873  
FOUS53 KBIS 130236  
PFMBIS  
 
POINT FORECAST MATRICES  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND  
936 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
NDZ015-130900-  
BISMARCK/MANDAN-BURLEIGH/MORTON ND  
46.79N 100.78W ELEV. 1643 FT  
936 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
DATE 08/12/26 THU 08/13/26 FRI 08/14/26 SAT  
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 57 79 58 75 56  
TEMP 63 60 61 59 66 74 77 75 69 65 63 60 64 69 72 72 67 64 62 60  
DEWPT 62 60 61 59 59 59 58 60 60 58 57 57 59 62 62 65 65 64 62 60  
RH 97100100100 78 59 52 60 73 78 81 90 84 78 71 79 93100100100  
WIND DIR SE E N NE E E E E E E E E SE SE SE E E W NW NW  
WIND SPD 5 4 5 6 9 12 12 13 11 11 11 10 11 13 14 12 11 8 6 8  
WIND GUST 21 24 25  
CLOUDS OV B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 OV  
POP 12HR 60 30 40 70 60  
QPF 12HR 0.04 0.09 0.02 0.19 0.09  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C S S C S S S C C L L L L L L S S  
TSTMS S S S S S C S  
 
DATE 08/15 SUN 08/16/26 MON 08/17/26 TUE 08/18/26 WED 08/19/26  
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 77 52 78 54 83 56 82 56 83  
TEMP 72 74 60 53 74 76 61 56 79 80 63 57 78 78 62 57 77 80  
DEWPT 61 59 58 53 55 55 57 56 61 60 61 57 60 59 59 57 59 58  
PWIND DIR NW N W SE SW E NE E SW  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 SC SC SC B1 SC  
POP 12HR 5 5 5 20 10 50 20 30 20  
RAIN SHWRS S C C S C C S  
TSTMS S S S S  
 
 
NDZ033-130900-  
DICKINSON-STARK ND  
46.80N 102.81W ELEV. 2591 FT  
836 PM MDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
DATE 08/12/26 THU 08/13/26 FRI 08/14/26 SAT  
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 52 75 53 72 50  
TEMP 63 59 58 56 63 70 71 68 64 61 60 58 61 65 67 66 61 59 57 55  
DEWPT 61 59 58 56 58 58 59 59 60 59 58 58 60 61 62 62 61 59 57 55  
RH 93100100100 84 66 66 73 87 93 93100 97 87 84 87100100100100  
WIND DIR S E NE NE E E E E E E E E SE SE E N N NW NW NW  
WIND SPD 4 5 6 8 11 12 14 14 14 13 12 13 14 16 14 12 9 6 6 8  
WIND GUST 25 26 25  
CLOUDS B1 SC B1 B2 B1 OV OV B1 OV OV B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV  
POP 12HR 40 50 80 90 30  
QPF 12HR 0.43 0.20 0.20 0.62 0.01  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S C C C S C C C L L L D D L L C C  
TSTMS S S S S C C C C C C S  
 
DATE 08/15/26 SUN 08/16/26 MON 08/17/26 TUE 08/18/26 WED 08/19/26  
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 74 47 77 51 82 53 81 52 82  
TEMP 68 69 56 49 72 73 58 54 78 77 60 55 76 75 59 54 77 77  
DEWPT 56 54 55 49 53 54 56 54 57 56 58 55 56 55 56 54 55 53  
PWIND DIR N E SE S SW E SE SE W  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 SC SC B1 B1 SC  
POP 12HR 5 5 10 30 10 40 20 20 20  
RAIN SHWRS C C C S S S S S S  
TSTMS S C C S S S S S  
 
