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POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
246 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026
NDZ015-170900-
BISMARCK/MANDAN-BURLEIGH/MORTON ND
46.79N 100.78W ELEV. 1643 FT
246 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026
DATE 05/15/26 SAT 05/16/26 SUN 05/17/26 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 43 73 40 54 35
TEMP 47 45 58 67 71 71 61 54 49 45 46 48 50 50 46 42 40 39
DEWPT 37 35 36 34 32 32 33 33 34 37 41 41 40 38 39 38 36 35
RH 68 68 44 29 24 24 35 45 56 73 83 77 68 63 76 86 85 85
WIND DIR W NW N N E E E E E E E NE NE N N N N N
WIND SPD 3 4 5 5 8 13 17 19 18 17 16 13 14 16 14 14 13 14
WIND GUST 32 28 27
CLOUDS B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
POP 12HR 10 10 70 90 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.05 0.36 0.02
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS S C D D L S C C
SPRINKLES S S
TSTMS S S S
WIND CHILL 38 39 34 32 31
MIN CHILL 38 38 34 31
DATE 05/18 TUE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26
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 33 53 32 65 40 69 43 74
TEMP 46 47 41 37 48 52 39 34 60 63 47 42 65 67 50 45 70 72
DEWPT 35 35 37 34 31 29 32 30 34 35 38 37 40 39 41 39 43 42
PWIND DIR N N N NE S S SW SE SE
WIND CHAR BZ GN GN LT LT LT GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC
POP 12HR 50 80 20 0 10 20 20 10 10
RAIN SHWRS C D L S S S S
NDZ033-170900-
DICKINSON-STARK ND
46.80N 102.81W ELEV. 2591 FT
146 AM MDT SAT MAY 16 2026
DATE 05/15/26 SAT 05/16/26 SUN 05/17/26 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 39 72 39 52 32
TEMP 40 43 58 66 70 70 59 53 49 45 45 47 49 48 41 38 36 35
DEWPT 34 32 34 32 31 31 32 34 37 40 41 40 39 37 36 36 34 33
RH 79 65 40 28 23 23 36 48 63 82 86 76 68 65 82 92 92 92
WIND DIR W W E E SE SE E E E E E NE NE N N N N N
WIND SPD 5 5 5 8 13 18 20 20 20 18 16 13 14 16 14 13 12 13
WIND GUST 31
CLOUDS B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
POP 12HR 10 10 90 80 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.14 0.11 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS L D D L S S S S
SPRINKLES S S
TSTMS S S
WIND CHILL 37 38 33 30 28 26
MIN CHILL 35 37 36 30 26
DATE 05/18/26 TUE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26
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 44 31 52 31 65 39 68 42 74
TEMP 40 42 36 34 46 52 37 33 60 62 45 41 64 66 48 44 70 72
DEWPT 34 34 35 33 30 27 30 29 33 34 38 36 38 36 39 38 41 39
PWIND DIR N N N SE S S W S S
WIND CHAR BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC
POP 12HR 70 70 20 5 20 20 20 5 20
RAIN SHWRS S L L C S S S S S
SNOWSHWRS S
TSTMS S S S
NDZ044-170900-
HETTINGER-ADAMS ND
45.99N 102.63W ELEV. 2703 FT
146 AM MDT SAT MAY 16 2026
DATE 05/15/26 SAT 05/16/26 SUN 05/17/26 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 38 74 41 57 31
TEMP 46 42 61 69 73 72 59 54 48 45 49 52 55 53 43 39 36 34
DEWPT 33 29 33 30 31 31 33 36 41 43 44 42 40 37 37 36 35 33
RH 60 60 35 23 21 22 37 50 77 93 83 69 57 54 79 89 96 96
WIND DIR NW W SE SE SE SE E SE SE E NE NW N N N N N N
WIND SPD 3 2 2 10 18 23 25 24 20 16 11 14 19 19 17 14 13 13
WIND GUST 35 34 32 26 29 27 25 24
CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B2 B2 OV OV
POP 12HR 10 10 80 80 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.14 0.01 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS L D D L C
SPRINKLES S S
TSTMS S S
WIND CHILL 38 35 31 27 25
MIN CHILL 38 39 31 25
DATE 05/18/26 TUE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26
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 45 29 52 28 65 36 68 39 75
TEMP 41 42 36 33 46 51 36 31 60 63 44 38 64 66 47 42 70 72
DEWPT 34 34 35 33 31 28 30 29 34 34 38 36 38 36 39 38 41 39
PWIND DIR N N NW E SE S W E SE
WIND CHAR BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC
POP 12HR 70 70 30 0 10 20 20 10 20
RAIN SHWRS C L L C C S S S
