871  
FOUS53 KBIS 201136  
PFMBIS  
 
POINT FORECAST MATRICES  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND  
636 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
NDZ015-202100-  
BISMARCK/MANDAN-BURLEIGH/MORTON ND  
46.79N 100.78W ELEV. 1643 FT  
636 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26  
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 71 44 71 45 66  
TEMP 41 54 64 69 69 59 52 48 47 57 66 69 68 59 53 50 49 56 62 63 63  
DEWPT 31 36 40 40 40 44 43 42 41 43 42 42 41 44 44 43 42 44 42 42 41  
RH 67 50 41 35 35 57 71 80 79 59 42 37 37 57 71 77 77 64 48 46 44  
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  
WIND SPD 5 11 20 20 18 16 14 11 11 14 17 17 14 10 10 9 9 10 11 9 8  
WIND GUST 31 32 28 26  
CLOUDS FW SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1  
POP 12HR 10 20 10 40 60  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.03 0.07  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C S S C C L L C  
TSTMS S  
FROST Y  
 
DATE SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 42 73 46 82 51 88 56 85  
TEMP 50 46 66 71 54 48 77 80 59 53 82 85 64 61 80 82  
DEWPT 44 42 43 41 43 41 46 44 45 43 48 47 47 53 56 55  
PWIND DIR S SW SE S S S SE S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT GN GN BZ  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW  
POP 12HR 30 5 0 5 5 0 5 5  
RAIN SHWRS C S  
 
 
NDZ033-202100-  
DICKINSON-STARK ND  
46.80N 102.81W ELEV. 2591 FT  
536 AM MDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26  
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 72 40 68 41 64  
TEMP 44 55 67 71 69 54 48 45 43 55 63 65 61 52 48 46 45 54 59 62 62  
DEWPT 31 34 29 27 33 42 43 41 41 42 43 43 43 44 46 43 43 43 42 40 39  
RH 60 45 24 19 26 64 83 86 93 61 48 45 51 74 93 89 93 66 53 44 43  
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S SE SE N NE W NW W NW NW NW N  
WIND SPD 18 17 17 14 13 12 11 10 8 9 11 11 11 8 6 6 8 8 9 9 8  
CLOUDS B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC  
POP 12HR 20 40 70 80 60  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.05 0.27 0.02  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C S C L D D L L L L C C S  
SPRINKLES S  
TSTMS S S S C C S  
WIND CHILL 36  
MIN CHILL 35 38 39  
 
DATE SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 40 73 46 82 50 86 54 84  
TEMP 47 45 68 72 52 48 78 80 57 52 83 84 63 59 80 79  
DEWPT 42 40 39 37 41 41 42 40 43 42 45 44 46 50 55 53  
PWIND DIR S SW S SW S S S S  
WIND CHAR LT LT GN GN GN GN BZ WY  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC FW  
POP 12HR 20 5 0 10 0 0 5 5  
RAIN SHWRS S  
 
 
NDZ044-202100-  
HETTINGER-ADAMS ND  
45.99N 102.63W ELEV. 2703 FT  
536 AM MDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26  
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 71 38 69 39 63  
TEMP 40 55 67 70 67 52 46 42 40 55 64 67 62 51 48 45 43 54 58 60 61  
DEWPT 31 35 31 28 34 43 42 41 39 41 42 43 43 45 45 44 42 43 42 41 39  
RH 70 47 26 21 29 71 86 96 96 59 45 42 50 80 89 96 96 66 55 49 44  
WIND DIR S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE E E NW NW N N NE NE  
WIND SPD 6 11 16 17 20 17 12 8 6 9 14 16 13 8 5 5 4 5 9 9 8  
WIND GUST 27 23 18 26  
CLOUDS B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC  
POP 12HR 20 30 60 80 60  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.08 0.24 0.02  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S C S L D D L L L L C C S  
TSTMS S S S C C S  
FROST Y  
 
DATE SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 37 72 42 83 47 88 51 85  
TEMP 45 41 67 71 51 45 78 80 56 49 83 85 62 57 79 79  
DEWPT 42 40 39 37 41 41 43 39 42 42 45 42 45 49 55 53  
PWIND DIR SE S S S S S SE S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT GN LT GN BZ WY  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW  
POP 12HR 20 5 0 0 0 0 5 5  
RAIN SHWRS S  
 
