


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
700 FOUS53 KBIS 281449 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 949 AM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025 NDZ015-282100- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 949 AM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025 Date Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat 08/30/25 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 85 57 83 59 80 Temp 67 79 83 82 70 64 61 58 69 80 81 79 69 64 62 60 68 76 77 75 Dewpt 57 55 50 51 53 53 54 54 59 57 55 55 58 59 58 58 60 58 57 58 RH 70 44 32 34 55 67 78 86 70 45 41 44 68 84 87 93 76 54 50 55 Wind dir S S S S E SE SE E S SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E Wind spd 1 4 5 5 5 5 3 2 2 5 6 8 5 3 2 2 3 6 6 8 Clouds CL FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 0 0 5 10 20 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S S Heat index 80 80 81 Max heat 80 82 80 81 Date Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 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 56 79 55 81 57 79 48 68 Temp 62 57 74 76 62 57 76 79 64 59 76 73 57 50 63 66 Dewpt 58 57 58 56 58 56 57 55 56 55 55 53 51 46 42 40 PWind dir SE SE S S S NW N N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 10 10 10 5 5 20 20 5 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S $$ NDZ033-282100- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 849 AM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025 Date Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat 08/30/25 MDT 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 83 55 78 55 75 Temp 70 79 81 79 67 62 59 58 67 75 77 74 64 60 59 57 65 71 73 70 Dewpt 52 49 47 46 48 48 49 51 55 54 52 53 55 55 55 55 58 57 56 56 RH 53 35 30 31 50 60 69 77 65 48 42 48 73 84 87 93 78 61 55 61 Wind dir S SE SE SE SE S S SW S SE E E SE S N N NE E SE E Wind spd 5 9 9 9 8 6 5 4 5 6 8 8 6 5 4 4 5 8 8 6 Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 PoP 12hr 0 5 20 30 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.01 0.05 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S C C C C C C S Tstms S S S S Date Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 MDT 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 53 77 53 81 55 77 45 67 Temp 58 55 72 74 59 56 76 79 61 58 73 70 54 48 61 63 Dewpt 56 54 56 54 54 53 54 50 52 51 52 50 49 44 42 39 PWind dir SE SE S W W NW N N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 20 10 5 5 5 20 10 5 Rain shwrs S S S Tstms S $$ NDZ044-282100- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 849 AM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025 Date Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat 08/30/25 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 81 57 76 56 73 Temp 66 78 81 78 65 62 60 58 67 73 73 71 62 59 58 57 63 69 71 68 Dewpt 58 53 46 47 49 49 51 52 59 58 57 58 59 59 58 56 59 58 58 58 RH 75 42 29 33 56 62 72 80 75 59 57 63 90100100 96 87 68 63 70 Wind dir S SE SE SE E SE SE E SE E E SE E E NE NE NE E E E Wind spd 1 9 10 10 6 5 5 4 5 10 10 9 5 4 4 4 5 10 10 8 Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 10 40 40 50 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.06 0.14 0.30 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C C C C C C C C C C S Tstms S C S S S S S Date Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 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 53 77 52 81 54 81 45 67 Temp 57 54 71 74 58 54 76 78 59 55 76 74 55 49 62 65 Dewpt 57 54 57 56 56 53 55 52 53 50 53 52 50 44 43 41 PWind dir E SE SE SW SW NW N N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 20 20 5 5 5 10 20 5 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S $$ NDZ011-282100- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 949 AM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025 Date Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat 08/30/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 84 59 83 59 82 Temp 64 77 83 82 71 66 63 61 70 81 82 81 70 65 62 60 70 78 81 78 Dewpt 56 57 53 54 56 55 54 53 56 54 52 53 55 55 55 54 57 55 54 54 RH 75 50 36 38 59 68 72 75 61 39 35 38 59 70 78 81 63 45 39 43 Wind dir NE E E E E SE S E S SE E E SE S SW W NE SE E SE Wind spd 4 6 5 6 5 5 4 3 3 5 6 6 5 4 2 2 3 6 6 8 Clouds FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 10 10 0 5 5 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 81 81 Max heat 82 81 81 81 Date Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 58 81 58 84 58 74 47 66 Temp 64 59 77 77 64 60 79 80 64 59 71 68 53 47 61 63 Dewpt 56 56 57 55 55 56 56 54 54 55 54 51 47 44 42 40 PWind dir SE S S SW W NW N N Wind char LT LT LT LT GN GN GN GN Avg clouds SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 5 10 5 10 30 20 5 Rain shwrs S C S Tstms S $$ NDZ037-282100- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 949 AM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025 Date Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat 08/30/25 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 82 58 81 58 78 Temp 68 78 81 77 67 63 60 59 69 78 80 76 66 63 60 59 68 75 77 73 Dewpt 62 61 57 58 58 58 57 57 61 60 58 59 60 60 59 59 61 60 59 60 RH 81 56 44 52 73 84 90 93 76 54 47 56 81 90 96100 78 60 54 64 Wind dir NW NE E E E SE S SE S SE SE S SE SE SE E E SE SE SE Wind spd 