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National Weather Service Missoula MT
201 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

MTZ005-161000-
Missoula-Missoula MT
46.92N 114.08W Elev. 3205 ft
201 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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          74          42          79          48
Temp          66 66 56 51 47 42 47 61 72 73 58 51 47 44 48 65 77 76 63 57 53 49
Dewpt         38 40 41 42 41 40 41 44 45 44 44 44 42 42 41 45 48 50 53 53 51 48
RH            36 38 57 71 79 93 79 53 38 35 59 77 83 93 77 48 36 40 70 86 93 96
Wind dir       N  N  N  N NW  N  N  N  N NE  E  E  E  N  N  N  N NW SE  N  N  N
Wind spd       0  6  6  5  1  0  0  0  0  5  5  3  1  0  0  0  0  4  5  0  0  0
Clouds        B2 B2 OV B2 SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC FW CL FW OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           5          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.19
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                 D  L  L  C
Rain shwrs                                                        D
Tstms                                                             S


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          73      46    74      45    77      45    79      46    74
Temp          62 70 54   47 64 72 54   47 67 75 54   47 68 77 55   47 65 72
Dewpt         52 49 50   47 49 45 45   43 46 41 41   40 43 41 41   40 43 42
PWind dir         W       W     N       W    NW      NE    NE       S     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   B1 SC FW FW   FW FW CL CL   FW FW FW SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         70      50    10       5     0       0     0       0     5
Rain           C          C
Rain shwrs        L  C
Tstms             S  S

$$
MTZ003-161000-
Kalispell-Flathead MT
48.30N 114.27W Elev. 2977 ft
201 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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          68          43          75          48
Temp          59 60 53 50 48 45 49 58 66 68 55 49 47 44 49 61 72 73 60 54 51 49
Dewpt         46 47 47 47 45 44 45 46 47 47 45 44 44 43 44 47 50 50 49 49 47 46
RH            62 62 80 89 89 96 86 64 50 47 69 83 89 96 83 60 46 44 67 83 86 89
Wind dir      NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N NW  W NW  E  N NE  N
Wind spd       1  2  5  8  6  6  5  2  2  2  3  4  2  2  2  1  1  1  2  2  1  1
Clouds        OV OV OV OV B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              S                                                     C  C  S


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          71      47    70      47    71      46    72      47    68
Temp          62 68 54   49 62 68 53   48 63 69 53   48 64 70 53   48 61 66
Dewpt         52 52 50   47 52 51 48   46 51 49 46   44 49 49 46   44 48 48
PWind dir         E      NE     E       E     E      NE    SE       S    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10     5       0     0       0     0       0     5
Rain           S

$$
MTZ007-161000-
Butte-Silver Bow MT
45.95N 112.50W Elev. 5550 ft
201 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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          68          40          76          45
Temp          66 66 56 46 40 38 44 60 66 66 55 48 43 42 47 66 74 72 61 53 47 45
Dewpt         30 29 33 37 38 37 38 40 38 36 38 40 39 39 38 43 44 46 47 47 45 43
RH            26 25 42 71 92 96 79 47 36 33 53 74 86 89 71 43 34 39 60 80 93 93
Wind dir       S SE  N  W SW SE  N  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S  S SW  W  W  W
Wind spd       6  4  6  5  2  1  0  2  5  8  5  4  2  2  2  4  9 10  4  3  2  1
Wind gust                                                     19
Clouds        FW SC B1 B1 SC B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC FW SC B2 B2 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5           0           5          10          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                 L  S  S  C
Rain shwrs                                                        L
Tstms                                                             S
Obvis                        PF


