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Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
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635 FOUS53 KBIS 030049 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 749 PM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025 NDZ015-030900- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 749 PM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025 Date 08/02/25 Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 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 60 82 62 84 63 Temp 65 65 62 61 67 74 79 79 71 66 64 63 68 77 82 81 73 68 66 65 Dewpt 62 61 60 60 62 62 62 62 63 63 62 62 63 63 62 61 63 63 62 62 RH 90 87 93 97 84 66 56 56 76 90 93 97 84 62 51 51 71 84 87 90 Wind dir E E E E E E NE E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 8 8 5 4 4 5 5 6 5 3 2 2 3 5 5 8 8 6 6 6 Clouds B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 OV B1 SC SC FW FW FW B1 B1 PoP 12hr 20 20 30 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0.02 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S C C S S S S S S Tstms S S C C S S S Obvis K K PF PF K Heat index 83 82 Max heat 81 84 Date 08/05 Wed 08/06/25 Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 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 84 62 87 64 88 64 84 60 80 Temp 79 81 68 63 80 85 70 65 81 85 70 66 79 80 66 61 74 76 Dewpt 64 65 64 60 61 60 62 62 64 63 64 62 61 60 59 57 57 56 PWind dir SE S SW SE SE N NW NW NW Wind char GN GN LT LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 30 50 10 20 20 30 30 30 20 Rain shwrs C C C S S S C C S C C C S Tstms C C S C S S S $$ NDZ033-030900- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 649 PM MDT Sat Aug 2 2025 Date 08/02/25 Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 57 79 58 83 61 Temp 61 62 60 59 67 74 78 75 67 63 61 59 69 78 82 81 71 67 64 63 Dewpt 61 61 60 59 62 63 62 62 63 61 60 59 62 60 57 58 60 61 61 60 RH 100 97100100 84 69 58 64 87 93 97100 78 54 43 46 68 81 90 90 Wind dir E SE S SE S N NW NE E SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 12 6 5 4 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 6 9 10 10 10 10 Clouds SC SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 30 30 30 10 20 QPF 12hr 0.02 0.05 0.02 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C S S C C C S S S Tstms S S S C C S S Obvis K K PF PF K Heat index 82 81 Max heat 82 Date 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 80 57 85 60 83 59 77 56 73 Temp 75 77 63 59 78 82 66 61 78 80 65 60 71 73 61 57 68 71 Dewpt 64 62 59 56 57 58 59 60 62 63 61 59 59 59 56 54 54 55 PWind dir SE W SW SE S NW NW NW NW Wind char GN LT GN LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 50 40 10 30 20 40 40 30 20 Rain shwrs S C C S C S S C C C C C C S Tstms S C S S C S S C S S S $$ NDZ044-030900- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 649 PM MDT Sat Aug 2 2025 Date 08/02/25 Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 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 58 82 57 85 61 Temp 65 63 60 59 68 76 80 77 68 63 61 58 71 81 85 83 72 67 65 63 Dewpt 62 62 60 59 62 62 61 61 63 61 59 58 62 59 57 58 61 61 61 62 RH 90 97100100 81 62 52 58 84 93 93100 73 47 39 43 68 81 87 97 Wind dir E NE W N NW W NW NE E SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 6 5 3 2 4 5 6 5 4 3 2 2 5 8 9 10 10 11 10 11 Clouds SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 PoP 12hr 40 30 30 10 20 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.02 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C S S S Tstms S S S S C C S S S Obvis K K PF PF Heat index 81 81 83 Max heat 81 81 84 81 Date 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 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 83 58 87 60 87 60 80 56 75 Temp 78 80 64 60 80 84 68 63 81 82 66 62 76 75 62 58 71 71 Dewpt 64 60 59 57 58 58 61 61 62 62 62 59 59 58 57 54 54 54 PWind dir SE NW S SE SE N NW NW NW