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National Weather Service Missoula MT
231 PM MDT Wed Oct 1 2025

MTZ005-021000-
Missoula-Missoula MT
46.92N 114.08W Elev. 3205 ft
231 PM MDT Wed Oct 1 2025

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            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                      44          69          45          61          39
Temp          65 66 57 52 51 46 46 56 66 66 58 53 50 47 47 51 59 59 53 49 45 40
Dewpt         42 40 40 41 43 43 43 44 44 45 44 44 45 44 45 46 48 45 44 43 40 38
RH            43 38 53 66 74 89 89 64 45 47 59 71 83 89 93 83 67 60 71 80 82 92
Wind dir      SW  W NW  E  E NE  E SE  W  N  N NE NW  N  N NW NW NW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      12 12  8  2  2  1  1  1  3  5  3  2  2  2  2  3  5  6  5  6  5  3
Clouds        SC SC SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          20          50          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.08           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C     S     S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S


Date           10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          61      36    55      29    60      29    64      34    66
Temp          53 59 45   38 44 54 39   30 44 58 39   30 49 63 44   35 52 65
Dewpt         40 38 38   35 34 32 30   27 30 32 27   24 31 34 31   29 34 37
PWind dir         W       S     E       E    SE       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 SC SC   FW FW FW CL   CL CL CL CL   CL FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      40    20      10     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     S  C  C    C  S

$$
MTZ003-021000-
Kalispell-Flathead MT
48.30N 114.27W Elev. 2977 ft
231 PM MDT Wed Oct 1 2025

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            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                      41          62          40          63          37
Temp          61 61 50 47 45 43 46 55 60 60 51 47 44 42 44 55 61 62 50 45 40 38
Dewpt         45 45 46 45 45 43 46 49 47 47 48 46 43 42 43 45 44 43 44 42 39 37
RH            56 56 86 93100100100 80 62 62 89 96 96100 96 69 53 50 80 89 96 96
Wind dir      SW SW  S  W  N NE  N  S SW NW  N  N  N  N NW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      11  9  6  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  4  5  4  4  3  2
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     50          20          20          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.03        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C  S              S  S


Date           10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          59      32    54      28    58      28    63      31    64
Temp          53 57 41   36 46 53 35   28 48 57 37   29 51 61 40   32 53 63
Dewpt         41 40 38   33 33 31 30   27 31 34 31   26 33 37 34   29 35 38
PWind dir         W       N    NE      NE     E      NE     E      NE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW CL CL   FW CL CL CL   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30      40    20       5     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs        C  C    C  S

$$
MTZ007-021000-
Butte-Silver Bow MT
45.95N 112.50W Elev. 5550 ft
231 PM MDT Wed Oct 1 2025

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            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                      40          65          42          60          37
Temp          63 63 54 47 44 42 44 59 63 61 54 48 45 43 44 52 58 56 49 45 41 39
Dewpt         33 31 33 34 34 35 37 40 43 44 44 43 44 43 44 45 45 44 43 43 40 38
RH            32 30 45 60 68 76 76 49 48 53 69 83 96100100 77 62 64 80 93 96 96
Wind dir      SW  W  W  S SE  S SE  S  W NE SE NE  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd      18 14 10  5  3  2  2  5  6  5  3  2  2  2  2  3  6  9  6  6  6  5
Wind gust     28
Clouds        SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          40          70          80          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.09        0.17        0.12        0.20
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S     C  C  C  L  L  D  D  L  L  L  L  C  C  L
Tstms                                                          S  C  S


Date           10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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      29    45      23    52      25    57      30    61
Temp          47 49 38   31 40 43 30   23 42 51 32   25 49 55 37   30 53 58
Dewpt         37 34 33   29 30 27 27   22 27 27 25   21 28 29 27   24 31 32
PWind dir        NW      NW    NE      NE    SE      NE    SE       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70      60    40      10     5       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     L  L  L    C  C  C
Snowshwrs                    C  C

$$
IDZ010-021000-
Salmon-Lemhi ID
45.12N 113.88W Elev. 4045 ft
231 PM MDT Wed Oct 1 2025

