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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
331 PM MDT Wed Aug 12 2026

MTZ312-131000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
331 PM MDT Wed Aug 12 2026

Date           08/12/26      Thu 08/13/26            Fri 08/14/26            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          66          49          63          47
Temp             74 64 59 55 54 55 59 63 63 57 54 51 50 52 55 60 62 57 53 50 48
Dewpt            48 51 54 53 53 53 53 51 52 53 53 50 49 51 50 48 48 50 50 49 48
RH               40 63 83 93 96 93 80 65 67 86 96 96 96 96 83 64 60 77 89 96100
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N NW NW  N  N NE NE NE SW
Wind spd         21 19 14 12 11  6  6  9 11 11 11 10  8  6  4  4  5  6  4  3  2
Clouds           SC B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          80          70          60          30
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.24        0.06        0.07        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  C  L  L  L  L  C  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C
Tstms             S  C  S  S  S     S  S  C  S
Obvis             K


Date           08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26
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          76      51    82      53    82      53    83      54    81
Temp          67 75 60   52 75 80 62   54 76 79 62   54 77 80 62   54 75 78
Dewpt         53 50 52   50 52 48 51   49 51 49 52   50 49 46 49   48 47 44
PWind dir        SE      SE     W      SE     W      SE    SW      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 SC B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5      10    20      20    10      30    10      30    20
Rain shwrs                      S  S             C             C          S
Tstms                           S  S             S             S

$$
MTZ303-131000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
331 PM MDT Wed Aug 12 2026

Date           08/12/26      Thu 08/13/26            Fri 08/14/26            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                      45          56          43          59          42
Temp             59 52 49 49 48 49 51 55 55 50 48 46 46 48 52 58 59 53 48 45 43
Dewpt            50 49 48 48 48 49 50 52 50 49 48 46 46 48 47 49 47 48 46 44 43
RH               72 89 96 96100100 96 90 83 96100100100100 83 72 64 83 93 96100
Wind dir         NE  N  N NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE SE  S
Wind spd         17 14 11 10  9  9  9 11 13 18 13 11  9  8  5  5  5  5  4  2  1
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     80         100          70          30          10
QPF 12hr                   0.20        0.29        0.06           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        L  C  L  L  D  D  D  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms             C  S     S  S  S  C  S  S


Date           08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26
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          71      46    76      48    76      49    77      49    75
Temp          63 71 54   47 70 74 56   50 71 74 57   50 71 75 57   50 70 73
Dewpt         51 48 49   47 50 47 49   47 50 48 49   47 48 45 47   45 46 44
PWind dir        SE      SE     W      NW    NW      NW     W       W    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5      10    20      10    10      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                      S                S          S  S    S     S
Tstms                           S                S          S  S

$$
MTZ319-131000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
331 PM MDT Wed Aug 12 2026

Date           08/12/26      Thu 08/13/26            Fri 08/14/26            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                      53          69          52          67          51
Temp             78 68 63 58 54 54 61 66 67 60 58 56 54 52 58 64 66 61 57 53 51
Dewpt            47 49 53 54 52 53 53 53 50 49 52 52 51 51 54 54 50 51 52 51 50
RH               33 51 70 86 93 96 75 63 54 67 80 86 90 96 86 70 56 70 83 93 96
Wind dir          N  N NW NW  W NW  N  N  N NW  W  W NW  N  N  N  N NW  N  N  N
Wind spd         13 19 17 10  6  4  5  9 11 12 11 10  8  6  2  5  5  5  0  0  0
Clouds           SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          40          80          80          60
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.02        0.36        0.11        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  C  C  L  C  S  S  C  C  D  L  C  L  L  D  D  L  L
Tstms             S  S  S  S        S  C  C  S              S  C  S
Obvis             K  K