 
NDZ044-130900-  
HETTINGER-ADAMS ND  
45.99N 102.63W ELEV. 2703 FT  
836 PM MDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
DATE 08/12/26 THU 08/13/26 FRI 08/14/26 SAT  
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 52 75 54 73 50  
TEMP 62 59 58 57 64 70 74 68 62 60 59 58 62 66 72 67 60 59 57 56  
DEWPT 57 56 58 57 60 60 58 60 59 60 59 58 61 62 61 62 60 59 57 56  
RH 84 90100100 87 71 57 76 90100100100 97 87 68 84100100100100  
WIND DIR E E E NE E E E E E E E E SE S W NW N N NW NW  
WIND SPD 11 6 3 4 9 13 14 16 14 13 13 14 16 16 13 12 8 5 4 5  
WIND GUST 26 17 26 26 25 24 26 27 24  
CLOUDS B2 SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 20 50 80 90 30  
QPF 12HR 0.03 0.20 0.27 0.27 0.01  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C C C L D D D L L C C  
TSTMS C C C C S S S S C S S  
 
DATE 08/15/26 SUN 08/16/26 MON 08/17/26 TUE 08/18/26 WED 08/19/26  
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 74 47 76 50 81 52 81 52 83  
TEMP 68 70 56 49 71 72 57 54 78 76 59 53 77 75 59 53 77 78  
DEWPT 57 56 55 49 56 56 57 54 59 57 59 53 58 56 57 53 56 53  
PWIND DIR N NE SE SE SW E SE SE NW  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC  
POP 12HR 10 10 20 30 10 30 20 20 10  
RAIN SHWRS S C C C S S S S  
TSTMS C S S S S  
 
 
NDZ056-130900-  
MINOT-WARD ND  
48.28N 101.27W ELEV. 1715 FT  
936 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
DATE 08/12/26 THU 08/13/26 FRI 08/14/26 SAT  
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 55 76 55 70 54  
TEMP 65 59 56 55 64 70 73 71 64 60 57 56 61 63 65 65 62 60 58 57  
DEWPT 53 53 55 54 56 56 55 57 58 56 55 55 57 60 63 65 62 60 58 57  
RH 65 80 96 96 75 61 53 61 81 87 93 96 87 90 93100100100100100  
WIND DIR NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E E E NE NW NW  
WIND SPD 10 6 5 5 6 11 12 13 13 12 11 12 12 13 12 12 11 9 8 9  
WIND GUST 24 24 21 24 25 24  
CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV  
POP 12HR 30 20 60 90 70  
QPF 12HR 0 0.03 0.08 0.49 0.11  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S C S S C L L D D L L C C  
TSTMS S S S S  
 
DATE 08/15 SUN 08/16/26 MON 08/17/26 TUE 08/18/26 WED 08/19/26  
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 74 51 75 54 80 55 77 53 78  
TEMP 67 69 55 51 70 72 56 55 76 76 59 55 73 73 57 54 73 74  
DEWPT 60 60 55 51 56 57 56 55 61 61 59 55 60 60 57 54 59 60  
PWIND DIR NW NW W SW W NW N SE SW  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 SC SC SC B1 B1  
POP 12HR 5 0 5 30 20 40 30 40 20  
RAIN SHWRS C S S C C S C C C S S  
TSTMS S S S S S S  
 
 
NDZ037-130900-  
JAMESTOWN-STUTSMAN ND  
46.93N 98.68W ELEV. 1499 FT  
936 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
DATE 08/12/26 THU 08/13/26 FRI 08/14/26 SAT  
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 58 77 58 75 59  
TEMP 70 65 61 59 66 73 76 73 66 63 61 59 66 71 73 71 66 65 64 63  
DEWPT 63 62 61 59 61 60 60 59 59 57 57 56 59 62 64 65 66 65 64 63  
RH 78 90100100 84 64 58 62 78 81 87 90 78 73 73 81100100100100  
WIND DIR SW E NE NE NE E E NE NE E E E E SE E SE SE S SW W  
WIND SPD 8 8 8 9 11 12 12 11 11 10 11 10 12 13 14 12 12 9 9 9  
WIND GUST 23 19 24 25  
CLOUDS OV B2 B2 B2 SC SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV  
POP 12HR 70 10 10 40 50  
QPF 12HR 0.32 0 0 0.03 0.01  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS L C C C C C S S  
TSTMS S S C S  
 
