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National Weather Service Missoula MT
330 AM MDT Sat May 17 2025

MTZ005-172200-
Missoula-Missoula MT
46.92N 114.08W Elev. 3205 ft
330 AM MDT Sat May 17 2025

Date             Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25            Mon 05/19/25
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                      68          39          50          37          61
Temp             39 44 57 65 67 57 50 45 41 41 43 47 48 44 41 39 38 42 52 57 60
Dewpt            37 38 38 36 38 39 42 42 38 37 34 32 32 31 34 33 33 35 34 34 36
RH               92 79 49 34 34 51 74 89 89 85 70 56 54 60 76 79 82 76 50 42 41
Wind dir          E  S SW NW  N  N NW  W NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          1  1  2  3  8  6  5  6  6 10 11 13 13 10  5  3  2  4  6 10 11
Clouds           B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          90          90          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.59        0.23           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S  S  L  L  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C
Obvis            PF                                            F  F
Wind chill                                  34 36
Min chill        39    38                37    33    39    36    35    39


Date               Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25  Fri 05/23/25
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            41    61      37    67      42    65      40    71
Temp          48   42 54 60 46   37 57 66 50   42 57 64 48   40 59 69
Dewpt         37   38 38 34 35   33 34 36 38   36 36 36 38   36 38 38
PWind dir           W    SW       W    SW      NW     W      NW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   FW SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr           20    50      10    10      30    30      10    10
Rain                S  C  C                C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ003-172200-
Kalispell-Flathead MT
48.30N 114.27W Elev. 2977 ft
330 AM MDT Sat May 17 2025

Date             Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25            Mon 05/19/25
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                      64          41          51          39          58
Temp             39 45 55 61 64 57 49 45 43 44 46 48 49 46 43 41 39 44 52 56 58
Dewpt            39 40 40 37 36 38 38 40 42 42 41 40 37 38 38 38 37 38 37 37 38
RH              100 82 57 41 35 49 66 82 96 93 83 74 63 73 82 89 92 79 56 49 47
Wind dir          S SE SE SE  E  N NW NW NW  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd          2  2  2  2  3  2  4  4  5  5  8 10  9  6  5  4  4  8 10 12 12
Clouds           B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          70          90          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.23        0.77        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                L  L  D  D  D  D  C  C
Obvis            PF                                           PF PF


Date               Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25  Fri 05/23/25
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            40    59      37    63      40    62      38    67
Temp          46   40 53 58 44   38 57 62 47   41 55 62 45   38 59 66
Dewpt         38   38 39 37 36   35 36 36 38   37 37 36 37   35 38 37
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW     S       S    SW       W     S
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           20    50       5    20      20    30      10    20
Rain                S  C                S  S    S  C  C
Rain shwrs                C                                         S
Tstms                     S                                         S

$$
MTZ007-172200-
Butte-Silver Bow MT
45.95N 112.50W Elev. 5550 ft
330 AM MDT Sat May 17 2025

Date             Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25            Mon 05/19/25
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                      61          34          45          29          56
Temp             33 41 52 58 58 51 43 40 36 36 40 42 43 39 35 32 30 36 46 52 55
Dewpt            32 34 35 33 35 38 38 38 34 32 32 30 28 26 27 26 26 27 28 29 30
RH               96 76 52 39 42 61 82 92 92 85 73 62 55 59 72 78 85 69 49 41 38
Wind dir          N SE SE SE SE  E SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          0  1  3  5  5  4  3  3  4  8 11 14 14 13 10  5  4  5  6 11 11
Wind gust                                      21       24
Clouds           SC SC B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          90          90          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.24        0.22        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    C  C     D  D  D  D  D  D  D  C  C  C        S
Rain shwrs                    D
Snow                                                     C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                         S
Obvis            PF                   PF
Wind chill                                  30 33 34 36 31 27 26
Min chill        33    35                32    28    34    27    24    26


Date               Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25  Fri 05/23/25
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            32    58      32    63      37    60      35    64
Temp          39   33 53 55 40   33 54 62 45   37 52 59 42   36 57 63
Dewpt         30   28 31 32 32   28 29 30 34   31 32 32 32   30 33 32
PWind dir           W     W      NW    SW      NW     W      NW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC B1 B1   FW FW B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr           10    40      20    10      30    40      20    20
Rain                         S             C    C  C  C  S
Rain shwrs                C                                         S
Tstms                     S                                         S

$$
IDZ010-172200-
Salmon-Lemhi ID
45.12N 113.88W Elev. 4045 ft
330 AM MDT Sat May 17 2025