TSTMS S S
NDZ056-170900-
MINOT-WARD ND
48.28N 101.27W ELEV. 1715 FT
246 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026
DATE 05/15/26 SAT 05/16/26 SUN 05/17/26 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 38 64 36 45 32
TEMP 41 38 47 56 62 63 52 46 43 39 41 41 41 42 38 36 35 35
DEWPT 35 31 28 28 30 30 31 31 32 34 36 37 38 38 37 35 34 33
RH 79 76 47 34 30 29 44 55 65 82 82 85 89 86 96 96 96 92
WIND DIR W NW NW N NE E E E E E E NE NE NE N N N N
WIND SPD 11 12 12 9 8 11 13 18 18 17 17 18 18 17 17 16 14 14
WIND GUST 29 28 28 29 28
CLOUDS SC SC FW FW SC B2 SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
POP 12HR 0 0 80 100 60
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.05 0.49 0.03
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS L D D D L L L S S
TSTMS S
WIND CHILL 34 30 39 35 30 32 32 32 34 29 26 25 25
MIN CHILL 30 33 39 30 31 32 26 25
DATE 05/18 TUE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26
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 48 33 53 32 64 39 69 42 74
TEMP 43 46 38 35 47 52 37 35 59 62 44 41 64 67 48 44 68 71
DEWPT 35 36 34 30 30 30 30 29 32 36 37 36 39 40 39 38 41 43
PWIND DIR N N N S S S NW SE SE
WIND CHAR BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC
POP 12HR 20 30 20 5 10 20 10 5 20
RAIN SHWRS S C C S S S
TSTMS S
NDZ037-170900-
JAMESTOWN-STUTSMAN ND
46.93N 98.68W ELEV. 1499 FT
246 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026
DATE 05/15/26 SAT 05/16/26 SUN 05/17/26 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 44 70 39 53 36
TEMP 48 46 57 64 67 66 54 48 45 44 46 48 50 49 45 42 41 40
DEWPT 40 37 37 35 34 32 32 31 32 34 38 43 45 45 43 41 40 39
RH 74 71 47 34 29 28 43 51 60 68 73 83 83 86 93 96 96 96
WIND DIR W NW NW NW N NE E E E E E E NE N N N N N
WIND SPD 10 8 11 12 9 10 14 18 18 18 19 18 17 17 19 18 19 19
WIND GUST 28 29 31 28 29 29
CLOUDS SC B1 FW CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
POP 12HR 10 10 50 70 50
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.01 0.39 0.15
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS S L L L L C C
SPRINKLES S
TSTMS S S S S
WIND CHILL 37 36 38 37 33 32 31
MIN CHILL 35 37 33 31
DATE 05/18 TUE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26
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 50 33 49 30 60 37 66 40 71
TEMP 47 46 39 37 44 46 36 34 56 58 43 40 62 63 47 43 67 68
DEWPT 38 39 37 35 34 33 33 32 34 36 37 37 41 42 41 40 44 46
PWIND DIR N N N NW SW S SW E SE
WIND CHAR BZ BZ BZ LT GN GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
POP 12HR 50 90 40 5 0 20 20 10 10
RAIN SHWRS C D L C S S S
NDZ001-170900-
WILLISTON-WILLIAMS ND
48.17N 103.59W ELEV. 1981 FT
246 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026
DATE 05/15/26 SAT 05/16/26 SUN 05/17/26 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 68 38 47 32
TEMP 38 38 49 61 67 67 59 54 49 43 43 43 44 43 40 38 37 35
DEWPT 33 33 32 34 34 33 32 34 36 38 39 38 38 36 35 34 34 33
RH 82 82 52 36 29 28 36 46 61 82 86 82 79 76 82 85 89 92
WIND DIR NW N NE E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE N N N
WIND SPD 5 8 9 8 11 16 20 21 21 21 21 20 19 19 17 13 12 12
WIND GUST 32 34 34 35 33 32 31 29
CLOUDS FW FW SC SC B2 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
POP 12HR 0 0 90 80 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.08 0.19 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS S C D D L C C C C S S
TSTMS S S S
WIND CHILL 32 34 34 34 36 35 31 30 29 26
MIN CHILL 31 36 34 32 35 29 26
FROST Y Y
DATE 05/18 TUE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26
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 47 33 56 33 66 39 70 43 75
TEMP 42 46 40 35 50 56 41 36 61 64 48 42 66 69 52 46 71 73
DEWPT 34 35 34 32 31 29 30 30 35 36 37 37 39 37 38 38 41 40
PWIND DIR N N N SE S S NW SE SE
WIND CHAR BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN GN BZ
AVG CLOUDS OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR 20 20 10 0 20 10 10 5 20