2 2 4 3 5 5 3 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 2 2 3 6 8 5 Clouds CL CL SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 OV B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 5 5 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Heat index 81 81 Max heat 81 81 Date Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 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 56 76 56 77 56 76 48 64 Temp 61 58 72 71 61 57 72 72 61 58 72 68 55 50 59 60 Dewpt 58 57 60 59 59 57 60 59 58 56 58 55 52 47 44 42 PWind dir SE SE S S S NW N N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN BZ Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC PoP 12hr 5 20 10 20 10 30 30 10 Rain shwrs S S S C C S Tstms S S $$ NDZ001-282100- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 949 AM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025 Date Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat 08/30/25 CDT 3hrly 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 84 59 83 57 80 Temp 69 81 84 82 71 65 63 60 68 78 82 79 69 64 62 59 67 76 78 77 Dewpt 53 54 52 52 53 53 52 51 55 55 53 54 55 55 55 55 59 58 57 57 RH 57 39 33 35 53 65 67 72 63 45 37 42 61 73 78 87 75 54 48 50 Wind dir SE SE SE SE E E SE S SW S SE SE W S S SW SW SE SE SE Wind spd 4 6 8 8 5 5 5 4 5 6 8 8 5 5 4 3 4 8 8 8 Clouds SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 5 10 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Date Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 CDT 6hrly 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 56 82 56 84 57 75 47 67 Temp 63 57 76 80 64 57 79 82 65 58 72 70 55 50 62 66 Dewpt 56 55 58 56 55 54 57 54 54 53 55 51 48 44 44 41 PWind dir SE S S SW NW NW N N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 5 5 5 20 20 10 5 Rain shwrs S S $$ NDZ021-282100- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 949 AM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025 Date Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat 08/30/25 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 85 57 83 57 80 Temp 68 79 83 82 69 63 61 58 70 79 82 79 68 62 60 59 69 76 79 76 Dewpt 56 54 50 51 53 53 52 52 55 53 50 52 55 55 55 54 58 56 54 55 RH 65 42 32 34 57 70 72 80 59 41 33 39 63 78 84 83 68 50 42 48 Wind dir S S S SE E E SE SE S S S SE SE S SE E SE E SE SE Wind spd 1 4 5 5 5 4 3 2 3 4 5 6 3 2 2 2 3 5 6 6 Clouds FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 10 10 5 5 10 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Date Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 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 55 80 55 82 57 76 45 66 Temp 61 57 75 77 61 57 76 80 62 58 73 69 52 47 61 63 Dewpt 56 56 56 55 56 55 55 53 55 54 52 50 48 44 40 39 PWind dir SE SE S SW SW NW N N Wind char LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 10 10 10 5 5 20 20 5 Rain shwrs S S S S Tstms S $$ NDZ043-282100- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 849 AM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025 Date Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat 08/30/25 MDT 3hrly 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 UTC 3hrly 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 Max/Min 81 56 73 55 72 Temp 68 78 81 78 65 62 60 58 66 71 72 69 61 59 57 56 62 68 70 68 Dewpt 54 49 46 46 48 49 50 52 57 56 55 56 57 58 57 56 59 58 56 57 RH 61 36 29 32 54 62 69 80 73 59 55 63 87 96100100 90 70 61 68 Wind dir S SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E NE N NE NE E E E Wind spd 4 11 13 11 9 8 6 5 6 10 10 10 6 5 5 5 6 10 10 10 Clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 20 30 40 40 QPF 12hr 0 0 0.02 0.07 0.21 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S C C C C C C C C C C C C S Tstms S S S S S S S Date Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 MDT 6hrly 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Min/Max 52 78 51 82 54 81 45 67 Temp 56 54 72 75 57 52 77 79 60 55 75 73 54 48 62 65 Dewpt 56 54 56 54 55 52 53 50 51 50 51 50 49 45 43 40 PWind dir SE SE S W W NW N N Wind char LT GN LT LT LT GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 20 10 5 5 5 10 10 5 Rain shwrs S S Tstms S $$ NDZ045-282100- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 949 AM CDT Thu Aug 28 2025 Date Thu 08/28/25 Fri 08/29/25 Sat 08/30/25 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 78 59 76 Temp 65 75 81 78 68 64 61 59 68 75 77 73 66 63 61 59 66 72 72 70 Dewpt 57 54 49 51 53 54 55 56 61 59 58 60 61 60 60 59 62 60 59 60 RH 75 48 33 39 59 70 81 90 78 58 52 64 84 90 97100 87 66 64 71 Wind dir S SE SE SE SE S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E E E E Wind spd 2 5 8 6 8 9 8 5 6 9 10 9 6 6 5 5 6 9 10 9 Clouds CL FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 PoP 12hr 0 0 20 20 30 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.08 0.15 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs S S S S C C C C Tstms S S Date Sun 08/31/25 Mon 09/01/25 Tue 09/02/25 Wed 09/03/25 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 57 75 56 78 58 79 49 65 Temp 61 57 71 72 61 57 73 76 63 58 76 72 58 50 61 63 Dewpt 59 57 59 58 58 57 58 57 56 55 56 55 51 46 43 40 PWind dir SE SE SE S S NW N N Wind char LT LT GN LT GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC PoP 12hr 20 20 5 5 5 10 20 5 Rain shwrs S S S S $$