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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
204 PM MDT Wed Jul 30 2025

MTZ312-311000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
204 PM MDT Wed Jul 30 2025

Date           07/30/25      Thu 07/31/25            Fri 08/01/25            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                      57          86          60          85          58
Temp          79 80 73 66 61 58 64 75 83 83 74 67 63 60 66 77 83 81 70 64 61 59
Dewpt         49 52 54 55 54 54 55 56 55 55 56 57 56 57 59 61 59 56 57 58 56 55
RH            35 38 51 68 78 86 73 52 38 38 53 70 78 90 78 58 44 42 63 81 84 87
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  W  W NW NE  E SW  W SW SW
Wind spd      12 13 12 10  5  3  4  6 10 13 11  8  4  3  3  3  5  8  6  5  5  6
Clouds        SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10          30          40          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.04        0.18
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S                          C  C              C  C  C  C
Tstms          S                          C  S              S  C  C  S
Heat index       80                                           83 81
Max heat         80                      84    81                83


Date           08/02/25  Sun 08/03/25  Mon 08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25
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          81      57    84      55    83      55    80      54    82
Temp          76 78 63   58 77 83 63   55 74 81 61   56 74 78 62   55 74 81
Dewpt         55 53 51   49 47 45 48   46 48 48 51   49 50 45 47   44 44 44
PWind dir         W       W    SW      SE    NW       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    10       5    20      40    20      10     5
Rain shwrs        C  S                        S  C          S
Tstms             S  S                        S  C          S

$$
MTZ303-311000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
204 PM MDT Wed Jul 30 2025

Date           07/30/25      Thu 07/31/25            Fri 08/01/25            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                      55          79          57          78          56
Temp          76 78 71 63 58 55 62 72 77 79 72 64 60 57 63 70 75 77 67 61 58 56
Dewpt         51 50 51 53 53 53 54 55 53 52 54 57 56 56 58 61 59 60 60 59 57 55
RH            42 37 49 70 83 93 75 55 43 39 53 78 87 96 84 73 58 56 78 93 96 96
Wind dir      SE  E  E  E  E NE  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E SE  E SE SE SW  W  W  W
Wind spd      12 12 10  9  5  3  9 13 13 13 10  6  4  2  4  6  8  8  5  5  5  5
Wind gust                             24
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          10          30          50          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.13        0.12        0.37
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  L  L  S  S  C
Tstms                                     C  C  S  S        S  C  C  S


Date           08/02/25  Sun 08/03/25  Mon 08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25
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          75      55    75      51    75      52    73      50    74
Temp          71 71 59   55 70 74 57   51 69 74 58   52 69 72 57   51 69 73
Dewpt         58 56 54   51 52 50 50   48 50 50 52   49 49 45 45   43 45 45
PWind dir         W       W     W       W    NE      NW     W       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      30    30       5    20      40    30      10    10
Rain shwrs     C  L  C    S     C             S  C    S  C  S
Tstms             C  S          S             S  S          S

$$
MTZ319-311000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
204 PM MDT Wed Jul 30 2025

Date           07/30/25      Thu 07/31/25            Fri 08/01/25            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                      57          88          59          82          57
Temp          81 80 74 67 62 58 63 75 83 86 74 68 62 59 64 77 82 80 72 67 62 58
Dewpt         49 50 53 54 53 52 55 55 53 53 54 54 52 52 54 55 51 50 52 52 50 50
RH            33 35 48 63 72 80 75 50 36 32 50 61 70 78 70 47 34 35 49 59 65 75
Wind dir      NE NE  E SE  W  W NW NE NE NE  N SE SW SW  N NE  N NW  W  W SW SW
Wind spd       9 11  8  4  2  1  2  5  9 11  6  4  2  1  1  2  5  8  5  5  4  4
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          30          40          50          40
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.12        0.04        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S  S                 C  C  C              C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  S  S                 C  C  S              S  C  C
Heat index       80
Max heat         81                      85    81                81


