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POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
146 PM CST THU MAR 5 2026
NDZ015-052200-
BISMARCK/MANDAN-BURLEIGH/MORTON ND
46.79N 100.78W ELEV. 1643 FT
146 PM CST THU MAR 5 2026
DATE THU 03/05/26 FRI 03/06/26 SAT 03/07/26
CST 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 38 21 35 20 52
TEMP 35 37 29 25 22 21 22 28 33 33 28 24 23 23 30 45 52 50
DEWPT 30 29 24 21 18 15 16 18 21 22 22 21 20 19 22 27 28 29
RH 82 72 81 84 84 77 77 66 61 63 78 88 88 84 72 49 39 44
WIND DIR N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W SW W SW W SW
WIND SPD 9 10 12 12 13 14 16 17 17 13 6 4 4 5 9 13 17 13
CLOUDS OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
POP 12HR 0 10 20 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
FLURRIES
SNOW S S
OBVIS F+ F PF
WIND CHILL 28 30 19 14 9 8 8 16 22 23 21 18 17 16 22 39
MIN CHILL 20 14 8 8 18 18 16 16
DENSE FOG Y
DATE SUN 03/08/26 MON 03/09/26 TUE 03/10/26 WED 03/11/26
CST 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 64 32 46 26 42 19 39
TEMP 42 40 56 57 42 33 42 43 31 27 36 36 24 20 32 35
DEWPT 31 33 36 35 32 27 25 26 26 24 26 23 18 14 17 19
PWIND DIR W W NW N E N NW NW
WIND CHAR GN BZ GN GN GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 10 0 5 20 70 50 20 10
RAIN L
SNOW S L L C C S
NDZ033-052200-
DICKINSON-STARK ND
46.80N 102.81W ELEV. 2591 FT
1246 PM MST THU MAR 5 2026
DATE THU 03/05/26 FRI 03/06/26 SAT 03/07/26
MST 3HRLY 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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 33 21 37 23 52
TEMP 26 32 25 24 21 21 23 30 35 35 27 25 26 27 32 45 52 50
DEWPT 19 24 20 19 18 17 19 20 22 21 20 20 21 22 24 26 26 29
RH 74 72 81 81 88 84 84 66 59 56 74 81 81 81 72 47 36 44
WIND DIR N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W SW W W W W W
WIND SPD 9 9 11 12 14 16 17 19 18 13 8 9 10 13 17 20 23 19
CLOUDS OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
POP 12HR 0 20 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
FLURRIES
OBVIS F+
WIND CHILL 17 24 14 12 8 7 9 17 24 26 19 16 16 16 21 37
MIN CHILL 9 12 7 7 21 16 15 16
DENSE FOG Y
DATE SUN 03/08/26 MON 03/09/26 TUE 03/10/26 WED 03/11/26
MST 6HRLY 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MIN/MAX 38 63 27 46 25 39 16 40
TEMP 42 41 56 56 39 31 41 42 30 26 35 34 21 17 33 36
DEWPT 31 32 34 33 28 25 23 26 26 25 26 22 16 14 17 16
PWIND DIR W W NW NE SE NW NW W
WIND CHAR BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
POP 12HR 5 0 10 30 60 40 10 10
SNOW C L L C C
NDZ044-052200-
HETTINGER-ADAMS ND
45.99N 102.63W ELEV. 2703 FT
1246 PM MST THU MAR 5 2026
DATE THU 03/05/26 FRI 03/06/26 SAT 03/07/26
MST 3HRLY 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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 45 22 40 21 55
TEMP 41 41 31 26 23 22 23 31 38 37 27 23 23 26 32 48 55 52
DEWPT 28 28 25 21 18 18 19 22 21 20 19 19 19 20 24 25 23 25
RH 59 59 78 81 81 84 84 69 50 50 71 84 84 78 72 40 29 35
WIND DIR N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W W W
WIND SPD 6 11 13 13 14 18 19 21 20 16 6 5 6 10 14 20 23 19
WIND GUST 29 31 20 25 31 35 29
CLOUDS SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
POP 12HR 0 10 10 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
FLURRIES
SPRINKLES
OBVIS F+
WIND CHILL 34 21 14 10 7 8 18 28 28 20 16 15 16 22
MIN CHILL 30 14 7 7 22 16 15 17
DENSE FOG Y
DATE SUN 03/08/26 MON 03/09/26 TUE 03/10/26 WED 03/11/26
MST 6HRLY 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MIN/MAX 38 66 30 51 27 44 17 42
TEMP 43 40 59 59 43 33 46 48 32 27 41 38 23 19 36 39
DEWPT 28 30 33 31 29 26 25 27 28 26 26 20 17 14 14 12
PWIND DIR W W NW N E NW NW W