Date             Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25            Mon 05/19/25
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                      66          39          49          32          63
Temp             40 45 56 64 63 54 49 46 41 42 44 48 47 42 38 35 33 39 50 60 62
Dewpt            36 36 36 35 37 41 41 41 38 34 31 26 25 24 26 27 27 27 27 28 29
RH               85 70 47 34 38 61 74 83 89 73 60 42 42 48 62 72 78 62 41 29 28
Wind dir          N  N NE  S  S  W NE  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          0  0  2  3  3  2  2  3  5  8 10 13 13 10  5  2  2  2  3  8 10
Wind gust                                         24 26 24
Clouds           B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40         100          80          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.19        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  C  C  S  S
Wind chill                                  36          36
Min chill              39                38    35          32    31    34


Date               Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25  Fri 05/23/25
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            36    65      37    71      41    70      39    73
Temp          45   37 58 63 46   38 59 69 51   41 59 68 49   39 61 71
Dewpt         31   31 33 30 33   32 32 31 34   34 35 33 33   32 34 35
PWind dir          NW    SW       W    SW       W    NW      NW     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            5    20       5     5      30    20      10    10
Rain                                       C    C  S
Rain shwrs                S
Tstms                     S

$$
MTZ004-172200-
Lookout Pass-Mineral MT
47.45N 115.67W Elev. 6027 ft
330 AM MDT Sat May 17 2025

Date             Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25            Mon 05/19/25
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                      49          29          34          32          41
Temp             32 36 42 45 46 42 40 38 35 30 29 31 32 32 33 32 32 34 36 39 40
Dewpt            29 30 29 30 31 33 35 35 32 29 26 27 26 27 27 27 27 27 27 28 30
RH               88 79 60 55 55 70 82 89 89 96 88 85 78 81 78 81 81 75 69 64 67
Wind dir          S  E  E  N NW NW  W  W  W SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd          6  5  5  3  5  8  9 10 13 16 13 12 12 11 10 10 10 11 11 10 11
Clouds           B1 SC SC B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          90          90          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.50        0.37        0.02        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           3
Rain                    S  S  L  L  D  D                                   S  C
Snow                                      D  D  D  D  C  C              S  S  C
Wind chill       26                34 31 25 19 18 21 22 23 25 24 24 26 27 32 33
Min chill        26    28          34    25    17    20    23    24    25    29


Date               Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25  Fri 05/23/25
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            35    41      32    47      36    45      34    52
Temp          38   36 35 40 35   33 42 44 38   36 39 44 37   34 45 51
Dewpt         32   31 26 27 27   26 25 28 28   27 28 30 29   27 26 30
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW    SW      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           50    60      10    20      30    30      10    10
Rain           C    C                   S  C    C     C
Snow           C    C  C  L             S  C    C  S  C

$$
IDZ006-172200-
Lowell-Idaho ID
46.15N 115.60W Elev. 1575 ft
230 AM PDT Sat May 17 2025

Date                Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25            Mon 05/19/25
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                      73          41          51          40          68
Temp             43 48 63 71 67 55 50 48 43 41 42 48 48 43 41 40 40 44 57 66 63
Dewpt            42 43 45 45 49 51 50 48 42 41 39 37 36 36 38 39 40 41 43 42 43
RH               96 83 52 39 52 86100100 96100 89 65 63 76 89 96100 89 59 42 48
Wind dir          N  N  N  W NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  N  N  N  W  W  W
Wind spd          0  0  0  3  4  2  2  2  2  2  3  5  3  2  1  0  0  0  1  3  2
Clouds           B1 SC B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     60         100          90          40          10
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.76        0.26        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    L  L     D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  S  S              C
Rain shwrs                    D
Tstms                         S
Obvis             F                PF PF PF PF                 F  F PF


Date               Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25  Fri 05/23/25
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            45    68      42    75      46    70      44    77
Temp          49   45 55 66 48   42 65 70 52   46 61 67 50   44 67 72
Dewpt         45   45 46 47 44   40 45 46 46   42 45 43 45   42 46 46
PWind dir           W     W      NW     W      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           40    50      10    10      40    30      20    10
Rain           C    C  C  C                C    C  C  S  S

$$