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Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
316 AM CST Tue Dec 2 2025

NDZ015-022200-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
316 AM CST Tue Dec 2 2025

Date             Tue 12/02/25            Wed 12/03/25            Thu 12/04/25
CST 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                      34           0           9          -5          32
Temp              8 13 29 33 30 22 15 11  6  2  5  7  1 -3 -2  3  9 13 25 31 28
Dewpt             6 13 25 28 26 19 13  8  4 -1 -1 -1 -5 -6 -5  0  6 11 20 24 25
RH               91100 85 82 85 88 92 87 91 87 76 69 75 86 87 87 87 91 81 75 88
Wind dir          S SW  W  W NW  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  S  S  S  S  S SW  W NW
Wind spd          8  6 11 13 13 14 13 12 11  9 10  8  4  4  5  9 10 10 12 13 11
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          20           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Snow                 S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind chill       -4  3 19 23 19  9  0 -4-10-13-10 -6 -9-13-14-12 -5  0 14 21 18
Min chill       -11    -4    19     0   -10   -14    -9   -14   -14    -4    17


Date               Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25
CST 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            20    31       7    16       2    20      10    33
Temp          27   26 29 23 16   12 12 10  7    7 14 16 16   18 28 28
Dewpt         25   24 25 20 14   10  9  6  5    5 11 14 15   17 24 24
PWind dir           W    NW      NE    NE      SE     S       S     W
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV B2 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr           20    20      40    40      40    20      20    10
Snow                S  S     S    C  C  S  C    C  S          S

$$
NDZ033-022200-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
216 AM MST Tue Dec 2 2025

Date                Tue 12/02/25            Wed 12/03/25            Thu 12/04/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                      31          -4           9          -3          31
Temp             25 27 31 30 27 19 14  8  1  0  5  7  1  1  5 11 16 20 28 30 27
Dewpt            21 25 28 28 26 19 14  8  1 -1  0  1 -2 -1  3  8 13 18 23 25 25
RH               84 92 88 92 96100100100100 95 79 76 87 91 91 87 88 92 81 81 92
Wind dir          W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N NW NW NW  W SW  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         12 16 18 18 14 14 13 12 11  9  9  6  5  8 10 11 13 16 18 18 13
Wind gust        23                                                       28
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          30           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T           T       00-00
Snow                 S  S  S  S  C  S
Obvis                  BS BS
Wind chill       14 15 19 18 15  5 -1 -8-16-15 -9 -5-10-13-10 -3  2  6 15 18 16
Min chill        12    11    15    -1   -16   -19   -10   -13    -8     2    16


Date               Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            20    31       6    19       3    27      15    35
Temp          25   26 28 21 17   13 14 11  8   11 22 20 22   25 32 28
Dewpt         25   25 26 20 17   13 12 10  8   11 20 20 22   24 28 25
PWind dir           W    NW       E     E      SE    SW      SW     W
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV   B2 B2 B2 OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 SC SC
PoP 12hr           20    10      40    30      30     5      10     5
Snow                S        C    C  C  S  S    C

$$
NDZ044-022200-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
216 AM MST Tue Dec 2 2025

Date                Tue 12/02/25            Wed 12/03/25            Thu 12/04/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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          -1          12          -2          32
Temp             23 29 34 35 31 25 18 13  4  3  7  9  3  0  5  9 12 19 29 31 26
Dewpt            18 27 30 31 29 24 18 11  4  2  3  4  0  0  4  7 10 17 24 27 25
RH               81 92 85 85 92 96100 91100 95 83 80 87100 95 91 91 92 81 85 96
Wind dir          W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NW  W SW  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         11 16 18 18 14 13 13 13 11  8  9  6  4  5  8  9 10 13 18 18 13
Wind gust           27 28 28 25 24                               20 25 28 29
Clouds           OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          30           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Snow              S  C  C  S  S  C  S  S
Obvis                  BS
Wind chill       12 17 23 24 20 13  4 -2-12-11 -7 -2 -6-12 -8 -4 -1  6 17 19 14
Min chill         7    13    20     4   -12   -15    -6   -12    -7     0    14


Date               Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            19    31       9    22       5    30      14    37
Temp          25   24 30 23 19   16 18 13 10   10 25 22 22   24 33 29
Dewpt         25   24 28 23 19   15 17 13 10   10 23 22 22   23 31 27
PWind dir           W    NW       S    NE      SE    SW      SW     W
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 OV   OV OV B2 OV   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 SC SC
PoP 12hr           10    10      40    40      20    10       5     5
Snow                         S    C  C  C  S    S

$$
NDZ011-022200-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
316 AM CST Tue Dec 2 2025