WIND CHAR BZ BZ BZ GN GN BZ GN GN
AVG CLOUDS SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC
POP 12HR 0 0 5 20 60 40 10 5
RAIN S L
SNOW L C C C
NDZ011-052200-
MINOT-WARD ND
48.28N 101.27W ELEV. 1715 FT
146 PM CST THU MAR 5 2026
DATE THU 03/05/26 FRI 03/06/26 SAT 03/07/26
CST 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 21 15 32 20 49
TEMP 17 20 16 15 17 18 20 26 30 29 25 22 23 25 30 41 47 47
DEWPT 12 14 13 12 12 13 15 17 20 22 19 18 18 20 23 27 28 30
RH 80 77 88 88 80 80 81 68 66 75 78 84 81 81 75 57 47 51
WIND DIR N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W SW SW W SW SW SW
WIND SPD 6 8 10 11 12 12 14 17 16 11 8 8 10 12 13 17 21 19
WIND GUST 27 34 33
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1
POP 12HR 10 10 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
FLURRIES
OBVIS PF PF
WIND CHILL 8 10 4 2 4 5 6 13 19 19 16 13 12 14 19 32 39
MIN CHILL 3 2 2 4 16 13 12 15 36
DATE SUN 03/08/26 MON 03/09/26 TUE 03/10/26 WED 03/11/26
CST 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 58 28 41 22 34 16 35
TEMP 42 40 51 48 36 30 37 37 28 24 29 29 21 18 28 31
DEWPT 33 33 34 34 29 23 20 22 21 20 21 20 16 13 17 19
PWIND DIR W W NW N E NE NW SW
WIND CHAR BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 10 5 10 20 50 50 20 5
SNOW S C C C C S
NDZ037-052200-
JAMESTOWN-STUTSMAN ND
46.93N 98.68W ELEV. 1499 FT
146 PM CST THU MAR 5 2026
DATE THU 03/05/26 FRI 03/06/26 SAT 03/07/26
CST 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 39 22 29 20 47
TEMP 36 37 33 27 26 22 22 26 27 27 25 24 23 23 30 42 47 44
DEWPT 33 35 31 27 23 19 17 18 20 21 21 20 19 20 22 28 30 31
RH 89 92 92100 88 88 81 71 74 78 84 84 84 88 72 57 51 60
WIND DIR E E N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W SW SW
WIND SPD 12 9 11 12 16 19 20 21 21 18 12 10 10 10 12 16 19 16
WIND GUST 32 32
CLOUDS OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW B1
POP 12HR 5 10 20 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 T
FLURRIES
SNOW S S S
OBVIS F+ F F PF
WIND CHILL 28 30 24 16 13 7 7 12 13 14 14 14 12 12 20 34 37
MIN CHILL 19 16 7 7 13 13 11 15 37
DENSE FOG Y
DATE SUN 03/08/26 MON 03/09/26 TUE 03/10/26 WED 03/11/26
CST 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 35 59 31 44 24 39 19 35
TEMP 40 39 53 52 41 32 40 39 28 25 33 32 23 20 30 29
DEWPT 32 33 38 38 33 27 26 26 24 22 25 24 19 14 18 19
PWIND DIR SW W W N E NE NW NW
WIND CHAR BZ BZ BZ BZ GN BZ GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR 5 0 5 10 60 40 20 5
SNOW C L C C S
NDZ001-052200-
WILLISTON-WILLIAMS ND
48.17N 103.59W ELEV. 1981 FT
146 PM CST THU MAR 5 2026
DATE THU 03/05/26 FRI 03/06/26 SAT 03/07/26
CST 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 24 19 39 23 51
TEMP 22 22 19 19 21 22 24 30 37 37 29 27 26 26 30 43 50 50
DEWPT 15 17 15 15 17 18 20 23 23 25 23 22 22 22 25 29 31 33
RH 74 81 84 84 84 84 84 75 56 61 78 81 85 85 81 57 48 52
WIND DIR NE N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
WIND SPD 6 10 10 11 12 11 12 14 13 9 5 8 10 10 13 20 26 19
WIND GUST 37 32
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B1
POP 12HR 5 50 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0.02 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 T 00-00
FLURRIES
SNOW C C
WIND CHILL 14 11 7 7 9 10 12 19 28 30 23 19 16 16 19 34
MIN CHILL 11 7 7 10 23 19 16 17 38
DATE SUN 03/08/26 MON 03/09/26 TUE 03/10/26 WED 03/11/26
CST 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 59 27 41 24 37 17 39
TEMP 42 40 53 50 35 29 37 39 29 25 32 33 22 19 32 37
DEWPT 34 34 37 34 27 23 23 24 24 23 24 21 16 14 19 20
PWIND DIR W W NW NE E NW NW SW
WIND CHAR BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 10 10 20 20 50 50 20 10
RAIN S
