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National Weather Service Missoula MT
230 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

MTZ005-161000-
Missoula-Missoula MT
46.92N 114.08W Elev. 3205 ft
230 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            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                      31          52          31          56          30
Temp          45 46 39 35 34 33 33 42 50 51 40 36 34 31 33 48 54 52 46 41 39 34
Dewpt         29 30 30 30 31 32 31 31 27 26 27 27 27 27 29 33 34 33 35 34 34 31
RH            53 53 70 82 89 96 92 65 41 37 59 69 75 85 85 56 46 48 65 76 82 89
Wind dir       N  N NW NW  N  N  N  W NW  W  W  W SW  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW
Wind spd       3  5  2  2  2  1  1  2  6  9  9  6  5  4  5 10 16 16 13 10  5  2
Wind gust                                                        26
Clouds        OV OV B2 OV B1 SC SC FW FW CL SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S
Snow                                                  S
Obvis                        PF
Wind chill                                  34                         35
Min chill              35    33    32          31    27    26          35    30


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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          56      36    54      35    50      29    52      31    55
Temp          44 54 44   41 50 54 44   39 44 49 36   30 41 51 39   33 46 53
Dewpt         31 29 30   33 41 37 38   36 35 32 31   27 30 32 32   30 35 34
PWind dir        SW       S    SW       W     W      SW     S       W    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW SC   B1 B2 OV B2   OV B2 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 SC
PoP 12hr          5      40    90      80    60      20    10      20    20
Rain                      C  D  D  L    D  L  C  S    S             S  S
Snow                                                  S

$$
MTZ003-161000-
Kalispell-Flathead MT
48.30N 114.27W Elev. 2977 ft
230 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            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                      26          49          26          52          26
Temp          43 43 32 29 28 28 30 41 48 48 37 33 30 28 30 45 52 49 40 35 32 28
Dewpt         27 28 30 28 28 27 28 32 31 31 31 30 29 28 28 35 36 36 36 34 32 28
RH            53 55 92 96100 96 92 70 51 51 79 89 96100 92 68 54 61 85 96100100
Wind dir       S  S  W  N NW  N NW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W SW  W  W  S
Wind spd       2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  4  5  5  5  5  5  8 10  9  5  4  3  2
Clouds        OV SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  S  S  L  L  C  C
Snow                                                  S
Wind chill                                        24 22 24
Min chill              29    27    27          28    22    21          31    25


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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          51      34    52      34    48      30    49      30    51
Temp          43 50 39   37 48 51 41   35 43 47 35   30 42 49 36   32 42 50
Dewpt         35 32 34   34 43 41 39   33 37 35 34   30 34 36 34   31 35 37
PWind dir         S       S    SW      SW    SW      SW     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          5      60    80      80    60      20    20      30    20
Rain                 C    L  D  D  D    L  L  C  S    S  S  S  C    C  S  S
Snow                                                  S  S

$$
MTZ007-161000-
Butte-Silver Bow MT
45.95N 112.50W Elev. 5550 ft
230 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            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                      31          46          27          54          26
Temp          41 41 38 36 34 33 32 41 45 45 36 31 29 28 31 48 53 50 42 37 34 30
Dewpt         32 33 33 34 33 32 32 32 27 27 25 23 23 21 23 28 26 28 27 27 27 24
RH            70 73 82 92 96 96100 70 49 49 64 72 78 75 72 46 35 42 55 67 75 78
Wind dir       W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd       2  3  2  4  5  5  4  5  8  6  5  8  8  5  8 13 17 16 13 13  9  5
Wind gust                                                     27    24
Clouds        OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          30           5          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           C  S        S  C  S                                C  C
Snow                          C  S                                   C
Wind chill                                     23 22 22 24          34 29 26 24
Min chill        39    32    27    27          23    20    22          29    23


