


Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
194 FOUS53 KBIS 162029 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 329 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 NDZ015-170900- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 329 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 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 35 57 34 56 41 Temp 44 42 40 39 37 36 42 49 54 54 45 40 37 35 42 47 52 54 48 45 43 42 Dewpt 36 36 37 36 34 33 34 34 34 35 35 34 33 31 33 33 34 36 37 38 38 37 RH 73 79 89 89 89 89 73 56 46 48 68 79 85 85 70 58 50 50 65 76 82 82 Wind dir NW NW NW N NW N N N N NE E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 28 23 19 14 11 9 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 11 13 16 14 13 12 13 13 Wind gust 44 37 32 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 50 0 5 50 70 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0.01 0.06 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D C C S S C C L L L L L Wind chill 34 33 30 30 29 29 36 31 28 36 39 36 35 Min chill 30 29 28 30 35 28 30 39 35 Frost Y Y Wind Y Date 05/19 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 56 40 55 38 64 41 69 44 69 Temp 50 51 45 41 50 53 44 40 57 61 47 43 63 65 51 46 63 66 Dewpt 38 39 39 36 36 37 38 36 37 38 40 38 41 42 43 42 43 43 PWind dir E E E E S S S S W Wind char BZ GN GN LT LT LT GN LT GN Avg clouds OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 70 80 70 40 30 20 30 40 40 Rain shwrs L L D D L C C C C C S S S C C C C C Tstms S $$ NDZ033-170900- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 229 PM MDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 32 58 35 51 38 Temp 44 44 41 39 35 33 44 50 55 54 44 40 37 36 40 45 47 48 43 41 40 39 Dewpt 40 39 39 38 35 33 37 36 37 36 37 35 34 34 35 36 38 38 38 38 38 37 RH 86 82 92 96100100 76 58 51 50 76 82 89 92 82 70 71 68 82 89 92 92 Wind dir NW NW N NW NW NW NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 28 21 14 10 6 4 5 5 9 10 11 12 13 16 19 23 23 19 18 16 16 14 Wind gust 41 34 33 31 28 Clouds OV OV OV B2 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC B1 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 40 0 10 60 80 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0.06 0.06 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L C C C L L L L D D L Wind chill 34 36 33 32 29 38 33 28 26 31 36 39 35 33 32 31 Min chill 33 31 28 31 33 26 27 38 33 31 Freeze W W Wind Y Date 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 51 37 52 36 64 40 66 41 65 Temp 46 46 41 38 47 49 39 38 56 59 45 42 61 61 47 44 60 62 Dewpt 38 39 38 38 38 37 37 37 40 39 38 38 41 41 40 39 41 40 PWind dir E E E SE S S S W W Wind char BZ GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 80 80 60 30 40 20 30 40 30 Rain shwrs L D D L L L C C S C S S C C C C C $$ NDZ044-170900- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 229 PM MDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 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 31 59 35 51 36 Temp 45 44 40 39 34 32 43 52 56 56 45 41 39 36 42 45 47 47 42 40 40 39 Dewpt 41 41 39 38 34 32 38 39 40 40 39 36 35 35 38 39 41 40 40 39 38 38 RH 86 89 96 96100100 82 61 55 55 79 82 85 96 86 79 79 76 93 96 92 96 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW N N NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 36 27 18 10 5 3 2 5 8 10 10 12 14 18 23 24 26 21 21 18 18 17 Wind gust 49 41 29 34 36 37 34 33 28 27 Clouds OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 40 0 30 70 90 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.15 0.21 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C S C C C C L L L L D D D Tstms S S S S Wind chill 34 34 31 32 34 31 26 32 36 39 39 33 31 31 30 Min chill 31 30 29 33 34 26 27 37 31 30 Freeze W W Wind Y Date 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 46 36 50 34 61 37 66 40 65 Temp 43 43 38 37 45 47 38 37 55 58 43 40 62 61 46 43 60 62 Dewpt 41 41 38 37 40 40 38 36 