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Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Bismarck ND
436 AM CDT Sun Mar 8 2026

NDZ015-082200-
Bismarck/Mandan-Burleigh/Morton ND
46.79N 100.78W Elev. 1643 ft
436 AM CDT Sun Mar 8 2026

Date             Sun 03/08/26            Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26
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                      68          27          38          23          39
Temp             32 45 61 67 61 45 37 32 29 30 34 36 33 28 27 25 24 26 33 37 35
Dewpt            31 36 39 36 35 32 27 23 20 18 18 21 22 23 23 22 21 21 22 21 22
RH               96 70 44 32 38 60 67 69 69 60 51 54 63 81 85 88 88 81 63 52 59
Wind dir         SW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SW  W NW
Wind spd          3 14 23 24 19 18 13  6  4  5  6  9 10  8  5  5  5  6  6  8  6
Wind gust           25 34 37 32
Clouds           B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          20          50          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Snow                                S     S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C
Wind chill          38          37 28 26    24 28 29 25 20 20 18 17 18 27 31 29
Min chill        29    28          28    24    24    25    20    17    17    29


Date          Wed 03/11/26  Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26
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          20    42      23    53      22    34      18    35
Temp          25 22 35 37   26 26 44 44   30 24 30 31   24 21 30 30
Dewpt         19 17 18 19   17 18 26 27   22 17 14 15   15 14 17 18
PWind dir        NW    NW       S    SW      NW    NW       E     E
Wind char        LT    GN      LT    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         10    10      10    50      30    30      40    50
Rain                                  C    C
Snow                               C       C  S  S  C    C  C  C  C

$$
NDZ033-082200-
Dickinson-Stark ND
46.80N 102.81W Elev. 2591 ft
336 AM MDT Sun Mar 8 2026

Date             Sun 03/08/26            Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26
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                      66          25          38          22          38
Temp             39 48 62 66 59 42 32 28 26 27 32 35 33 27 26 25 25 27 34 37 33
Dewpt            33 35 34 34 32 30 25 21 18 18 20 22 24 22 22 22 21 21 19 16 16
RH               79 60 35 30 36 62 75 75 71 68 61 59 69 81 85 88 84 78 54 42 49
Wind dir          W  W  W  W  W NW  N  N  N  E  E  E  E  E  S SW SW  W  W  W NW
Wind spd         12 25 32 31 24 18 13  8  5  9 11 12 11  9  9  9  9 10 10 10  9
Wind gust           35 42 43 34
Clouds           SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          20          50          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.06        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Snow                                S     S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S
Wind chill       31             33 22 20 19 18 23 26 24 18 17 16 16 17 26 30 25
Min chill        29    32          22    19    18    24    17    16    16    25
Wind                 Y  Y  Y


Date               Wed 03/11/26  Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26
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            18    41      25    53      19    33      17    35
Temp          23   21 35 36 27   31 48 42 27   22 29 29 21   20 29 29
Dewpt         15   14 15 15 16   20 27 25 19   17 15 15 14   15 18 20
PWind dir          NW     W      SW     W      NW    NW       E    SE
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    WY      BZ    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1   SC SC SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr           10     0      20    40      30    40      40    50
Rain                                 C  C  C
Snow                              S  C     C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
NDZ044-082200-
Hettinger-Adams ND
45.99N 102.63W Elev. 2703 ft
336 AM MDT Sun Mar 8 2026

Date             Sun 03/08/26            Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26
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                      69          25          42          23          38
Temp             41 48 63 68 62 48 37 30 27 30 36 38 35 28 27 26 25 28 35 37 34
Dewpt            32 32 32 32 31 31 29 24 22 22 23 25 25 25 23 23 22 23 22 18 17
RH               70 54 31 26 31 51 72 78 81 72 59 59 66 88 85 88 88 81 59 46 49
Wind dir          W  W  W  W  W  W  N  N NE  E  E NE NE NE NE SW  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd         11 23 29 32 24 17 13  5  4  6 11 12 11  9  5  5  5  5  9 10  8
Wind gust        21 35 46 46 35 28 24
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      0          10          40          50          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Snow                                            C  C  C  C  S  S        C  C
Wind chill       34                28 24    23 28 30 27 19 20 19 18 22 28 30 27
Min chill        34    33          28    22    22    27    19    18    18    27
Wind                 Y  Y  Y


Date               Wed 03/11/26  Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26
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            18    42      23    57      20    35      18    39
Temp          22   21 37 39 26   29 51 45 29   22 31 32 22   19 34 33
Dewpt         17   14 14 11 11   15 27 27 19   16 16 14 16   16 21 23
PWind dir          NW     W      SW     W      NW    NW      SE    SE
Wind char          LT    BZ      GN    WY      WY    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1   SC SC SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           10     5      10    30      40    40      40    50
Rain                                 C  C  C
Snow                                 C     C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
NDZ011-082200-
Minot-Ward ND
48.28N 101.27W Elev. 1715 ft
436 AM CDT Sun Mar 8 2026

