Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND

Current Version |  Previous Version |  Text Only |  Print | Product List |  Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
765
FOUS53 KBIS 112029
PFMBIS

Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
329 PM CDT Sun May 11 2025

NDZ015-120900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
329 PM CDT Sun May 11 2025

Date           05/11/25      Mon 05/12/25            Tue 05/13/25            Wed
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                      61          96          63          92          57
Temp          95 92 78 72 67 63 76 89 94 93 79 72 68 65 76 87 91 87 74 66 62 59
Dewpt         45 44 44 43 43 43 47 46 44 44 46 46 44 44 47 47 45 45 46 47 47 49
RH            18 19 30 35 42 48 36 23 18 19 31 39 42 46 36 25 20 23 37 50 58 69
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW NW  N  N  N NE
Wind spd      20 16 16 14 12 10 11 13 17 13 13 13 13 11 13 14 14 12 10 10 10 10
Clouds        CL CL SC B1 SC SC FW CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20           0           5           5          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S                                         C  C  L  L  L
Tstms                   S


Date           05/14  Thu 05/15/25  Fri 05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25
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          81      49    62      42    59      37    61      36    61
Temp          78 73   56 51 58 55   46 43 52 56   44 38 56 59   43 38 56 59
Dewpt         51 52   49 46 46 43   40 38 35 33   34 32 32 31   33 32 32 33
PWind dir         E      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     N       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      80    80      80    40      10    10      20    30
Rain shwrs     L  D    D  L  D  D    D  L  C  S                  S  S  S  C
Tstms             S    C  C  S  S

$$
NDZ033-120900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
229 PM MDT Sun May 11 2025

Date           05/11/25      Mon 05/12/25            Tue 05/13/25            Wed
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                      58          93          56          82          51
Temp          93 90 73 66 62 60 76 88 93 91 74 67 63 59 69 77 79 77 65 59 55 54
Dewpt         36 37 43 45 44 44 47 41 37 35 38 38 37 37 42 41 40 38 39 41 44 46
RH            14 15 34 47 52 55 36 19 14 14 27 34 38 44 37 28 25 24 38 51 66 74
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW  S  S  S  S SW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      13 12 10 10  9  9 10 12 13 11 10 11 11 11 14 17 16 13 12 13 13 13
Clouds        FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30           0           5           0          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  C  S                                         S  S  L  L  L
Tstms             S  C  S


Date           05/14/25  Thu 05/15/25  Fri 05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25
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          68      43    55      38    60      35    61      36    60
Temp          64 62 49   45 50 50 42   40 52 55 41   36 55 57 41   38 54 57
Dewpt         48 47 45   42 41 39 36   35 33 31 31   31 32 32 32   33 33 34
PWind dir         N      NW    NW      NW    NW       N    NE       E     E
Wind char        BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         90      80    80      50    20       5    20      30    30
Rain shwrs     L  D  D    D  D  D  C    C  S                S  S    C  S  C
Tstms          S  S  S

$$
NDZ044-120900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
229 PM MDT Sun May 11 2025

Date           05/11/25      Mon 05/12/25            Tue 05/13/25            Wed
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                      58          92          58          82          51
Temp          90 88 72 67 62 60 76 87 91 89 73 67 64 60 71 78 81 78 67 61 57 54
Dewpt         45 41 44 43 43 42 46 43 39 37 38 37 35 37 42 44 42 40 41 41 44 46
RH            21 19 37 42 50 51 34 21 16 16 28 33 34 42 35 30 25 26 39 48 62 74
Wind dir       S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      13 12 10 10  8  6 10 13 14 13 10 11 11 10 14 17 16 13 12 13 13 14
Wind gust                                                                 24 25
Clouds        FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW CL CL SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20           0           5           0          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  S                                         C  C  L  L  L
Tstms          S  S  S  S


Date           05/14/25  Thu 05/15/25  Fri 05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25
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          68      41    54      38    59      33    62      35    59
Temp          67 63 49   45 51 49 42   40 54 56 41   36 57 60 43   38 55 57
Dewpt         50 48 43   41 41 39 37   35 34 31 31   31 33 33 32   31 36 37
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       N    NE       E     E
Wind char        BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         80      70    80      50    20       5    20      30    40
Rain shwrs     L  D  L    L  D  D  C    C  S                S  C    C  C  C
Tstms          S  S  S             S

$$
NDZ011-120900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
329 PM CDT Sun May 11 2025

