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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
205 PM MDT Sat Jul 12 2025

MTZ312-131000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
205 PM MDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date           07/12/25      Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            Tue
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                      60          94          58          89          54
Temp          88 89 79 69 64 60 72 85 92 93 83 72 64 59 69 85 88 83 68 61 57 56
Dewpt         36 39 42 43 43 43 45 46 45 43 47 48 49 49 50 50 50 51 52 53 52 51
RH            16 17 27 39 46 53 38 26 20 18 28 42 58 69 51 30 27 33 57 75 83 83
Wind dir       W NW NW  W SW SW  W  W  W NW NW SW  W SW  W  W NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      12 14 10  6  6  8  6  6  6  9  8  6  6  5 10 13 18 19 19 17 14 14
Clouds        FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5          20          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.17
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  C  C  L  L  L
Tstms                                                             C  C  S  S  S


Date           07/15/25  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          62      48    69      48    78      52    84      54    89
Temp          57 59 54   49 60 68 54   48 68 77 60   53 73 82 63   55 82 88
Dewpt         51 48 48   45 48 47 47   44 48 47 48   45 49 46 47   44 45 41
PWind dir        NE      NE     N       E     W       N    NW       E    SW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV B2   B1 B1 B1 FW   FW FW FW FW   FW B1 SC FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70      50    20       5     5      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs     L  L  C    C  S
Tstms          S  S  C

$$
MTZ303-131000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
205 PM MDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date           07/12/25      Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            Tue
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                      57          87          55          72          48
Temp          83 84 76 66 61 58 69 81 85 86 76 65 59 55 62 69 70 63 56 53 51 49
Dewpt         43 45 48 46 47 47 48 49 49 49 51 53 54 52 54 55 57 55 53 53 51 48
RH            24 26 37 48 60 67 47 33 29 28 42 65 83 90 75 61 63 75 90100100 96
Wind dir       W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      17 18 12 12 10 10 10  9 11 14 13 10  6  6 10 13 19 21 19 14 13 13
Wind gust     27 28                      25                   31 32
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           5          20          40          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.32
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S              C  C  L  L  L  L  L
Tstms                                                             C  S  S


Date           07/15/25  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          56      44    65      44    72      49    76      51    83
Temp          53 54 49   44 57 64 51   45 64 72 56   49 68 76 60   52 76 82
Dewpt         50 49 48   44 47 49 47   44 49 49 50   47 50 49 48   44 45 44
PWind dir        NE      NE    SE      SE    SE      NE     N       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         70      30    10       5     5      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs     L  L  C    S
Tstms                S

$$
MTZ319-131000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
205 PM MDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date           07/12/25      Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            Tue
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                      59          93          61          93          55
Temp          88 89 81 71 65 60 68 83 91 93 85 74 67 62 70 85 92 89 77 65 62 57
Dewpt         37 36 39 40 41 42 44 46 43 42 44 47 46 46 48 48 46 44 48 51 51 50
RH            16 15 22 32 41 51 42 27 19 17 24 38 47 56 45 28 21 21 36 60 67 77
Wind dir       W  W  W  W SW  W NW  W NW  W NW  W SW SW  W  W NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      13 14 10  8  5  4  3  5 10 12  9  6  5  4  5 10 14 18 17 12  9  6
Wind gust     24 25                                           25    28
Clouds        SC FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW B1 B1 B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                             C  S  S  S


Date           07/15/25  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          66      50    74      50    83      53    86      55    91
Temp          60 64 58   51 62 74 59   51 71 82 64   54 75 85 66   56 80 89
Dewpt         50 48 48   45 48 44 45   43 48 44 45   43 48 42 44   43 46 39
PWind dir         N       N     N      SE     E      NW    NW       W     S
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B2 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW CL CL
PoP 12hr         70      50    20       5    10      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  L  C    C  S  S
Tstms             S  C

$$
MTZ326-131000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
205 PM MDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date           07/12/25      Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            Tue
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                      53          92          56          94          54
Temp          86 90 77 66 57 53 67 82 90 91 81 69 61 56 70 86 93 89 77 67 59 55
Dewpt         35 36 40 40 41 41 41 44 43 40 45 47 47 46 46 48 43 44 49 51 52 51
RH            16 15 26 38 55 64 39 26 20 17 28 45 60 69 42 27 18 21 37 56 78 86
Wind dir       W NW  N SW  S  S  W NW NW  N NE  S  S  S  W  W NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd       8 10  5  4  3  3  2  4  6  6  5  4  3  3  2  5 10 12 11  6  5  5
Clouds        FW FW FW CL CL FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           5          10          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                             C  S