Date             Sun 03/08/26            Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26
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                      59          25          33          21          37
Temp             37 43 54 58 48 37 32 30 26 27 30 32 30 26 24 24 23 26 32 36 33
Dewpt            28 34 39 38 34 26 20 16 15 13 12 13 15 17 18 19 18 19 20 19 20
RH               70 70 57 47 58 64 61 55 62 55 46 45 53 68 77 81 81 74 61 50 58
Wind dir         SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW  N NE  E  E SE SE  S  S SW  W  N
Wind spd          9 21 28 29 29 23 19 12 10 10  9  9 10 10  9 10 10 10 11 10  9
Wind gust           32 43 47 46 36 32
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          40          20          30           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.04           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 S        C  C
Snow                                S           S  S  C  C  S  S
Wind chill       30 34       39 26 20 20 16 17 22 24 21 16 14 14 12 16 23 29 25
Min chill        30    30    39    20    16    16    21    14    12    14    25
Wind                 Y  Y  Y


Date          Wed 03/11/26  Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26
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          19    40      24    48      19    28      13    28
Temp          23 21 33 37   27 27 42 38   27 20 24 26   19 15 24 25
Dewpt         17 15 16 18   17 19 27 25   19 13 11 11   11 10 10 13
PWind dir         N     W       S    SW      NW    NW      NE     E
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    WY      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 FW SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC B2
PoP 12hr         10     5      20    60      30    20      30    30
Rain                               L  C    C
Snow                            S  L  C    C     S  S    S  C  C  C

$$
NDZ037-082200-
Jamestown-Stutsman ND
46.93N  98.68W Elev. 1499 ft
436 AM CDT Sun Mar 8 2026

Date             Sun 03/08/26            Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26
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                      62          28          37          22          36
Temp             38 42 55 62 56 45 37 33 29 30 34 35 31 27 24 23 22 24 30 33 31
Dewpt            29 35 42 42 39 36 30 24 20 18 18 18 20 21 20 19 18 19 21 22 23
RH               70 76 61 48 53 70 75 69 69 60 51 49 63 78 84 84 84 81 69 63 72
Wind dir          W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE NE
Wind spd          6 16 23 26 20 23 19 12  9  9 10 11 11 10 10  9  8  8  9 10  9
Wind gust              35 39 32 33
Clouds           B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     10          10          30          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.09           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Rain
Snow                                            C  C  L  L  C  C
Wind chill          34          36 27 24 20 22 26 27 22 17 14 13 13 15 22 25 23
Min chill        33    29          27    20    20    22    14    13    13    23


Date          Wed 03/11/26  Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26
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          19    37      21    47      22    32      16    31
Temp          23 20 31 31   22 23 39 38   30 24 29 27   21 17 27 27
Dewpt         20 17 18 19   16 17 25 29   24 18 14 14   13 12 14 16
PWind dir         N    NW       S     S      NW    NW      NE     E
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5     5       5    50      20    10      30    40
Rain                                  C    S
Snow                               C  C    S                C  C  C

$$
NDZ001-082200-
Williston-Williams ND
48.17N 103.59W Elev. 1981 ft
436 AM CDT Sun Mar 8 2026

Date             Sun 03/08/26            Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26
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                      62          25          35          21          39
Temp             37 45 58 61 47 35 32 29 27 27 31 34 33 28 26 25 23 26 33 37 35
Dewpt            32 36 37 36 33 25 19 17 16 15 16 16 17 20 20 21 20 20 19 18 17
RH               82 70 45 39 58 66 58 60 63 60 53 47 51 71 78 84 88 78 56 46 47
Wind dir         SW  W  W  W  N NW NW NW NW  N  E  E SE SE  S  S SW  W  W NW  N
Wind spd         11 24 33 34 28 19 14  9  5  8 12 13 12 10 10 10  9  9 11 10  8
Wind gust           36 49 52 44 31
Clouds           B2 B1 SC B1 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          40          30          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.05           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 S        C
Snow                             C  C  S  S  S  C  C  S  S                    S
Wind chill       29 36       38 24 22 20 20 19 21 25 24 19 16 15 13 17 24 30 28
Min chill        29    30    38    22    20    19    22    16    13    13    27
Wind                 Y  Y  Y


Date          Wed 03/11/26  Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26
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          19    42      27    50      19    31      16    31
Temp          24 21 34 39   30 30 44 39   27 21 27 29   21 18 27 27
Dewpt         17 15 18 16   19 24 31 24   19 15 13 14   14 12 16 16
PWind dir         W     W      SW     W      NW     N       E     E
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    WY      BZ    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC SC   B2 OV B2 B2   B1 OV B2 B2   B1 SC SC B2
PoP 12hr         20     0      40    50      30    30      40    40
Rain                               C  C
Snow           S  S             C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$
NDZ021-082200-
Garrison-McLean ND
47.62N 101.39W Elev. 1936 ft
436 AM CDT Sun Mar 8 2026