Date             Tue 12/02/25            Wed 12/03/25            Thu 12/04/25
CST 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                      32          -3           6          -4          30
Temp             21 22 31 31 23 16 12  6  0 -2  3  4 -2 -1  3  7 12 17 26 29 27
Dewpt            16 20 27 24 17 12  8  2 -4 -6 -3 -3 -7 -5 -2  3  8 14 20 24 24
RH               81 92 85 75 77 84 84 83 83 82 75 72 79 83 79 83 84 88 78 81 88
Wind dir         SW  W  W NW  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W SW SW  S  S SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd         11 12 14 16 14 14 13 12 11 10 10  8  5  6 10 12 13 13 14 14 11
Wind gust              25 26 25                                     25 25 25
Clouds           OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     30          10           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00       00-00
Snow              S  S  C  S                                                  S
Wind chill        9 10 20 20 10  1 -3-10-17-19-12 -9-14-14-12 -9 -3  3 14 18 17
Min chill         6     5    10    -3   -17   -20   -14   -14   -12    -2    16


Date               Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25
CST 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            19    27       1    10      -3    18       8    31
Temp          24   23 25 17 10    5  7  4  2    3 13 13 15   17 25 25
Dewpt         23   21 20 13  6    2  2  0 -1    1  9 10 13   15 21 21
PWind dir           W    NW       N    NE      SE     S       S     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV B2 B2   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr           20    20      40    30      30    10      20    10
Snow           S    S  S     S    C  C  S  C    S        S    S

$$
NDZ037-022200-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
316 AM CST Tue Dec 2 2025

Date             Tue 12/02/25            Wed 12/03/25            Thu 12/04/25
CST 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                      31          -1           6         -10          27
Temp              5 16 28 31 29 20 15 12  3  1  5  5 -2 -6 -7 -3  2  8 18 23 23
Dewpt             2 11 21 25 24 16 11  7  1 -2 -1 -2 -6 -9-10 -7 -1  5 14 19 21
RH               87 80 75 78 81 84 84 80 91 87 76 72 82 86 86 82 87 87 84 84 92
Wind dir          S  S  W  W NW  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  W SW  S  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd          8  9 11 12 12 14 13 13 13 11 12 10  8  5  5  9 11 13 16 13 11
Wind gust                 23    25    24                            24    25
Clouds           B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          20           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T           T       00-00
Snow                    S  S  S  S  S
Wind chill       -8  4 18 21 19  6  0 -3-15-16-12-10-17-19-20-19-15 -8  3 11 12
Min chill       -14    -4    19     0   -15   -18   -17   -20   -20   -13     6


Date               Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25
CST 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            17    28       3    11      -5    12       4    26
Temp          24   23 27 21 13    7  9  5  0   -1  7  9 11   13 23 23
Dewpt         23   22 24 18 10    4  6  3 -2   -3  4  7  9   12 21 20
PWind dir           W    NW       N    NE       E     S       S    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   OV B2 B1
PoP 12hr           10    20      20    30      30    10      10    10
Snow                   S          S  C     S    C

$$
NDZ001-022200-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
316 AM CST Tue Dec 2 2025

Date             Tue 12/02/25            Wed 12/03/25            Thu 12/04/25
CST 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                      34          -6           7          -2          31
Temp             20 24 32 33 26 17 10  5 -1 -5  2  6  1  2  6 10 15 18 26 30 27
Dewpt            20 23 28 28 20 13  7  2 -4 -6 -1  0 -2 -1  2  7 12 17 24 26 25
RH              100 96 85 82 78 84 87 87 87 95 87 76 87 87 83 87 88 96 92 85 92
Wind dir          W  W  W NW  N  N  N  N  N NW  W SW  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         12 13 18 18 16 16 12 10  6  5  5  8  6  6  8  9 10 12 18 17 11
Wind gust           24 28 29 27 26                                        27
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          20           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                 S  S  S  S
Obvis                  BS BS
Wind chill        7 12 20 22 13  2 -5-10-14-17 -9 -7-12-11 -7 -3  2  5 13 18 17
Min chill         6     7    13    -5   -14   -19   -12   -12    -6     4    15


Date               Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25
CST 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            20    28       4    14       2    22      12    31
Temp          26   26 24 18 12    8 10  8  7    7 16 16 18   18 27 26
Dewpt         24   24 22 15 10    5  8  6  5    6 14 14 16   17 26 23
PWind dir           W    NW      NE     E      SE    SW      SW     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV B2 B2   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr           20    20      40    30      20    10      10    10
Snow                S     S  C    C  C  C  S    S

$$
NDZ021-022200-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
316 AM CST Tue Dec 2 2025

