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National Weather Service Missoula MT
231 PM MDT Thu Oct 9 2025

MTZ005-101000-
Missoula-Missoula MT
46.92N 114.08W Elev. 3205 ft
231 PM MDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date           10/09/25      Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            Sun
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          77          44          60          36
Temp          70 71 58 51 46 42 42 59 74 74 63 55 51 47 45 53 57 54 48 45 43 39
Dewpt         37 38 37 36 35 35 36 40 44 45 45 45 45 44 43 43 42 37 37 37 38 35
RH            30 30 45 56 65 76 79 49 34 35 52 69 80 89 93 69 57 52 65 73 82 85
Wind dir       E  E SE SE  E SE  E SE  S SE SE SW  W NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd       5  4  8 11  9  6  8  9  6  4  4  4  3  2  3  6 10 12 11 10  6  5
Clouds        FW FW FW FW CL CL FW CL FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           5          50          70          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.02        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  D  D  D
Wind chill                                                             39
Min chill                    37    36                                  39    35


Date           10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          49      30    47      26    50      30    53      32    53
Temp          43 47 38   32 38 45 34   27 39 49 38   32 43 52 38   34 42 52
Dewpt         36 35 33   29 28 29 28   24 29 33 33   31 34 36 33   31 34 37
PWind dir         W      NE     E       E     E      NE     E      NE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         90      70    30      10    10      20    20      30    20
Rain           D  L  L    L  C                        S  S  S  S    C  S  S
Snow                      L  C                           S

$$
MTZ003-101000-
Kalispell-Flathead MT
48.30N 114.27W Elev. 2977 ft
231 PM MDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date           10/09/25      Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            Sun
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                      38          72          41          58          33
Temp          69 68 53 46 42 39 43 60 71 70 56 49 44 42 45 53 56 53 45 42 39 36
Dewpt         41 43 41 39 37 35 36 41 44 47 47 45 43 41 42 45 41 40 40 39 38 35
RH            36 40 64 76 82 85 76 49 38 44 72 86 96 96 89 74 57 61 82 89 96 96
Wind dir      NE NE  N  N NE  N  N SE  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  N
Wind spd       3  3  4  5  4  3  2  2  3  2  2  5  3  3  5  6  9  9  8  8  8  9
Clouds        FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           5          50          50          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.02        0.23
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  D
Wind chill                                                                33 29
Min chill                    37    36                                  37    29


Date           10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          43      26    41      21    47      26    51      27    51
Temp          39 41 32   28 34 39 27   22 38 46 32   28 41 50 33   29 43 49
Dewpt         34 32 29   24 25 27 25   21 28 34 31   28 33 36 31   28 35 36
PWind dir         N      NE    NE      NE     N      NE     N       N    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   OV B2 B1 B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC B1 SC SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr        100      80    40      20     5      10    10      20    20
Rain           D  D  D             S                           S    S  S  S
Snow                 D    D  C  S  S                                S  S

$$
MTZ007-101000-
Butte-Silver Bow MT
45.95N 112.50W Elev. 5550 ft
231 PM MDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date           10/09/25      Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            Sun
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                      39          71          44          60          31
Temp          67 66 54 47 43 40 44 62 70 69 59 53 49 46 45 56 58 52 46 40 36 33
Dewpt         28 30 30 31 32 33 36 43 43 43 43 44 44 44 44 45 42 40 38 36 34 30
RH            23 26 40 53 65 76 73 50 38 39 55 71 83 93 96 66 55 63 73 85 92 89
Wind dir      SE  E  E  E  E  E SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd       9  8  5  6  5  4  5 10 13 13 11 10  5  4  3  5  9 10 12 12  9  6
Clouds        SC FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr                      0          10          20          80          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.22        0.54
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            S  S  L           D  D  L  L  L
Rain shwrs                                               L  D  D
Snow                                                                       L  L
Tstms                                                    S  S  S
Wind chill                                                             33 29 26
Min chill                    37    36                                  33    26
Winter Storm                                                      A  A  A  A  A


