


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
478 FOUS53 KBIS 091949 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 249 PM CDT Sat Aug 9 2025 NDZ015-100900- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 249 PM CDT Sat Aug 9 2025 Date 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 Mon 08/11/25 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 57 82 59 88 59 Temp 75 75 67 63 60 57 66 76 80 81 70 65 62 61 73 83 85 82 73 66 63 60 Dewpt 55 56 57 56 55 54 55 54 53 54 56 55 53 53 55 54 55 56 57 57 56 55 RH 50 52 70 78 84 90 68 46 39 39 61 70 72 75 53 37 36 41 57 73 78 84 Wind dir W W W W W W NW NW NW W SW S SW SW SW W NW NW NW NW NW NW Wind spd 21 18 13 11 10 9 11 12 11 9 3 2 3 4 8 10 12 11 6 5 5 5 Wind gust 34 29 Clouds B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S Tstms S Obvis K K K K K K Heat index 80 81 82 Max heat 81 82 84 80 Date 08/12 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 Fri 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 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 83 59 88 63 88 63 83 59 82 Temp 77 81 65 61 80 85 69 64 83 84 69 64 76 79 65 61 76 80 Dewpt 53 52 55 56 60 62 62 60 62 61 62 59 58 58 58 57 59 59 PWind dir NW E SE SE SE E N E SE Wind char LT LT GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 10 20 20 5 20 20 20 20 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S Tstms S S $$ NDZ033-100900- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 149 PM MDT Sat Aug 9 2025 Date 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 Mon 08/11/25 Tue MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 52 79 57 83 55 Temp 65 68 61 57 54 52 64 72 77 78 66 61 59 59 71 78 80 77 68 62 58 55 Dewpt 56 57 57 54 52 52 55 54 53 52 53 51 50 49 53 54 54 56 56 54 53 52 RH 73 68 87 90 93100 73 53 43 40 63 70 72 69 53 43 41 48 65 75 83 90 Wind dir W W W W W W W NW W W SW SW SW SW W NW NW NW NW NW NW W Wind spd 27 21 14 12 11 10 13 13 11 10 5 5 6 9 10 12 13 13 8 5 5 5 Wind gust 39 35 25 21 24 Clouds B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 0 0 20 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S S Obvis K K K K K K K Heat index 80 Max heat 80 Date 08/12/25 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 Fri 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 80 58 87 60 85 57 80 56 80 Temp 74 78 63 60 80 84 66 60 80 82 64 58 72 77 62 58 73 78 Dewpt 53 53 52 53 58 60 59 56 58 57 57 55 56 56 56 56 58 58 PWind dir NW SE SE SE E NE N E SE Wind char LT GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW CL FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 10 10 10 5 20 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S S S C S Tstms S S S $$ NDZ044-100900- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 149 PM MDT Sat Aug 9 2025 Date 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 Mon 08/11/25 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 52 79 56 85 55 Temp 77 73 62 58 54 52 65 74 78 78 67 62 60 58 72 82 84 81 70 64 60 57 Dewpt 53 54 55 54 52 51 54 52 51 50 51 50 49 48 53 52 52 53 55 54 53 52 RH 43 51 78 86 93 96 68 46 39 37 56 65 67 69 51 35 33 38 59 70 78 83 Wind dir W W NW W W W NW NW W NW W SW SW SW W W NW NW NW NW NW NW Wind spd 27 23 14 10 10 9 11 13 11 9 3 2 4 5 10 12 13 13 8 5 4 3 Wind gust 40 36 25 24 Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Obvis K K K K K K Date 08/12/25 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 Fri 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 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 59 89 59 89 59 81 57 82 Temp 76 81 65 61 82 87 67 61 84 86 66 60 74 78 63 58 75 80 Dewpt 52 51 52 53 57 56 58 55 56 56 59 57 56 56 56 56 58 57 PWind dir NW SE SE SE SE NE NE E SE Wind char LT GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW CL FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW PoP 12hr 0 10 10 10 5 20 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S