Date             Tue 12/02/25            Wed 12/03/25            Thu 12/04/25
CST 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                      32          -4           7          -5          30
Temp             19 21 29 32 26 15 12  8  1 -2  4  5  0 -2  1  5 10 17 26 29 27
Dewpt            18 21 27 27 21 14  9  4 -1 -4 -2 -1 -3 -4 -1  3  8 15 21 23 25
RH               96100 92 81 81 96 87 83 91 91 75 76 87 91 91 91 91 92 81 78 92
Wind dir         SW  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N NW NW  W  W  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W
Wind spd         10 12 14 17 14 14 13 12 10  9 10  9  5  5  8 10 11 12 14 16 12
Wind gust           23 25 27 25 25    23                            23 25 27
Clouds           OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     20          20           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Snow                 S  S  S  S  S
Obvis                     BS
Wind chill        7  9 18 21 14  0 -3 -8-15-18-11 -9-12-14-13-10 -5  4 14 17 16
Min chill         5     4    14    -3   -15   -20   -12   -14   -13    -2    16


Date               Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25
CST 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            19    28       2    12      -2    21      10    31
Temp          24   24 26 18 10    8 10  7  5    6 15 16 16   18 27 25
Dewpt         24   23 23 16  9    6  6  4  3    4 11 14 15   17 23 23
PWind dir           W    NW      NE    NE      SE     S       S     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV B2 B2   OV B2 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr           20    20      40    50      40    20      20    20
Snow                S  S  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  S          S  S

$$
NDZ043-022200-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
216 AM MST Tue Dec 2 2025

Date                Tue 12/02/25            Wed 12/03/25            Thu 12/04/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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           0          13           0          32
Temp             27 30 33 34 31 25 18 11  5  3  7 10  6  5  8 12 16 21 28 31 26
Dewpt            21 28 32 31 29 25 18 11  4  2  4  5  3  4  8 11 14 19 24 27 25
RH               78 92 96 89 92100100100 95 95 87 80 87 95100 96 92 92 85 85 96
Wind dir          W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NW  W SW  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         13 18 19 20 17 16 14 13 11  9  9  6  5  8 10 10 13 17 19 20 14
Wind gust                                                              29
Clouds           OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          30           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Snow              S  C  C  S  C  C  S  S
Obvis               BS BS BS BS
Wind chill       16 18 21 22 20 12  4 -5-11-12 -7 -1 -4 -8 -6 -1  2  7 15 18 14
Min chill        13    16    20     4   -11   -14    -4    -8    -5     2    14


Date               Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            21    31      12    23       7    32      19    36
Temp          27   26 28 24 20   17 19 16 12   15 26 24 24   25 33 29
Dewpt         27   25 28 24 20   17 19 16 12   14 25 24 24   25 31 28
PWind dir           W    NW       S     E      SE    SW       W     W
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B2   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr           20    10      40    30      30     5      10     5
Snow                S        C    C  C  C  S    C

$$
NDZ045-022200-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
316 AM CST Tue Dec 2 2025

Date             Tue 12/02/25            Wed 12/03/25            Thu 12/04/25
CST 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                      33           0           8          -5          30
Temp             17 23 32 33 31 24 18 12  5  2  5  5  0 -3  0  4  9 13 25 29 27
Dewpt            14 20 30 30 28 24 16 10  5  1  1  0 -4 -6 -4  1  7 12 22 26 25
RH               88 88 92 89 88100 92 91100 95 83 79 83 86 83 87 91 96 88 88 92
Wind dir         SW  W  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N NW NW  W  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W
Wind spd         11 12 14 14 16 19 20 19 17 12 11  9  5  8 11 14 16 13 16 14 13
Wind gust                 25                                              25
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW SC B2 B1 SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                 S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Obvis                           BS BS BS
Wind chill        4 11 22 23 20 10  1 -6-14-15-11 -9-12-18-17-14 -8 -2 12 18 16
Min chill         0     4    20     1   -14   -17   -12   -19   -17    -7    15


Date               Fri 12/05/25  Sat 12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25
CST 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            21    30       9    16       3    20      12    32
Temp          26   25 28 24 17   13 12 10  7    6 15 16 17   22 30 28
Dewpt         25   25 28 23 17   13 12  9  6    6 15 16 17   22 29 28
PWind dir           W    NW      NE    NE      SE     S      SW     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV B2 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 OV   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr           20    10      40    40      30    10      10     5
Snow                S             C  C  S  C    C

$$