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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
309 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

NDZ015-282100-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
309 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      38          23          37          21          39
Temp          10 10 20 32 38 36 29 28 26 25 29 34 37 36 30 26 24 22 27 35 38 37
Dewpt          8  7 12 19 22 24 22 22 25 24 27 28 29 29 27 24 23 22 23 24 25 26
RH            91 87 71 58 52 61 75 78 96 96 92 78 72 75 88 92 96100 85 64 59 64
Wind dir       E  E SE SE SE SE  E  E  E SE  S NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  N
Wind spd       1  4  8 11 16 13 14 18 11  9  5 12 16 13  9  6  5  4  4  3  5  6
Clouds        FW SC SC FW SC SC B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          80          50           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Frzg rain                           C  L  C  C
Rain                                            S  S                          C
Snow                                   L  C  C                                C
Wind chill        2 10 23 29 27 18 15 15 16 23 25 27 27 22 18 17 15          31
Min chill         2     3    27    15    14    16    26    18    15    17    31


Date          Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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          23    40      24    45      25    53      31    61
Temp          28 24 37 38   28 24 40 43   31 26 48 51   36 31 55 56
Dewpt         25 24 27 28   26 24 27 29   26 24 31 33   31 28 36 37
PWind dir        NE     E      NE     N       W     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         30    30      20    10       5     5       5    10
Rain           C     C  C    S
Snow           C  S  C       S  S

$$
NDZ033-282100-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
209 AM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      39          25          39          20          37
Temp          19 15 23 34 39 37 30 28 27 27 30 36 39 37 27 24 22 21 26 33 37 35
Dewpt         14 13 19 26 29 29 26 25 26 26 29 30 30 29 26 24 22 21 23 25 26 26
RH            80 92 84 72 67 72 85 88 96 96 96 79 70 72 96100100100 88 72 64 69
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NE  E  E  E
Wind spd      13  9 12 17 18 18 18 17 10 10 16 18 17 13 10  8  5  5  5  5  8  8
Clouds        SC SC SC SC B1 B1 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          70          20           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.01           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Frzg rain                        C  L  C
Rain                                                                          S
Snow                                   C  S  S                          S  S  S
Wind chill     6  3 11 23 30 27 18 16 17 17 19 25 29 28 17 15 15 13 19 27 30 28
Min chill         3     2    27    16    16    17    27    15    13    14    28


Date               Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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            22    38      21    44      25    54      33    60
Temp          26   23 35 36 25   22 39 42 29   26 49 52 36   34 56 55
Dewpt         24   23 28 28 25   22 27 28 25   24 31 33 30   29 35 35
PWind dir           E     E       E     W       W     W      SW     W
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr           20    20      20     5       5     0       5     5
Rain           S
Snow           S          S  S    S

$$
NDZ044-282100-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
209 AM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      41          23          41          20          38
Temp          18 12 22 36 41 37 30 27 25 25 33 39 41 39 28 24 22 21 28 35 38 35
Dewpt         13 12 20 27 30 30 28 27 25 25 31 32 31 30 26 24 21 21 25 27 28 28
RH            80100 92 69 65 75 92100100100 92 76 67 70 92100 96100 88 72 67 75
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  E SE  E  E
Wind spd       5  8 13 16 18 21 21 16  6 13 20 19 18 14 10  8  5  4  5  9 12 12
Wind gust                    32 34          31    28
Clouds        SC SC SC SC SC B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0          60          10           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Frzg rain                        L  S
Rain                                                                    S  C  C
Snow                                                                    C  C  C
Wind chill    10  0  9 26 32 26 17 15 17 13 21 29 32 30 19 15 15 14 22 28 30 26
Min chill         0     2    26    15    13    15    30    15    14    16    26


