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Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
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058 FOUS53 KBIS 171750 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 1250 PM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024 NDZ015-172100- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 1250 PM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024 Date Sat 08/17/24 Sun 08/18/24 Mon 08/19/24 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 81 59 86 61 88 Temp 68 74 77 69 64 61 60 70 80 83 82 73 68 65 62 72 83 86 84 Dewpt 63 61 59 60 60 60 59 62 62 62 62 63 63 62 61 64 65 64 64 RH 84 64 54 73 87 97 96 76 54 49 51 71 84 90 97 76 55 48 51 Wind dir E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S SE Wind spd 6 8 6 6 6 5 5 9 11 11 10 10 8 6 5 10 12 14 13 Clouds FW FW CL CL SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 5 0 0 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Tstms S Heat index 81 84 83 85 87 85 Max heat 81 84 81 85 87 Date Tue 08/20/24 Wed 08/21/24 Thu 08/22/24 Fri 08/23/24 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 66 85 64 90 66 87 62 86 Temp 72 67 80 81 69 64 84 85 71 66 81 82 69 64 79 81 Dewpt 65 64 67 67 67 64 67 65 66 64 65 64 63 62 63 61 PWind dir SE S SE SE SE E E E Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 40 20 5 20 10 20 10 Rain shwrs S C C C S S S S Tstms S C S S S S S S $$ NDZ033-172100- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 1150 AM MDT Sat Aug 17 2024 Date Sat 08/17/24 Sun 08/18/24 Mon 08/19/24 MDT 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 82 58 87 61 89 Temp 72 79 78 68 63 60 59 70 80 85 82 72 67 64 62 72 83 87 83 Dewpt 62 60 58 58 58 57 57 61 63 63 63 63 63 61 60 64 65 63 64 RH 71 52 50 70 84 90 93 73 56 48 53 73 87 90 93 76 55 45 53 Wind dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 12 13 12 12 11 10 10 13 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 12 14 16 14 Wind gust 25 25 26 Clouds FW FW CL FW SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 10 5 0 5 20 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C Tstms S C Heat index 81 86 83 85 88 84 Max heat 81 86 85 88 Date Tue 08/20/24 Wed 08/21/24 Thu 08/22/24 Fri 08/23/24 MDT 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 61 89 62 91 61 87 57 84 Temp 68 63 81 85 67 63 85 86 68 62 79 81 64 60 77 80 Dewpt 64 62 64 62 63 59 61 59 61 58 60 58 58 55 59 57 PWind dir SE SW SE S SE NE E SE Wind char GN GN LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 50 20 10 10 20 10 10 10 Rain shwrs C C S S S S Tstms C C S S S S $$ NDZ044-172100- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 1150 AM MDT Sat Aug 17 2024 Date Sat 08/17/24 Sun 08/18/24 Mon 08/19/24 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 84 57 86 60 90 Temp 76 83 81 69 64 60 58 71 81 86 84 73 67 63 61 73 84 88 85 Dewpt 61 59 58 59 56 56 57 62 63 63 64 64 62 60 60 65 65 63 64 RH 60 44 46 70 75 87 96 73 54 46 51 73 84 90 97 76 53 43 50 Wind dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 12 12 13 12 11 10 10 13 16 14 13 12 11 10 9 13 17 17 16 Wind gust 23 24 24 23 21 20 20 25 21 27 27 26 Clouds FW CL CL FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C Tstms C Heat index 83 81 82 87 85 86 89 86 Max heat 83 82 87 82 86 89 Date Tue 08/20/24 Wed 08/21/24 Thu 08/22/24 Fri 08/23/24 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 60 91 60 93 61 89 58 88 Temp 68 62 84 88 67 62 88 88 69 62 83 84 65 59 81 84 Dewpt 63 61 63 59 62 58 60 58 60 58 59 58 58 55 57 55 PWind dir SE SW SE SE E N