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National Weather Service Bismarck ND
749 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

NDZ015-260900-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
749 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/25/24      Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun
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                      49          56          42          54          36
Temp                59 56 54 52 52 53 54 53 49 47 46 44 46 50 52 51 45 41 38 37
Dewpt               50 51 51 49 49 48 48 47 46 45 43 41 40 39 38 37 37 35 33 32
RH                  72 83 90 89 89 83 80 80 89 93 89 89 79 66 59 59 73 79 82 82
Wind dir             S SE SE SE  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd            17 16 12 10  9  9 12 14 13 17 18 19 20 19 19 17 12 11 10 10
Wind gust           29                            28 29    29
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          90          80          40          20
QPF 12hr                   0.18        0.38        0.10        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C  D  D  C           D  D  L  L  C  C  S  S        S  S  C
Rain shwrs                       C  D  D
Tstms                C  C        S     S  S
Wind chill                                        39 36 38          39 34 31 30
Min chill                                            36    36          34    30


Date           04/28  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
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          49      34    65      40    65      39    65      40    69
Temp          44 45   38 35 56 63   46 43 59 62   46 40 59 62   45 41 63 66
Dewpt         35 35   35 34 38 39   39 36 33 30   31 31 33 33   35 34 39 41
PWind dir        NE       N     W      SW     W       W    NW       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      30     5      30    30      20    20      20    20
Rain           C  C    C             S  C  C  S    S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S

$$
NDZ033-260900-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
649 PM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/25/24      Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun
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                      48          61          40          55          32
Temp                58 52 50 49 54 58 58 55 49 46 44 41 44 50 52 51 43 39 36 34
Dewpt               42 50 50 48 50 50 49 47 45 43 41 38 38 36 36 34 34 33 32 30
RH                  55 93100 96 86 75 72 74 86 89 89 89 79 58 54 52 70 79 85 85
Wind dir            SE SE SE  N  N  N NE NE NE  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd            17 10  6  6 10 16 19 23 20 20 18 17 18 18 18 18 12 12 10 10
Wind gust                                35 31
Clouds              B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          70          50          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.13        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C                    C  C  C  C  S  S                    S
Rain shwrs                       C  C  L
Tstms                C           S  S  S  S
Wind chill                                     38 36 32 36          36 31 29 26
Min chill                                      38    32    33          31    26


Date           04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
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          51      32    66      40    62      36    64      40    69
Temp          45 47 36   33 59 61 45   41 56 58 42   37 58 62 45   41 63 66
Dewpt         33 33 33   31 34 33 35   31 26 25 27   26 29 30 33   34 40 42
PWind dir        NE      SE     W       W     W       W    NW      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   FW SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    10      40    20      20    10      20    10
Rain           S  S                C    C  S     S    S        S    S

$$
NDZ044-260900-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
649 PM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/25/24      Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun
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                      47          60          40          53          33
Temp                56 51 50 49 54 57 57 55 49 46 44 42 45 50 52 49 43 39 37 34
Dewpt               51 51 50 49 50 51 49 48 46 44 43 39 39 38 37 36 36 34 33 33
RH                  83100100100 86 80 75 77 89 93 96 89 79 63 56 61 76 82 85 96
Wind dir            SE SE SE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  E NE NE
Wind spd             5  9  5  8 10 14 19 23 18 21 18 18 19 21 21 19 12 12 11 10
Wind gust           18                29 34 28 32 28 28 29
Clouds              B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          80          70          30          20
QPF 12hr                   0.28        0.23        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 L  S  S  S           L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  C
Rain shwrs                       C  L  D
Tstms                C  S  S     S  S     S  S
Wind chill                                     38 36 33 37          36 31 29 26
Min chill                                      38    33    34          31    26