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            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                      42          68          45          61          40
Temp          66 66 56 52 48 44 47 58 65 64 55 50 48 47 47 51 58 57 52 48 46 43
Dewpt         42 43 41 42 42 41 44 45 51 50 47 46 48 47 47 47 49 50 47 46 45 42
RH            42 43 57 69 80 89 89 62 60 60 74 86100100100 86 72 77 83 93 96 96
Wind dir      SW SW  S  S SE  E  S SE  S  S SE SE NW NW  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd      16 14 13  6  5  2  2  4  5  4  2  2  2  2  2  3  5  6  5  6  6  5
Wind gust     32 31 35 17                                           16 18
Clouds        SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                     10          30          80          80          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05        0.31        0.13        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S  C  C  C  D  D  D  D  L  L  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                                  S  S                    C  S


Date           10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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      34    56      28    58      28    61      32    64
Temp          50 54 43   36 48 53 38   29 44 57 38   29 46 60 41   33 50 63
Dewpt         42 42 38   36 38 37 33   28 33 37 31   27 33 38 34   30 35 42
PWind dir        NW      NW    NE       E     E      NE    SE      SW     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      30    20      10     5       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  C  C    C  S  S

$$
MTZ004-021000-
Lookout Pass-Mineral MT
47.45N 115.67W Elev. 6027 ft
231 PM MDT Wed Oct 1 2025

Date           10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25            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                      40          47          41          46          38
Temp          45 44 42 44 44 43 40 41 44 42 42 43 44 42 42 41 44 43 41 41 42 40
Dewpt         38 38 39 39 39 40 39 40 40 39 40 39 39 39 38 39 37 34 34 32 33 33
RH            76 79 89 82 82 89 96 96 86 89 93 86 82 89 86 92 76 70 76 70 70 76
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SW  W NW NW  N  N NW NW NW  W  W SW SW SW
Wind spd       9  8  6  5  5  4  3  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  4  5  5  5  6  9  8  8
Wind gust     20
Clouds        B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     80          40          30          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.15        0.08        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     L  C  L  L  L  C        C  C  C  C  C        S  S
Tstms          S
Wind chill                                                             35
Min chill        39    38          38                      37    38    35    35


Date           10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          44      33    40      32    45      34    49      38    49
Temp          40 40 39   36 34 36 35   33 37 41 37   36 42 46 40   39 44 45
Dewpt         33 31 31   30 30 26 24   23 25 25 22   22 25 29 26   25 28 27
PWind dir         W      SW     E       E     E       E     E      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC   B1 SC SC FW   FW CL CL CL   CL CL CL CL   CL FW FW
PoP 12hr         30      30    20       5     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs        C  S    C
Snowshwrs                 C  S

$$
IDZ006-021000-
Lowell-Idaho ID
46.15N 115.60W Elev. 1575 ft
131 PM PDT Wed Oct 1 2025

Date          Wed 10/01/25      Thu 10/02/25            Fri 10/03/25         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                      46          70          48          60          42
Temp          69 66 55 52 52 49 47 58 68 64 55 53 52 50 49 52 58 57 51 49 47 44
Dewpt         54 56 53 51 52 49 47 54 58 59 55 53 51 50 49 52 57 57 51 49 47 44
RH            59 70 93 96100100100 86 70 84100100 96100100100 96100100100100100
Wind dir      SW  W SE NE  N  N  N  W  W  W  W  N  N  N  W  W  W  W  W  W  N  N
Wind spd       9  5  4  1  0  0  0  1  2  2  1  0  0  0  1  3  3  2  2  1  0  0
Wind gust     19 17
Clouds        SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          30          50          40          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.02        0.04        0.17           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C  C  S     S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S
Obvis                  PF  F  F  F          PF  F PF  F PF             PF  F  F


Date           10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25
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          61      38    63      34    67      34    71      38    71
Temp          52 57 46   41 52 57 42   36 54 61 42   37 56 64 46   41 58 65
Dewpt         49 52 46   41 47 49 41   36 44 49 41   36 43 52 43   39 45 53
PWind dir         W      SW    NE       E     E       E     E      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW CL CL   CL CL CL CL   CL FW CL
PoP 12hr         20      30    10       5     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs        S  C    S

$$