Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
712 FOUS53 KBIS 171236 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 736 AM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026 NDZ015-172100- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 736 AM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026 Date Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 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 72 54 72 52 70 Temp 53 64 71 70 62 60 59 57 61 66 71 68 61 58 56 54 58 63 69 68 Dewpt 50 53 53 54 55 55 56 56 58 57 57 56 57 56 56 54 56 56 55 55 RH 89 67 53 57 78 84 90 96 90 73 61 65 87 93100100 93 78 61 63 Wind dir E E SE SE E E E E E SE SE E E E E NE NE E E NE Wind spd 6 10 11 11 12 11 10 9 10 12 12 11 8 5 3 3 5 9 10 10 Wind gust 20 Clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 20 20 0 10 QPF 12hr 0 0.03 0.03 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Obvis F+ Dense Fog Y Date Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 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 52 68 50 70 50 73 52 75 Temp 58 54 61 65 57 52 64 68 56 51 66 70 58 52 69 72 Dewpt 55 53 54 53 54 52 54 52 52 50 53 53 53 52 55 55 PWind dir E E E SE SE SE SE S Wind char GN GN LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 50 40 10 10 5 10 20 Rain shwrs S S S C C C S S $$ NDZ033-172100- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 636 AM MDT Thu Sep 17 2026 Date Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 MDT 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 73 52 75 50 68 Temp 51 64 70 67 61 59 56 56 61 68 72 69 60 57 55 54 58 62 65 62 Dewpt 49 53 54 53 55 56 56 56 59 58 57 56 56 56 55 54 58 57 56 54 RH 93 67 57 61 81 90100100 93 70 59 63 87 96100100100 84 73 75 Wind dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E Wind spd 3 14 17 16 14 13 11 11 13 13 10 9 9 6 4 4 6 11 12 12 Wind gust 26 25 Clouds B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B1 B1 SC FW FW B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 0 20 5 20 40 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C C Obvis PF+ Dense Fog Y Date Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 MDT 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 49 66 47 71 48 75 49 77 Temp 56 53 60 62 54 50 65 66 54 49 68 69 56 50 71 72 Dewpt 54 53 54 53 52 50 54 51 52 49 52 50 51 50 53 51 PWind dir E SE SE SE SE S S SE Wind char GN GN LT GN GN BZ GN GN Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 FW SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 50 60 30 10 5 0 5 10 Rain shwrs C C C L C S $$ NDZ044-172100- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 636 AM MDT Thu Sep 17 2026 Date Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 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 71 50 70 48 67 Temp 48 64 70 66 59 58 57 56 60 65 70 65 58 56 54 54 59 62 65 62 Dewpt 48 56 56 56 57 58 57 56 60 60 59 58 58 56 54 54 59 58 57 56 RH 100 75 61 70 93100100100100 84 68 78100100100100100 87 75 81 Wind dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 9 17 18 17 18 13 12 10 12 12 9 10 6 4 2 2 5 10 11 12 Wind gust 28 28 Clouds B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 5 40 10 10 30 QPF 12hr 0 0.06 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C S S C C C Dense Fog Y Date Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 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 46 63 45 67 44 72 46 75 Temp 55 53 58 59 53 50 63 63 53 47 65 67 54 47 69 70 Dewpt 55 53 57 55 53 50 56 53 52 47 55 53 53 47 55 54 PWind dir E E E SE SE S SE SE Wind char GN GN LT GN GN BZ GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 50 70 40 20 5 0 10 10 Rain shwrs C C L L C C S $$ NDZ056-172100- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 736 AM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026 Date Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 68 52 73 52 66 Temp 56 61 66 64 56 55 54 53 60 68 72 69 59 56 55 54 58 62 63 62 Dewpt 50 49 49 51 52 53 53 52 56 58 58 59 58 56 55 54 57 57 57 57 RH 80 65 54 63 86 93 96 96 87 70 61 70 96100100100 96 84 81 84 Wind dir NE E SE E SE SE SE SE SE S SE SE S S S N E NE NE NE Wind spd 3 11 12 11 12 11 10 10 9 11 10 8 8 5 3 0 4 9 10 9 Wind gust 23 Clouds B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 0 50 30 20 40 QPF 12hr 0 0.14 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C S S S S C C C Tstms S Obvis PF+ Dense Fog Y Date Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 49 66 48 70 48 71 51 73 Temp 53 50 60 64 52 48 65 66 52 48 66 67 55 51 68 69 Dewpt 53 50 54 54 52 48 54 54 52 48 55 55 53 51 56 57 PWind dir E E SE SE SE S S S Wind char GN GN LT LT GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 50 20 10 5 5 5 10 10 Rain shwrs C C S S $$ NDZ037-172100- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 736 AM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026 Date Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 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 69 49 66 47 69 Temp 53 62 66 66 55 53 54 54 58 62 63 62 56 54 53 52 56 62 66 65 Dewpt 51 54 55 54 53 51 53 54 58 59 59 57 56 54 53 52 56 57 58 57 RH 93 75 68 65 93 93 96100100 90 87 84100100100100100 84 75 75 Wind dir NE E E E E E SE E E E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE Wind spd 2 10 9 8 10 10 11 11 12 14 14 12 10 6 5 5 8 10 11 9 Wind gust 23 26 25 Clouds B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B1 