RAIN SHWRS S S S S S
NDZ021-170900-
GARRISON-MCLEAN ND
47.62N 101.39W ELEV. 1936 FT
246 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026
DATE 05/15/26 SAT 05/16/26 SUN 05/17/26 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 39 69 36 48 32
TEMP 41 40 52 62 68 67 55 49 45 41 43 43 45 44 40 37 36 35
DEWPT 35 35 33 32 31 31 32 32 33 35 38 39 38 38 37 35 34 34
RH 79 82 48 32 25 26 41 52 62 79 82 86 76 79 89 92 92 96
WIND DIR NW NW N N E E E E E E E NE NE NE N N N N
WIND SPD 9 8 9 5 6 13 17 20 20 20 20 19 18 17 18 17 16 16
WIND GUST 27 33 33 32 32 29 29 27 28
CLOUDS FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV
POP 12HR 0 0 80 90 30
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.08 0.40 0.01
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS L D D L C C C
TSTMS S
WIND CHILL 35 37 32 34 35 37 36 31 27 26 25
MIN CHILL 33 39 32 32 36 27 25
DATE 05/18 TUE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26
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 48 33 54 32 65 39 70 42 75
TEMP 44 46 38 35 48 52 38 34 60 63 45 41 65 67 48 44 69 72
DEWPT 35 36 34 32 30 29 31 31 33 36 37 38 40 39 39 39 42 43
PWIND DIR N N N E S S W SE S
WIND CHAR BZ BZ GN LT GN GN GN LT GN
AVG CLOUDS OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 SC
POP 12HR 20 40 20 5 10 20 10 5 20
RAIN SHWRS S C C S S S
TSTMS S
NDZ043-170900-
BOWMAN-BOWMAN ND
46.18N 103.40W ELEV. 2959 FT
146 AM MDT SAT MAY 16 2026
DATE 05/15/26 SAT 05/16/26 SUN 05/17/26 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 37 73 42 57 32
TEMP 40 42 60 68 72 71 60 53 48 46 49 52 54 52 43 38 35 34
DEWPT 29 30 32 30 31 32 34 37 42 44 44 41 40 37 37 36 35 34
RH 64 62 35 24 22 24 37 54 80 93 83 66 59 56 79 92100100
WIND DIR NW W SE SE SE SE E SE SE E N NW NW N N N N N
WIND SPD 1 3 3 11 19 24 26 25 24 17 13 19 21 21 19 14 14 16
WIND GUST 35
CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV
POP 12HR 10 10 90 60 10
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.14 0.01 0
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS S S L D L C C
SPRINKLES S S
TSTMS S S S S
WIND CHILL 39 35 29 25 24
MIN CHILL 38 38 29 24
DATE 05/18/26 TUE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26
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 43 30 52 30 64 38 67 40 75
TEMP 39 41 35 33 45 51 36 32 60 62 44 39 64 65 47 42 70 72
DEWPT 34 34 35 33 31 28 30 30 34 34 38 37 38 36 38 39 41 39
PWIND DIR N N NW E S S W SE S
WIND CHAR BZ GN GN LT GN GN GN GN BZ
AVG CLOUDS OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC
POP 12HR 70 70 30 5 10 20 20 10 20
RAIN SHWRS C L L C C S S S
TSTMS S S
NDZ045-170900-
SELFRIDGE-SIOUX ND
46.04N 100.92W ELEV. 2185 FT
246 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 2026
DATE 05/15/26 SAT 05/16/26 SUN 05/17/26 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 45 72 45 54 37
TEMP 50 46 60 67 71 70 61 57 52 47 48 49 52 50 46 43 40 39
DEWPT 39 32 37 35 33 32 34 34 36 41 45 46 44 40 39 38 37 36
RH 66 58 42 30 25 24 36 42 54 79 89 89 74 68 76 82 89 89
WIND DIR NW W N N E E E E E E E N N N N N N N
WIND SPD 2 8 8 9 13 18 23 26 23 23 17 13 18 20 21 20 20 21
CLOUDS B1 B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 SC B2 OV OV OV
POP 12HR 10 10 70 90 20
QPF 12HR 0 0 0.10 0.28 0.01
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00
RAIN SHWRS S C D D C S S S
SPRINKLES S S
TSTMS S S S
WIND CHILL 39 38 34 30 29
MIN CHILL 39 34 29
DATE 05/18 TUE 05/19/26 WED 05/20/26 THU 05/21/26 FRI 05/22/26
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 46 35 50 32 64 41 68 44 74
TEMP 43 43 40 37 45 49 38 35 58 61 47 43 63 65 50 46 68 71
DEWPT 37 36 36 34 33 30 31 30 35 36 38 37 41 39 40 39 44 43
PWIND DIR N N NW W S S SW E SE
WIND CHAR BZ BZ BZ LT GN GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC
POP 12HR 60 80 30 0 5 20 20 10 10
RAIN SHWRS L D C C S S S S
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