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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

$$