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National Weather Service Missoula MT
230 PM MDT Tue May 13 2025

MTZ005-141000-
Missoula-Missoula MT
46.92N 114.08W Elev. 3205 ft
230 PM MDT Tue May 13 2025

Date           05/13/25      Wed 05/14/25            Thu 05/15/25            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                      42          61          41          60          39
Temp          57 58 53 48 45 43 48 53 56 56 51 48 45 43 47 52 57 58 52 47 43 41
Dewpt         36 36 39 41 42 40 43 42 42 41 40 42 41 39 40 38 36 36 37 38 37 37
RH            45 44 59 77 89 89 83 66 59 57 66 80 86 86 76 59 45 44 56 71 79 85
Wind dir      NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  W  W SW
Wind spd       5  6  5  3  3  2  5  8 11 13 10  6  5  4  6  6 10 10  5  2  1  1
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          80          50          40          20
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.18        0.01        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C  S  S  C  C  D  D     C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S        C
Rain shwrs     L  C                       C
Tstms          S  C                       S


Date           05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25
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      38    68      43    58      42    60      42    62
Temp          53 57 46   40 56 64 51   45 52 53 46   43 53 58 48   43 53 58
Dewpt         38 36 39   36 38 37 42   41 43 40 41   39 41 39 40   39 39 36
PWind dir         W       W    SW       N    NW      NW     W       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         50      20    40      50    80      60    40      40    60
Rain           C  C  S          C  C    C  L  D  L    C  C  C  C    C  C  L

$$
MTZ003-141000-
Kalispell-Flathead MT
48.30N 114.27W Elev. 2977 ft
230 PM MDT Tue May 13 2025

Date           05/13/25      Wed 05/14/25            Thu 05/15/25            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          62          44          57          40
Temp          60 60 53 46 43 41 50 57 59 58 53 48 46 45 48 51 54 55 52 45 43 41
Dewpt         39 39 40 41 41 40 43 44 43 44 43 43 44 43 43 43 41 39 41 40 40 39
RH            46 46 61 83 93 96 77 62 55 59 69 83 93 93 83 74 61 55 66 82 89 92
Wind dir       N  N NW  N NW NW  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  W NE SW  W SW  S  S  S
Wind spd       5  5  2  2  2  2  3  5 10 11  9  5  4  3  5  4  5  5  2  2  2  2
Clouds        B2 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          70          70          70          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.15        0.09        0.18        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 S        S  S  L  L     L  L  L  L  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  C
Rain shwrs     L  S                       L
Tstms          C  S                       C


Date           05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25
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      40    64      42    59      42    60      41    59
Temp          54 57 46   41 55 62 48   43 55 57 47   43 55 58 47   43 53 58
Dewpt         40 39 41   38 40 37 41   40 42 42 41   41 40 39 41   40 40 38
PWind dir        SW      SW     S       N     N       N     W       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         60      20    40      40    70      50    40      40    50
Rain           C     S       S  C  C    C  L  L  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C
Rain shwrs        L
Tstms             S

$$
MTZ007-141000-
Butte-Silver Bow MT
45.95N 112.50W Elev. 5550 ft
230 PM MDT Tue May 13 2025

Date           05/13/25      Wed 05/14/25            Thu 05/15/25            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                      36          52          33          52          33
Temp          43 44 42 39 38 37 39 44 48 49 45 39 37 35 41 47 50 50 46 39 36 35
Dewpt         37 37 37 37 37 36 38 37 35 35 36 34 33 32 33 33 32 31 33 32 32 32
RH            79 76 82 92 96 96 96 76 60 58 70 82 85 89 73 58 50 48 60 76 85 89
Wind dir       N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N NW  W  N
Wind spd       6  8  5  5  5  5  6 10 11 12 10  9  5  4  5  6 10  9  4  2  1  0
Wind gust                                                  17
Clouds        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     90          90          50          60          30
QPF 12hr                   0.17        0.14        0.02        0.07        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 D  D  D  D  D  D  D     C        C  C  L  L  C  C        S
Rain shwrs     D  D                       C
Snow                                                  C
Tstms          S  S                       C
Wind chill                         38          33
Min chill        38    35    32    31          33    30    33          38    35


Date           05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25
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          54      35    58      38    52      36    51      35    55
Temp          49 52 41   36 51 57 43   39 47 47 41   37 45 49 40   35 49 52
Dewpt         34 33 36   33 34 34 37   37 38 36 36   35 35 33 34   32 34 30
PWind dir         W       W     S      NE     N       N    NW      NW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr         60      40    50      60    90      70    60      40    60
Rain           S     C    S  S     L    L  L     L    C  C  L  C    C  C
Rain shwrs        L             C             D                           L
Tstms             S             S             S                           S

$$
IDZ010-141000-
Salmon-Lemhi ID
45.12N 113.88W Elev. 4045 ft
230 PM MDT Tue May 13 2025