Wind char GN LT GN LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC FW CL SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC PoP 12hr 40 30 5 20 20 30 30 30 30 Rain shwrs S C C S S S C C C S S C C Tstms S C C S S C S S S S $$ NDZ011-030900- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 749 PM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025 Date 08/02/25 Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 59 79 60 80 60 Temp 66 63 61 60 66 74 77 77 69 65 63 61 67 74 79 78 70 65 64 62 Dewpt 61 61 60 59 62 62 62 63 63 62 62 61 63 63 62 63 63 62 62 61 RH 84 93 97 96 87 66 60 62 81 90 97100 87 69 56 60 78 90 93 97 Wind dir SE SE SE E E E E E E SE SE SE E SE E E E SE SE SE Wind spd 9 8 5 4 5 9 8 9 6 5 5 5 5 9 8 9 8 8 8 8 Clouds B1 SC B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 20 30 20 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.02 0.12 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C C S S S S S S S Tstms S S Obvis K K PF PF K K K Date 08/05 Wed 08/06/25 Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 80 60 85 62 86 61 77 57 74 Temp 76 76 65 62 78 82 66 63 79 81 66 62 73 74 63 59 69 71 Dewpt 64 65 63 60 59 60 60 60 63 62 62 59 61 61 59 57 57 57 PWind dir SE S W SW S W W NW NW Wind char GN GN GN LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 40 60 20 20 20 40 40 30 20 Rain shwrs S C L C S S S S C C S C C C S S Tstms C C S S S S S S S $$ NDZ037-030900- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 749 PM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025 Date 08/02/25 Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 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 59 75 60 77 61 Temp 64 62 62 62 65 69 72 72 65 63 63 62 67 70 74 73 67 65 63 63 Dewpt 58 60 60 60 62 64 65 65 65 63 62 62 64 64 64 65 65 63 63 62 RH 81 93 93 93 90 84 79 79100100 97100 90 81 71 76 93 93100 97 Wind dir SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 11 9 8 6 8 10 9 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 9 6 6 6 8 Wind gust 26 Clouds B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 OV OV OV B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 OV PoP 12hr 40 20 30 40 10 QPF 12hr 0.91 0.01 0 0.01 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C S S S S C C C C C C Tstms S C C S S S S Obvis K K PF PF K K K Date 08/05 Wed 08/06/25 Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 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 79 63 83 64 85 64 82 60 77 Temp 73 75 66 64 77 80 68 66 78 80 69 65 77 77 66 63 72 73 Dewpt 66 68 65 63 65 65 65 64 67 68 66 64 65 64 61 60 61 60 PWind dir SE S SW S SE S NW NW NW Wind char GN GN GN LT GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC PoP 12hr 20 60 20 10 20 30 30 30 20 Rain shwrs S L L S S S C C S C C S S Tstms S C S S S S S $$ NDZ001-030900- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 749 PM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025 Date 08/02/25 Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 61 81 61 86 63 Temp 71 66 64 62 68 75 79 78 71 66 64 62 71 80 84 83 74 70 67 65 Dewpt 63 62 62 62 65 65 64 64 63 63 62 61 65 64 61 61 61 61 61 62 RH 76 87 93100 90 71 60 62 76 90 93 97 81 58 46 47 64 73 81 90 Wind dir SE SE E E SE SE SE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E E SE SE E Wind spd 8 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 Clouds SC SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 PoP 12hr 30 30 30 10 20 QPF 12hr 0.05 0.03 0.03 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S S S C C C S S S S C Tstms C S S S C C S S Obvis K K K K K Heat index 82 84 83 Max heat 82 84 81 Date 08/05 Wed 08/06/25 Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 80 58 85 60 84 61 77 57 74 Temp 75 76 64 60 79 82 67 63 79 80 67 62 73 74 63 58 70 72 Dewpt 66 64 61 58 59 58 59 59 63 62 60 59 61 59 57 55 57 55 PWind dir SE SW W SE E W W NW NW Wind char GN LT GN LT GN LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 