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Issued by NWS Bismarck, ND
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417 FOUS53 KBIS 171949 PFMBIS Point Forecast Matrices National Weather Service Bismarck ND 249 PM CDT Thu Apr 17 2025 NDZ015-180900- Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND 46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft 249 PM CDT Thu Apr 17 2025 Date 04/17/25 Fri 04/18/25 Sat 04/19/25 Sun 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 30 49 25 58 33 Temp 49 51 42 38 33 30 37 44 47 46 37 32 28 26 38 51 56 57 45 40 37 34 Dewpt 25 24 25 24 25 24 26 23 20 19 21 22 23 21 23 21 19 19 22 22 23 24 RH 39 34 50 57 72 78 64 43 34 34 52 66 81 81 54 30 23 22 40 48 56 66 Wind dir N N N N N NW N N N N N NW NW S S SW S S SE S S S Wind spd 19 17 13 10 9 8 11 13 14 12 5 2 1 1 3 6 9 9 9 10 9 8 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain S S S S Snow S Wind chill 35 31 25 22 29 37 33 30 27 Min chill 31 22 24 38 31 25 29 33 27 Date 04/20 Mon 04/21/25 Tue 04/22/25 Wed 04/23/25 Thu 04/24/25 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 66 36 66 40 58 33 60 35 61 Temp 60 63 45 38 60 62 46 40 54 54 40 34 54 58 42 37 56 58 Dewpt 28 28 32 33 34 34 37 36 34 31 32 29 29 27 30 30 35 34 PWind dir S S S NE W NW NW E SE Wind char GN LT GN GN GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 5 5 20 60 40 10 10 20 30 Rain S L L C C S C C $$ NDZ033-180900- Dickinson-Stark ND 46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft 149 PM MDT Thu Apr 17 2025 Date 04/17/25 Fri 04/18/25 Sat 04/19/25 Sun MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 25 44 23 58 32 Temp 43 43 36 32 28 26 34 40 42 41 33 28 26 25 39 51 56 56 43 39 35 34 Dewpt 21 20 18 19 19 21 23 20 20 19 20 20 19 19 21 19 17 16 19 19 21 22 RH 41 39 47 58 68 81 64 44 41 41 58 71 74 78 48 28 21 20 38 44 56 61 Wind dir N N N N N NW N N NW N NW W SW SW SW SW S S S S S S Wind spd 19 17 12 10 10 10 12 14 14 12 5 3 3 5 8 10 11 11 10 12 10 10 Wind gust 35 Clouds OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 10 20 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow S S Wind chill 35 35 28 24 19 16 25 32 34 34 18 33 37 31 27 26 Min chill 33 24 16 17 34 24 18 22 31 25 Date 04/20/25 Mon 04/21/25 Tue 04/22/25 Wed 04/23/25 Thu 04/24/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 62 34 61 36 54 30 58 33 60 Temp 58 58 41 36 56 56 42 38 49 51 37 32 53 55 40 36 56 56 Dewpt 27 28 33 33 34 34 36 35 32 28 29 27 26 25 28 29 33 34 PWind dir SW NW SW NW NW W NW E SE Wind char GN GN GN GN BZ GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 5 40 60 40 10 10 20 30 Rain C L C C C S C C $$ NDZ044-180900- Hettinger-Adams ND 45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft 149 PM MDT Thu Apr 17 2025 Date 04/17/25 Fri 04/18/25 Sat 04/19/25 Sun 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 25 45 22 57 30 Temp 42 43 36 33 28 26 35 41 44 43 33 29 26 24 38 50 55 55 42 38 35 32 Dewpt 26 24 22 19 19 20 23 21 19 19 21 21 20 20 22 19 18 17 19 19 21 22 RH 53 47 56 56 68 78 61 44 36 38 61 72 78 84 52 29 23 22 39 46 56 66 Wind dir N N N N N N N N NW N NW W SW SW SW S S S SE SE S S Wind spd 14 18 13 9 8 8 12 17 17 13 5 2 2 2 5 10 12 10 9 10 8 5 Wind gust 32 28 Clouds OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 5 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain C S S Snow S Wind chill 34 35 27 25 20 18 26 32 36 36 36 31 28 26 Min chill 33 25 18 18 33 27 23 24 31 26 Date 04/20/25 Mon 04/21/25 Tue 04/22/25 Wed 04/23/25 Thu 04/24/25 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 63 32 63 35 55 30 59 33 60 Temp 58 60 42 35 58 59 42 38 51 52 37 32 53 56 40 36 56 57 Dewpt 28 28 32 33 35 35 38 34 31 27 28 27 28 27 28 31 35 36 PWind dir S NW S NW NW NW NW E SE Wind char GN LT GN GN BZ GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 5 30 60 30 10 10 30 40 Rain C L C C C S C C C $$ NDZ011-180900- Minot-Ward ND 48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft 249 PM CDT Thu Apr 17 2025 Date 04/17/25 Fri 04/18/25 Sat 04/19/25 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 30 45 25 58 37 Temp 45 46 39 35 32 30 34 40 43 42 35 30 28 26 40 50 56 56 46 42 40 38 Dewpt 22 24 24 24 25 26 24 22 20 20 21 21 20 20 21 21 20 20 23 23 23 24 RH 40 42 54 64 75 85 66 48 39 41 56 69 71 78 46 31 24 24 40 46 50 57 Wind dir N N N NW NW N N N N N N N SW S S S S S S S S S Wind spd 20 18 12 11 11 11 13 16 16 13 6 2 2 3 8 10 11 11 12 13 13 13 Clouds B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow S S S Wind chill 37 39 31 27 23 20 25 32 35 35 29 35 32 30 Min chill 37 27 20 21 34 28 22 24 35 29 Date 04/20 Mon 04/21/25 Tue 04/22/25 Wed 04/23/25 Thu 04/24/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 65 39 61 38 53 34 56 33 58 Temp 59 61 46 40 56 57 43 40 49 50 38 35 51 53 39 35 53 55 Dewpt 28 29 33 33 35 34 36 35 34 33 32 30 28 27 30 29 33 33 PWind dir S S NE N NW NW NW E SE Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 5 5 20 50 50 20 10 10 20 Rain S C C C C S S $$ NDZ037-180900- Jamestown-Stutsman ND 46.93N 98.68W Elev. 1499 ft 249 PM CDT Thu Apr 17 2025 Date 04/17/25 Fri 04/18/25 Sat 04/19/25 Sun 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 33 47 26 55 33 Temp 47 51 43 39 35 33 38 44 46 44 36 32 28 27 39 48 54 53 42 38 35 34 Dewpt 30 31 31 30 29 28 28 26 24 24 25 24 23 23 25 24 24 25 27 26 26 27 RH 51 46 62 70 78 82 67 49 42 45 64 72 81 85 57 39 31 33 55 62 69 75 Wind dir N N N N N N N N N N N N NW SW W W SW S SE S S S Wind spd 24 18 16 14 13 13 17 18 19 14 10 5 3 2 3 6 8 8 10 10 10 10 Wind gust 28 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain S S Wind chill 39 35 31 26 23 29 36 38 37 29 26 36 31 27 26 Min chill 36 31 23 25 37 26 24 30 31 25 Date 04/20 Mon 04/21/25 Tue 04/22/25 Wed 04/23/25 Thu 04/24/25 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 64 37 66 41 58 35 60 36 61 Temp 58 59 43 38 61 61 47 42 53 52 41 37 55 55 41 37 56 56 Dewpt 31 32 33 33 36 36 38 37 39 36 35 32 33 32 33 33 36 37 PWind dir S S S SE W W NW E SE Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 0 5 5 50 50 20 10 20 30 Rain C C C C S S S C $$ NDZ001-180900- Williston-Williams ND 48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft 249 PM CDT Thu Apr 17 2025 Date 04/17/25 Fri 04/18/25 Sat 04/19/25 Sun CDT 3hrly 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 27 44 24 61 34 Temp 46 46 39 34 29 27 34 39 42 43 36 30 28 26 39 52 59 60 48 43 39 35 Dewpt 21 18 20 23 24 23 25 22 20 19 20 19 19 19 22 21 20 20 21 22 23 25 RH 37 32 46 64 81 85 69 50 41 38 52 63 68 74 50 29 22 21 34 43 52 66 Wind dir N N N N N N N N N N N SE S S S S S S S S S SE Wind spd 21 18 11 10 9 8 11 14 14 12 5 3 4 5 10 13 14 13 11 12 10 8 Clouds B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Snow S S S Wind chill 38 39 32 26 20 19 26 31 34 36 19 32 36 32 28 Min chill 35 26 19 20 33 26 19 22 36 28 Date 04/20 Mon 04/21/25 Tue 04/22/25 Wed 04/23/25 Thu 04/24/25 CDT 6hrly 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 01 07 13 19 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 60 36 57 36 52 31 56 35 57 Temp 56 56 43 38 52 54 42 38 48 50 38 32 51 55 41 36 53 56 Dewpt 31 31 35 33 36 36 36 34 34 32 30 28 28 27 30 29 34 34 PWind dir SW N NE N NW NW NW E SE Wind char GN GN GN GN BZ GN GN GN GN Avg clouds SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC PoP 12hr 10 5 40 50 50 10 10 10 30 Rain S C C C C C S C $$ NDZ021-180900- Garrison-McLean ND 47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft 249 PM CDT Thu Apr 17 2025 Date 04/17/25 Fri 04/18/25 Sat 04/19/25 Sun 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 