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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
214 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

MTZ312-161000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
214 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            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                      33          54          37          57          31
Temp          46 45 39 35 34 35 38 45 52 52 44 41 41 40 43 52 56 52 42 40 37 35
Dewpt         37 41 36 33 31 32 33 28 34 37 31 28 28 27 30 29 31 35 28 31 29 27
RH            71 86 89 92 89 89 82 51 50 56 60 59 59 59 60 41 38 52 57 70 72 72
Wind dir      NE NE SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW
Wind spd       3  3  2  3  5  5  6  6  9  9 13 19 21 20 20 20 19 16 11 12 12 11
Wind gust                                      29             29
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20           0          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           S              S  S                          S  S  C  C  S  S


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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      41    63      37    52      32    54      33    56
Temp          50 53 46   47 59 56 44   39 48 48 37   33 47 50 40   34 50 52
Dewpt         24 28 27   29 33 35 30   28 26 29 25   23 24 30 28   24 26 27
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW     W      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5      20    20      40    40      10     5      10     5
Rain                      S  S  S  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ303-161000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
214 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            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                      29          58          36          53          28
Temp          47 46 35 31 30 30 33 49 56 54 43 42 40 38 40 48 52 48 39 36 35 31
Dewpt         36 41 33 28 26 22 23 26 32 36 27 27 25 27 28 28 30 33 26 26 25 24
RH            65 83 92 88 85 72 66 40 40 50 53 55 55 64 62 46 43 56 59 67 66 75
Wind dir      SE  S  S  W NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd       6  5  3  5  8 10  9  9 10 12 20 25 25 24 21 21 23 19 13 13 12 10
Wind gust                                   34 40 40 37 34 34 34 32 24
Clouds        SC SC B2 SC SC SC FW CL CL CL SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          40          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                        C  C  C  C


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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      36    57      33    49      28    50      30    53
Temp          47 49 41   40 55 51 39   35 43 45 34   29 45 46 35   31 48 48
Dewpt         23 29 28   29 32 35 29   28 27 30 25   22 25 29 25   22 26 28
PWind dir         W      SW    SW       W     W       W    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC FW B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5      20    30      40    30      10    10       5     5
Rain                      S  C  C  C    C  C  S
Snow                                       C  S

$$
MTZ319-161000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
214 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            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                      34          53          35          58          33
Temp          46 46 43 40 39 35 36 44 51 51 44 41 40 37 39 49 56 53 47 44 41 36
Dewpt         38 40 37 36 35 32 32 30 34 35 29 28 27 28 30 30 35 33 28 31 29 29
RH            73 79 79 85 85 89 85 57 52 54 55 59 59 70 70 48 45 46 47 60 62 75
Wind dir      NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd       2  2  3  3  3  3  3  4  6  8 11 12 10  8  9 12 16 14 13 13 10  6
Wind gust                                      23             27 26 27 25
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20           5          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           S                                            S  S  C  C  S  S


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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          55      38    58      36    52      30    54      32    54
Temp          44 54 46   41 51 54 45   38 44 48 39   31 45 50 41   33 44 52
Dewpt         23 30 29   30 33 34 32   30 28 29 26   23 26 30 28   26 27 31
PWind dir        SW       S    SW       W     W      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW SC   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5      10    50      50    50      20     5      10    10
Rain                         C  C  C    C  C  C  S
Snow                                       S

$$
MTZ326-161000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
214 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            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                      33          48          29          57          27
Temp          46 46 42 40 39 36 37 40 45 46 40 35 34 32 36 49 56 53 45 38 34 29
Dewpt         41 43 41 40 39 36 36 33 36 39 35 32 31 29 32 30 35 35 30 32 28 25
RH            83 89 96100100100 96 76 70 76 82 89 89 88 85 48 45 50 55 79 78 85
Wind dir       W  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W SE  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW
Wind spd       2  2  2  2  2  3  4  3  4  5  8  9  9  8  8  8 11 11 10 10  9  5
Wind gust                                                     21
Clouds        B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     50          50          10           5          40
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.20           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           S  C  S  C  C  C  C  C  S                          C  C  C  C
Obvis               PF PF PF PF


