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Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
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290 FOUS53 KBIS 302029 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 329 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025 NDZ015-310900- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 329 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025 Date 08/30/25 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 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 57 79 57 81 57 Temp 78 76 67 62 59 58 65 75 78 75 67 63 61 59 66 76 78 77 68 62 60 58 Dewpt 62 60 62 60 59 58 61 60 58 58 60 59 59 58 60 59 58 59 60 59 58 56 RH 58 58 84 93100100 87 60 50 55 78 87 93 96 81 56 50 54 76 90 93 93 Wind dir SE S S S NE SE S S S S S S S S S S SW S S SW W NW Wind spd 3 8 4 2 2 2 3 6 6 8 5 5 4 4 5 9 8 6 5 5 5 6 Clouds B2 B1 B2 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC PoP 12hr 20 20 10 30 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S S C C Tstms S S S S C Obvis PF PF PF Date 09/02 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25 Fri 09/05/25 Sat 09/06/25 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 75 45 63 40 69 44 74 45 77 Temp 74 68 54 48 58 59 46 42 63 66 50 46 69 70 53 47 71 73 Dewpt 57 53 50 45 39 36 37 37 38 39 41 39 43 43 44 43 45 47 PWind dir N N N NW NW NW NW SE SE Wind char GN GN GN LT GN LT GN LT LT Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S $$ NDZ033-310900- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 229 PM MDT Sat Aug 30 2025 Date 08/30/25 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 53 74 53 84 54 Temp 71 70 61 58 56 56 63 70 73 72 62 58 57 54 65 77 81 79 65 60 58 56 Dewpt 57 58 59 58 56 56 60 58 57 57 58 57 56 54 58 56 53 54 55 53 53 51 RH 61 66 93100100100 90 66 57 59 87 96 96100 78 48 38 42 70 78 83 83 Wind dir SE S S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW W NW N SW W W NW Wind spd 1 8 5 5 5 4 6 10 10 9 9 9 8 6 6 6 8 9 6 5 6 8 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 20 5 10 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S S S S S S S Tstms C S S Obvis PF PF PF Date 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25 Fri 09/05/25 Sat 09/06/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 75 43 61 38 70 43 74 45 77 Temp 73 67 51 46 56 60 44 40 63 69 50 45 68 72 52 47 72 75 Dewpt 53 53 49 45 39 36 37 36 38 37 40 39 41 40 41 40 42 42 PWind dir N N N SE W NW NW SE S Wind char GN GN GN LT GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B2 B2 SC FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 30 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S C Tstms S S $$ NDZ044-310900- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 229 PM MDT Sat Aug 30 2025 Date 08/30/25 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 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 52 71 51 81 52 Temp 65 64 59 58 56 55 61 68 71 69 60 57 55 53 63 76 80 77 64 59 56 54 Dewpt 62 60 59 58 56 55 60 60 58 59 60 57 55 53 59 59 55 56 57 56 54 51 RH 90 87100100100100 97 76 63 70100100100100 87 56 42 48 78 90 93 90 Wind dir E SE SE E SE SE S S S S S S S SW S S NW N SE SW W NW Wind spd 6 8 5 3 3 2 5 10 9 8 5 5 5 4 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 Clouds B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC FW CL FW SC FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 40 20 5 10 5 QPF 12hr 0.03 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L C C C C S S S S Tstms C S S S Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 80 Max heat 80 Date 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25 Fri 09/05/25 Sat 09/06/25 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 79 43 62 35 71 41 74 42 77 Temp 77 71 52 47 58 60 44 40 64 68 49 44 68 71 51 45 72 74 Dewpt 53 53 52 45 39 36 37 34 39 38 40 37 41 41 41 38 44 45 PWind dir N N N E NW NW NW SE SE Wind char GN GN GN LT GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds FW SC B2 B2 SC FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 30 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 Rain shwrs S S C Tstms S S $$ NDZ011-310900- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 329 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025 Date 08/30/25 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 58 82 60 85 56 Temp 82 81 69 63 61 59 70 78 80 78 69 65 63 61 69 78 82 79 68 63 60 58 Dewpt 59 55 57 57 58 57 59 58 56 57 58 58 58 58 60 58 55 56 58 57 56 56 RH 46 41 66 81 90 93 68 50 44 48 68 78 84 90 73 50 40 45 70 81 87 93 Wind dir SE SE S SW SW S SW S SW S S SW SW SW SW SW NW NW N NW N N Wind spd 6 8 6 6 5 5 5 10 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 10 Clouds SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 20 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S Tstms S Heat index 82 81 80 Max heat 82 80 81 Date 09/02 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25 Fri 09/05/25 Sat 09/06/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 68 42 60 40 69 46 73 47 75 Temp 66 61 51 44 55 59 45 43 63 67 52 48 67 70 53 49 70 73 Dewpt 56 52 47 41 39 36 37 36 39 40 41 41 43 43 43 42 45 45 PWind dir N N N W NW NW NW SE SE Wind char GN GN GN LT GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW PoP 12hr 30 20 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S C S Tstms S $$ NDZ037-310900- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 329 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025 Date 08/30/25 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 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 56 77 56 78 57 Temp 80 75 65 61 58 57 66 74 77 74 64 61 59 58 67 74 75 72 64 62 60 58 Dewpt 63 61 62 60 58 57 62 61 58 58 59 59 58 58 61 61 60 60 60 60 58 57 RH 56 62 90 97100100 87 64 52 57 84 93 96100 81 64 60 66 87 93 93 96 Wind dir SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW S SW W NW Wind spd 10 6 5 4 2 2 4 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 6 9 9 6 6 6 8 9 Clouds SC SC FW FW FW B2 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 5 5 30 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.01 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S C C S S C C S Tstms S C C S S S S Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 81 Max heat 82 Date 09/02 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25 Fri 09/05/25 Sat 09/06/25 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 72 44 58 39 63 44 69 45 72 Temp 69 65 52 47 55 55 44 42 59 60 48 45 65 66 51 46 66 68 Dewpt 59 55 48 43 41 38 38 37 39 40 41 40 45 46 45 43 48 49 PWind dir N N N NW NW NW NW N SE Wind char GN GN GN LT GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 30 10 0 0 5 5 5 0 0 Rain shwrs S C Tstms C $$ NDZ001-310900- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 329 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025 Date 08/30/25 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 57 79 57 85 55 Temp 82 80 69 64 61 58 65 75 79 78 69 63 61 58 68 80 84 83 71 65 61 57 Dewpt 56 55 56 58 57 56 60 60 58 58 59 58 57 56 59 58 54 54 54 54 54 54 RH 41 42 63 81 87 93 84 60 49 50 70 84 87 93 73 47 36 37 55 68 78 90 Wind dir SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S SW W NW NW N N N N Wind spd 12 10 5 5 5 5 9 12 11 9 6 6 5 5 5 9 11 11 6 5 5 6 Clouds B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 5 10 10 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Heat index 82 80 81 Max heat 82 81 83 80 Date 09/02 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25 Fri 09/05/25 Sat 09/06/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 72 45 64 40 73 45 75 47 77 Temp 69 66 53 46 58 63 49 43 66 72 53 47 69 73 55 49 72 76 Dewpt 57 54 49 42 41 38 39 37 41 41 42 41 45 44 43 42 46 46 PWind dir N NE N SE W NW NW E SE Wind char GN GN GN LT GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW PoP 12hr 20 10 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S $$ NDZ021-310900- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 329 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025 Date 08/30/25 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 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 56 79 56 84 55 Temp 84 78 66 61 58 57 68 75 78 76 66 61 59 58 68 77 81 80 66 61 59 57 Dewpt 53 57 60 59 58 57 60 58 56 57 59 59 58 57 60 58 55 56 59 57 55 55 RH 34 48 81 93100100 76 55 47 52 78 93 96 96 76 52 41 44 78 87 87 93 Wind dir SE SE SW SW SW SE S S S S S S S S SW SW W NW N W N N Wind spd 11 8 5 3 2 2 5 9 9 8 5 5 5 5 6 8 8 6 5 5 6 9 Clouds SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 5 10 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S S S Tstms S Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 81 80 Max heat 83 81 Date 09/02 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25 Fri 09/05/25 Sat 09/06/25 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 72 42 61 39 69 44 72 45 75 Temp 69 63 50 44 56 59 44 42 63 67 50 46 67 70 52 47 69 73 Dewpt 56 53 47 42 39 36 37 36 37 39 41 41 42 42 43 43 44 44 PWind dir N N N NE W NW NW E SE Wind char GN GN GN LT GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S S $$ NDZ043-310900- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 229 PM MDT Sat Aug 30 2025 Date 08/30/25 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 52 73 51 84 52 Temp 61 64 58 57 56 55 61 69 73 72 60 56 54 53 65 78 83 80 65 59 56 54 Dewpt 60 60 58 57 56 55 60 58 58 57 58 56 54 53 58 54 51 51 54 53 52 49 RH 97 87100100100100 97 68 59 59 93100100100 78 43 33 36 68 80 86 83 Wind dir E E SE SE SE SE S S S SE S S S S SW W N N NE SW W NW Wind spd 5 10 6 5 5 5 8 11 10 10 9 8 6 5 6 9 10 10 6 5 5 6 Clouds B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW CL FW SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 30 20 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0.02 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C S S S S Tstms C S S S Obvis PF PF PF Heat index 80 Max heat 82 Date 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25 Fri 09/05/25 Sat 09/06/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 80 44 63 37 72 42 75 45 79 Temp 77 71 52 47 59 61 44 40 65 70 50 44 70 73 52 46 73 76 Dewpt 51 52 51 46 39 36 37 36 36 37 39 37 40 39 41 38 42 43 PWind dir N NE N SE W NW NW SE SE Wind char GN GN GN LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW SC B2 B2 SC FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 30 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S C Tstms S $$ NDZ045-310900- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 329 PM CDT Sat Aug 30 2025 Date 08/30/25 Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 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 58 73 57 77 57 Temp 71 69 63 61 59 58 64 70 73 70 63 61 59 58 65 73 76 73 65 62 59 58 Dewpt 64 62 62 60 59 58 62 61 60 61 61 60 59 58 61 60 60 60 61 59 58 56 RH 79 78 97 97100100 93 73 64 73 93 97100100 87 64 58 64 87 90 96 93 Wind dir E SE S S SE SE S S S S S S S S S S SW S S SW W NW Wind spd 4 8 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 6 8 8 8 6 8 10 9 6 8 9 10 10 Clouds B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC PoP 12hr 20 20 10 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S S S S S S S S S S Tstms S S S S S S S Obvis PF PF PF Date 09/02 Wed 09/03/25 Thu 09/04/25 Fri 09/05/25 Sat 09/06/25 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 77 46 61 41 67 44 71 47 74 Temp 74 68 54 47 56 57 45 41 61 65 51 45 67 68 53 47 69 71 Dewpt 57 55 51 46 39 37 37 35 38 40 40 39 43 44 43 42 45 48 PWind dir N N N NW NW NW NW SE SE Wind char GN GN GN LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW SC B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S $$