Date           07/15/25  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          74      48    75      46    85      49    88      51    92
Temp          67 68 58   49 64 74 57   46 75 81 61   49 79 82 63   51 82 88
Dewpt         52 51 50   47 48 47 48   44 47 43 47   45 47 43 47   44 45 39
PWind dir        NE      NE    NW       E     W       E     W       E     W
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW CL FW
PoP 12hr         60      50    20       5    10      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     C  L  C    C  S  S
Tstms             S  C    S     S

$$
MTZ330-131000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
205 PM MDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date           07/12/25      Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            Tue
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                      41          84          45          83          44
Temp          80 81 68 55 45 41 56 77 83 84 71 59 48 45 59 79 83 77 67 57 48 44
Dewpt         31 32 35 37 36 37 37 39 37 37 42 44 41 41 43 44 40 42 45 46 44 44
RH            17 17 29 51 70 85 49 25 19 19 35 57 77 86 55 29 22 29 45 67 86100
Wind dir       W  W NW  W  N  N  N SW  W  W SW NW  N  N  N SW  W  W NW NE NE NE
Wind spd      10  9  3  1  0  0  0  5  9  8  2  1  0  0  0  6 10  9  5  3  2  2
Clouds        FW FW FW CL FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                                             S


Date           07/15/25  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          76      40    75      37    79      40    81      41    83
Temp          72 70 51   41 68 72 49   37 72 77 53   40 75 76 54   41 76 80
Dewpt         44 46 47   41 45 40 44   37 42 37 42   40 42 37 42   39 39 34
PWind dir        NW       N    NW       N     S       S    SW      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW B2 B1   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW SC FW   FW FW SC SC   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         60      40    20      10    20      10    10       5    10
Rain shwrs        L  C    S     S             S
Tstms                C    S

$$
MTZ328-131000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
205 PM MDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date           07/12/25      Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            Tue
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                      50          90          53          90          51
Temp          83 87 74 61 54 50 62 79 86 89 77 65 57 53 65 82 89 88 75 62 55 51
Dewpt         38 40 41 41 40 39 42 46 44 44 46 47 45 45 47 49 45 45 48 50 49 48
RH            20 19 30 48 59 66 48 31 23 21 33 52 64 74 52 32 22 22 38 65 80 89
Wind dir       W NW  N SE  S  S SW  W  S  W  N  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  N  N  N NE
Wind spd       6  8  6  6  5  4  2  2  5  6  6  6  5  5  4  5 10 12 12 10 10 10
Clouds        SC FW FW CL FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S
Tstms                                                             S


Date           07/15/25  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          79      48    76      45    83      48    86      49    89
Temp          70 73 56   48 64 75 55   45 72 82 58   48 76 84 59   49 79 87
Dewpt         54 54 49   45 49 49 46   42 47 47 45   42 46 45 43   40 43 39
PWind dir        NE       N     N      NE    SW       N    SW      NE    SW
Wind char        GN      BZ    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   CL CL FW
PoP 12hr         50      30    20       5    10      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs        C  C          S
Tstms                C

$$
MTZ305-131000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
205 PM MDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date           07/12/25      Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            Tue
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                      58          93          58          83          53
Temp          89 89 79 68 62 59 71 87 91 91 81 69 63 59 67 77 81 77 67 59 56 54
Dewpt         44 45 47 48 46 47 48 51 48 48 52 53 53 53 54 55 57 57 54 55 53 51
RH            21 22 32 49 56 64 44 29 23 23 37 57 70 80 63 47 44 50 63 87 90 90
Wind dir      NW NW  N SE  S SW SW  W  W NW NE  E NE NE NE  N  N  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd      13 11  6  5  5  5  8  9 10 10 10 10 10  9 10 10 13 18 16 12 11 11
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5           5          20          30          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.26
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  S  S        C  C  L  L  L  L  L
Tstms                                     S  S                    C  C  S  S
Heat index                                                    81
Max heat         88    85          85    89    87                81


Date           07/15/25  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          62      48    71      47    78      52    83      53    88
Temp          59 61 53   48 64 70 55   48 71 77 60   53 74 82 62   54 80 87
Dewpt         51 50 49   46 49 49 48   46 50 50 50   49 51 52 51   48 51 47
PWind dir        NE       E     E      SE     E       E    NW       E    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         60      40    20       5     5      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs     L  L  C    C  S
Tstms                S

$$
MTZ314-131000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
205 PM MDT Sat Jul 12 2025

Date           07/12/25      Sun 07/13/25            Mon 07/14/25            Tue
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                      55          88          56          86          49
Temp          83 85 73 64 58 56 70 82 86 87 76 67 61 57 68 82 85 82 67 60 53 50
Dewpt         39 40 44 44 43 42 45 48 47 46 49 49 49 47 50 52 50 53 54 54 52 50
RH            21 20 35 48 57 59 41 31 26 24 39 52 65 69 52 35 30 37 63 81 96100
Wind dir      NW NW  W  S  S  S  W  W NW NW NE  S SW SW  W NW NW  N  N  N NE NE
Wind spd      13 12  5  5  5  5  5  8  8  6  5  5  5  4  5  8 10 10 10  9  8  6
Wind gust     24
Clouds        CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          20          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.15
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S  L  L  L  L  L
Tstms                                                             C  C  S  S  S


Date           07/15/25  Wed 07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25
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          58      45    63      43    74      49    79      51    84
Temp          55 56 51   46 57 63 50   44 66 73 56   50 73 77 59   52 79 83
Dewpt         51 49 50   46 49 48 46   42 47 47 50   46 51 50 50   46 47 47
PWind dir        NE       E     E      SE     E      SE     W       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         80      60    40      10    10      10    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     L  D  L    C  C  C
Tstms          S  S  C    S

$$
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