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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          53      32    60      31    49      25    52      27    51
Temp          44 52 40   37 53 55 41   34 42 45 33   26 44 49 36   29 43 48
Dewpt         24 33 30   29 34 39 33   29 27 32 27   22 27 34 31   25 28 30
PWind dir        SW       S     S      SW     W       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW SC   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    40      60    40      10     5      10    10
Rain                         S  C  L    L  C  C
Snow                                       S

$$
MTZ330-161000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
214 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            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                      28          43          23          45          20
Temp          48 45 39 37 35 31 34 40 42 41 35 32 28 27 31 38 45 42 34 31 25 21
Dewpt         41 43 38 37 35 31 34 32 33 37 32 32 28 26 29 28 31 32 26 29 23 19
RH            77 93 96100100100100 73 70 85 89100100 96 92 67 58 67 72 92 92 92
Wind dir      SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W
Wind spd       4  2  2  2  2  2  2  5  8  5  8 11  9  6  9 12 14 13 11 10  5  2
Wind gust                                                     25
Clouds        OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     40          60          30          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.02           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S                 C  C
Rain shwrs     C  C
Snow                          C                 S  S                 C  C  C
Tstms          S  S
Obvis            PF PF PF PF PF PF


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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          46      23    51      23    41      18    43      19    43
Temp          40 44 30   26 46 49 33   26 37 37 26   19 38 40 27   20 37 40
Dewpt         20 30 27   23 29 37 31   24 24 28 25   19 23 29 25   19 25 26
PWind dir        SW       S    SW      SW     W      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 SC B1   B1 B2 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0    30      70    50      20    10      10    10
Rain                            C  L    L
Snow                               S    L  C  C  S    S

$$
MTZ328-161000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
214 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            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                      32          51          29          56          27
Temp          47 45 40 37 36 34 34 42 49 48 38 33 31 31 34 49 55 51 40 34 32 30
Dewpt         41 44 40 37 36 33 33 31 36 40 32 28 27 26 29 29 33 37 28 29 27 25
RH            79 96100100100 96 96 65 61 74 79 82 85 81 82 46 43 59 62 82 81 81
Wind dir      NE NE NE NW SW SW SW  W SW  W  S SW  S SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW
Wind spd       2  3  2  4  5  5  5  4  4  4  6  9 10 10 11 10 12 10 10 10 10 10
Clouds        OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          30           5           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           S  S  S  S  S  C  S                                S  S
Obvis            PF PF


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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          55      33    60      28    47      23    49      26    50
Temp          45 52 38   35 53 53 37   31 39 43 29   24 41 45 33   27 43 46
Dewpt         24 34 30   28 35 41 30   26 25 31 24   20 25 34 28   23 27 31
PWind dir        SW       S     S      SW     W      SW     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0    40      60    30      10     5       5     5
Rain                         S  C  L    C     S
Snow                                    C  C  S

$$
MTZ305-161000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
214 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            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                      33          54          34          55          29
Temp          47 46 39 38 37 35 36 45 52 51 43 41 39 39 42 50 54 50 41 37 34 30
Dewpt         38 44 38 38 37 34 35 33 38 41 34 33 30 30 33 31 34 36 30 31 28 25
RH            71 93 96100100 96 96 62 59 68 70 73 70 70 70 48 46 58 65 79 78 81
Wind dir       E  E  N  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW  W NW  W  W  W SW
Wind spd       3  3  2  3  4  5  6  8 10  9 11 16 18 19 20 21 20 14 12 11 11 11
Wind gust                                         29 34 33 32 32
Clouds        OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 FW FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20           0          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           S  S        S  S                             S  S  S  S
Obvis            PF PF PF


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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      33    63      35    54      29    56      31    58
Temp          48 52 40   40 58 57 45   39 48 49 37   30 49 51 39   32 50 53
Dewpt         24 30 26   27 32 37 34   31 31 35 30   24 28 34 30   26 29 29
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       W     W       W    SW      SW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL FW   SC B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0      10    10      30    30       5     5       5     5
Rain                               S    C  C  S

$$
MTZ314-161000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
214 PM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date           10/15/25      Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25            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                      32          46          33          53          29
Temp          46 44 39 37 37 35 36 39 43 44 39 37 37 37 41 49 51 47 40 37 34 30
Dewpt         41 43 39 37 37 35 36 35 37 38 33 30 29 27 30 31 33 36 30 31 29 25
RH            83 96100100100100100 85 79 79 79 75 72 67 65 50 50 65 67 79 82 81
Wind dir       E  E  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W NW NW NW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd       4  3  3  4  4  5  5  8  9  5 10 11 11 13 17 24 20 14 12 11 10 10
Wind gust                                         23 27 29    31 27    21
Clouds        B1 OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     30          50          20          20          50
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.13           0           0        0.14
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S              S  S  C  C  C  C
Snow                                                                       C
Obvis            PF PF


Date           10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25
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      34    62      33    48      27    52      30    53
Temp          46 47 41   43 59 54 42   35 44 44 34   28 47 47 37   32 48 48
Dewpt         23 29 27   27 35 39 31   28 28 31 25   21 25 33 28   23 28 29
PWind dir         W      SW    SW       W     W       W     W      SW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0      10    30      50    40      20     5      10    10
Rain                            C  C    C  C  C  S
Snow                                       S     S

$$
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