S S C S Tstms S $$ NDZ011-100900- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 249 PM CDT Sat Aug 9 2025 Date 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 Mon 08/11/25 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 56 79 61 80 57 Temp 61 68 63 59 58 56 65 73 77 77 68 64 63 62 70 75 78 76 68 62 60 58 Dewpt 60 59 59 56 55 54 57 57 57 58 58 56 56 55 58 59 59 59 59 57 56 55 RH 97 73 87 90 90 93 75 57 50 52 70 75 78 78 66 58 52 56 73 84 87 90 Wind dir W W W W W W W NW W W SW SW SW SW W W W NW NW NW W W Wind spd 20 18 16 13 13 12 13 14 13 10 6 6 9 10 11 13 14 13 10 9 8 8 Wind gust 32 31 27 24 24 25 24 24 25 24 Clouds B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 5 0 20 5 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S S Tstms C S S Obvis K K K K K K Date 08/12 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 Fri 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 79 57 83 59 81 57 76 56 77 Temp 73 76 62 59 76 79 65 61 75 78 63 58 69 74 61 57 70 73 Dewpt 55 54 55 55 60 62 61 60 62 61 58 57 56 56 56 55 57 58 PWind dir NW E SE SE N N NW E SE Wind char GN LT GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 SC PoP 12hr 0 20 10 20 10 20 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S S S S S S S C S S Tstms S S $$ NDZ037-100900- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 249 PM CDT Sat Aug 9 2025 Date 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 Mon 08/11/25 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 77 59 84 58 Temp 77 72 66 64 61 60 65 71 75 75 66 62 61 60 72 80 82 77 68 65 61 60 Dewpt 57 58 59 58 57 56 57 57 57 58 59 57 56 55 59 59 59 61 61 59 58 57 RH 50 61 78 81 87 87 75 61 54 55 78 84 84 84 64 49 46 58 78 81 90 90 Wind dir W W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW W W W NW NW NW NW Wind spd 21 16 13 12 12 11 13 13 13 8 4 5 6 8 10 12 12 10 8 8 8 8 Wind gust 34 27 24 Clouds SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC PoP 12hr 5 0 0 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Obvis K K K Heat index 81 82 Max heat 81 82 Date 08/12 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 Fri 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 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 78 57 79 63 84 62 78 59 77 Temp 72 74 62 59 74 76 67 65 77 79 67 64 72 74 63 60 71 73 Dewpt 58 56 56 55 63 65 63 62 67 67 64 61 63 61 59 58 62 62 PWind dir NW E SE SE S SE N NE SE Wind char GN LT GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 5 20 30 10 20 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S C C S S S S C S S Tstms C S S S S $$ NDZ001-100900- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 249 PM CDT Sat Aug 9 2025 Date 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 Mon 08/11/25 Tue CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 54 79 59 80 55 Temp 63 67 61 58 56 54 65 74 79 78 68 64 62 60 68 75 79 77 68 62 59 57 Dewpt 61 60 57 56 55 54 59 58 56 55 55 55 54 54 58 59 59 58 57 56 55 54 RH 93 78 87 93 96100 81 57 45 45 63 73 75 81 70 58 50 52 68 81 87 90 Wind dir W NW NW W W W W W W W SW S SW SW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W Wind spd 26 24 16 11 10 10 12 14 14 11 5 5 5 8 10 13 17 16 9 5 4 4 Wind gust 36 34 Clouds B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 5 0 20 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D S S S S Tstms C S Obvis K K K K K K K Date 08/12 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 Fri 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 79 59 84 60 82 56 77 56 79 Temp 74 78 65 61 77 82 67 62 75 78 63 58 70 75 62 58 72 75 Dewpt 56 55 55 55 61 62 61 59 61 59 56 54 56 55 55 55 59 59 PWind dir W SE SE E N N N E SE Wind char LT GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 20 10 20 10 30 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S S C S C S S Tstms S $$ NDZ021-100900- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 