60 40 10 30 20 40 40 30 20 Rain shwrs C L C S S C S S C C C C C C S S Tstms S C C S C S S S S S S $$ NDZ021-030900- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 749 PM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025 Date 08/02/25 Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 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 59 79 60 81 60 Temp 64 63 60 59 66 73 77 75 68 64 62 61 68 75 80 78 70 66 64 62 Dewpt 60 61 59 59 62 62 61 63 63 62 62 61 63 63 61 62 63 62 61 61 RH 87 93 96100 87 68 58 66 84 93100100 84 66 52 58 78 87 90 97 Wind dir SE SE E E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE E Wind spd 9 6 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 Clouds SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 20 20 30 20 10 QPF 12hr 0 0.14 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S C C C C S S S S S Tstms S S S S S Obvis K K PF PF K K K Heat index 81 Max heat 81 Date 08/05 Wed 08/06/25 Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 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 80 59 85 61 85 61 77 57 74 Temp 76 76 65 61 78 81 66 63 78 80 66 62 73 73 62 58 69 71 Dewpt 64 65 62 60 60 60 60 60 64 64 62 60 61 61 58 56 57 57 PWind dir SE S W S S NW W NW NW Wind char GN LT GN LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 40 60 10 20 20 40 40 30 20 Rain shwrs S C L C S S S C C S C C C S S Tstms C C S S S S S S S $$ NDZ043-030900- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 649 PM MDT Sat Aug 2 2025 Date 08/02/25 Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 Tue MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 59 82 58 86 61 Temp 63 63 61 60 69 76 81 78 67 63 60 59 71 81 85 83 72 68 65 62 Dewpt 63 63 61 60 62 62 59 60 61 59 59 57 60 57 55 57 60 60 61 61 RH 100100100100 78 62 47 54 81 87 96 93 68 44 36 41 66 76 87 97 Wind dir SE SE SW W NW NW NW NW SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 10 6 4 5 6 8 9 8 5 5 5 5 5 9 10 12 12 13 13 12 Clouds SC SC B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 40 30 20 5 20 QPF 12hr 0.16 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C S S C S S S S S Tstms S C S S C S S S S Obvis K K PF PF Heat index 81 81 Max heat 82 81 84 81 Date 08/05/25 Wed 08/06/25 Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 82 57 87 60 86 59 77 55 73 Temp 77 79 64 59 80 84 68 62 81 83 66 62 72 74 61 57 69 69 Dewpt 63 59 58 55 57 57 60 61 61 61 62 59 59 57 56 54 54 53 PWind dir S W S SE SW N NW NW NW Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 SC FW SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 40 20 5 20 20 30 30 30 20 Rain shwrs S C S S S S S C C C S S C S Tstms S C S S S S S C S S S S $$ NDZ045-030900- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 749 PM CDT Sat Aug 2 2025 Date 08/02/25 Sun 08/03/25 Mon 08/04/25 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 60 80 62 83 64 Temp 64 64 61 60 66 73 79 78 69 66 64 62 69 76 82 81 72 68 65 65 Dewpt 63 62 61 60 64 65 63 64 64 64 62 62 65 64 62 62 64 64 63 63 RH 97 93100100 93 76 58 62 84 93 93100 87 66 51 53 76 87 93 93 Wind dir E SE E NE E NE N E E SE SE SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE Wind spd 10 11 9 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 10 11 11 12 Clouds B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW SC FW SC B2 PoP 12hr 20 20 30 20 10 QPF 12hr 0.01 0.02 0.01 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S C C S S S S Tstms S S C C S S Obvis K K PF PF K Heat index 83 82 Max heat 84 Date 08/05 Wed 08/06/25 Thu 08/07/25 Fri 08/08/25 Sat 08/09/25 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 82 63 86 66 88 65 82 61 77 Temp 78 81 68 63 80 84 70 66 80 84 70 65 77 78 66 61 72 73 Dewpt 66 66 64 60 61 62 64 63 66 65 65 62 63 61 59 56 58 57 PWind dir SE S S SE E N NW NW NW Wind char BZ GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC PoP 12hr 40 50 10 20 30 30 30 30 20 Rain shwrs C C S S S C C C S C C C S Tstms C C S S C C S S S S $$