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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
1131 PM MDT Sun Sep 6 2026

MTZ312-071000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
1131 PM MDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date           09/06/26      Mon 09/07/26            Tue 09/08/26            Wed
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          63          46          64          43
Temp                   57 55 53 55 58 61 60 55 53 50 48 52 59 62 60 54 51 47 44
Dewpt                  53 53 51 52 49 45 44 42 42 41 41 42 46 47 47 44 42 41 40
RH                     86 93 93 90 72 56 55 61 66 71 77 69 62 58 62 69 71 79 86
Wind dir                N  N  W  W SW  W  W SW SW SW SW  W  W NW  W SW SW SW SW
Wind spd                9  5  6  8 19 26 23 20 21 19 18 18 17 14 10  6 10 10 10
Wind gust                             37 34 31 32 29       27 27
Clouds                 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV B1 FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     80         100          40          70          10
QPF 12hr                   0.21        0.42        0.01        0.15           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  D  C  L  S              L  L  L  L
Tstms                      S  C  C  C


Date           09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26
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      52    79      47    63      40    57      37    60
Temp          70 74 60   54 75 75 58   47 58 59 49   41 51 53 46   38 53 57
Dewpt         43 41 37   32 40 42 42   43 45 43 41   40 44 43 41   38 43 42
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       W     N      NE    NE       N    NW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    LT      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 SC B1   B2 B2 B1 B2   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      30    30      40    50      50    30
Rain shwrs                              C  C  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S

$$
MTZ303-071000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
1131 PM MDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date           09/06/26      Mon 09/07/26            Tue 09/08/26            Wed
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                      46          56          43          60          43
Temp                   52 49 48 51 53 53 53 50 48 46 46 50 53 58 58 52 47 43 45
Dewpt                  52 49 48 50 50 48 46 46 44 44 43 45 46 45 45 45 42 41 41
RH                    100100100 96 89 83 77 86 86 93 89 83 77 62 62 77 83 93 86
Wind dir               NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd                8  6  9 10 13 21 23 25 24 21 21 20 19 17 13 13 13 14 16
Wind gust                          25 35 36 39 36 34 34 33 33 29 24 24       26
Clouds                 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     80         100          90          90           5
QPF 12hr                   0.13        1.11        0.32        0.32           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  D  D  D  D
Tstms                         S  S  C  S
Flood                   A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date           09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26
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      49    70      41    55      36    50      33    55
Temp          66 67 56   51 67 66 49   41 51 53 43   37 46 49 41   35 50 53
Dewpt         45 44 40   33 42 45 43   40 44 42 41   37 42 41 40   35 42 41
PWind dir         W      SW     W      NW     N       N    NE       N    SW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      50    40      40    50      40    30
Rain shwrs                         S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ319-071000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
1131 PM MDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date           09/06/26      Mon 09/07/26            Tue 09/08/26            Wed
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          65          43          68          44
Temp                   59 56 53 54 57 62 62 55 52 48 45 50 62 65 64 56 52 46 44
Dewpt                  53 52 51 50 45 40 38 38 39 39 39 38 39 39 38 40 40 39 40
RH                     80 86 93 86 64 44 41 53 61 71 79 63 43 38 38 55 63 76 86
Wind dir                W  W SW SW  W  W  W  W SW  S  S  W  W  W NW  W SW SW SW
Wind spd                9  4  1  8 21 21 19 12 11  8  6  9 16 16 12  5  8  5  3
Wind gust                          33 34 33 23          23 26 26 24
Clouds                 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW B1 B1 SC FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     80         100          20           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.15           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 L  D  L  S
Tstms                      S  C  S  S


Date           09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26
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          78      50    82      51    70      44    61      40    62
Temp          69 75 57   50 74 78 60   51 62 64 52   46 52 56 48   41 51 60
Dewpt         42 33 35   35 39 35 40   43 43 40 41   42 43 40 41   40 41 40
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       W    NW      NW     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    CL CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      10    20      30    40      50    30
Rain shwrs                                 S  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  C
Tstms                                                       S

$$
MTZ326-071000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
1131 PM MDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date           09/06/26      Mon 09/07/26            Tue 09/08/26            Wed
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          67          39          70          39
Temp                   56 52 50 53 60 65 65 55 48 44 41 47 62 68 66 54 47 43 40
Dewpt                  49 51 50 50 43 38 37 41 42 41 39 38 37 34 37 42 42 40 37
RH                     77 96100 89 53 37 35 59 80 89 92 71 39 28 34 64 83 89 89
Wind dir               SW SE SW SW  W  W  W  W SW  E SE  W NW NW NW NW SE SE SE
Wind spd                5  3  4 11 16 18 19 10  4  3  2  4 11 16 13  4  4  4  4
Wind gust                          27 29 31 21             24 26 25
Clouds                 B1 SC OV B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                     50          90           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.12           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    D  L
Tstms                         S  S
Obvis                        PF