Date             Sun 03/08/26            Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26
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                      60          25          33          21          37
Temp             34 41 54 59 52 37 32 29 26 26 29 32 30 26 25 24 23 25 31 35 32
Dewpt            30 34 39 37 34 29 24 20 17 15 15 17 19 20 20 20 20 20 22 21 20
RH               85 76 57 44 50 72 72 69 68 62 55 53 63 78 81 84 88 81 69 56 61
Wind dir         SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW  N NE NE  E  E SE SE  S  S  W  W NW
Wind spd          8 20 27 27 27 21 16 10  5  6  9  9 10 10  9  8  8 10 10  9  6
Wind gust              41 42 41 34 26
Clouds           B1 B1 B1 SC B1 OV OV B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          30          40          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                          S
Snow                             C  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill       27 32          26 21 20 19 18 20 24 21 16 16 15 14 15 22 28 26
Min chill        26    27          21    18    18    21    15    14    13    25
Wind                 Y  Y  Y


Date          Wed 03/11/26  Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26
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          19    39      23    49      19    30      15    30
Temp          23 20 32 35   26 25 42 39   26 20 25 27   20 18 25 25
Dewpt         18 15 17 19   18 19 27 25   20 15 13 13   12 11 13 16
PWind dir         N     W       S    SW      NW    NW       E     E
Wind char        LT    GN      GN    WY      WY    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         20    10      30    60      30    20      40    50
Rain                               L  C    C
Snow              S             C  L  C    C  S  S  S    C  C  C  C

$$
NDZ043-082200-
Bowman-Bowman ND
46.18N 103.40W Elev. 2959 ft
336 AM MDT Sun Mar 8 2026

Date             Sun 03/08/26            Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26
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                      65          26          41          25          37
Temp             41 47 61 64 60 47 35 30 28 29 35 38 35 29 28 27 25 28 33 36 34
Dewpt            33 32 31 32 32 31 30 25 22 23 25 27 28 25 24 24 23 23 19 17 16
RH               73 56 32 30 35 53 82 81 78 78 66 64 75 85 85 88 92 81 56 45 47
Wind dir          W  W  W  W  W NW  N  N NE  E  E  E NE NE SW SW  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd         19 27 34 34 27 19 14  8  6 10 13 12 13 10  8  6  6  8 11 11 10
Wind gust           39 47 48
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          20          50          50          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.07        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Rain                                               S  C
Snow                                      S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C
Wind chill       32 38             25 22 21 20 26 30 26 20 20 20 17 20 24 28 26
Min chill        32    32          25    21    19    26    19    17    17    26
Wind                 Y  Y  Y


Date               Wed 03/11/26  Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26
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            18    41      24    55      20    34      18    39
Temp          23   20 35 38 26   30 51 43 29   23 30 32 22   20 32 33
Dewpt         17   14 13 11 13   18 28 27 20   17 16 15 16   16 21 22
PWind dir          NW     W      SW     W      NW    NW      SE    SE
Wind char          GN    BZ      BZ    VW      WY    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2   SC SC SC B2   B2 OV B2 B2   OV B2 B2 OV   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr            5     0      10    40      40    50      40    50
Rain                                 C  C  C
Snow                                 C     C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
NDZ045-082200-
Selfridge-Sioux ND
46.04N 100.92W Elev. 2185 ft
436 AM CDT Sun Mar 8 2026

Date             Sun 03/08/26            Mon 03/09/26            Tue 03/10/26
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                      67          30          40          27          37
Temp             40 47 61 67 61 50 38 33 30 32 35 37 34 31 29 28 27 28 32 35 34
Dewpt            31 36 38 34 34 33 30 25 22 20 20 23 25 25 24 24 23 23 24 23 23
RH               70 65 42 29 36 52 73 72 72 61 54 56 69 78 81 85 85 81 72 61 64
Wind dir          W  W  W  W  W NW  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E NW NW  N
Wind spd          6 21 27 28 23 20 18  9  9 10 12 12 14 13 10 10 10 10 11 11 10
Wind gust           33 40 41 34
Clouds           SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5          10          30          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.08           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Snow                                            C  C  L  L  C  C        S  S
Wind chill          39             28 25 22 24 26 29 24 21 20 19 17 19 23 27 26
Min chill        34    33          28    22    22    24    20    17    17    24
Wind                 Y  Y  Y


Date          Wed 03/11/26  Thu 03/12/26  Fri 03/13/26  Sat 03/14/26
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          22    40      26    54      24    33      22    35
Temp          26 24 34 36   28 29 46 45   33 26 30 31   24 23 30 31
Dewpt         20 18 18 17   16 15 27 30   22 18 14 14   16 16 18 21
PWind dir        NW    NW      SW    SW      NW    NW       E    SE
Wind char        GN    GN      GN    WY      WY    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 SC FW SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         10     5      10    40      30    30      40    50
Rain                               C  C    C
Snow                               C       C  S  C  C    C  C  C  C

$$