E E Wind char GN GN LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 50 20 5 5 10 5 10 10 Rain shwrs C C S Tstms C C S $$ NDZ011-172100- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 1250 PM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024 Date Sat 08/17/24 Sun 08/18/24 Mon 08/19/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 79 59 85 61 87 Temp 69 75 76 66 63 61 59 70 80 83 82 71 67 65 63 73 83 86 83 Dewpt 60 58 58 58 57 58 57 61 61 61 62 62 61 61 60 64 64 63 64 RH 73 55 54 75 81 90 93 73 52 47 51 73 81 87 90 73 53 46 53 Wind dir E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S SE Wind spd 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 9 11 11 10 10 10 8 8 10 12 12 12 Clouds SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 5 5 5 10 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C Tstms S Heat index 81 83 83 84 87 84 Max heat 81 84 84 87 Date Tue 08/20/24 Wed 08/21/24 Thu 08/22/24 Fri 08/23/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 64 84 62 88 63 84 59 82 Temp 71 66 79 80 67 63 82 83 69 63 79 80 65 60 76 78 Dewpt 63 62 65 65 64 62 64 63 61 59 62 62 60 58 61 60 PWind dir SE S SE S SE E E E Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 40 20 10 30 20 10 10 Rain shwrs C C C S S C C S Tstms S S S S S S S S $$ NDZ037-172100- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 1250 PM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024 Date Sat 08/17/24 Sun 08/18/24 Mon 08/19/24 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 79 59 82 60 84 Temp 69 75 76 68 64 60 60 71 77 81 79 69 65 62 61 73 80 83 80 Dewpt 63 63 63 64 61 60 60 64 64 64 63 64 63 60 60 65 65 65 66 RH 81 66 64 87 90100100 79 64 56 58 84 93 93 97 76 60 55 62 Wind dir N NE NE NE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE S SE S S S SE Wind spd 5 5 5 3 2 2 1 4 8 6 8 5 5 4 4 6 10 11 10 Clouds SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 0 0 0 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 83 82 85 82 Max heat 83 82 85 Date Tue 08/20/24 Wed 08/21/24 Thu 08/22/24 Fri 08/23/24 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 64 79 63 84 64 81 62 83 Temp 69 66 74 75 67 64 78 80 69 65 76 79 67 63 77 79 Dewpt 64 63 67 67 65 63 69 70 66 64 67 68 65 63 66 66 PWind dir SE SE SE S SE SE E SE Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds SC B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 20 40 30 5 20 20 20 10 Rain shwrs S C C C S S S Tstms S S S S S S S $$ NDZ001-172100- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 1250 PM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024 Date Sat 08/17/24 Sun 08/18/24 Mon 08/19/24 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 81 61 89 64 91 Temp 70 77 79 71 67 64 62 71 82 88 87 77 72 68 66 74 84 89 87 Dewpt 62 60 60 59 58 58 58 61 63 62 62 63 63 62 61 65 66 65 64 RH 76 56 52 66 73 81 87 71 53 42 43 62 73 81 84 74 55 45 46 Wind dir SE SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 11 12 13 11 11 10 9 10 12 11 10 10 10 9 8 11 14 16 13 Clouds SC SC FW CL FW SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 20 0 10 30 QPF 12hr 0.03 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C C C Tstms S S C C Heat index 83 88 87 86 91 88 Max heat 81 83 89 85 86 91 Date Tue 08/20/24 Wed 08/21/24 Thu 08/22/24 Fri 08/23/24 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 64 90 63 91 63 86 59 85 Temp 71 66 83 88 70 64 84 87 70 64 80 83 66 61 78 82 Dewpt 63 62 66 64 63 61 61 57 58 58 59 56 56 56 59 59 PWind dir SE S SE SE E NE E SE Wind char GN GN LT GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC PoP 12hr 50 20 10 10 20 10 10 10 Rain shwrs C C S S S S Tstms C C S S S S $$ NDZ021-172100- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 1250 PM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024 Date Sat 08/17/24 Sun 08/18/24 Mon 08/19/24 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 79 57 84 60 87 Temp 71 76 75 66 62 60 58 69 78 83 80 70 66 63 62 72 81 85 83 Dewpt 59 57 57 58 58 58 58 61 60 60 61 62 62 61 60 63 64 63 64 RH 66 52 54 75 87 93100 76 54 46 52 76 87 93 93 73 56 48 53 Wind dir SE SE E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S SE Wind spd 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 10 11 11 10 10 10 9 8 10 13 13 13 Wind gust 16 Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 20 5 0 10 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C Tstms S S Heat index 83 81 83 86 84 Max heat 83 83 86 Date Tue 08/20/24 Wed 08/21/24 Thu 08/22/24 Fri 08/23/24 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 63 84 62 88 62 84 58 83 Temp 69 65 78 80 67 63 82 83 67 64 79 79 63 61 76 79 Dewpt 63 62 65 65 65 62 64 62 61 59 62 62 61 59 60 60 PWind dir SE S SE SE SE E E E Wind char GN GN LT GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds B1 B2 B1 SC FW SC FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 40 20 10 30 10 10 10 Rain shwrs C C C S S S C Tstms C C S S S S C $$ NDZ043-172100- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 1150 AM MDT Sat Aug 17 2024 Date Sat 08/17/24 Sun 08/18/24 Mon 08/19/24 MDT 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 84 58 87 61 89 Temp 78 82 81 70 65 62 59 70 81 86 85 73 67 64 62 72 83 87 84 Dewpt 60 59 59 59 56 56 57 61 63 63 63 64 63 62 61 65 65 63 64 RH 54 46 47 68 73 81 93 73 54 46 48 73 87 93 97 79 55 45 51 Wind dir SE SE SE E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 13 14 14 13 13 13 12 14 16 14 14 13 13 11 10 14 18 18 17 Clouds CL CL CL SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 0 0 0 10 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S C Tstms S C Heat index 82 81 82 87 86 85 88 85 Max heat 83 82 88 83 85 88 Date Tue 08/20/24 Wed 08/21/24 Thu 08/22/24 Fri 08/23/24 MDT 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 60 91 62 93 61 87 58 86 Temp 67 61 84 88 68 63 87 87 68 62 81 84 65 60 80 84 Dewpt 63 61 61 57 61 58 58 55 59 56 58 55 57 55 56 53 PWind dir SE SW SE S E N E SE Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 50 10 5 5 20 5 10 10 Rain shwrs C C S Tstms C C S $$ NDZ045-172100- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 1250 PM CDT Sat Aug 17 2024 Date Sat 08/17/24 Sun 08/18/24 Mon 08/19/24 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 78 59 82 62 85 Temp 66 72 76 68 64 61 59 70 78 82 80 72 67 64 62 72 81 85 83 Dewpt 61 59 58 59 59 59 58 62 63 62 63 62 61 60 60 64 65 64 64 RH 84 64 54 73 84 93 96 76 60 51 56 71 81 87 93 76 58 50 53 Wind dir E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE Wind spd 8 9 9 10 11 10 10 13 13 13 13 13 13 11 10 13 14 16 16 Clouds FW CL FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC PoP 12hr 5 0 5 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Tstms S Heat index 83 81 83 86 84 Max heat 83 83 86 Date Tue 08/20/24 Wed 08/21/24 Thu 08/22/24 Fri 08/23/24 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 65 82 63 88 65 85 62 84 Temp 71 66 78 81 68 63 84 84 70 65 81 81 67 63 79 81 Dewpt 63 63 67 66 65 62 65 65 64 62 65 65 63 60 63 62 PWind dir SE S SE SE SE E E E Wind char BZ GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 50 40 10 5 20 10 10 10 Rain shwrs S C C C S Tstms S C C S S $$