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 10 30 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.05 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S Obvis PF+ Dense Fog Y Date Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 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 48 67 47 67 44 69 47 71 Temp 53 51 61 65 52 50 62 65 49 47 63 67 52 49 65 68 Dewpt 53 51 54 53 51 50 53 50 49 47 53 53 51 49 55 56 PWind dir NE E E SE SE SE SE S Wind char GN GN LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 30 20 10 10 5 10 20 Rain shwrs C S S S $$ NDZ001-172100- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 736 AM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026 Date Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 72 55 77 54 67 Temp 52 63 69 70 64 61 59 57 62 71 76 74 65 61 59 57 59 62 62 65 Dewpt 49 52 55 55 55 56 56 56 59 61 61 61 60 59 58 57 59 59 59 57 RH 89 67 61 59 73 84 90 96 90 71 60 64 84 93 96100100 90 90 75 Wind dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE SE SE E NE E E E E Wind spd 9 17 19 19 19 16 13 11 13 14 10 10 10 8 6 8 10 13 13 13 Wind gust 27 29 29 29 24 Clouds SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 FW FW SC B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 5 30 30 60 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.01 0.02 0.28 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S C C L L L L L L L Tstms S S S S Dense Fog Y Date Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 50 68 48 71 50 74 51 76 Temp 57 54 61 66 56 51 66 69 57 51 68 72 58 51 70 73 Dewpt 55 53 57 56 54 51 57 55 53 51 57 55 53 51 56 55 PWind dir E SE SE SE SE S SE SE Wind char GN GN GN GN GN BZ GN GN Avg clouds OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 60 40 5 5 5 0 5 5 Rain shwrs L C C C $$ NDZ021-172100- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 736 AM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026 Date Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 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 71 51 75 50 69 Temp 59 64 69 67 59 56 55 54 61 69 73 69 59 55 54 53 59 64 66 64 Dewpt 52 49 50 52 53 53 53 53 56 57 56 56 56 55 54 53 56 56 55 54 RH 78 58 51 59 80 90 93 96 84 66 55 63 90100100100 90 75 68 70 Wind dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE N NE E E NE Wind spd 8 12 12 11 12 12 10 10 10 13 11 9 8 4 1 0 5 9 10 11 Wind gust 24 23 Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV PoP 12hr 0 30 10 10 40 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C Obvis PF+ Dense Fog Y Date Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 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 47 68 46 71 46 73 48 75 Temp 54 50 62 65 52 49 66 67 53 46 67 68 54 48 69 70 Dewpt 53 50 53 51 52 49 52 50 51 46 53 52 51 47 54 53 PWind dir E E SE SE SE S SE S Wind char GN GN LT LT GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 30 10 5 5 5 10 10 Rain shwrs C C C C $$ NDZ043-172100- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 636 AM MDT Thu Sep 17 2026 Date Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 MDT 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 74 52 74 50 69 Temp 51 67 72 67 61 58 57 56 62 68 72 69 60 57 55 54 59 64 66 62 Dewpt 47 54 54 55 56 58 57 56 59 58 56 56 56 57 55 54 58 56 55 54 RH 86 63 53 65 84100100100 90 70 57 63 87100100100 96 75 68 75 Wind dir E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E Wind spd 14 21 24 23 21 18 14 13 16 14 12 12 11 8 5 4 8 13 16 17 Wind gust 32 36 35 33 Clouds B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 FW SC B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 10 30 5 20 60 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0 0 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S C S S C C L L L Obvis PF+ Dense Fog Y Date Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 MDT 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 48 65 46 70 45 74 47 78 Temp 55 53 60 60 53 50 65 64 53 47 68 68 55 48 72 72 Dewpt 55 53 55 53 53 50 53 51 52 47 52 50 52 48 52 50 PWind dir E SE SE SE SE S SE SE Wind char GN GN GN GN BZ BZ BZ GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 FW SC SC SC FW PoP 12hr 60 70 30 20 5 0 5 5 Rain shwrs L L L L C S S $$ NDZ045-172100- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 736 AM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026 Date Thu 09/17/26 Fri 09/18/26 Sat 09/19/26 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 69 56 66 53 66 Temp 51 62 69 66 62 60 58 57 59 62 66 63 59 57 56 55 57 60 66 64 Dewpt 51 56 56 56 56 57 58 57 59 60 59 59 58 57 56 55 57 58 57 57 RH 100 81 63 70 81 90100100100 93 78 87 96100100100100 93 73 78 Wind dir E E SE E SE SE SE E E E E E E E NE NE NE E E E Wind spd 5 11 12 12 14 17 17 16 14 14 12 11 10 8 6 6 8 9 10 10 Wind gust 25 25 23 Clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 40 50 5 10 QPF 12hr 0 0.05 0.07 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C S Obvis F+ Dense Fog Y Date Sun 09/20/26 Mon 09/21/26 Tue 09/22/26 Wed 09/23/26 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 53 63 52 65 51 69 53 72 Temp 58 54 58 61 57 53 61 63 55 51 62 66 58 53 66 69 Dewpt 56 54 56 56 55 53 56 54 53 51 55 54 54 53 57 57 PWind dir E E E SE SE SE SE S Wind char GN GN LT GN GN GN BZ BZ Avg clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 30 60 50 20 10 5 10 20 Rain shwrs S C C L C C S S S S $$