 
NDZ056-202100-  
MINOT-WARD ND  
48.28N 101.27W ELEV. 1715 FT  
636 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26  
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 71 46 70 46 66  
TEMP 40 52 63 69 69 55 51 49 48 58 65 67 64 55 51 49 49 57 61 63 63  
DEWPT 31 36 37 35 36 39 43 43 42 43 43 45 46 47 45 44 43 44 43 45 45  
RH 70 54 38 28 30 55 74 80 80 57 45 45 52 74 80 83 80 62 51 52 52  
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE S S S S SE  
WIND SPD 6 12 20 19 16 13 14 13 11 12 12 11 11 8 8 9 9 10 12 11 10  
WIND GUST 23 31 24  
CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 20 30 50 60 60  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.04 0.12 0.10  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C S C C L L C C L L L L S  
SPRINKLES S S S  
TSTMS S S S S C S  
FROST Y  
 
DATE SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 44 72 47 81 51 87 55 86  
TEMP 49 48 66 70 52 50 76 79 57 54 81 84 62 61 80 81  
DEWPT 44 43 43 43 42 41 44 46 44 43 46 50 47 53 56 56  
PWIND DIR S SW S S S S S S  
WIND CHAR GN LT GN GN GN GN BZ WY  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC FW SC FW SC SC  
POP 12HR 20 5 0 0 5 5 5 5  
RAIN SHWRS S  
 
 
NDZ037-202100-  
JAMESTOWN-STUTSMAN ND  
46.93N 98.68W ELEV. 1499 FT  
636 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26  
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 66 41 68 43 64  
TEMP 35 52 61 64 63 52 48 45 44 56 63 65 64 54 49 46 46 56 61 60 58  
DEWPT 31 36 37 36 38 41 40 39 39 41 42 42 42 41 41 40 40 42 43 44 44  
RH 85 54 41 35 39 66 74 79 82 57 46 43 45 61 74 79 79 59 51 55 59  
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  
WIND SPD 6 11 18 21 19 16 13 12 13 17 19 19 16 11 12 12 11 13 16 13 11  
WIND GUST 26 27 29  
CLOUDS CL CL FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B1 B1 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 0 5 0 5 40  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0.08  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C C  
WIND CHILL 29 39 37  
MIN CHILL 27 35 36 39  
FREEZE W  
 
DATE SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 42 68 43 78 49 85 53 83  
TEMP 47 46 62 65 49 46 73 76 55 51 79 82 60 59 78 79  
DEWPT 44 44 46 45 43 43 47 48 45 45 50 51 48 55 59 58  
PWIND DIR SE SW S S S S S S  
WIND CHAR GN GN LT GN GN GN GN BZ  
AVG CLOUDS OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW  
POP 12HR 40 20 0 0 5 0 5 5  
RAIN SHWRS C C S  
 
 
NDZ001-202100-  
WILLISTON-WILLIAMS ND  
48.17N 103.59W ELEV. 1981 FT  
636 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26  
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 72 42 65 43 67  
TEMP 48 58 67 71 67 56 51 47 45 54 61 63 63 55 51 48 46 55 62 65 66  
DEWPT 32 35 34 35 42 47 46 44 43 44 44 44 43 45 45 46 44 45 44 42 41  
RH 54 42 29 27 40 72 83 89 93 69 53 50 48 69 80 93 93 69 52 43 40  
WIND DIR S S SW SW W SE W NW N N NE N N N NW W SW SW W W W  
WIND SPD 12 13 11 11 10 5 4 4 4 4 6 8 9 5 4 4 4 5 8 9 9  
WIND GUST 24  
CLOUDS OV B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 40 40 60 60 40  
QPF 12HR 0 0.01 0.03 0.05 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C S S S C L L L L C C C C C C  
SPRINKLES S  
TSTMS S S S S  
 
DATE SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 43 76 48 83 51 89 55 86  
TEMP 52 46 70 75 58 50 78 81 61 53 83 87 67 60 81 82  
DEWPT 43 42 42 39 41 42 45 42 42 43 47 46 46 52 55 55  
PWIND DIR S S SE SW S S SE SE  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT GN GN GN BZ WY  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC FW FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW  
POP 12HR 10 5 20 0 0 0 5 5  
RAIN SHWRS S  
 
