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National Weather Service Missoula MT
1221 PM MDT Wed Aug 19 2026

MTZ005-201000-
Missoula-Missoula MT
46.92N 114.08W Elev. 3205 ft
1221 PM MDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Date           08/19/26      Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat
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                      52          93          56          95          59
Temp          85 86 74 64 58 54 59 78 91 92 78 67 62 58 62 80 93 93 80 70 64 60
Dewpt         41 39 42 43 42 42 40 40 39 39 44 44 45 45 46 47 43 42 45 47 48 50
RH            21 19 32 46 55 64 49 26 16 16 30 43 54 62 56 31 18 17 29 44 56 69
Wind dir      NW  W  N  N  E  N  N  N NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E  E SE
Wind spd       3  5  3  0  2  0  0  0  2  4  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  5  5  5  4  1
Clouds        SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                K  K  K  K  K  K  K  K


Date           08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
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          89      54    82      48    85      52    88      53    86
Temp          78 86 65   55 72 80 59   48 74 84 62   52 76 85 64   53 76 84
Dewpt         53 52 53   51 47 40 41   41 43 40 43   44 46 45 47   47 48 43
PWind dir         S      SW     W       W    NW      NE    SE      SE     N
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   SC FW FW CL   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      20     5       0     0       5    20      10     5
Rain                                                        S
Rain shwrs        C  S
Tstms             S  S

$$
MTZ003-201000-
Kalispell-Flathead MT
48.30N 114.27W Elev. 2977 ft
1221 PM MDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Date           08/19/26      Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat
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                      52          86          52          89          56
Temp          83 84 73 63 57 54 60 75 85 86 73 62 56 53 60 78 88 89 77 65 60 58
Dewpt         49 47 49 49 48 47 48 48 44 44 49 49 48 47 50 54 50 48 52 52 51 50
RH            31 28 43 60 72 77 64 38 24 23 43 62 74 80 69 43 27 24 42 63 72 75
Wind dir       S SW  W  W  N  N NE  S  S  S NE  N  N  N  N  E SE  E NE  N  N  N
Wind spd       6  6  2  1  1  2  1  3  5  3  2  3  3  3  2  1  2  2  2  5  3  3
Clouds        CL SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                          S
Obvis             K  K  K  K  K  K  K


Date           08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
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          85      52    77      46    79      49    82      51    81
Temp          77 82 62   55 70 75 56   46 71 78 58   49 74 81 60   52 73 79
Dewpt         54 53 55   51 50 46 46   44 48 44 46   44 49 47 49   46 50 46
PWind dir         E       S    SW      SW    SE       E    SE      SW    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW SC FW SC   B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      40    10       0     0       0     5      10     5
Rain           S          S
Rain shwrs        S  C
Tstms             S  S

$$
MTZ007-201000-
Butte-Silver Bow MT
45.95N 112.50W Elev. 5550 ft
1221 PM MDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Date           08/19/26      Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat
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                      49          87          53          88          54
Temp          80 80 68 59 53 50 58 78 85 87 73 64 58 54 60 80 87 86 74 65 58 55
Dewpt         31 31 37 35 34 33 34 36 35 37 41 40 40 39 41 42 40 40 47 46 45 45
RH            17 17 32 40 48 52 40 22 17 17 31 41 51 57 49 26 19 20 38 50 62 69
Wind dir      NW NW  N  S SE SE  N  W NW  N NE NW  N  N  N SE NE NE NE  E SE SE
Wind spd       5  6  3  2  1  1  0  3  5  4  2  1  0  0  0  1  4  5  4  4  3  3
Wind gust                             17 14
Clouds        FW SC SC FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC SC B1 B2 SC FW SC SC B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                          C
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S
Tstms                                                                   S  S


