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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
230 AM MDT Sat Oct 18 2025

MTZ312-182200-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
230 AM MDT Sat Oct 18 2025

Date             Sat 10/18/25            Sun 10/19/25            Mon 10/20/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      56          46          60          40          54
Temp          36 33 34 48 54 54 46 50 50 51 54 58 58 53 46 45 43 42 42 50 53 50
Dewpt         33 30 28 22 16 20 21 23 24 25 31 38 29 28 28 29 29 28 28 30 25 25
RH            89 89 78 35 22 26 37 34 36 36 41 47 33 38 49 53 57 57 57 46 33 37
Wind dir       W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW  W  W SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      11 10 11 14 17 12 13 20 21 23 27 32 33 26 23 23 21 20 23 18 17 13
Wind gust                                   39 48 50 36                   27
Clouds        FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 SC FW SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          30          30          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S  C  S  S  S  S           C  C
High Wind                                 A  A  A  A  A


Date               Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25  Fri 10/24/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            35    60      37    65      44    65      46    70
Temp          38   39 54 57 44   38 58 60 48   45 60 61 50   47 64 64
Dewpt         25   23 26 28 28   25 28 28 27   27 32 32 31   29 34 33
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW   SC B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       5     0       0     5       5     5

$$
MTZ303-182200-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
230 AM MDT Sat Oct 18 2025

Date             Sat 10/18/25            Sun 10/19/25            Mon 10/20/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      53          40          56          37          50
Temp          30 28 31 46 52 50 43 43 43 44 48 54 54 48 43 41 41 38 38 47 49 46
Dewpt         27 25 25 22 20 23 24 26 28 31 37 35 30 30 31 30 29 28 28 29 27 27
RH            88 88 78 38 28 34 47 51 55 60 65 48 40 49 62 65 62 67 67 49 42 47
Wind dir       W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      11 11 13 18 19 13 13 19 21 24 31 40 40 33 26 23 20 23 24 19 20 17
Wind gust                                   47 62 62 51 40 34 31       31 32 28
Clouds        CL CL FW FW FW B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          30          30          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S  C  S  C  S        S  S  C  C
Snow                                                           C
High Wind                                 A  A  A  A  A


Date               Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25  Fri 10/24/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            32    56      32    59      39    60      41    63
Temp          35   34 51 51 38   33 53 54 43   40 55 55 46   42 58 58
Dewpt         26   22 27 29 27   24 29 28 27   26 33 34 33   30 34 35
PWind dir          SW     W       W    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr            0     0       5     5       5     5       5     5

$$
MTZ319-182200-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
230 AM MDT Sat Oct 18 2025

Date             Sat 10/18/25            Sun 10/19/25            Mon 10/20/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      55          41          55          39          53
Temp          39 34 34 45 52 53 48 46 45 43 45 50 52 49 47 46 46 41 41 48 52 50
Dewpt         33 29 29 25 22 23 22 22 24 26 29 40 35 28 29 30 31 30 29 30 27 25
RH            79 82 82 45 31 31 35 38 43 51 53 68 52 44 49 53 55 65 62 49 38 37
Wind dir       W  W SW  W SW  S  S SE  S  S  S  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      11  6  5  9  9  4  9 13 12 11 12 16 23 23 20 18 16 12 13 18 17 10
Wind gust                                         33 39 40 36 31 24 27 28 28
Clouds        FW CL FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5          80          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.08        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  D  L  C  C  C  C  S  S
Snow                                                              S


Date               Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25  Fri 10/24/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            32    59      34    63      38    65      42    68
Temp          39   33 48 54 43   35 52 58 47   39 55 61 51   43 59 63
Dewpt         25   23 27 27 27   25 31 30 28   28 34 32 32   31 38 35
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW     S      SW    SW      SW     S
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       5     5       5     5      10    10

$$
MTZ326-182200-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
230 AM MDT Sat Oct 18 2025

Date             Sat 10/18/25            Sun 10/19/25            Mon 10/20/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      52          37          54          32          52
Temp          37 31 32 43 50 49 43 42 42 43 46 51 49 46 41 39 38 35 36 46 51 49
Dewpt         32 27 26 28 26 25 26 28 28 27 32 32 38 32 32 31 30 28 28 29 26 26
RH            82 85 78 55 39 39 51 57 57 53 58 48 66 58 70 73 73 75 72 51 37 40
Wind dir       W SW SE SW  W SE SE  E  E SE SE  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      10  5  6  5  6  5 10 13 14 13 12 16 16 17 14 13 13 11 11 11 12  8
Wind gust                                               26 24             23
Clouds        B1 FW SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          10          90          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.19        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                         S  D  D  C  C  C  C
Snow           C                                            C  C


Date               Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25  Fri 10/24/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            25    57      30    61      33    63      36    67
Temp          33   28 47 52 38   31 52 56 42   34 54 59 45   37 59 61
Dewpt         25   22 28 29 28   25 32 31 31   27 34 33 33   30 37 36
PWind dir           S    SW       S     S       S    SW       S     S
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       5     5       5     5       5     5

$$
MTZ330-182200-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
230 AM MDT Sat Oct 18 2025