Date               Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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            22    37      21    42      21    53      29    63
Temp          26   23 35 35 26   22 38 41 28   22 48 51 33   30 58 57
Dewpt         25   23 29 30 26   22 28 27 24   22 31 32 28   27 36 35
PWind dir           E     E      NE     N       W     W       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr           30    30      30    10       0     0       5     5
Rain           C
Snow           C    S  S  C  C    C

$$
NDZ011-282100-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
309 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      39          22          34          20          38
Temp           8  9 20 32 38 37 29 26 24 24 26 31 33 34 27 24 22 21 27 35 37 35
Dewpt          1  4 10 15 20 22 20 19 19 20 23 26 26 27 23 21 21 20 22 24 25 25
RH            72 80 64 49 48 54 69 74 81 84 88 81 75 75 85 88 96 96 81 64 61 66
Wind dir       S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE  E NW NW NW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd       3  4  9 13 16 14 17 14 13 10  9  8 11 10  6  8  6  6  8  8  9  6
Clouds        FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          70          70           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.08        0.07           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T           1
Snow                                   C  L  L  C  C
Wind chill     1  1  9 22 29 28 17 14 12 14 17 24 25 26 20 15 14 12 19 28 31 29
Min chill         0     2    25    14    12    14    24    15    12    13    29


Date          Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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          20    38      22    45      28    53      34    60
Temp          25 21 35 36   26 23 41 43   32 29 49 51   38 35 54 55
Dewpt         21 19 24 24   21 19 27 29   25 24 31 34   31 30 36 35
PWind dir        NW     E      SE    SW       W     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10     5      10     5       5     5       5    10

$$
NDZ037-282100-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
309 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      35          21          34          21          39
Temp          12  8 20 31 35 32 25 24 23 23 24 30 33 34 28 25 23 21 26 35 38 36
Dewpt          6  4  9 13 17 19 17 15 16 16 20 24 27 27 25 22 21 20 23 25 26 26
RH            76 83 62 47 47 58 71 68 74 74 84 78 78 75 88 88 92 96 88 66 62 67
Wind dir       W  W  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W NW
Wind spd       3  3  2  5 10 10 12 16 18 19 16 11  9 11 11 11 10  9  9  9  8  5
Wind gust                             28 29
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          50          70           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Frzg rain                              C
Snow                                   C  L  L  C  C
Wind chill     6  1    25 27 24 14 11  9  8 11 20 25 25 18 14 12 11 17 28 32
Min chill         1     9    24    11     7     9    22    14    11    12    30


Date          Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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          23    41      24    44      25    50      30    58
Temp          27 24 38 37   28 24 40 41   29 26 47 48   35 31 53 53
Dewpt         24 23 27 28   25 22 25 27   24 23 29 31   28 27 34 35
PWind dir         N    NE      NE     N      NW    NW       W     W
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    20      20    10       5     5       5     5
Rain                    S    S
Snow              S  S  S    S  S

$$
NDZ001-282100-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
309 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      39          25          38          21          36
Temp          14 15 21 33 39 37 33 31 28 27 31 34 38 36 30 27 24 22 26 33 36 35
Dewpt          9 12 17 24 28 30 28 27 28 26 28 31 31 30 28 25 23 21 23 24 25 26
RH            80 88 84 69 64 75 82 85100 96 88 89 76 79 92 92 96 96 88 69 64 69
Wind dir       E  E  E SE SE SE  E SE SE  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NE
Wind spd       5  5 11 17 20 17 17 10  8  4  6 11 12 10  6  5  3  3  4  5  5  5
Clouds        FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          60          30           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.08        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Snow                                   L  C  C
Wind chill     5  6  9 22 29 27 22 22 20    24 26 30 28 23 20       20 27
Min chill         4     4    26    21    19    20    27    20    17    17    29