Date           08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26
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          77      50    81      52    82      52    82      52    80
Temp          67 76 60   50 73 79 62   52 74 79 62   52 74 80 62   52 72 78
Dewpt         56 50 52   49 55 48 51   49 54 49 53   50 53 47 50   48 50 46
PWind dir         E      SW     S       W    SE      SW     S       W    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   B1 SC SC B1   B1 SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      40    20      20    20      30    30      30    30
Rain shwrs        C  C          S  S          S  C          C  C       S  C
Tstms             C  S          S  S          S  S          S  S          S

$$
MTZ326-131000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
331 PM MDT Wed Aug 12 2026

Date           08/12/26      Thu 08/13/26            Fri 08/14/26            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                      50          74          49          70          47
Temp             82 66 61 56 53 56 67 72 68 59 57 55 53 55 62 67 66 58 57 52 49
Dewpt            42 51 55 56 53 52 53 49 51 54 56 55 53 55 55 53 53 55 57 52 49
RH               24 58 81100100 86 61 44 54 83 96100100100 78 61 63 90100100100
Wind dir         NW NE SW  W SW NW  N  N SE SE NW SW  S SW  W NW NW SE  E SE  N
Wind spd          8  9  8  4  2  3  3  4 10  5  3  3  1  3  2  3  4  5  3  2  0
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          40          80          90          70
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.02        0.29        0.27        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  S  S  S  S        C  L  L  D  C  L  L  D  D  L  L
Tstms             S  S                 C  C  S  S           C  C  C  S
Obvis             K  K  K  K        K  K


Date           08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26
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          75      47    79      48    79      49    80      50    79
Temp          66 73 57   48 71 77 59   50 73 76 59   50 72 77 60   50 71 76
Dewpt         57 52 55   48 55 49 53   50 53 51 55   50 53 49 52   50 51 48
PWind dir        NW       S    SW      SE    SW      SE    SW      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 SC FW SC   B1 SC SC B2   B2 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         40      40    10      10    10      50    20      30    30
Rain shwrs        C  C                           C    S     S  C    S  C  S
Tstms             C  C                           S          S  S          S

$$
MTZ330-131000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
331 PM MDT Wed Aug 12 2026

Date           08/12/26      Thu 08/13/26            Fri 08/14/26            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                      40          68          38          65          35
Temp             74 62 52 46 42 51 67 66 62 54 50 46 42 47 59 64 63 54 49 43 38
Dewpt            42 49 49 46 42 45 43 42 47 51 50 46 42 47 51 48 50 51 49 43 38
RH               32 62 89100100 80 42 42 58 90100100100100 75 56 62 90100100100
Wind dir         NW  E NE NE  N  N SW SW SW  N NE  W  S  N SW SW SW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          9  4  2  2  1  1  8 10  5  2  1  1  1  0  5  9  4  0  0  0  0
Clouds           B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          60          80          90          70
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.04        0.08        0.21        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C              S  L  D  C  C  L  L  L  D  D  L  L  S  S  C
Tstms             C                 S  C  C  S              C  C  C
Obvis                         K


Date           08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26
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      33    74      36    74      37    74      38    74
Temp          64 68 48   35 69 72 50   39 71 71 50   39 70 72 51   39 68 72
Dewpt         54 49 48   35 49 43 47   39 49 46 49   39 48 44 47   39 46 42
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       W    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B2 SC
PoP 12hr         70      20     5       5    20      30    20      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  L  S                        S  C    S     S  C    C  C  S
Tstms             C  S                        S  S          S  S          S

$$
MTZ328-131000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
331 PM MDT Wed Aug 12 2026