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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          52      33    58      30    45      23    50      26    51
Temp          45 50 41   37 54 54 40   33 41 43 30   24 43 47 34   28 45 47
Dewpt         25 23 25   26 35 34 30   27 28 26 22   18 25 28 26   23 28 27
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       W     W       W    SW      SW     W
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW SC   SC B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    60      60    40      10     5      10    10
Rain                         C  L  L    C     C
Snow                                    C  C  C

$$
IDZ010-161000-
Salmon-Lemhi ID
45.12N 113.88W Elev. 4045 ft
230 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            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                      33          52          29          59          29
Temp          45 46 39 37 35 34 35 43 50 50 39 34 32 30 32 48 58 56 46 41 37 32
Dewpt         32 34 32 34 35 33 33 32 29 30 27 27 27 27 29 32 33 34 32 32 31 28
RH            60 63 76 89100 96 92 65 44 46 62 75 81 88 88 54 39 43 58 70 79 85
Wind dir       N NE  N  E SE  S SE  N  N  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W NW  W  W  W
Wind spd       2  2  3  4  3  2  2  3  5  5  4  4  3  2  3  5 10 11 10  9  5  2
Wind gust                                                     23 25 23 19
Clouds        OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           S
Wind chill                                                             35
Min chill              33    31    33          30    27    29          35    28


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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          58      34    61      31    51      26    54      29    55
Temp          45 57 42   38 55 57 43   35 44 48 34   27 42 53 39   32 46 52
Dewpt         30 34 30   31 39 40 37   31 33 33 28   24 28 35 32   29 33 34
PWind dir        SW       S     S       W    NW       W     S       W    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    60      60    30       5     5      10     5
Rain                         C  L  L    C  C

$$
MTZ004-161000-
Lookout Pass-Mineral MT
47.45N 115.67W Elev. 6027 ft
230 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            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                      27          40          31          35          29
Temp          37 36 32 32 31 29 29 34 38 36 33 33 34 33 31 32 34 32 31 34 34 31
Dewpt         28 29 28 26 23 22 21 24 24 26 24 23 23 26 26 29 30 30 29 28 27 26
RH            70 75 85 78 72 75 72 66 57 67 69 66 64 75 81 88 85 92 92 78 75 81
Wind dir       N NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW
Wind spd       2  3  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  5  9 12 13 13 12 10 10  9 10 11 10  9
Wind gust                                                  20 21 20
Clouds        SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW B1 B1 FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          70          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                  C  C  L  L  C  C
Wind chill             26 25 23 23          25 24 25 23 22 24 26 24 22 25 26 23
Min chill        33    26    23    22    31    24    23    21    24    22    23


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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          39      32    38      28    31      28    33      30    36
Temp          33 35 40   40 34 31 37   34 28 28 30   29 29 29 32   33 31 32
Dewpt         28 25 27   30 34 31 31   29 28 28 26   24 27 28 26   26 29 29
PWind dir        SW       S    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2   B2 OV OV OV   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         10      70    90      90    70      30    30      40    30
Rain                 C    L  D                                            C
Snow                 C       D  D  D    L  L  L  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
IDZ006-161000-
Lowell-Idaho ID
46.15N 115.60W Elev. 1575 ft
130 PM PDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date          Wed 10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25         Sat
PDT 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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          55          34          61          34
Temp          53 50 41 40 39 39 37 47 54 49 39 38 36 35 35 51 60 55 45 43 40 37
Dewpt         42 43 41 40 39 39 37 39 38 39 36 35 33 32 35 42 45 50 45 43 40 37
RH            66 77100100100100100 74 54 68 89 89 89 89100 71 58 83100100100100
Wind dir       W  W SW  N  N  N  N  W  W  W SE SE  S  S  S  W  W  W  W SW  S  N
Wind spd       2  2  1  0  0  0  0  1  2  1  1  1  1  1  2  3  5  5  4  2  1  0
Clouds        B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW CL CL CL B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  S  S  C  C  C  C
Obvis               PF  F  F  F  F                                        PF  F


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
PDT 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          63      42    58      37    52      33    57      35    60
Temp          51 58 47   45 52 53 46   40 45 48 39   34 48 52 41   37 50 54
Dewpt         42 48 40   41 51 53 45   40 45 47 38   34 42 49 41   37 44 51
PWind dir         S      SE     S      SW    SW      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC B1   B2 B2 OV OV   OV B2 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5      40    90      80    50      20    10      20    20
Rain                 S    C  D  D  D    D  C  C  S                  S  S

$$