Date           05/11/25      Mon 05/12/25            Tue 05/13/25            Wed
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                      62          96          63          87          54
Temp          94 94 80 73 67 64 78 90 95 94 80 73 67 64 74 83 86 82 71 63 59 56
Dewpt         39 40 44 45 46 47 48 45 40 40 42 44 43 43 46 44 42 42 44 45 46 47
RH            15 15 28 37 47 54 35 21 15 15 26 35 42 46 37 25 21 24 38 52 62 72
Wind dir       S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      14 13 12 11 10  9 10 12 13 13 12 13 13 12 14 14 16 16 13 13 13 13
Wind gust                                                  26 26
Clouds        SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     30           5          10           5          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  C  S                                         S  S  C  C  L
Tstms             S  C  S


Date           05/14  Thu 05/15/25  Fri 05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25
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          70      46    55      40    57      36    58      36    58
Temp          68 64   52 48 52 50   44 41 50 54   42 37 52 55   41 37 52 56
Dewpt         47 49   47 45 43 40   38 36 33 33   32 31 31 32   32 31 32 32
PWind dir        NE       N    NW      NW    NW       N     N       E     E
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 SC B1 SC   B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         80      90    90      70    30      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     L  D    D  D  D  D    L  C  C  S                  S  S     S
Tstms          S  S    S  C     S

$$
NDZ037-120900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
329 PM CDT Sun May 11 2025

Date           05/11/25      Mon 05/12/25            Tue 05/13/25            Wed
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                      62          92          63          95          60
Temp          93 88 74 69 66 64 75 87 91 89 76 70 66 64 76 87 92 89 76 68 63 62
Dewpt         35 43 42 40 39 41 45 46 47 48 48 45 43 45 48 49 48 49 49 49 48 48
RH            13 21 32 35 37 43 34 24 22 24 37 41 43 50 37 27 22 25 39 51 58 60
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE
Wind spd      26 21 21 23 21 20 23 20 21 18 17 17 17 18 21 23 21 16 13 11 10 11
Wind gust     36 32       32       31                28 32 33
Clouds        CL FW FW SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                             S  S
Obvis         BD BD


Date           05/14  Thu 05/15/25  Fri 05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25
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          87      56    68      43    57      38    58      36    60
Temp          82 81   62 57 64 60   48 44 51 52   42 39 52 54   41 38 54 56
Dewpt         52 52   55 53 51 47   43 40 38 36   35 33 33 32   33 33 35 34
PWind dir        SE       S     W      NW    NW      NW     N      NE    NE
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    WY      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC   B2 B2 B2 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50      80    80      70    50      20    10      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C    D  L  D  D    L  L  C  C    S                      S
Tstms             S    C  S  S  S       S

$$
NDZ001-120900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
329 PM CDT Sun May 11 2025

Date           05/11/25      Mon 05/12/25            Tue 05/13/25            Wed
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          92          56          79          51
Temp          87 90 76 68 62 58 72 87 92 90 75 67 62 58 66 74 78 76 67 61 56 53
Dewpt         44 43 46 48 49 49 51 48 41 37 39 40 41 42 42 41 40 39 41 41 43 45
RH            22 20 34 49 62 72 48 26 17 15 27 37 46 55 42 30 26 26 39 48 62 74
Wind dir      SW SW SW SE SW  S  S SW SW  W  N  N  N  N  N NW  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd       9 10 10  6  5  5  8 13 16 13 10 11 12 13 19 20 19 16 13 13 13 13
Clouds        SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30           5          20           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.17
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  C  S                 S  S                          C  C  L
Tstms             S  C  S                 S  S


Date           05/14  Thu 05/15/25  Fri 05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25
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          64      45    55      40    60      36    61      38    60
Temp          61 60   51 46 50 52   47 42 53 58   44 38 56 59   45 39 55 58
Dewpt         48 48   46 43 43 40   38 36 35 32   32 32 34 33   34 33 35 35
PWind dir         N       N    NW      NW    NW      NE     E       E     E
Wind char        BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         90      80    80      40    10       5    20      20    30
Rain shwrs     L  D    D  D  D  L    C  S                   S    S  S  S  C
Tstms                  S

$$
NDZ021-120900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
329 PM CDT Sun May 11 2025