Date           04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
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          49      29    66      38    63      37    66      40    72
Temp          44 47 35   32 60 60 44   40 57 60 42   38 60 64 46   42 65 68
Dewpt         33 34 33   30 36 37 37   33 27 25 28   28 30 31 34   35 42 44
PWind dir        NE      SW     W       W     W       W    NW      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      10    10      40    20      20    10      20    10
Rain           C  C                C    C  S     S    S        S    S

$$
NDZ011-260900-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
749 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/25/24      Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun
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                      51          60          40          56          31
Temp                63 57 54 52 55 58 57 56 51 47 44 41 45 50 54 52 43 37 33 32
Dewpt               50 50 50 50 52 51 49 48 46 43 39 36 35 33 31 29 29 27 25 25
RH                  62 77 86 93 90 77 75 74 83 86 82 82 68 52 41 41 57 67 72 75
Wind dir             S  S SE SE  E NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  E NE NE
Wind spd            14 12 10  8  6 10 13 18 18 18 21 19 21 21 18 16 12 11  9  8
Wind gust           29                            32 29
Clouds              B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     60          70          50          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.31        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C  S  L  C           C  C  C  C
Rain shwrs                       L  L  L
Tstms                   S  S  S
Wind chill                                        35 32 37          36 29 25 25
Min chill                                            32    33          29    24


Date           04/28  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
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          54      35    66      42    64      39    63      39    69
Temp          49 50   39 36 56 62   48 44 58 59   45 40 58 59   44 40 61 64
Dewpt         31 33   34 33 36 35   36 31 31 28   30 29 31 30   32 32 35 38
PWind dir        NE      NE     W      SW     W       W    NW       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC SC   FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         20      20     5      20    30      20    10      20    20
Rain              S    S                S  C  C    S                S  S  S

$$
NDZ037-260900-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
749 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/25/24      Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun
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                      48          54          43          52          36
Temp                61 56 52 50 49 51 52 50 48 47 46 44 46 49 49 49 44 41 39 37
Dewpt               46 46 46 44 45 46 46 46 45 44 43 42 42 41 40 39 37 35 34 33
RH                  58 69 80 80 86 83 80 86 89 89 89 93 86 74 71 68 76 79 82 85
Wind dir             S  S SE SE SE  E  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd            26 23 20 17 17 13 13 13 14 18 21 23 26 25 21 18 17 17 16 14
Wind gust           43 34 32                         34 39 35 33 28
Clouds              B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr                     70          90          90          60          20
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.25        0.17        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C  C  L  C           D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  C
Rain shwrs                       D  L  D
Tstms                S  S           S  S  S
Wind chill                                        38 35 37          36 32 30 28
Min chill                                            35    35          32    28


Date           04/28  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
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          47      37    61      41    66      41    65      39    68
Temp          44 42   38 37 51 58   46 44 61 60   46 42 60 60   44 40 62 62
Dewpt         35 37   36 35 38 40   39 38 39 35   32 32 34 33   34 33 37 39
PWind dir        NE       N    NW      SW     W       W    NW      NE    SE
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 OV   OV OV B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC FW SC   SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      60    10      20    40      20    20      20    20
Rain           C  L    L  C             S  C  C    S  S  S          S  S  S

$$
NDZ001-260900-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
749 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/25/24      Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun
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                      46          69          40          59          33
Temp                57 55 50 48 57 66 67 64 56 50 45 41 47 55 58 57 47 42 36 34
Dewpt               42 48 46 44 47 43 39 38 37 37 35 34 34 31 29 28 28 28 28 28
RH                  57 77 86 86 69 43 36 38 49 61 68 76 60 40 33 33 47 57 72 78
Wind dir            NE NE NE  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE  N NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd            12  4  4  5 13 21 26 23 18 13 12 12 14 13 13 14  9 11  8  8
Wind gust           27
Clouds              B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 FW FW SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     50          30          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C
Rain shwrs                             S
Tstms                S
Wind chill                                        39 34                36 30 27
Min chill                                            34    35          36    27