27 45 23 57 32 Temp 48 46 38 34 30 27 35 40 43 43 34 29 26 25 37 49 55 56 44 39 36 34 Dewpt 23 23 23 23 24 24 25 21 20 20 21 21 20 20 22 20 19 19 22 22 23 23 RH 37 40 54 64 78 88 66 46 39 39 58 72 78 81 54 31 24 23 41 50 59 64 Wind dir N N N N N N N N N N N N N S S S S S SE S S S Wind spd 19 17 12 10 10 10 12 13 14 11 5 2 1 2 5 9 10 10 10 12 11 10 Wind gust 34 Clouds OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 0 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain S Snow S S S Wind chill 39 30 26 21 17 26 32 36 37 38 31 28 26 Min chill 39 26 17 20 36 27 24 24 31 25 Date 04/20 Mon 04/21/25 Tue 04/22/25 Wed 04/23/25 Thu 04/24/25 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 65 36 61 37 54 31 56 33 57 Temp 58 60 43 37 56 57 42 38 49 50 37 32 51 54 39 35 53 55 Dewpt 27 28 32 32 34 34 36 35 33 32 31 28 27 26 29 29 33 33 PWind dir S S NE N NW NW NW E SE Wind char GN GN GN GN GN GN GN LT GN Avg clouds FW SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 PoP 12hr 5 5 20 60 50 20 10 20 30 Rain S C L C C S S S C $$ NDZ043-180900- Bowman-Bowman ND 46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft 149 PM MDT Thu Apr 17 2025 Date 04/17/25 Fri 04/18/25 Sat 04/19/25 Sun MDT 3hrly 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 UTC 3hrly 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 Min/Max 25 44 22 56 29 Temp 40 41 34 31 28 26 33 39 42 42 32 27 25 24 38 49 54 54 42 37 33 31 Dewpt 27 23 20 19 19 21 23 20 20 19 20 21 20 21 22 19 18 17 19 21 22 24 RH 59 48 56 61 68 81 66 46 41 39 61 78 81 88 52 30 24 23 39 52 63 75 Wind dir N N N N N N N NW N N NW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S Wind spd 18 19 12 9 9 9 13 17 18 13 5 3 4 5 8 11 13 12 10 10 10 8 Wind gust 31 Clouds OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 5 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain C Snow S S Wind chill 31 32 25 23 19 17 23 30 33 35 26 19 17 32 36 30 25 24 Min chill 30 23 17 17 31 23 16 21 30 22 Date 04/20/25 Mon 04/21/25 Tue 04/22/25 Wed 04/23/25 Thu 04/24/25 MDT 6hrly 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 UTC 6hrly 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 Max/Min 61 33 61 35 53 30 58 34 59 Temp 56 56 41 34 56 56 41 37 49 51 36 31 52 55 40 36 55 57 Dewpt 29 32 35 33 36 37 37 34 31 28 28 28 27 27 29 31 35 35 PWind dir SW NW S NW NW NW W SE SE Wind char GN GN GN GN BZ GN GN GN BZ Avg clouds FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 5 40 50 30 10 10 30 30 Rain C C C C S S C C C $$ NDZ045-180900- Selfridge-Sioux ND 46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft 249 PM CDT Thu Apr 17 2025 Date 04/17/25 Fri 04/18/25 Sat 04/19/25 Sun 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 31 46 26 55 36 Temp 45 46 41 38 33 31 37 43 46 43 37 32 29 26 39 49 54 54 45 42 39 36 Dewpt 24 24 24 24 22 23 25 22 21 20 20 22 22 21 23 21 18 18 19 21 23 23 RH 43 42 50 57 63 72 61 43 37 39 50 66 75 81 52 33 24 24 35 43 52 59 Wind dir N N N N N NW N N N N N NW W SW SW SW S S SE S S S Wind spd 20 21 18 17 14 13 17 18 18 16 9 5 5 4 8 10 11 11 13 14 14 13 Clouds B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW PoP 12hr 20 20 5 0 0 QPF 12hr 0 0 0 0 0 Snow 12hr 00-00 00-00 00-00 Rain C S S S S S Wind chill 37 38 32 29 23 21 27 35 39 35 30 26 23 20 33 39 34 31 27 Min chill 36 29 21 23 35 26 20 23 34 27 Date 04/20 Mon 04/21/25 Tue 04/22/25 Wed 04/23/25 Thu 04/24/25 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 63 38 64 42 57 35 58 38 59 Temp 58 61 46 38 59 60 47 43 54 54 42 36 53 56 43 38 55 57 Dewpt 28 26 31 33 34 35 38 37 33 29 30 29 28 26 30 31 35 34 PWind dir S S S S NW NW NW E SE Wind char BZ GN GN GN BZ GN GN GN GN Avg clouds FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 PoP 12hr 5 5 20 60 40 10 10 30 40 Rain S L C C C S C C C $$