Date           09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26
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          79      45    82      48    73      40    65      37    63
Temp          66 77 54   46 73 80 57   48 65 69 50   41 57 60 46   38 52 61
Dewpt         36 32 37   31 34 31 39   39 41 39 43   40 43 42 44   38 40 41
PWind dir        SW       S    SW      SW    SW       E    NE       N     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    CL CL CL   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5    10      30    30      40    30
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C    C  C  S
Tstms                                                       S

$$
MTZ330-071000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
1131 PM MDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date           09/06/26      Mon 09/07/26            Tue 09/08/26            Wed
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          60          30          63          30
Temp                   51 45 42 43 50 58 56 47 39 35 31 40 54 61 60 47 39 34 30
Dewpt                  38 45 42 41 35 28 26 27 28 29 28 28 30 24 24 28 29 28 26
RH                     61100100 93 56 32 31 45 64 78 88 62 40 24 25 47 67 78 85
Wind dir               SE  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  N SW SW SW  W  N  N  N  N
Wind spd               11  8 17 27 23 21 19 17  8  1  0  4 11 12  8  0  0  0  0
Wind gust                                   32          16 23 23 19
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     70          30           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  L  C  S
Tstms                   S  S  S
Obvis                     PF


Date           09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26
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    70      37    67      34    65      32    61
Temp          62 67 43   33 62 68 46   37 60 63 44   34 57 60 41   32 53 57
Dewpt         32 26 27   26 31 25 29   31 38 32 34   33 37 31 34   32 36 30
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      NW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL FW   FW FW CL SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0    10      10    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S    S  S
Snowshwrs                                                           S  S
Tstms                                                       S

$$
MTZ328-071000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
1131 PM MDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date           09/06/26      Mon 09/07/26            Tue 09/08/26            Wed
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                      46          66          36          70          37
Temp                   53 50 47 50 59 64 62 51 44 40 37 43 61 68 66 53 46 40 37
Dewpt                  43 47 46 44 37 36 36 38 38 38 36 37 35 33 34 35 36 34 33
RH                     69 89 96 80 44 35 38 61 79 92 96 79 38 27 30 50 68 79 85
Wind dir               NW SW  S SW SW  W  W SW  S  S  S SW  W  W NW  N SW  S  S
Wind spd                5  6 10 20 20 17 16  6  8  6  5  5  6 10 10  4  3  4  5
Wind gust                          32 28 26                18
Clouds                 B1 OV B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     90          40           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.12        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  D  C  S
Tstms                      S  S


Date           09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26
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          78      42    81      46    74      40    68      36    64
Temp          68 75 51   42 73 78 54   46 67 69 49   40 60 62 45   37 56 61
Dewpt         35 30 33   29 33 34 36   37 39 36 38   37 39 40 41   37 40 38
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       S     W       N     N
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC B1   B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5      10    20      30    20
Rain shwrs                                               S  S  C    C  S
Tstms                                                       S

$$
MTZ305-071000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
1131 PM MDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date           09/06/26      Mon 09/07/26            Tue 09/08/26            Wed
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          67          46          63          43
Temp                   58 57 56 57 62 64 61 54 52 51 49 52 57 60 60 54 50 47 44
Dewpt                  58 57 56 56 57 53 52 50 50 50 48 49 51 50 52 50 47 45 42
RH                    100100100 96 84 67 72 86 93 96 96 89 80 69 75 86 89 93 93
Wind dir               NW  N  N NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW
Wind spd                8  5  5  8 11 21 29 28 25 23 20 19 19 19 16 13 11 12 13
Wind gust                             33 44 41 36          31 31 26
Clouds                 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     90         100          90         100          50
QPF 12hr                   0.35        0.58        0.25        0.30        0.13
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              D  C  L  D  D  L  L  L  L  C  D  D  D  D  C  C
Tstms                   C     S  C  C  C  S


Date           09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26
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      49    79      44    64      37    59      35    62
Temp          68 73 57   51 73 73 54   45 59 60 46   39 54 56 44   37 56 59
Dewpt         49 47 44   37 45 47 46   42 45 43 43   38 44 43 43   37 44 42
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      NW    NW      NE    NE      NE     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      30    40      30    40      40    30
Rain shwrs                              C  C  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S

$$
MTZ314-071000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
1131 PM MDT Sun Sep 6 2026

Date           09/06/26      Mon 09/07/26            Tue 09/08/26            Wed
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          67          43          64          41
Temp                   57 55 53 56 62 65 63 54 51 48 47 52 61 61 58 51 49 45 43
Dewpt                  55 54 53 54 50 43 40 40 39 38 37 38 41 43 43 43 42 39 35
RH                     93 96100 93 65 45 43 59 63 68 68 59 48 51 57 74 77 79 73
Wind dir                W NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  W  W SW  S
Wind spd                3  3  3  5 13 23 23 18 19 18 18 21 24 23 20 11  6  5  6
Wind gust                                34 31 33 32 31 33    34 32
Clouds                 B1 OV B2 OV B1 SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     90          90          20          30          20
QPF 12hr                   0.16        0.23           0        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  D  C  D  C  S              C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                   S  C  C  S  C
Obvis                     PF PF
Svr Tstorm              A


Date           09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26  Sun 09/13/26
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      49    81      46    64      38    58      35    59
Temp          69 73 55   55 77 77 57   47 60 61 47   40 53 55 43   37 52 58
Dewpt         37 35 33   29 33 37 40   38 44 41 41   36 41 41 40   35 38 40
PWind dir         W      SW     W       W    NW       E     E      NE     N
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B2 B1 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0      20    20      30    40      50    40
Rain shwrs                              S  S  S  S    C  C  C  C    C  C  S

$$
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