Date           04/28  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
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          57      34    67      41    61      37    65      41    71
Temp          51 56   41 36 61 64   49 42 56 58   44 38 58 63   47 42 64 69
Dewpt         31 30   33 32 34 31   31 28 28 25   28 28 29 29   31 32 39 42
PWind dir         E      SE    SW       W     W       W    NW       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC FW   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     5      30    20      10    10      20    20
Rain                                    C  S                        S  S  S

$$
NDZ021-260900-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
749 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/25/24      Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun
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                      49          59          40          54          31
Temp                62 55 52 51 54 56 56 54 49 46 44 41 44 49 52 51 41 37 34 33
Dewpt               49 50 50 49 50 51 49 48 46 44 41 37 37 36 35 34 32 30 28 28
RH                  62 83 93 93 86 83 77 80 89 93 89 85 76 61 52 52 70 75 78 82
Wind dir             S  S SE  E  E NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  E NE NE
Wind spd            13 13 10  8  6  9 14 19 18 19 23 23 21 21 18 14 11 12 10 10
Wind gust           29                   29    29 34 34 32
Clouds              B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     60          80          50          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.16        0.30        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C  C  L  C           C  C  C  C  S  S
Rain shwrs                       C  L  D
Tstms                S  C  S
Wind chill                                     38 35 31 35          34 29 26 25
Min chill                                      38    31    32          29    24


Date           04/28  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
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          51      33    64      40    62      37    62      37    67
Temp          46 47   37 34 55 61   46 41 57 58   43 38 57 59   43 40 60 63
Dewpt         33 35   34 33 36 37   37 32 31 29   29 29 31 32   33 32 37 40
PWind dir        NE      NE     W      SW     W       W    NW       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      20     5      30    30      20    10      20    20
Rain              C    S                C  C  S    S                S  S  S

$$
NDZ043-260900-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
649 PM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/25/24      Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun
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                      46          62          41          55          34
Temp                52 50 49 48 53 59 60 56 50 47 44 42 45 50 53 51 43 40 38 36
Dewpt               52 49 48 47 49 49 48 47 45 44 42 39 39 37 36 35 35 34 33 33
RH                 100 96 96 96 86 69 64 72 83 89 93 89 79 61 52 54 73 79 82 89
Wind dir            SE SE  E  N  N  N  N NE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd            11  6  5  8 11 19 23 23 21 18 17 17 19 19 19 18 12 10 10 10
Wind gust           33                   34 33
Clouds              B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          70          50          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.12        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C                    C  C  C  C  S  S              S  S  S
Rain shwrs                          S  C
Tstms                C              S  C  C
Wind chill                                        36 34 37          36 33 31 29
Min chill                                            34    34          33    29


Date           04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
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          51      32    66      38    62      38    66      42    74
Temp          45 50 37   34 60 61 46   40 56 59 43   38 59 64 47   43 66 69
Dewpt         33 34 33   31 34 36 37   32 26 25 28   28 29 31 34   35 42 45
PWind dir        NE       S     W       W     W       W     W      SE    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   FW SC SC B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5    10      40    20      20    10      20    10
Rain           S  S                C    C  S     S    S        S    S

$$
NDZ045-260900-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
749 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/25/24      Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun
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                      49          51          42          49          36
Temp                59 53 52 50 50 50 50 49 47 46 44 43 43 45 47 46 43 41 38 37
Dewpt               49 51 51 49 49 48 49 48 47 45 44 42 42 40 40 39 38 36 35 34
RH                  69 93 96 96 96 93 96 96100 96100 96 96 82 76 76 82 82 89 89
Wind dir            SE SE SE SE  E  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd            19 21 18 13 12 11 14 18 20 21 23 21 21 25 25 21 18 17 18 17
Wind gust                                         34    32
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     70         100          90          50          30
QPF 12hr                   0.15        0.42        0.19        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 L  L  L  C           D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C
Rain shwrs                       L  D  D
Tstms                C  C        S  S  S  S  S
Wind chill                                     38 35 34 34 36 39 38 35 32 28 27
Min chill                                      38    34    34    37    32    27


Date           04/28  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
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          41      34    62      42    62      41    63      42    67
Temp          39 41   37 34 54 61   47 44 57 60   46 41 57 62   47 43 61 65
Dewpt         35 35   35 33 37 38   40 38 33 30   30 31 31 33   36 36 40 43
PWind dir        NE       N     W      SW     W       W    NW       E    SE
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC FW   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      30     5      40    30      20    20      30    20
Rain           C  L    C             S  C  C  S    S  S  S  S    S  C  S

$$


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