249 PM CDT Sat Aug 9 2025 Date 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 Mon 08/11/25 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 54 79 58 80 55 Temp 64 68 61 59 56 54 64 72 77 77 66 63 61 60 70 76 79 76 67 62 59 57 Dewpt 60 59 58 56 55 54 57 57 56 57 58 57 56 55 57 57 57 59 59 57 56 55 RH 87 73 90 90 96100 78 59 48 50 75 81 84 84 63 52 47 56 75 84 90 93 Wind dir W W W W W W W NW W W SW SW SW SW W W W NW NW NW NW NW Wind spd 21 19 14 12 11 10 13 13 13 10 4 4 5 6 10 12 13 12 8 5 5 5 Wind gust 34 31 26 23 21 24 Clouds B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW CL CL CL FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 5 0 20 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S S Tstms C S Obvis K K K K K K K Date 08/12 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 Fri 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 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 57 84 60 83 58 78 56 78 Temp 74 76 62 59 77 80 65 61 77 79 65 59 71 74 62 58 71 75 Dewpt 54 53 55 55 60 62 61 59 62 61 59 57 56 56 56 56 58 58 PWind dir NW E SE E NE NE N E SE Wind char LT LT GN GN GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds FW FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 0 10 10 20 10 20 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S S S S C S S Tstms S S S $$ NDZ043-100900- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 149 PM MDT Sat Aug 9 2025 Date 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 Mon 08/11/25 Tue MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 51 79 56 84 54 Temp 74 71 61 56 53 51 64 73 77 77 66 61 59 57 71 81 83 80 68 62 58 55 Dewpt 53 55 56 54 52 51 54 53 51 51 51 50 48 49 53 53 53 55 54 54 53 52 RH 48 57 84 93 96100 70 49 40 40 58 67 67 75 53 38 36 42 61 75 83 90 Wind dir W NW NW W W W W W W NW W SW SW SW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW Wind spd 29 26 17 11 10 10 12 13 12 10 5 5 5 9 11 13 14 14 10 5 5 4 Wind gust 42 36 Clouds SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 5 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Obvis K K K K K K K Heat index 80 Max heat 80 82 Date 08/12/25 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 Fri 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 83 59 89 59 89 58 80 56 82 Temp 76 81 65 61 83 87 67 61 83 84 65 59 73 78 63 58 76 80 Dewpt 53 52 52 53 57 56 58 55 56 56 58 55 54 55 56 56 58 57 PWind dir W SE SE SE E NE N E SE Wind char LT GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds CL CL FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW PoP 12hr 0 10 5 10 5 20 10 30 20 Rain shwrs S S C S Tstms S S $$ NDZ045-100900- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 249 PM CDT Sat Aug 9 2025 Date 08/09/25 Sun 08/10/25 Mon 08/11/25 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 56 79 61 85 60 Temp 78 74 66 62 58 56 65 74 78 78 70 66 63 62 72 82 84 82 72 67 63 60 Dewpt 54 55 56 56 54 53 55 55 54 54 54 53 51 51 55 55 55 56 57 56 55 55 RH 43 51 70 81 86 90 70 51 43 43 57 63 65 67 55 40 37 41 59 68 75 84 Wind dir W W W W W W NW NW NW NW S S SW SW SW W W NW NW NW NW NW Wind spd 24 20 16 13 13 12 13 12 10 8 5 5 8 9 10 12 12 11 9 8 8 8 Wind gust 36 31 Clouds SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW PoP 12hr 5 0 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Obvis K K K K K K Heat index 82 Max heat 81 83 80 Date 08/12 Wed 08/13/25 Thu 08/14/25 Fri 08/15/25 Sat 08/16/25 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 81 62 87 64 88 64 81 61 80 Temp 75 79 65 62 80 82 70 64 82 84 70 64 74 78 66 61 74 78 Dewpt 55 53 55 57 61 62 61 59 63 61 62 60 60 60 59 58 60 61 PWind dir NW SE SE SE SE E N E SE Wind char GN GN BZ GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW CL FW SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 0 10 20 20 5 20 20 30 20 Rain shwrs S S S S S S C S Tstms S S S $$