Date           05/13/25      Wed 05/14/25            Thu 05/15/25            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          60          36          61          37
Temp          51 51 48 46 44 42 45 51 56 56 50 45 42 39 45 52 58 59 52 46 42 40
Dewpt         36 36 38 39 39 38 39 37 34 33 34 34 36 35 35 33 30 29 32 32 33 34
RH            56 56 68 76 82 86 79 59 43 42 54 65 79 85 68 48 34 32 46 58 70 79
Wind dir       N  N  N  N  N SE  N  N NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd       9 10  6  5  4  3  5  8 11 12  8  3  2  1  2  3  5  8  3  1  0  0
Wind gust                                23 18
Clouds        OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          60          20          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 D  L  L  L  L  C  C     S              S  S              C
Rain shwrs     D  D                       S
Tstms          S  C                       S


Date           05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25
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      38    66      42    58      40    61      39    64
Temp          52 58 46   40 55 61 49   43 51 54 47   42 52 57 48   40 55 61
Dewpt         35 34 36   36 36 35 39   39 39 36 37   38 36 33 36   35 35 31
PWind dir         W      NW    SE      NW    NW      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50      20    40      70    80      40    20      20    30
Rain           C     S             L    L  D     C    S  S  S  S    S  C
Rain shwrs        C             C             L                           C
Tstms             S             S             S                           S

$$
MTZ004-141000-
Lookout Pass-Mineral MT
47.45N 115.67W Elev. 6027 ft
230 PM MDT Tue May 13 2025

Date           05/13/25      Wed 05/14/25            Thu 05/15/25            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                      36          40          34          41          35
Temp          40 40 38 38 38 37 37 36 36 37 38 38 37 36 34 33 37 38 38 37 37 37
Dewpt         32 33 35 35 36 35 35 35 34 33 34 33 32 32 30 30 30 29 30 29 30 31
RH            73 76 89 89 92 92 92 96 92 85 85 82 82 85 85 89 75 70 73 72 75 79
Wind dir      NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW SW
Wind spd       6  9  9  8  8  9  9 10 10 11 12 13 12 11 11  9  8  8  6  6  8  8
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          60          40          30          30
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.09        0.05        0.01        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C        C  C  L  L  C  C  S              C        C
Rain shwrs     L  C
Snow                 C        C  C  L           S  S  S  S  C  C        C  C  C
Tstms          C  C
Wind chill       34 32 32 32 30 30 29 29 29 30 30 29 28 26 25 31 32       31 31
Min chill        34    32    30    29    29    30    28    24    27    32    31


Date           05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25
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          38      34    47      37    41      36    43      36    41
Temp          35 37 36   36 41 45 41   39 37 36 39   38 38 41 39   38 36 39
Dewpt         30 31 31   31 30 31 32   34 33 33 34   32 31 31 31   32 30 31
PWind dir         W      SW     S      NW    NW       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr         70      20    50      60    80      50    40      50    60
Rain              L  S    S  S  C  C    L  L  D  C    S  S  C  C    C  C  L
Snow           C  L  S    S  S  C          L          S  S  C       C  C  L

$$
IDZ006-141000-
Lowell-Idaho ID
46.15N 115.60W Elev. 1575 ft
130 PM PDT Tue May 13 2025

Date          Tue 05/13/25      Wed 05/14/25            Thu 05/15/25         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          60          44          66          44
Temp          58 57 51 48 47 47 47 51 56 56 51 48 46 44 46 54 62 62 53 48 46 45
Dewpt         47 47 48 47 47 47 47 48 47 48 48 47 45 44 45 44 43 43 44 43 43 43
RH            67 69 89 96100100100 89 72 74 89 96 96100 96 69 50 50 71 83 89 93
Wind dir       W  W NW  N  N  N  N  W  W  W  W  N  N  N  N  W NW NW NW  N  N  N
Wind spd       4  3  2  0  0  0  0  2  3  2  1  0  0  0  0  1  2  2  1  0  0  0
Clouds        B2 B1 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          80          60          20          30
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.13        0.08        0.01        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C  C  C  D  D  D  D     L  C  C  S  S              C  C  L
Rain shwrs     L  C                       L
Tstms          C  C                       S
Obvis                  PF  F  F PF             PF     F PF


Date           05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25
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      43    71      46    58      45    64      45    66
Temp          53 59 48   43 61 64 51   47 50 54 48   45 54 60 49   46 55 62
Dewpt         45 46 46   42 45 47 50   47 46 46 46   44 46 47 46   45 46 46
PWind dir         W      NW    NW       W     W       W     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         70      20    60      80    80      50    40      40    50
Rain           L  C  S       S  L  L    D  D  L  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$