Date           08/02/25  Sun 08/03/25  Mon 08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25
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          83      55    84      55    83      55    81      55    83
Temp          74 81 66   55 76 83 66   55 75 80 65   55 73 80 65   55 74 82
Dewpt         50 47 46   45 44 38 42   43 47 43 46   46 45 41 43   43 43 41
PWind dir         W       W     W       W    NW       W     W       W     W
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    10      10    30      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs        C  S                        C  C          S
Tstms             C  S                        C  C          S

$$
MTZ326-311000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
204 PM MDT Wed Jul 30 2025

Date           07/30/25      Thu 07/31/25            Fri 08/01/25            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                      51          86          51          85          51
Temp          79 77 68 63 56 52 62 75 84 80 70 62 55 51 62 77 84 81 70 62 55 52
Dewpt         52 53 53 55 52 51 53 54 52 51 49 52 49 49 50 51 47 46 48 49 48 47
RH            39 43 59 75 86 96 72 48 33 36 47 70 80 93 65 40 28 29 45 62 77 83
Wind dir       E  E SE SE NW SW NW NE  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  W  W NW SE SE  S  S
Wind spd      10 13 11 10  6  5  4  4  8 11  9  6  5  4  2  2  4  8  5  4  3  3
Clouds        SC B1 SC SC FW SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20          30          20          40          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S  S                 S  S  S              C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  S  S                 S  S                 S  C  S
Heat index                               80
Max heat         80                      83                      82


Date           08/02/25  Sun 08/03/25  Mon 08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25
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          84      50    84      50    85      50    83      50    86
Temp          76 80 62   50 76 81 62   50 77 80 63   50 75 80 62   50 77 82
Dewpt         50 45 49   46 46 40 47   44 46 42 48   45 47 41 46   43 44 39
PWind dir         W      SW     W      SE    NE      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW B1 SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      20    20      10    20      20    10      10    10
Rain shwrs        C  S          S             S  S
Tstms             S  S          S             S  S

$$
MTZ330-311000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
204 PM MDT Wed Jul 30 2025

Date           07/30/25      Thu 07/31/25            Fri 08/01/25            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                      40          81          40          78          40
Temp          80 74 60 51 45 41 54 76 80 75 61 51 43 40 54 74 78 76 64 53 44 40
Dewpt         34 41 47 48 45 40 44 39 32 35 46 46 42 40 42 40 33 33 37 39 38 37
RH            19 30 62 89100 96 69 26 17 23 58 83 96100 64 29 19 21 37 59 79 89
Wind dir       W  E NE NE  N  E NE SW SW  S  E  E  E  E  S SW SW SW  W  S SE  N
Wind spd       5  9  8  6  3  1  1  4  8  8  5  3  2  1  2 10 13 11  5  2  1  0
Clouds        B1 B2 SC B1 FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          40          20          40          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  S                 S  C  S  S              C  C  S  S
Tstms          C  S                 S  C  S                 C  C
Obvis                        PF


Date           08/02/25  Sun 08/03/25  Mon 08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25
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          77      39    76      38    78      40    75      38    78
Temp          73 73 51   39 71 73 51   38 73 75 53   40 69 73 51   38 71 77
Dewpt         38 35 43   39 39 35 39   37 36 31 38   38 38 33 36   35 34 33
PWind dir        SW      NW    SW       N    SE       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   SC FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    20      10    20      10    10       5     5
Rain shwrs        C  S          S             S
Tstms             C  S          S             S

$$
MTZ328-311000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
204 PM MDT Wed Jul 30 2025