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          69      42    68      41    72      41    74      43    73
Temp          63 62 48   44 62 66 49   42 65 70 50   43 68 72 52   44 67 70
Dewpt         48 45 45   42 44 39 40   37 38 33 35   33 34 32 34   33 34 32
PWind dir        SW      NW    NW      NW     W      NW    SW       W    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 OV B2   B1 SC B1 SC   FW FW FW CL   FW FW FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         90      60    40      10     0       0     0       5    10
Rain           C          C  S  C
Rain shwrs        D  L
Tstms             C  S

$$
IDZ010-161000-
Salmon-Lemhi ID
45.12N 113.88W Elev. 4045 ft
201 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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          79          45          80          46
Temp          72 73 61 51 45 40 46 65 77 79 64 54 49 46 51 68 77 75 63 55 49 47
Dewpt         34 34 35 38 40 38 38 40 41 40 39 41 42 42 45 49 52 54 53 51 49 47
RH            25 24 38 61 82 92 73 40 28 25 40 61 77 86 80 51 42 48 70 86100100
Wind dir      NE  N  E  E  N  N  N  N  N  N SE  N  N  N  N SE  S  S SW  N  N  N
Wind spd       3  5  5  2  0  0  0  0  3  1  2  0  0  0  0  2  4  4  3  0  0  0
Wind gust                                11                      14
Clouds        FW SC B2 B1 SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          50          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  S  S  C        L  C  C  C
Rain shwrs                                                     C  L
Tstms                                                          C  S


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          72      42    73      42    77      43    79      44    77
Temp          63 68 50   44 65 71 51   43 68 75 53   44 70 76 54   45 68 74
Dewpt         50 50 48   44 48 46 43   41 45 40 39   38 42 40 39   38 41 41
PWind dir        NW      NW     N       N    NE       N     N       N    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW CL FW   FW SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         80      40    20       5     0       0     0       5    10
Rain           C     C    S     S
Rain shwrs        D
Tstms             S

$$
MTZ004-161000-
Lookout Pass-Mineral MT
47.45N 115.67W Elev. 6027 ft
201 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            Fri
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                      35          54          39          61          45
Temp          44 44 43 41 38 36 37 45 51 52 46 44 42 40 41 50 59 57 51 50 49 47
Dewpt         36 38 38 37 36 36 36 37 38 37 37 36 36 36 36 38 41 41 43 43 41 41
RH            73 79 82 85 92100 96 73 61 56 71 73 79 85 82 63 51 55 74 77 74 79
Wind dir       S NW NE  E NE NE  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd       2  2  4  5  6  6  6  5  4  4  6  8  8  9  8  4  3  2  4  5  4  4
Clouds        B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW B1 B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0           0          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              C  C  C  C  S
Wind chill                   30                      34
Min chill              37    30    28          39    34    33


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          54      43    56      44    60      46    60      44    53
Temp          48 51 47   45 51 53 47   46 54 57 49   48 55 56 49   46 48 50
Dewpt         41 41 40   39 40 39 38   36 37 36 36   35 36 37 36   35 37 36
PWind dir         W       W     W      SW     S      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       0     0       0     0       0    10
Rain           S  S

$$
IDZ006-161000-
Lowell-Idaho ID
46.15N 115.60W Elev. 1575 ft
101 PM PDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date          Tue 09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26         Fri
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          83          49          84          51
Temp          71 70 59 54 50 47 48 66 79 78 61 56 52 50 51 70 79 75 61 58 55 52
Dewpt         50 57 54 51 49 47 46 51 55 61 56 53 51 49 48 55 59 69 61 58 55 52
RH            47 63 83 90 96100 93 58 44 56 84 90 96 96 89 59 50 82100100100100
Wind dir       W  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  N  N  E  N  N  E  N  W  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd       1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  1  0  2  0  0  0  0  0
Clouds        OV OV B2 B2 B1 FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0          40          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.06        0.30
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                        C           L  L  L
Rain shwrs                                                     C  D  D
Tstms                                                          S  S  S
Obvis                      F  F  F             PF PF  F PF


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          78      50    81      49    85      50    85      50    79
Temp          64 73 56   51 69 75 56   50 73 79 57   51 74 79 57   51 68 73
Dewpt         59 61 55   51 55 59 52   48 53 58 51   47 52 59 52   48 52 57
PWind dir         N       N    SE      SE     E      SE     E      SE    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         60      30     5       0     0       0     0       5    10
Rain           L     C
Rain shwrs        L
Tstms             S

$$