Date           08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
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          82      51    80      46    80      49    81      49    81
Temp          75 75 60   52 74 78 56   46 73 76 59   49 73 75 58   49 75 75
Dewpt         48 50 51   48 45 39 39   37 38 38 43   41 43 43 46   43 43 41
PWind dir         S       S    SW      NW    SW      SW     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60      40    20       5     5      10    30      30    20
Rain           C
Rain shwrs        L  C          S                           C  C          S
Tstms             C  S          S                           S  S          S

$$
IDZ010-201000-
Salmon-Lemhi ID
45.12N 113.88W Elev. 4045 ft
1221 PM MDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Date           08/19/26      Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat
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                      51          93          57          96          58
Temp          86 88 74 65 58 53 59 77 91 91 79 72 64 58 63 80 93 93 79 72 64 59
Dewpt         38 38 40 39 41 40 40 40 40 43 45 46 47 46 47 47 43 47 54 53 53 53
RH            18 17 29 38 53 61 49 26 17 19 30 39 54 64 56 31 18 21 42 51 67 80
Wind dir       N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  W  W  N  N  N  N  N NE  N  E  N  N  N
Wind spd       5  5  0  0  0  0  0  0  4  3  1  0  0  0  0  0  3  4  1  0  0  0
Wind gust                                13
Clouds        FW SC SC FW FW FW CL CL FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          10          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                 C        C
Rain shwrs                                                        C     C  C
Tstms                                                             S     S  S


Date           08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
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          86      54    85      49    83      51    84      51    84
Temp          77 81 66   55 76 83 61   49 74 79 63   52 75 78 63   52 75 79
Dewpt         51 55 53   52 48 43 42   43 43 49 48   48 49 52 49   48 48 48
PWind dir         S      SW    SW       W    SW       S     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW SC B1   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         70      20    10       5    20      30    40      20    30
Rain           C                                 C             S
Rain shwrs        L  S                        S             C             C
Tstms             C  S                        S             C             S

$$
MTZ004-201000-
Lookout Pass-Mineral MT
47.45N 115.67W Elev. 6027 ft
1221 PM MDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Date           08/19/26      Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26            Sat
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                      56          73          61          76          62
Temp          67 67 61 61 59 58 59 66 71 71 64 64 65 63 62 68 75 74 69 69 68 63
Dewpt         36 35 35 35 32 31 31 33 33 33 30 29 30 28 29 35 34 34 39 38 39 39
RH            32 30 38 38 36 36 34 29 25 25 28 27 27 26 28 29 22 23 33 32 34 41
Wind dir       W  W  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW  S SE  E  N  N NE  E  E SE
Wind spd       5  5  4  4  5  5  3  3  5  4  3  2  3  3  4  2  3  3  4  6  6  8
Clouds        FW B1 SC FW FW SC FW CL CL FW FW FW SC B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                          S
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S
Tstms                                                                   S  S
Obvis                            K  K


Date           08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
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          70      50    61      48    67      54    69      56    66
Temp          65 66 61   54 54 59 52   49 59 64 58   56 63 66 60   57 61 63
Dewpt         43 43 46   44 41 38 37   37 37 36 36   36 38 38 39   39 40 38
PWind dir         S      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW CL   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      50     5       0     0       5    20      20     5
Rain           S  S       S                                 S  S    S
Rain shwrs           C
Tstms                S

$$
IDZ006-201000-
Lowell-Idaho ID
46.15N 115.60W Elev. 1575 ft
1121 AM PDT Wed Aug 19 2026

Date          Wed 08/19/26      Thu 08/20/26            Fri 08/21/26         Sat
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                      56         102          61         105          64
Temp          94 91 72 64 61 58 61 84100 97 75 68 65 63 65 86103 99 78 73 67 65
Dewpt         48 52 54 52 51 49 51 52 53 59 57 56 54 53 56 56 57 58 58 57 55 55
RH            21 27 53 65 70 72 70 33 21 29 54 65 68 70 73 36 22 26 50 57 65 70
Wind dir       W NW  N  E NE  N NE  N NW NW  N  N  N  N  E  N  N  N  N  E  N  N
Wind spd       2  1  0  2  1  0  1  0  2  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  1  0  1  0  0
Clouds        SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis          K
Heat index                               97                  103 99
Max heat         92    85          82   101    91          85   103


Date           08/22/26  Sun 08/23/26  Mon 08/24/26  Tue 08/25/26  Wed 08/26/26
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          98      56    88      51    94      55    96      56    93
Temp          85 90 65   57 77 83 61   52 81 88 64   56 83 90 64   57 80 87
Dewpt         60 62 59   55 54 56 53   49 52 55 53   51 55 58 56   53 55 59
PWind dir        SW       W    NW      NW    NW      NE     S      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20     5       0     5      10    10      10     5
Rain shwrs        S  S
Tstms             S  S

$$