42 42 40 38 44 44 42 40 44 43 PWind dir NE NE NE SE S S S NW NW Wind char BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 90 90 60 30 40 20 30 40 30 Rain shwrs D D D L L L C S S C S S C C C S C $$ NDZ011-170900- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 329 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 34 53 32 55 39 Temp 42 41 39 37 36 34 39 46 50 50 43 38 34 33 41 48 53 53 47 43 42 39 Dewpt 36 37 36 34 33 32 32 32 32 33 32 31 30 30 30 33 33 34 35 34 34 34 RH 79 85 89 89 89 92 76 58 50 52 65 76 85 89 65 56 46 48 63 70 73 82 Wind dir NW N N N N N N N N NE E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 29 24 20 14 12 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 13 17 18 18 16 13 13 14 Wind gust 44 39 33 27 28 28 Clouds OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV PoP 12hr 40 0 0 20 40 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0.01 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D C S S C C C C S Wind chill 31 31 29 28 27 25 32 37 31 26 25 33 36 35 31 Min chill 28 28 25 28 31 24 27 36 31 Freeze W W Wind Y Date 05/19 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 58 39 57 40 65 43 69 45 68 Temp 51 54 44 40 51 54 44 41 58 61 48 44 63 64 50 46 62 64 Dewpt 35 36 36 34 34 35 36 36 36 37 38 38 41 41 41 40 41 40 PWind dir E E E SE S S S S W Wind char BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 40 60 50 30 30 20 30 40 40 Rain shwrs S C L C C C C C C C S S C C C C C Tstms S $$ NDZ037-170900- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 329 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 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 35 51 33 58 39 Temp 48 43 38 36 36 36 39 45 49 48 41 37 34 34 44 52 55 55 48 44 41 40 Dewpt 39 37 35 34 33 32 32 33 33 33 32 32 31 31 32 33 35 35 36 36 35 34 RH 71 79 89 92 89 85 76 62 54 56 70 82 89 89 62 48 47 47 63 73 79 79 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N NE NE E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 32 27 26 21 19 18 18 16 14 11 9 5 5 5 10 13 16 14 13 13 14 16 Wind gust 46 42 40 34 31 28 Clouds OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV PoP 12hr 60 10 0 10 30 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L L C S S C C C Wind chill 39 33 27 25 25 25 30 38 35 38 37 33 32 Min chill 33 25 25 26 32 28 31 37 31 Wind Y Date 05/19 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 58 39 59 38 66 42 71 45 69 Temp 51 53 44 40 52 55 43 40 58 61 46 44 64 65 50 47 64 65 Dewpt 35 37 36 30 33 34 35 34 35 36 38 39 41 41 42 41 43 43 PWind dir E E E E SE S S S W Wind char BZ GN GN GN GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 60 70 60 30 20 20 20 20 30 Rain shwrs C L L L L C C C S S S S S S S S C Tstms S $$ NDZ001-170900- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 329 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 35 58 37 53 41 Temp 50 50 46 42 38 35 44 52 55 57 48 43 40 38 42 47 49 49 48 45 43 42 Dewpt 42 41 40 39 37 35 36 36 37 37 37 35 35 33 35 35 38 38 38 38 38 37 RH 74 71 79 89 96100 73 54 51 47 65 73 82 82 76 63 66 66 68 76 82 82 Wind dir N N N N N NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 29 23 12 6 4 4 5 8 10 12 13 14 16 18 23 27 27 25 21 18 17 16 Wind gust 40 37 32 Clouds OV B2 OV B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 10 5 0 40 70 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.04 0.07 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C C C L L L L C Wind chill 36 32 28 32 38 37 35 34 Min chill 38 38 31 34 36 28 29 37 34 Freeze W W Wind Y Date 05/19 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 56 41 56 39 65 42 68 44 67 Temp 50 53 45 41 51 53 44 41 59 63 49 44 62 64 50 45 62 65 Dewpt 39 40 38 38 39 41 39 38 43 41 41 40 44 42 42 41 44 43 PWind dir E E SE SE S S S W W Wind char BZ GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 60 50 50 30 40 20 40 30 40 Rain shwrs C L C C C C C S S C S S C C C C C $$ NDZ021-170900- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 