DATE 08/15 SUN 08/16/26 MON 08/17/26 TUE 08/18/26 WED 08/19/26  
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 76 55 75 54 80 58 79 56 78  
TEMP 73 71 59 56 72 72 58 55 77 77 62 59 75 74 60 57 75 75  
DEWPT 67 64 59 56 58 57 57 55 61 63 62 59 63 62 60 57 62 62  
PWIND DIR NW N NW S SW NW N E E  
WIND CHAR GN GN GN LT GN LT LT LT GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B1 SC SC B1 FW FW SC B1 FW SC B1 OV SC SC SC B2 SC  
POP 12HR 10 5 0 10 20 40 30 30 20  
RAIN SHWRS S C C C C C S  
TSTMS S S S S  
 
 
NDZ001-130900-  
WILLISTON-WILLIAMS ND  
48.17N 103.59W ELEV. 1981 FT  
936 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
DATE 08/12/26 THU 08/13/26 FRI 08/14/26 SAT  
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 56 73 56 70 53  
TEMP 67 62 60 57 62 69 69 68 64 62 61 59 60 64 66 68 63 59 57 55  
DEWPT 54 54 55 54 57 58 59 61 60 60 59 58 60 62 63 63 62 59 57 55  
RH 63 75 84 90 84 68 70 78 87 93 93 96100 93 90 84 97100100100  
WIND DIR NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E E NE NE N N NW  
WIND SPD 12 9 9 9 12 16 18 18 19 18 18 17 16 16 14 13 11 6 5 6  
WIND GUST 28 28 29 26 25  
CLOUDS B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 40 70 90 90 20  
QPF 12HR 0.03 0.16 0.70 0.63 0.01  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S C C C L L L C C L D D D L L S S  
TSTMS S C C C C C C S  
 
DATE 08/15 SUN 08/16/26 MON 08/17/26 TUE 08/18/26 WED 08/19/26  
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 73 51 77 54 81 55 79 55 79  
TEMP 68 72 58 51 73 75 61 56 77 78 62 56 75 76 61 55 75 77  
DEWPT 57 57 55 51 57 58 58 56 61 59 58 56 59 59 58 55 59 59  
PWIND DIR NW E S SE W NE SE E W  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 5 5 10 40 10 40 30 40 20  
RAIN SHWRS C C C C S C C C S S  
TSTMS S S S S S S  
 
 
NDZ021-130900-  
GARRISON-MCLEAN ND  
47.62N 101.39W ELEV. 1936 FT  
936 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
DATE 08/12/26 THU 08/13/26 FRI 08/14/26 SAT  
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 53 76 53 71 51  
TEMP 68 62 57 56 65 71 72 71 63 60 57 56 63 65 65 66 62 60 57 56  
DEWPT 54 55 56 55 57 57 56 58 58 57 55 55 58 61 63 65 62 60 57 56  
RH 61 78 96 96 75 61 57 63 84 90 93 96 84 87 93 97100100100100  
WIND DIR NE NE NE NE E E E E E E E E E E SE E E N NW NW  
WIND SPD 11 9 6 8 10 12 13 13 14 13 12 12 14 14 14 12 10 6 6 8  
WIND GUST 24 25 24 24 25 26 26  
CLOUDS B1 SC B1 B2 SC OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 OV  
POP 12HR 50 30 60 80 60  
QPF 12HR 0.06 0.01 0.08 0.45 0.04  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS C C S C C S S L L D D L L S S  
TSTMS S S S S S S  
 