 
NDZ021-202100-  
GARRISON-MCLEAN ND  
47.62N 101.39W ELEV. 1936 FT  
636 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26  
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 72 44 71 44 66  
TEMP 39 53 65 71 69 56 50 47 46 57 65 69 65 55 50 49 48 56 62 64 63  
DEWPT 32 35 38 35 35 41 43 42 42 43 43 44 46 46 44 43 44 44 44 44 45  
RH 76 50 37 27 28 57 77 83 86 59 45 40 50 72 80 80 86 64 52 48 52  
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE S S S S SE  
WIND SPD 3 11 20 19 16 14 13 12 10 13 13 13 12 9 8 8 8 9 10 10 9  
WIND GUST 31 29 26 25  
CLOUDS B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 20 40 40 60 60  
QPF 12HR 0.05 0.01 0 0.15 0.07  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C S S C L L C C L L L L S  
SPRINKLES S  
TSTMS S S S S C S  
FROST Y  
 
DATE SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 42 73 46 83 50 88 54 85  
TEMP 48 46 67 72 52 48 76 80 56 52 82 85 61 59 79 81  
DEWPT 43 43 44 42 42 42 45 46 43 44 48 49 46 53 56 56  
PWIND DIR S SW SE S S S SE S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT GN GN GN BZ WY  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC FW SC FW SC FW SC FW  
POP 12HR 20 5 0 5 5 0 5 5  
RAIN SHWRS S  
 
 
NDZ043-202100-  
BOWMAN-BOWMAN ND  
46.18N 103.40W ELEV. 2959 FT  
536 AM MDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26  
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 72 38 67 40 64  
TEMP 40 55 67 70 68 52 45 41 40 54 62 64 59 50 46 43 43 54 59 61 62  
DEWPT 32 33 26 24 30 39 42 41 40 43 43 43 42 45 44 43 42 42 41 40 38  
RH 73 43 21 18 24 61 89100100 66 50 46 53 83 93100 96 64 51 46 41  
WIND DIR S S SW S S SE SE SE E SE E NE N N NW NW NW N N N N  
WIND SPD 17 16 16 13 14 13 9 6 5 8 11 12 14 10 6 8 6 8 10 10 9  
WIND GUST 27  
CLOUDS B1 SC FW B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 20 30 60 80 50  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.02 0.16 0.02  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S C S C L D D L L C C C C  
SPRINKLES S  
TSTMS S S S C C S  
WIND CHILL 31  
MIN CHILL 30 35 36 39 37  
 
DATE SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 38 73 43 82 48 88 52 85  
TEMP 45 42 68 72 51 45 78 80 55 50 83 85 60 57 80 78  
DEWPT 41 39 38 37 41 41 42 39 42 41 44 42 45 48 53 51  
PWIND DIR SE SW S SW S S SE S  
WIND CHAR LT LT GN GN GN GN BZ WY  
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW  
POP 12HR 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 5  
 
 
NDZ045-202100-  
SELFRIDGE-SIOUX ND  
46.04N 100.92W ELEV. 2185 FT  
636 AM CDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
DATE WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26  
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 45 68 47 61  
TEMP 42 56 63 68 66 55 50 47 46 57 64 67 64 57 52 49 48 54 58 59 59  
DEWPT 33 39 41 40 42 44 42 41 40 43 43 43 42 43 43 43 42 45 43 43 42  
RH 70 53 44 36 42 66 74 79 79 59 46 42 45 59 71 80 80 71 57 55 53  
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E  
WIND SPD 17 23 25 21 25 24 20 19 19 21 21 20 20 16 14 14 14 14 14 10 9  
WIND GUST 35 32 32  
CLOUDS FW FW CL FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 10 20 5 40 60  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.02 0.11  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S C C C C C C L L C  
WIND CHILL 34 38  
MIN CHILL 34 38  
FROST Y  
 
DATE SAT 05/23/26 SUN 05/24/26 MON 05/25/26 TUE 05/26/26  
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 44 70 46 82 52 87 57 84  
TEMP 49 46 64 68 53 49 75 79 60 54 81 84 65 62 78 79  
DEWPT 43 43 44 41 42 42 46 44 44 44 49 46 47 53 57 55  
PWIND DIR S SW S S S S SE S  
WIND CHAR GN GN GN GN GN GN BZ WY  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC FW  
POP 12HR 30 5 0 0 5 0 5 5  
RAIN SHWRS C S  
 
 
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