Date             Sat 10/18/25            Sun 10/19/25            Mon 10/20/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      45          25          47          21          42
Temp          27 24 25 38 44 42 33 30 27 28 35 45 45 43 35 30 27 23 27 37 42 40
Dewpt         26 22 22 20 18 22 22 22 21 21 27 29 32 33 30 27 24 21 22 24 19 22
RH            96 92 88 48 35 44 63 72 78 75 72 53 60 67 82 88 88 92 81 59 39 48
Wind dir       W NW SW SW SW SW  S  S SE SE SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW
Wind spd       9  4  2  5 12 12 11 16 12 11 16 24 23 18 17 13 10  6  8 11 13 10
Wind gust                                   26    33    28 25
Clouds        SC FW SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW CL
PoP 12hr                      0           5          90          70          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.14        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            L  D  L  L
Snow           S                                         L  C  C


Date               Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25  Fri 10/24/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            16    48      21    52      23    52      26    54
Temp          24   17 41 44 29   22 45 47 31   23 45 47 33   26 48 51
Dewpt         21   17 23 23 23   21 30 29 27   23 33 31 28   25 34 33
PWind dir          SW     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       5     5       5     5       5     5

$$
MTZ328-182200-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
230 AM MDT Sat Oct 18 2025

Date             Sat 10/18/25            Sun 10/19/25            Mon 10/20/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      53          35          55          30          49
Temp          33 29 29 43 52 51 42 39 39 38 42 52 52 46 38 36 34 31 32 43 48 46
Dewpt         28 24 25 22 16 20 25 26 25 21 29 33 36 32 31 29 26 25 25 26 24 25
RH            82 81 85 43 24 29 50 59 57 50 60 48 54 58 76 75 72 78 75 51 39 43
Wind dir      SW  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  W  W SW
Wind spd      11 10  9  6  9  8 11 17 17 18 20 21 21 16 13 14 14 13 13 11  9  5
Wind gust                                                  25
Clouds        SC FW FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 OV B2 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           5          80          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.09        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            D  D  S  S
Snow                                                     S


Date               Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25  Fri 10/24/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            25    55      30    59      33    61      35    62
Temp          30   27 46 51 36   31 51 53 38   33 53 56 40   35 54 57
Dewpt         22   21 28 30 26   23 30 31 28   26 33 35 31   30 37 35
PWind dir           S     S       S     S       S    SW       S     S
Wind char          LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            0     0       5     0       5     5       5     5

$$
MTZ305-182200-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
230 AM MDT Sat Oct 18 2025

Date             Sat 10/18/25            Sun 10/19/25            Mon 10/20/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      55          37          61          36          52
Temp          34 31 33 48 54 50 40 40 41 43 46 56 59 54 46 44 41 39 39 47 51 49
Dewpt         32 28 26 25 18 19 21 22 25 27 30 35 29 28 30 31 31 29 29 33 30 28
RH            92 88 75 40 24 29 46 48 52 53 53 45 32 36 53 60 67 67 67 58 44 44
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW  W SW  S SW SW  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W
Wind spd      12 12 12 13 14 10 10 12 16 18 21 26 29 24 21 19 18 17 18 18 17 10
Wind gust                                      36 44 35 34 29 28 27       27
Clouds        B1 CL CL CL CL FW SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0          30          50          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                   S  C  C     S        S  S


Date               Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25  Fri 10/24/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            30    61      32    64      39    68      43    70
Temp          35   32 54 56 41   33 56 58 45   41 61 63 50   45 63 64
Dewpt         27   24 29 31 31   26 33 30 30   28 36 35 34   31 36 36
PWind dir          SW    SW       W    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr            0     0       0     0       0     0       0     0

$$
MTZ314-182200-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
230 AM MDT Sat Oct 18 2025

Date             Sat 10/18/25            Sun 10/19/25            Mon 10/20/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      51          36          58          37          48
Temp          32 30 33 44 49 47 38 42 43 47 51 56 54 49 43 40 40 39 39 45 47 45
Dewpt         30 27 26 20 15 20 19 23 24 24 30 33 33 30 29 28 30 30 30 31 28 26
RH            92 88 75 38 25 34 46 46 47 40 44 42 45 48 57 62 67 70 70 58 47 47
Wind dir       W  W  W  W  W  W  S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  W
Wind spd      11  9 10 13 12  5 10 11 14 14 16 20 21 21 18 16 18 17 18 21 18 11
Wind gust                                               29 28 28 28 29    28 21
Clouds        B1 FW FW CL CL FW SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 OV SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          20          50          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.01        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                   S  S  S  C  C  S  S  C  C  S  S
Snow           S                                            C  C  S  S


Date               Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25  Fri 10/24/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            29    60      34    62      39    63      44    67
Temp          33   33 55 54 40   35 58 56 44   40 59 58 48   45 63 61
Dewpt         24   21 26 29 28   24 29 30 28   24 31 33 31   28 34 35
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr            0     0      10     5       5     0       5     5

$$
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