DATE 08/15 SUN 08/16/26 MON 08/17/26 TUE 08/18/26 WED 08/19/26  
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 74 48 76 51 80 53 78 52 79  
TEMP 68 70 55 50 71 74 58 54 76 77 59 54 74 74 58 53 74 75  
DEWPT 59 57 55 50 55 54 57 54 60 59 59 54 59 58 58 53 58 58  
PWIND DIR NW N SW S W NE E SE SW  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 SC SC SC B2 B1  
POP 12HR 5 0 5 30 10 40 20 40 20  
RAIN SHWRS S C C C S C C S S  
TSTMS S S S S S S  
 
 
NDZ043-130900-  
BOWMAN-BOWMAN ND  
46.18N 103.40W ELEV. 2959 FT  
836 PM MDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
DATE 08/12/26 THU 08/13/26 FRI 08/14/26 SAT  
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 53 75 55 73 51  
TEMP 60 58 58 57 63 69 72 68 63 60 59 58 62 66 70 66 60 58 56 55  
DEWPT 57 57 58 57 59 59 58 59 59 60 59 58 61 61 61 61 60 58 56 55  
RH 90 96100100 87 70 61 73 87100100100 97 84 73 84100100100100  
WIND DIR E SE SE E E SE E E E SE SE SE SE SW NW N N N NW NW  
WIND SPD 1 2 5 6 11 17 19 20 19 17 16 17 18 18 16 14 10 8 6 6  
WIND GUST 29 26  
CLOUDS B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2  
POP 12HR 40 50 80 80 20  
QPF 12HR 0.13 0.17 0.27 0.18 0.01  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S C C S C C C C L D D D L L S S S S  
TSTMS S S C C C C C S S C C S S  
 
DATE 08/15/26 SUN 08/16/26 MON 08/17/26 TUE 08/18/26 WED 08/19/26  
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 74 49 77 51 82 53 81 53 83  
TEMP 67 69 56 50 71 72 58 54 78 77 60 54 77 75 59 54 77 77  
DEWPT 55 54 55 50 55 55 57 54 57 55 58 54 56 54 56 54 54 52  
PWIND DIR N E SE SE SW E SE SE W  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT GN LT LT GN GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC  
POP 12HR 10 10 30 30 10 40 20 30 20  
RAIN SHWRS C C S C S S C S S  
TSTMS S C C S S S S S  
 
 
NDZ045-130900-  
SELFRIDGE-SIOUX ND  
46.04N 100.92W ELEV. 2185 FT  
936 PM CDT WED AUG 12 2026  
 
DATE 08/12/26 THU 08/13/26 FRI 08/14/26 SAT  
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 59 76 61 74 59  
TEMP 61 60 62 60 66 73 76 72 67 64 63 61 65 69 73 70 66 64 62 60  
DEWPT 61 60 62 60 62 61 60 61 61 60 59 59 61 63 63 65 65 64 62 60  
RH 100100100100 87 66 58 68 81 87 87 93 87 81 71 84 97100100100  
WIND DIR S SE E NE E E E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE W NW NW  
WIND SPD 4 4 8 9 10 12 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 17 16 12 11 10 10 11  
WIND GUST 27 26  
CLOUDS OV B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV  
POP 12HR 30 30 50 70 40  
QPF 12HR 0.05 0.08 0.05 0.23 0.01  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN SHWRS S S S C S S S C C L L L L C C S S  
TSTMS S S S S C S C S  
 
DATE 08/15 SUN 08/16/26 MON 08/17/26 TUE 08/18/26 WED 08/19/26  
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 74 54 76 57 80 59 80 58 81  
TEMP 71 72 60 55 72 74 61 57 78 78 64 59 77 76 62 59 77 79  
DEWPT 61 58 58 55 56 55 58 56 61 59 61 58 61 59 60 57 59 57  
PWIND DIR NW N E SE SW SE NE SE S  
WIND CHAR GN LT LT LT LT LT LT LT GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B2 SC SC SC B1 SC  
POP 12HR 10 5 5 30 20 30 20 30 10  
RAIN SHWRS C S C C S C C  
TSTMS S S S S S S  
 
 
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