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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
335 PM MDT Sat Sep 5 2026

MTZ312-061000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
335 PM MDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date           09/05/26      Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            Tue
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          73          51          64          46
Temp             70 62 57 52 50 55 65 72 68 60 57 55 53 55 59 62 58 53 52 50 47
Dewpt            46 47 50 49 49 51 54 53 53 53 55 53 51 52 53 50 48 45 44 44 41
RH               42 58 77 89 96 86 68 51 59 78 93 93 93 90 80 65 69 74 74 80 79
Wind dir         NE  N  N  N  N NE NW  N NE  N NW NW NW NW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW
Wind spd         14 11 10  5  4  3  3  5 10  9  9  6  6  6 11 23 25 24 25 24 23
Wind gust                                                     34 36 36 37 35 33
Clouds           FW B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          10          90         100          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.23        0.83        0.30
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C                       L  D  C  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                                        C  S  S  S  S  C  S
Obvis                     PF PF                   PF PF PF


Date           09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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          68      44    77      49    80      49    71      45    68
Temp          61 63 51   46 69 73 56   51 73 74 59   50 66 65 53   46 61 62
Dewpt         45 45 44   42 44 42 40   40 42 43 43   43 47 47 46   46 47 46
PWind dir         W      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    NW       N    NW
Wind char        BZ      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         40       5     0       0     0      10    20      30    20
Rain shwrs     C  S                                         S  C    C  S  S

$$
MTZ303-061000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
335 PM MDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date           09/05/26      Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            Tue
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          63          46          58          44
Temp             61 55 52 49 47 52 56 60 58 55 53 50 49 52 55 56 53 50 49 47 45
Dewpt            47 49 50 49 47 51 53 54 52 53 52 50 49 51 53 52 49 47 45 44 42
RH               60 80 93100100 96 90 81 80 93 96100100 96 93 86 86 89 86 89 89
Wind dir         NE  N NE  N  N NE  E  E  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          9 11 10  8  5  4  5  5  6  8  8  8 10 11 14 18 20 26 27 25 24
Wind gust                                                  25 31 34 39 40 39 37
Clouds           SC OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     90          80          80          90          90
QPF 12hr                   0.24        0.12        0.22        0.77        0.59
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           D  D  C  D  C  C  S     C  L     D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C
Tstms                S  S  S  S        S     S              S  C  S
Obvis                     PF PF PF PF       PF PF PF


Date           09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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          64      42    72      46    73      45    64      40    62
Temp          58 58 49   44 65 66 53   48 68 67 54   46 59 59 49   42 56 57
Dewpt         46 45 43   41 44 42 40   39 43 42 42   43 45 44 44   42 45 43
PWind dir         W       W     W      SW     W       W     N       N    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         50       5     0       0     0      20    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  C                                   S  C  C  C    C  C  S

$$
MTZ319-061000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
335 PM MDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date           09/05/26      Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            Tue
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          77          52          66          46
Temp             72 62 56 51 49 53 63 73 72 61 58 55 53 54 59 64 60 54 52 48 46
Dewpt            45 47 49 50 49 50 51 49 48 50 52 53 52 53 50 47 42 40 41 41 41
RH               38 58 77 96100 89 65 43 42 67 80 93 96 96 72 54 51 59 66 77 83
Wind dir          N NW  W  W  W NW NW  N NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW
Wind spd         11 12 10  8  5  3  1  5 12 13  9  4  1  3  9 19 19 14 13 11 10
Wind gust                                   24                31 32 28 28
Clouds           SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 SC FW B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     20          10          70          90          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.36        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S     S  C  D  D  L  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                     S        S  S  S  C  C
Obvis                     PF PF PF                PF  F  F


Date           09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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      43    79      48    81      49    75      47    71
Temp          61 65 51   44 67 74 55   48 72 76 58   49 66 69 55   47 62 65
Dewpt         40 38 40   41 43 38 39   39 42 39 42   43 45 44 45   45 46 43
PWind dir         W       W    SW      SW    SW      SW     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       0     0       5    30      30    30
Rain shwrs                                               S  C  C    C  C  C
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
MTZ326-061000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
335 PM MDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date           09/05/26      Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            Tue
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          82          49          70          41
Temp             78 63 55 48 46 52 67 79 81 64 57 52 50 54 63 68 64 54 48 44 41
Dewpt            44 47 47 46 46 47 48 43 43 47 49 51 50 51 48 41 40 44 44 42 41
RH               30 56 74 93100 83 50 28 26 54 75 96100 90 58 37 41 69 86 93100
Wind dir          S SE SW SW  S SW NW NW  S SE  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W SW  S
Wind spd          4  8  5  3  2  3  3  3  4  6  5  4  3  5 14 21 21 12  9  6  5
Wind gust                                                  27 35 34 25
Clouds           FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          60          70          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.02        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  L  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S
Obvis                      F  F                   PF  F PF


