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National Weather Service Missoula MT
330 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

MTZ005-122200-
Missoula-Missoula MT
46.92N 114.08W Elev. 3205 ft
330 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      52          34          48          25          42
Temp             35 35 42 48 49 42 40 38 36 37 41 43 42 36 32 29 27 28 35 39 39
Dewpt            32 31 32 33 34 34 34 34 34 33 30 26 24 23 24 22 21 21 19 18 18
RH               89 85 67 56 56 73 79 85 92 85 65 51 48 59 72 75 78 75 52 42 42
Wind dir          E SE SE  W  N  E  E  E  E SE  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  W  W  W
Wind spd          3  2  2  4  3  4  5  5  5  5 10 12 11  9  5  5  3  5  6  8  5
Clouds           OV OV OV OV B2 SC B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          40          80          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              C  C  C  C        C  C  D  D  C  C
Snow                                            C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  S  S  S
Wind chill                                     35 36 36 29 26 23    22 29 33
Min chill        32    32          36    31    31    36    26    21    22    31


Date               Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            26    43      30    50      32    46      27    44
Temp          32   29 35 40 34   32 39 46 38   34 38 42 33   28 36 41
Dewpt         22   24 23 24 28   28 29 30 31   31 27 25 27   25 24 22
PWind dir           S    SW      SW     S      SW     W       W     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           30    80      60    80      70    60      50    50
Rain                         L       D  D  L    L  L  L  C
Snow           S    C  L  D  L    L  D             L  L  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ003-122200-
Kalispell-Flathead MT
48.30N 114.27W Elev. 2977 ft
330 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      46          34          45          26          41
Temp             35 36 40 44 45 41 38 37 36 37 42 44 42 35 31 30 29 30 37 40 40
Dewpt            34 35 37 37 37 38 36 36 35 36 35 29 26 26 26 25 24 24 23 20 19
RH               96 96 89 76 73 89 92 96 96 96 76 55 53 69 81 81 81 78 56 44 42
Wind dir          W  S SE SE SE SE NW SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd          2  3  5  4  4  3  3  3  4  8 13 16 14 10  8  6  6  9 11 10  6
Wind gust                                            25
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     90          50          90          30          50
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.04        0.05           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              D  D  D  D  C  C  C  C  D  D  L  L
Snow                                                  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                                  31 35 37 34 27 24 23 22 22 29 33
Min chill        35    33    38    36    32    30    34    23    22    22    31


Date               Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            26    43      30    46      32    44      27    45
Temp          29   28 37 41 34   32 39 44 37   33 40 43 33   29 38 44
Dewpt         23   24 28 28 30   30 33 33 33   30 31 27 29   26 28 24
PWind dir          SE     S       S     S       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           30    80      60    80      70    60      40    40
Rain                                    D  L    L  C  L  C
Snow                C  L  D  C    L  D          L  C     C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ007-122200-
Butte-Silver Bow MT
45.95N 112.50W Elev. 5550 ft
330 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      51          32          45          19          35
Temp             31 33 44 49 49 41 36 36 34 35 40 40 37 31 28 25 22 22 29 34 34
Dewpt            19 20 23 23 26 27 26 29 27 28 28 24 22 21 18 15 13 11 11 10 10
RH               61 58 43 36 40 57 67 75 75 75 62 52 54 66 66 65 68 62 46 36 36
Wind dir         SE SE SW SW  S  S SE SE  S  S SW  W NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          2  3  6 12 11  8  6  6  5  5  8 10 10  9  6  5  4  4  8 10  8
Wind gust              17                      18                      18
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 OV B2 SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          20          80          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.12        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Rain                                S  S  C  C  D
Snow                                S  S  C  C  D  D  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind chill                         30 30          33 30 23 21 18 16 16 21 26 27
Min chill        31    30          30    29    29    30    20    15    15    24