SNOW S S S C C C C S
NDZ021-052200-
GARRISON-MCLEAN ND
47.62N 101.39W ELEV. 1936 FT
146 PM CST THU MAR 5 2026
DATE THU 03/05/26 FRI 03/06/26 SAT 03/07/26
CST 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 25 18 32 19 48
TEMP 19 24 20 19 18 18 20 26 31 30 25 22 21 23 28 40 47 46
DEWPT 14 18 16 15 14 14 15 19 21 22 21 19 18 19 22 28 30 30
RH 80 77 84 84 84 84 81 74 66 72 84 88 88 84 78 62 51 53
WIND DIR NE N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W SW SW W SW SW SW
WIND SPD 8 9 11 11 13 14 14 17 16 12 5 5 6 10 12 16 19 18
WIND GUST 31 29
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC FW SC B1
POP 12HR 10 10 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
FLURRIES
OBVIS F+ PF
WIND CHILL 9 14 8 7 4 4 6 13 20 20 18 15 12 12 17 32 39
MIN CHILL 7 7 4 5 16 15 11 13 35
DENSE FOG Y
DATE SUN 03/08/26 MON 03/09/26 TUE 03/10/26 WED 03/11/26
CST 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 35 59 28 41 23 36 17 36
TEMP 40 38 50 49 37 30 37 38 28 24 30 31 22 17 29 32
DEWPT 32 32 36 35 29 25 23 24 24 22 23 22 17 13 17 19
PWIND DIR W W NW N E N NW W
WIND CHAR BZ BZ BZ GN GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR 10 5 10 20 60 50 20 10
SNOW S C L C C S
NDZ043-052200-
BOWMAN-BOWMAN ND
46.18N 103.40W ELEV. 2959 FT
1246 PM MST THU MAR 5 2026
DATE THU 03/05/26 FRI 03/06/26 SAT 03/07/26
MST 3HRLY 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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 42 22 40 23 54
TEMP 39 39 30 26 24 22 24 31 37 37 28 25 26 27 33 46 52 52
DEWPT 28 27 23 20 20 19 20 22 21 20 20 20 20 22 24 25 25 27
RH 64 62 75 78 84 88 84 69 52 50 71 81 78 81 69 43 35 38
WIND DIR NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W W W W W W
WIND SPD 9 13 14 14 17 18 20 21 20 17 9 8 10 13 18 23 26 21
WIND GUST 31
CLOUDS FW B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW SC SC
POP 12HR 0 20 5 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
FLURRIES
SPRINKLES
WIND CHILL 33 31 19 14 10 7 9 18 26 27 19 16 16 16 22 38
MIN CHILL 30 14 7 7 22 16 15 16
DATE SUN 03/08/26 MON 03/09/26 TUE 03/10/26 WED 03/11/26
MST 6HRLY 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MIN/MAX 39 64 30 51 27 42 18 41
TEMP 44 41 58 59 43 34 45 47 32 28 39 37 23 20 35 38
DEWPT 30 31 34 31 30 27 26 29 29 24 25 20 16 15 16 13
PWIND DIR W W NW E SE NW NW W
WIND CHAR BZ WY BZ BZ BZ BZ GN BZ
AVG CLOUDS SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC
POP 12HR 0 0 5 30 60 40 10 5
RAIN C L
SNOW L C C C
NDZ045-052200-
SELFRIDGE-SIOUX ND
46.04N 100.92W ELEV. 2185 FT
146 PM CST THU MAR 5 2026
DATE THU 03/05/26 FRI 03/06/26 SAT 03/07/26
CST 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 47 22 34 23 53
TEMP 43 46 34 28 25 23 23 27 32 33 28 25 24 26 32 45 52 49
DEWPT 33 32 28 23 20 17 16 19 21 22 22 22 20 20 22 27 26 27
RH 67 58 78 81 81 77 74 71 63 63 78 88 84 78 66 49 36 42
WIND DIR NE N N NW NW NW NW NW NW N NW W W SW W W W SW
WIND SPD 8 11 17 18 19 20 21 21 21 18 11 10 10 11 14 18 20 17
WIND GUST 31 32 32
CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
POP 12HR 0 10 20 0 0
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
FLURRIES
SNOW S S
SPRINKLES
OBVIS F F
WIND CHILL 23 15 11 8 8 13 19 22 18 15 14 15 22 37
MIN CHILL 30 15 8 6 14 15 14 16
DATE SUN 03/08/26 MON 03/09/26 TUE 03/10/26 WED 03/11/26
CST 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 64 33 47 30 44 22 39
TEMP 44 41 56 58 46 36 44 45 35 30 39 37 26 22 31 36
DEWPT 29 32 36 35 32 29 27 27 27 27 26 25 19 15 16 17
PWIND DIR SW W W N E NW NW W
WIND CHAR BZ BZ BZ GN BZ BZ GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
POP 12HR 5 0 5 20 60 40 20 10
RAIN S L
SNOW L L C C S
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