Date           09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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      41    79      46    81      48    77      45    73
Temp          60 69 46   42 68 76 53   48 72 78 57   49 70 72 53   46 65 68
Dewpt         39 35 42   40 40 34 40   39 40 37 43   43 44 43 47   46 47 44
PWind dir         W      SE    SW       S    SW       S    SW      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     5       5    20      40    30
Rain shwrs                                               S  S  C    C  C  C
Tstms                                                          S          S

$$
MTZ330-061000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
335 PM MDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date           09/05/26      Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            Tue
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                      38          75          40          59          30
Temp             70 56 47 42 39 50 67 73 70 58 50 46 43 44 51 57 54 47 41 35 31
Dewpt            35 37 37 35 32 34 35 28 33 37 41 46 43 44 43 32 30 32 34 33 31
RH               27 49 68 76 76 54 30 19 25 45 71100100100 74 38 40 56 76 92100
Wind dir         SW  N SE NE  E  N SW SW  S  S SE  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S
Wind spd          8  0  1  1  1  0 14 14  6  5  5  8 18 27 28 27 25 21 16 10  3
Wind gust        18                   25 19    17 18                34 26
Clouds           FW FW FW FW FW FW CL SC B2 OV OV OV OV B2 SC SC SC SC FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                      0           0          80          60           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.12        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      D  L  L  L
Tstms                                           S  S
Obvis                                             PF


Date           09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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          63      31    71      36    70      38    69      37    66
Temp          52 59 41   33 62 67 46   38 62 66 48   39 61 64 47   38 59 61
Dewpt         35 26 31   30 34 30 34   33 41 38 40   38 44 40 42   38 45 41
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       W    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0    10      20    20      30    40
Rain shwrs                                       S       S  S  C    C  C  C
Tstms                                                          S          S

$$
MTZ328-061000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
335 PM MDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date           09/05/26      Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            Tue
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                      43          80          46          66          37
Temp             73 60 52 47 43 50 66 77 76 61 54 50 47 49 60 65 61 51 45 40 37
Dewpt            43 42 43 42 42 45 44 37 38 38 44 47 47 48 42 39 38 39 40 38 37
RH               34 51 71 83 96 83 45 24 25 42 69 89100 96 51 38 42 63 82 92100
Wind dir          S  S NE SE SE  N  N  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW  S
Wind spd         13  9  4  5  5  3  2 10 16  9  8  6 10 14 24 20 18  9 10  9  8
Wind gust                             21 29                36 34 29
Clouds           FW FW SC SC B1 SC CL CL B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5           5          70          70           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.09        0.11           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                         L  L  L  S  S
Tstms                                              S  S  S  S  S
Obvis                        PF                   PF


Date           09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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      40    79      45    80      47    77      44    73
Temp          58 67 48   40 68 74 53   46 70 75 55   47 70 71 52   45 66 67
Dewpt         37 35 37   36 38 35 37   36 39 40 41   41 43 43 43   43 45 44
PWind dir        SW       S    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL FW   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5    20      30    20
Rain shwrs                                               S  S  C    S  S  S
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
MTZ305-061000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
335 PM MDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date           09/05/26      Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            Tue
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          77          51          69          46
Temp             74 64 59 53 52 58 68 73 71 62 59 57 55 57 64 67 62 54 52 49 47
Dewpt            48 49 53 52 52 56 59 58 60 58 59 57 55 57 57 57 56 51 51 49 47
RH               40 58 80 96100 93 73 59 68 87100100100100 78 70 81 90 96100100
Wind dir         NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E NE NE  N  N  N  N  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         11 10  8  8  6  8  8  8  9  8  6  6  6  6  9 14 23 25 25 24 21
Wind gust                                                        35 37 36 34 32
Clouds           CL SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          50          90         100          90
QPF 12hr                      0        0.06        0.41        0.62        0.52
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  C  S     S  D  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Tstms                            S  S  S     S  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  S
Obvis                     PF PF PF             PF PF PF PF


Date           09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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          68      45    77      48    80      48    72      43    69
Temp          60 62 51   46 69 71 55   50 73 74 57   49 67 66 52   45 63 64
Dewpt         51 51 49   46 48 46 45   43 46 46 46   45 47 47 47   45 47 46
PWind dir         W       W    SW      SW    SW       W    NW       N    NW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   SC FW CL FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         70      10     0       0     0      10    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     L  C                                         C  C    C  S  S
Tstms             S

$$
MTZ314-061000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
335 PM MDT Sat Sep 5 2026

Date           09/05/26      Sun 09/06/26            Mon 09/07/26            Tue
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          79          50          70          45
Temp             75 62 57 52 50 57 68 76 74 62 57 55 53 55 64 68 64 54 50 47 46
Dewpt            45 45 48 48 49 52 55 56 56 56 56 55 53 54 54 52 46 44 43 41 39
RH               34 54 72 86 96 83 63 50 53 81 96100100 96 70 57 52 69 77 79 76
Wind dir          E  E SE SE SE  E  N  E  E  N NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          9  6  4  3  3  2  3  6  8  5  3  4  4  4  6 16 20 19 20 21 20
Wind gust                                                     27 31 31 33 36 36
Clouds           FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5          20          90          90          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.49        0.23        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S     C  L  D  L  L  D  D  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                                        C  C  S        C  C
Obvis                         F                 F PF PF PF


Date           09/08/26  Wed 09/09/26  Thu 09/10/26  Fri 09/11/26  Sat 09/12/26
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          66      43    76      49    80      49    73      44    69
Temp          58 64 48   46 69 74 54   52 74 75 57   51 68 68 52   46 62 64
Dewpt         42 43 44   41 42 39 40   37 39 40 41   41 44 45 45   44 45 45
PWind dir         W      SW    SW      SW    SW       W     W      NW     W
Wind char        WY      GN    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20       5     0       0     0       5    30      40    30
Rain shwrs     S                                            C  C    C  C  S

$$
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