Date               Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            19    38      21    45      25    40      19    36
Temp          25   23 33 36 26   24 37 42 34   29 36 38 26   22 31 35
Dewpt         13   15 15 14 17   16 21 24 25   23 22 19 18   15 15 14
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW    SW      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           20    40      20    40      50    60      40    50
Rain                                       C
Snow           S    S  S  C  S       C  C  C    C  C  L  C    C  C  C

$$
IDZ010-122200-
Salmon-Lemhi ID
45.12N 113.88W Elev. 4045 ft
330 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      53          33          46          22          39
Temp             31 33 44 50 50 43 38 37 36 36 41 42 40 34 31 29 26 26 33 37 37
Dewpt            22 24 26 26 28 30 30 32 32 32 29 26 23 23 23 21 19 19 17 15 15
RH               69 69 49 39 42 60 73 82 85 85 62 53 50 64 72 72 74 74 51 40 40
Wind dir         SE SE  S  S  S SE  S SE SE  S  W  W NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          4  4  8 10  9  5  5  4  4  4  5  6  6  5  3  2  2  2  5  6  5
Wind gust                 21
Clouds           B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          40          80          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.05        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                C  C  D  D  L  L
Snow                                            L  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S


Date               Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            22    41      25    48      29    46      24    41
Temp          29   26 35 38 30   29 39 45 37   33 39 41 30   26 34 38
Dewpt         19   20 21 19 22   23 27 28 29   28 25 23 23   21 20 17
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW     S       S    SW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           20    60      20    60      60    70      40    40
Rain                                    C  C    L  L  L  C
Snow                S  C  L       S  L  C          L  L  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ004-122200-
Lookout Pass-Mineral MT
47.45N 115.67W Elev. 6027 ft
330 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      33          25          33          22          26
Temp             31 31 30 30 31 32 33 33 32 30 26 25 24 24 23 23 22 24 23 25 25
Dewpt            28 29 28 29 29 29 29 29 30 27 22 20 18 18 17 17 17 17 13 14 13
RH               88 92 92 96 92 88 85 85 92 88 85 81 77 77 77 77 81 74 65 62 60
Wind dir         SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd          6  8  9  8  9 10 11 11 13 17 19 18 19 17 16 16 14 14 14 11 10
Clouds           OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                    100          90         100          60          60
QPF 12hr                   0.38        0.17        0.27        0.02        0.03
Snow 12hr                     3           1           4
Snow              D  D  D  D  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Wind chill       24 24 22 22 23 24 24 24 22 18 12 11 10 10 10 10  9 11 10 14 15
Min chill        24    22    22    24    22    12    10    10     9    10    11


Date               Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            24    29      25    31      28    29      24    29
Temp          25   27 26 25 29   29 29 28 30   29 28 27 25   26 26 27
Dewpt         18   21 21 21 24   25 24 24 24   23 22 21 20   21 19 18
PWind dir           S    SW      SW     S      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char          GN    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 OV OV OV   OV OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr           70   100      90    90      80    80      60    60
Snow           C    L  D  D  D    D  D  D  D    L  L  D  L    C  C  L

$$
IDZ006-122200-
Lowell-Idaho ID
46.15N 115.60W Elev. 1575 ft
230 AM PDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date                Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
PDT 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      55          39          46          30          45
Temp             40 40 45 52 50 45 43 42 42 40 40 44 41 36 33 32 32 31 38 44 42
Dewpt            34 36 41 42 42 40 38 40 40 36 35 34 32 30 29 29 29 28 27 26 27
RH               79 85 86 69 74 82 82 93 93 85 82 68 70 79 85 88 88 88 64 49 55
Wind dir         SE SE SE  S  S NE SE SE  S SW  W  W  W  W SW  N  N  N SW SW SW
Wind spd          1  1  1  2  2  2  1  1  1  1  2  3  2  1  1  0  0  0  1  2  2
Clouds           OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          80         100          70          50
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.11        0.26        0.04        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              L  L  L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C           C  C
Snow                                                     L  C  C  C  C  C
Obvis                                 PF    PF


Date               Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
PDT 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            33    45      35    51      36    46      32    44
Temp          35   34 39 41 36   37 42 46 39   37 40 42 35   34 38 42
Dewpt         30   32 33 34 34   35 38 39 37   35 35 34 33   32 33 31
PWind dir           S    SW       S     S      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 OV OV OV   OV OV OV OV   B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           70   100      90    90      80    90      80    80
Rain           C    L  D  D  D    D  D  D  D    D  L  D  D    L  L  D
Snow                                                             L

$$