Date           07/30/25      Thu 07/31/25            Fri 08/01/25            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                      49          84          48          82          48
Temp          80 74 65 57 51 49 57 73 82 78 65 57 51 48 57 74 80 78 67 58 52 49
Dewpt         49 53 54 54 51 49 53 54 47 48 52 52 49 47 50 52 50 48 49 48 46 45
RH            34 48 68 90100100 86 51 29 35 63 83 93 96 77 46 35 35 52 69 80 86
Wind dir      NE  N  E  E  S SE  N  N  N NE NE  S  S  S SW  W SW  W  N SW  S  S
Wind spd      10 11 10  6  5  5  4  4  6  9  8  5  5  4  3  4  9 10  6  5  5  5
Clouds        SC B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          30          20          40          20
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  C                    S  S  S              C  C  S  S
Tstms          S  C                    S  S                 S  C  S
Heat index    80                                              80
Max heat         80                      81                      80


Date           08/02/25  Sun 08/03/25  Mon 08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25
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          80      47    79      47    81      47    79      46    82
Temp          73 77 56   47 73 77 57   47 73 75 56   47 70 78 57   46 73 81
Dewpt         49 46 47   43 47 44 45   42 47 45 46   44 46 44 43   40 42 43
PWind dir        SW       W    SW      NE     E      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW B1 B1   FW FW SC B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      10    20      10    30      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs        C             S             C  S
Tstms             C             S             C  S

$$
MTZ305-311000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
204 PM MDT Wed Jul 30 2025

Date           07/30/25      Thu 07/31/25            Fri 08/01/25            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                      56          85          59          85          58
Temp          82 83 73 65 60 57 67 79 83 83 74 67 62 60 67 79 84 83 74 66 61 59
Dewpt         57 55 55 55 54 54 56 55 53 54 58 60 59 58 61 62 61 60 62 61 60 59
RH            43 38 53 70 81 90 68 44 36 37 57 78 90 93 81 56 46 46 66 84 97100
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE
Wind spd      12 13 12 10 10  9 12 14 16 17 13 11 10  9  9  9 10 11  8  5  3  3
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30          30          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0        0.16
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  S  S        C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                     C  S  S  S        C  C  C  C  S
Heat index    82                   80                      80 85 83
Max heat         82    81          80    83    81          80    85    81


Date           08/02/25  Sun 08/03/25  Mon 08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25
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          83      57    83      56    86      55    81      54    83
Temp          76 79 64   58 76 82 64   56 79 82 65   56 76 79 62   55 77 81
Dewpt         61 58 59   55 55 55 55   52 55 52 55   53 54 50 52   49 51 47
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      SW     E       E    SW       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      30    30      10    20      40    30      20    10
Rain shwrs     S  C  C    S  S  C             S  C    C  C  C  S
Tstms             C  S          S             S  C    S     S  S

$$
MTZ314-311000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
204 PM MDT Wed Jul 30 2025

Date           07/30/25      Thu 07/31/25            Fri 08/01/25            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                      54          78          56          82          54
Temp          72 74 65 60 56 54 61 70 76 76 67 62 58 56 64 76 80 77 67 62 57 55
Dewpt         57 57 57 55 55 54 57 57 56 57 58 58 57 56 58 61 61 59 59 58 55 53
RH            59 55 75 84 96100 87 63 50 52 73 87 96100 81 60 52 54 75 87 93 93
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE  S SW
Wind spd      11 11  9  6  5  5  6 10 10 10  9  5  4  3  2  4  5  6  5  4  3  3
Clouds        B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          40          50          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.14
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S                       C  C              C  C  C  C
Tstms          S  S                       C  S              S  C  C  S
Heat index                                                    81
Max heat                                                         81


Date           08/02/25  Sun 08/03/25  Mon 08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25
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          78      53    80      53    81      51    76      52    79
Temp          75 75 59   54 75 77 59   53 76 77 61   52 71 75 58   53 74 76
Dewpt         56 54 54   49 48 46 49   46 51 51 53   49 49 49 49   44 47 46
PWind dir         W       W     W      SE    SE      SE     W       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      40    30      20    30      40    30      20    10
Rain shwrs        C  C          C  S          C  C    S     C  S
Tstms             C  S             S          S  C          S  S

$$
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