0        0.06           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  S  S  S  C  C  C  C        S  S
Tstms                         S  S              S  S
Obvis                                 PF PF PF


Date               Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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            53    83      53    78      45    67      41    73
Temp          57   54 78 79 59   54 74 71 52   46 61 65 47   42 67 72
Dewpt         56   53 54 51 52   49 51 50 46   43 41 38 39   36 37 39
PWind dir           S    NW      NW    NW       N     N       E    NW
Wind char          LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr            5     0       5    20      20     5       0     0
Rain shwrs                           S  S       S

$$
NDZ045-292100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
1209 PM CDT Fri Aug 29 2025

Date             Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun 08/31/25
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          75          58          74
Temp                   74 76 71 65 62 60 59 66 72 74 71 64 61 59 58 65 71 73 71
Dewpt                  63 62 62 62 61 60 59 62 61 59 60 61 60 58 57 60 59 59 58
RH                     69 62 73 90 97100100 87 68 59 68 90 97 96 96 84 66 62 63
Wind dir                E SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE  S
Wind spd                8  9  8  6  5  5  5  5  9  9  6  5  5  5  5  5  8  8  6
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     30          30          30          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  S  S  S  C  C  C  C              S  S  S  S
Tstms                      S  S  S                 S
Obvis                                 PF PF PF


Date          Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          56    80      57    76      48    65      44    70
Temp          61 57 75 76   63 57 72 68   55 48 60 61   48 45 65 67
Dewpt         58 56 58 57   57 54 54 53   48 44 41 37   37 37 39 41
PWind dir         S    SW      SW    NW       N     N      NE    NW
Wind char        LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10    10       5    20      20     5       0     0
Rain shwrs                         S  S    S  S
Tstms                                 S

$$