Date          Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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          20    39      23    47      27    56      35    59
Temp          26 21 35 37   28 24 42 45   32 28 49 54   40 36 53 54
Dewpt         23 21 27 29   26 24 30 32   29 26 34 37   34 32 37 36
PWind dir        NE     E      SE    SW       W    SW      SW     W
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10    10      10     5       0     0      10    10

$$
NDZ021-282100-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
309 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      37          21          34          18          36
Temp           8 10 19 31 36 35 28 25 23 23 27 32 34 33 26 23 20 18 24 32 36 34
Dewpt          0  6 11 17 22 25 22 21 23 22 25 26 28 28 24 21 20 18 22 24 25 26
RH            69 83 70 56 56 66 78 84100 96 92 78 78 82 92 92100100 92 72 64 72
Wind dir       E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  N
Wind spd       2  5 11 16 17 16 18 18 13 10  6 12 13 12  9  6  5  4  4  5  5  5
Clouds        SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          80          70           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.16        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           1           T
Frzg rain                           C  D
Rain                                            S
Snow                                C  D  L  L     S                          S
Wind chill        0  7 20 26 25 15 11 11 12 20 22 24 24 17 15 13 12 18 26    28
Min chill         0     0    25    11    10    13    23    15    11    13    28


Date          Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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          20    37      20    44      24    52      31    58
Temp          24 21 34 35   25 21 38 42   29 25 47 50   35 31 53 53
Dewpt         22 20 25 27   23 21 27 30   26 24 32 34   31 29 36 37
PWind dir        NE     E       E    SW       W     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW SC FW   FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20    10      20    10       5     5       5    10
Snow           S             S

$$
NDZ043-282100-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
209 AM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      43          26          42          22          38
Temp          16 17 26 40 43 40 33 29 27 29 32 38 42 39 29 25 23 22 28 35 38 35
Dewpt         16 17 22 29 32 32 29 28 26 28 31 31 30 30 26 24 22 22 25 26 28 29
RH           100100 85 64 65 73 85 96 96 96 96 76 62 70 88 96 96100 88 69 67 78
Wind dir       S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE  E SE  E  E
Wind spd       5  8 10 14 19 20 19 12  9 19 20 21 19 14  9  5  5  4  5 10 11 11
Wind gust                       29       29
Clouds        SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      5          50          10           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Frzg rain                           S
Rain                          S  C                                      C  C  C
Snow                                                              S  S  C  C  C
Wind chill     7  7 16 32 35 30 21 19 18 16 20 28 33 30 20 18 16 16 22 28 30 27
Min chill         7     5    30    19    15    17    30    18    15    18    27


Date               Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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            23    37      22    43      24    55      32    61
Temp          27   24 35 35 27   23 38 42 29   25 50 53 35   34 58 56
Dewpt         26   24 29 29 26   23 27 27 24   23 31 33 30   29 35 35
PWind dir           E     E       E    NW       W     W      SW     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr           30    20      30    10       0     0       5    10
Rain           C
Snow           C    S  S  S  C    S

$$
NDZ045-282100-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
309 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      35          24          36          21          36
Temp          13 13 20 29 34 33 28 28 26 26 31 34 36 35 30 27 23 21 26 32 34 35
Dewpt          7 10 16 22 26 26 24 26 26 26 30 31 31 30 28 26 23 21 24 26 27 28
RH            76 87 84 75 72 75 85 92100100 96 89 82 82 92 96100100 92 78 75 75
Wind dir      SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N SE  E
Wind spd       8 10 12 17 18 19 23 26 17  9 11 18 20 18 13 12 11  8  8  4  6  9
Wind gust                       34 37          28
Clouds        FW FW FW SC SC SC OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0          60          30           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Frzg rain                           L  C  C  C
Rain                                                                    S  S  C
Snow                             S                                      S  S  C
Wind chill     2  0  7 17 23 21 14 13 13 17 21 23 25 25 19 16 12 12 18    28 28
Min chill         0    -1    21    13    13    17    23    16    11    13    28


Date          Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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          25    36      25    41      26    50      31    59
Temp          28 25 33 34   28 25 35 40   29 26 45 49   35 31 53 56
Dewpt         27 25 29 30   28 24 27 29   26 24 31 34   30 28 36 37
PWind dir         E     E      NE     N       W     W      SW     W
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         40    40      30    20       5     0       5     5
Rain           C        C    S
Snow           C  C  C  C    C  C  S

$$


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