Date           08/12/26      Thu 08/13/26            Fri 08/14/26            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                      48          73          48          70          45
Temp             78 65 58 53 50 53 65 71 66 58 54 52 51 54 62 67 65 56 54 50 47
Dewpt            47 50 51 51 50 52 51 49 56 55 54 52 51 54 52 54 59 56 54 50 47
RH               33 58 77 93100 96 60 46 70 90100100100100 70 63 81100100100100
Wind dir         SE NE  N NE  N  N  N  N  S NE  N NW  S  S  W  W  N  E  S  S  S
Wind spd          9 10  8  5  5  4  3  5  8  5  5  4  4  3  2  4  6  3  3  3  4
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr                     20          70          70          90          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.09        0.11        0.17        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S                 C  L  L  L  C  C  C  D  D  L  L
Tstms             S                    C  C  S              C  C  C
Obvis             K  K  K  K        K  K  K  K


Date           08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26
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          73      45    77      47    77      47    78      48    77
Temp          65 70 54   47 69 73 56   49 71 73 56   49 70 74 57   49 69 73
Dewpt         56 57 54   47 54 54 53   49 54 55 54   49 53 54 51   48 51 52
PWind dir        SW       S    SW       S    SW       S    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 SC FW SC   B1 B1 SC B2   B2 B1 SC B1   B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50      50    10      20    20      30    20      30    30
Rain shwrs        C  C    S        S          S  C          S  C    S  C  C
Tstms             C  C             S          S  S          S  S          S

$$
MTZ305-131000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
331 PM MDT Wed Aug 12 2026

Date           08/12/26      Thu 08/13/26            Fri 08/14/26            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                      48          63          47          67          45
Temp             71 62 56 55 52 53 57 60 61 56 54 53 51 53 60 65 66 59 53 49 46
Dewpt            53 54 54 55 52 52 53 53 53 54 54 53 51 52 53 52 51 51 51 49 46
RH               53 75 93100100 96 86 78 75 93100100100 96 78 63 58 75 93100100
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E NE  E NE  E  N NW NW  N  N  N NE  N
Wind spd         20 18 10  9 10 11 12 11 11 11  8  6  6  8  8  8  8  5  4  4  0
Clouds           B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     90          90          60          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.27        0.48        0.06           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  S     C  S  S              S  S
Tstms             S  S  S           S  S  S


Date           08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26
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          76      48    83      50    83      51    84      52    83
Temp          68 75 58   50 74 80 61   53 76 80 61   53 76 81 61   53 75 80
Dewpt         53 51 54   50 56 50 53   52 54 50 54   52 53 49 53   50 51 47
PWind dir        NE       E     S       E    NE       E    SW      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   SC B1 FW SC   SC B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      10    10      10     5      30    20      30    10
Rain shwrs                                       C    C     S  C    S
Tstms                                            S          S  S

$$
MTZ314-131000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
331 PM MDT Wed Aug 12 2026

Date           08/12/26      Thu 08/13/26            Fri 08/14/26            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                      48          64          47          64          45
Temp             73 63 57 54 52 53 59 62 62 57 55 54 51 53 57 62 63 57 54 51 47
Dewpt            53 55 55 54 52 53 56 55 55 57 55 54 51 53 57 55 55 56 54 51 47
RH               49 75 93100100100 90 78 78100100100100100100 78 75 96100100100
Wind dir          E NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NW NW  N NE NE  S  S SE
Wind spd         10 11  9  6  6  8  8  8  9  6  5  5  5  4  4  4  3  3  3  3  2
Clouds           B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     90          80          80          80          70
QPF 12hr                   0.25        0.11        0.12        0.19        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  L  D  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  D  D  D  C  C  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms             S  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S              S  S  S
Obvis             K  K


Date           08/15/26  Sun 08/16/26  Mon 08/17/26  Tue 08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26
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          72      47    77      49    79      50    79      50    78
Temp          66 70 56   49 73 75 58   54 75 74 58   52 74 75 58   51 73 74
Dewpt         56 56 55   49 54 53 53   50 52 53 53   50 50 51 51   48 49 49
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW      SE     W       S     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50      20    30      20    30      40    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  C  S          C  S          C  C          C  C       S  C
Tstms             S  S          S  S          S  S          S  S

$$
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