329 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 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 32 54 31 54 38 Temp 42 41 38 36 35 32 40 47 52 51 43 38 34 33 40 47 51 50 45 43 40 39 Dewpt 36 36 36 35 33 32 33 33 32 33 33 32 30 30 32 33 33 35 36 36 35 35 RH 79 82 92 96 92100 76 58 46 50 67 79 85 89 73 58 50 56 70 76 82 85 Wind dir NW N N N N N N N NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 27 21 18 13 10 9 10 9 8 9 9 10 10 11 13 16 17 16 14 13 13 13 Wind gust 41 36 29 24 26 27 26 25 24 24 Clouds OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV PoP 12hr 50 0 0 30 60 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0.02 0.05 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs D C C C L L C C C Wind chill 32 31 29 28 27 24 34 31 26 24 32 38 36 32 31 Min chill 30 27 24 27 31 24 26 36 31 Freeze W W Wind Y Date 05/19 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 56 39 56 37 64 40 68 43 68 Temp 50 52 44 39 50 53 42 39 56 60 46 42 62 63 49 45 62 63 Dewpt 36 36 37 35 34 35 36 36 36 37 39 38 41 40 41 40 41 40 PWind dir E E E SE S S S SW W Wind char BZ GN GN LT GN LT GN LT GN Avg clouds B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 50 70 60 30 30 20 30 40 40 Rain shwrs C C L L L C C C S C S S C C C C C Tstms S $$ NDZ043-170900- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 229 PM MDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 31 60 36 51 36 Temp 47 47 41 37 34 32 45 52 57 57 46 41 39 37 42 46 48 47 42 40 39 39 Dewpt 41 39 38 37 34 32 38 39 40 40 39 37 36 36 39 40 41 40 40 39 38 39 RH 79 74 89100100100 76 61 53 53 76 85 89 96 89 79 77 76 93 96 96100 Wind dir NW NW N NW NW NW E E E E E E E E SE SE SE E E E E E Wind spd 35 27 16 8 4 3 3 6 11 13 14 17 18 21 27 29 29 26 24 20 18 18 Wind gust 46 40 40 36 Clouds B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 20 5 20 60 90 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0.04 0.18 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs C S S S L L L L L L D D D Tstms S S S S Wind chill 37 38 33 31 32 30 26 32 37 39 39 32 30 30 30 Min chill 36 31 29 32 32 26 27 38 30 29 Freeze W W High Wind W Date 05/19/25 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 46 36 51 34 63 39 66 40 64 Temp 43 43 38 37 46 49 39 37 56 59 43 40 61 61 45 42 59 62 Dewpt 40 41 38 37 40 40 38 37 43 41 40 38 43 42 42 40 42 42 PWind dir E NE NE SE SW S SW NW NW Wind char BZ GN GN GN GN GN GN GN BZ Avg clouds OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 90 80 50 30 40 20 30 40 30 Rain shwrs D D D L C C C S S C S S S C C C C C $$ NDZ045-170900- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 329 PM CDT Fri May 16 2025 Date 05/16/25 Sat 05/17/25 Sun 05/18/25 Mon 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 36 55 35 52 41 Temp 41 41 39 39 37 36 42 48 52 51 44 40 37 36 39 45 49 50 46 45 43 42 Dewpt 38 38 38 37 35 34 36 36 37 37 37 35 33 33 34 35 36 38 39 39 38 37 RH 89 89 96 92 92 92 79 63 56 59 76 82 85 89 82 68 61 63 76 79 82 82 Wind dir NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N NE E E E E E E E E E E E E Wind spd 34 29 26 20 17 13 13 11 11 10 10 12 13 16 18 19 19 18 19 19 20 20 Wind gust 49 42 29 28 Clouds OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV PoP 12hr 50 0 20 60 80 QPF 12hr 0.01 0 0 0.06 0.09 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain shwrs L C C S S S C C L L L L D D L Tstms S S Wind chill 29 29 28 29 27 27 34 38 33 28 26 30 37 38 37 34 33 Min chill 28 27 27 29 33 26 27 39 37 33 Wind Y Date 05/19 Tue 05/20/25 Wed 05/21/25 Thu 05/22/25 Fri 05/23/25 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 49 40 48 38 59 41 65 45 64 Temp 45 45 43 41 44 48 42 39 53 57 46 43 60 62 51 46 60 63 Dewpt 40 41 40 38 38 39 38 37 38 40 40 38 43 45 44 42 45 45 PWind dir E NE NE E S S S S NW Wind char BZ BZ GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC PoP 12hr 90 90 70 40 30 20 30 40 30 Rain shwrs L D D D L L C C C C S S C C C C C Tstms S S S S $$