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NORTH DAKOTA · WARD COUNTY

Makoti

146 people, 2,080 ft above sea level in Ward County.

2,080 ftElevation, city center
146People, 2024 estimate
1 sq miLand area
Sunny 48°
Sunny now Dew point 36° · SSE 20 mph · high 45°
City of Makoti River Interstate 2 miles
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The Makoti plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Makoti

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 2:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW Foxtrot(Ryder2) TG (K1FN) · 2:55 PM
Sunny
48° Sunny Feels like 41° · high of 45° near 3 PM
WindSSE 20 mphgusts 28
Humidity64%rising to 96% by morning
Pressure29.73 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 36° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Wednesday30% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 30.07 in · 11 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Ward County
NWS Bismarck and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 3:16 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:52 AM5:11 PM ↓
9 h 19 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 25% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
32
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 32 to 41°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 36° / 18°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
45° 33°
0% rain — SSE 18, gusts 30 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
54° 33°
0% rain — S 14, gusts 26 B
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
57° 35°
0% rain — SW 6 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
50° 32°
0% rain — ENE 7 B
WED Nov. 18 Chance of showers; cooler Chance of showers; cooler
41° 27°
30% rain up to 0.2″ WNW 10 C
THU Nov. 19 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
39° 27°
20% rain — E 7 B
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers Chance of showers
39° 24°
40% rain up to 0.2″ NNE 9 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Makoti about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Canadian Prairies three days ago, and over the northern Plains a day ago, about 1,290 miles back along its path. The nine paths traced from around the city fan out, so treat that as a best guess. Near the ground the air came from British Columbia; at 10,000 feet, from the Pacific north of Hawaii. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Makoti stands on

Makoti’s center stands about 2,080 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 2,050 ft to 2,110 ft, a difference of 60 ft: gently rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Sentinel Butte Formation (siltstone, claystone, sandstone), from the Paleocene, 56 to 66 million years old.

Makoti, cut in half from west to east

A section west to east, 24 miles through the town center
2,000 ft2,100 ft MAKOTI2,080 ftLow point1,960 ftHigh point of the line2,140 ft ← WE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 64×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Sentinel Butte Formation

Siltstone, claystone, sandstone. Age: Paleocene, 56 to 66 million years old. About 24 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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ON THE NETWORK

Around Makoti on the Forecast Network

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Minot ND · 31 MI 31 miles northeast Bismarck ND · 93 MI 93 miles southeast
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NORTH DAKOTA · WARD

Makoti

146 people, 2,080 ft above sea level in Ward County.

2,080 ftElevation
146People
1 sq miLand
Sunny 48°
SunnyDew point 36°
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Today in Makoti

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now partly cloudy day 45° 0%
6p partly cloudy night 41° 0%
9p mostly clear night 37° 0%
12a mostly clear night 36° 0%
3a mostly clear night 35° 0%
6a mostly clear night 35° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINWednesday · 30%
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Chance of showers; cooler Chance of showers; cooler
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Thu20%
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Fri40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Makoti stands on

Makoti’s center stands about 2,080 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 2,050 ft to 2,110 ft, a difference of 60 ft: gently rolling country.

Makoti, west to east Makoti2,080 ftHigh point2,140 ft ← WE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center2,080 ft
Within 3 miles2,050 to 2,110 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (60 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceSentinel Butte Formation
Its agePaleocene, 56 to 66 million years old