Date           10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          43      25    40      23    44      26    45      26    45
Temp          39 41 32   27 33 38 29   24 38 42 33   28 41 43 33   27 38 44
Dewpt         29 29 27   25 27 28 26   23 31 32 30   28 34 33 30   26 30 32
PWind dir         W       E     E      NE     E      NE    NE       N     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         70      50    30      20    20      20    30      40    30
Rain           L  L  C          S          S  S  S    S  S  C  C    C  C  C
Snow           L  L  C    C  C  S       S  S          S  S          C  C

$$
IDZ010-101000-
Salmon-Lemhi ID
45.12N 113.88W Elev. 4045 ft
231 PM MDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date           10/09/25      Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            Sun
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          75          44          60          33
Temp          70 71 56 48 43 41 43 61 73 73 61 54 49 45 47 55 57 53 46 41 37 34
Dewpt         36 40 35 35 36 36 40 46 47 48 47 47 46 43 46 45 41 39 37 36 34 32
RH            29 32 45 60 76 82 89 58 40 41 60 77 89 93 96 69 55 59 71 82 89 92
Wind dir       S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W NW NW  W SW
Wind spd       5  4  6  8  5  5  5  6 10 10 10  9  5  3  2  4  8 10 10 10  6  5
Wind gust                             23 24    19                20 21 21
Clouds        FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0          30          60          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.06        0.05        0.18
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            C                 L  L  L  L  C
Rain shwrs                                         C  C  C  L  L
Tstms                                              S  S  S  S  S
Wind chill                                                             34 31
Min chill                    37    36                                  34    29


Date           10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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      30    55      31    54      33    53      32    53
Temp          46 50 39   33 44 53 39   32 46 51 40   35 44 52 39   34 45 51
Dewpt         34 34 34   30 33 36 33   30 37 39 37   33 38 41 36   34 38 38
PWind dir        SW       S    SE       E     E       S    NE       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    10      20    20      30    30      30    30
Rain           C  S  S    S             S  S  S  S    C  S  C  C    C  C  S

$$
MTZ004-101000-
Lookout Pass-Mineral MT
47.45N 115.67W Elev. 6027 ft
231 PM MDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date           10/09/25      Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25            Sun
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                      47          60          33          38          29
Temp          55 53 50 52 52 50 48 54 59 56 49 45 44 40 34 34 35 33 34 38 39 35
Dewpt         30 30 30 31 31 30 30 36 37 38 39 36 35 35 31 34 35 33 34 33 35 33
RH            38 41 46 44 44 46 49 50 44 51 68 70 70 82 89100100100100 82 85 92
Wind dir       E  E  E  E SE SE SE  S SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW
Wind spd       6  5  6  9 10 10  9  5  4  4  5  5  8  9  9  8  8  8 10 12 11 11
Clouds        FW SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          30          70          80         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.07        0.27
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S  S  L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  L
Snow                                                     D  D  D  L  L  D  D  D
Wind chill                                           33 27 27 28 26 26 30 32 27
Min chill                                            33    27    26    26    27
Winter Storm                                                      A  A  A  A  A


Date           10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          33      23    28      24    35      28    36      29    37
Temp          29 30 32   29 24 25 28   25 28 31 31   30 30 33 32   31 32 33
Dewpt         29 30 29   25 24 23 23   19 26 28 26   24 28 30 26   25 29 29
PWind dir        SW       E     E       E     E       E     E      NE     S
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr        100      80    50      20    10      10    20      20    20
Rain                                                        S             S
Snow           D  D  D    D  C  C  S                        S       S  S  S

$$
IDZ006-101000-
Lowell-Idaho ID
46.15N 115.60W Elev. 1575 ft
131 PM PDT Thu Oct 9 2025

Date          Thu 10/09/25      Fri 10/10/25            Sat 10/11/25         Sun
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                      48          81          44          57          39
Temp          78 74 58 54 51 49 48 67 81 74 59 52 50 47 44 50 56 50 46 46 44 42
Dewpt         48 55 48 45 43 42 43 53 56 60 55 51 50 47 44 49 50 49 46 45 44 41
RH            35 51 69 71 74 77 83 61 42 62 87 96100100100 96 80 96100 96100 96
Wind dir      SE  W  E NE  E  E SE  S SW  W  W  W  W  N  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW
Wind spd       2  2  3  4  2  2  3  3  3  2  2  2  1  0  1  3  4  3  3  2  2  2
Clouds        SC FW FW FW FW FW SC CL FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          20          60          80         100
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.05        0.24
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            L  L  D  D  D  D  L  L  D  D  D
Rain shwrs                                C  C
Tstms                                     S  S
Obvis                                             PF  F PF
Heat index                            81
Max heat                                 81


Date           10/12/25  Mon 10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25
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          51      37    58      35    60      38    57      37    58
Temp          45 48 43   39 46 53 42   36 50 54 44   40 49 52 43   39 49 53
Dewpt         44 47 42   39 44 49 41   36 44 51 43   40 47 51 43   39 46 51
PWind dir        SW       E     E       E    NE       N    NW       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         90      60    30      20    20      20    20      30    20
Rain           D  L  C    L  C     S    S  S          S  S  S  S    C  S  S

$$