Date           05/11/25      Mon 05/12/25            Tue 05/13/25            Wed
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          95          60          88          54
Temp          98 91 76 69 63 61 76 88 94 92 76 70 65 61 74 83 85 82 69 63 58 56
Dewpt         40 41 44 45 45 45 48 44 39 40 42 44 43 43 45 42 41 41 43 45 46 47
RH            14 18 32 42 52 56 37 22 15 16 30 39 45 51 35 24 21 23 39 52 64 72
Wind dir       S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S SW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE
Wind spd      16 13 11 10  8  6  9 11 13 12 11 12 12 10 13 14 14 13 12 12 13 13
Clouds        FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     30           5          10           0          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  C  S                                         S  S  C  C  L
Tstms             S  C  S                                                  S


Date           05/14  Thu 05/15/25  Fri 05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25
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          73      46    57      39    57      35    59      34    58
Temp          70 66   51 47 53 51   43 41 50 55   41 36 53 56   41 36 52 55
Dewpt         47 48   46 44 42 39   38 36 33 32   33 31 30 31   32 31 31 31
PWind dir        NE       N    NW      NW    NW       N     N       E     E
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   OV B2 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         90      80    80      70    30      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs     L  D    D  D  D  D    L  C  C  S                  S  S     S
Tstms          S  S    S  C     S

$$
NDZ043-120900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
229 PM MDT Sun May 11 2025

Date           05/11/25      Mon 05/12/25            Tue 05/13/25            Wed
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                      56          91          56          78          49
Temp          91 87 69 65 60 57 76 87 91 89 73 66 61 57 66 74 76 75 64 58 54 51
Dewpt         40 39 45 44 43 43 46 42 37 34 36 35 35 35 42 42 40 39 39 40 43 46
RH            17 18 42 46 53 59 34 21 15 14 26 32 38 43 42 32 27 27 40 51 66 83
Wind dir      SW SW SW  S SW  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      13 13 10 10 10 10 12 14 14 13 10 13 12 13 19 20 18 14 13 13 14 16
Clouds        FW B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     20           0           5           0          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  S                                         S  S  L  L  L
Tstms          S  S  S  S


Date           05/14/25  Thu 05/15/25  Fri 05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25
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          64      41    53      38    59      34    61      37    59
Temp          62 60 47   43 49 48 42   39 52 56 41   36 56 59 43   38 54 57
Dewpt         49 46 43   42 41 39 37   36 34 31 31   31 33 34 32   33 37 38
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW    NW       N     E       E    SE
Wind char        BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         80      80    80      50    20      10    20      30    40
Rain shwrs     L  D  D    D  D  L  C    C  S                S  C    C  C  C
Tstms          S

$$
NDZ045-120900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
329 PM CDT Sun May 11 2025

Date           05/11/25      Mon 05/12/25            Tue 05/13/25            Wed
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                      65          92          66          88          59
Temp          90 87 77 74 68 65 76 87 91 89 78 74 70 67 77 85 88 84 73 66 62 60
Dewpt         44 45 42 40 41 41 46 46 43 43 44 43 43 43 47 47 45 46 47 46 47 49
RH            20 23 29 29 37 41 34 24 19 20 30 33 38 42 35 27 22 27 40 48 58 67
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  N  N  N NE
Wind spd      24 20 24 24 23 19 19 19 19 17 18 20 20 18 19 18 16 14 13 14 14 14
Wind gust     34    34 34 33
Clouds        FW CL SC B1 SC SC FW CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20           0           5           5          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S                                         C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                   S


Date           05/14  Thu 05/15/25  Fri 05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25
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      49    58      43    56      38    60      37    59
Temp          76 70   56 50 56 53   45 43 52 54   44 39 56 58   44 39 55 57
Dewpt         53 52   47 45 45 42   38 37 35 32   34 32 31 30   32 32 33 33
PWind dir        SE      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     N       E     E
Wind char        BZ      BZ    WY      WY    WY      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC   B1 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         80      80    80      70    40      10    10      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  D    D  L  L  D    L  C  C  S                  S  C  S  C
Tstms             S    C  C  S  S

$$