Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT

Home |  Current Version |  Previous Version |  Text Only |  Print | Product List |  Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
749
FOUS55 KTFX 152135
PFMTFX

Point Forecast Matrices
National Weather Service Great Falls MT
335 PM MDT Sat Aug 15 2026

MTZ312-161000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
335 PM MDT Sat Aug 15 2026

Date           08/15/26      Sun 08/16/26            Mon 08/17/26            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          83          52          82          54
Temp             76 67 60 54 51 60 75 81 79 67 61 55 53 58 72 79 79 68 62 57 55
Dewpt            50 53 52 50 48 50 49 44 46 48 50 47 47 48 50 47 46 48 49 48 48
RH               40 61 75 86 89 69 40 27 31 50 67 74 80 69 46 32 31 49 62 72 77
Wind dir         NE NE  S  S  S SW  W  W NE  E SW SW SW SW  W  W  N NE  S SW SW
Wind spd         11  9  4  5  5  4  5  5  5  4  3  3  3  3  3  4  6  5  5  5  5
Clouds           SC B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     20          30          30           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S              S  S  C  C  S  S              C  C  C  C
Tstms                                  S  S     S  S              S     S  S


Date           08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26
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      50    84      52    84      54    88      56    87
Temp          72 75 59   51 77 82 62   54 77 82 63   54 79 85 66   57 80 83
Dewpt         49 46 49   46 44 39 44   43 43 39 44   44 46 44 47   47 47 44
PWind dir         W      SW    SW       W     W       E     W       E     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20     5      10     5       5    10      20    20
Rain shwrs        S  S                                         S          S
Tstms             S  S                                         S          S

$$
MTZ303-161000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
335 PM MDT Sat Aug 15 2026

Date           08/15/26      Sun 08/16/26            Mon 08/17/26            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          77          47          75          48
Temp             71 63 55 49 47 56 72 76 76 64 56 50 48 55 68 73 73 63 55 51 49
Dewpt            47 51 49 47 47 49 48 45 45 48 47 45 44 48 50 47 45 48 47 46 45
RH               42 65 80 93100 77 42 33 33 56 72 83 86 77 52 40 37 58 74 83 86
Wind dir          E  E  S  S  W SW SW  N  N NW  W  W NW  W SW  W  W  N  W NW NW
Wind spd          9  8  4  2  1  2  3  6  5  3  3  3  3  2  4  5  8  4  4  3  3
Wind gust                                                     16
Clouds           SC B2 SC SC B1 SC B1 OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          20          20           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  S  S                    S  S  S  S
Tstms                                  S  S                       S     S  S
Obvis                     PF PF     K  K              K


Date           08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26
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      47    78      48    78      49    81      52    79
Temp          67 71 55   48 73 76 57   50 73 76 57   50 73 79 60   53 72 77
Dewpt         50 46 46   44 45 41 43   42 44 42 44   43 46 44 45   45 48 44
PWind dir        NW      SW     W       W     W       W    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   FW SC FW SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      10     0       5     0       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs        S                                            S    S  S
Tstms             S                                            S

$$
MTZ319-161000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
335 PM MDT Sat Aug 15 2026

Date           08/15/26      Sun 08/16/26            Mon 08/17/26            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          82          53          82          55
Temp             77 68 61 55 51 57 73 81 80 68 61 55 53 59 72 79 80 69 63 58 55
Dewpt            49 50 51 50 48 49 52 48 44 48 48 47 47 50 53 50 47 47 48 49 48
RH               37 52 70 83 89 75 48 32 28 49 62 74 80 72 51 36 31 45 58 72 77
Wind dir         SE SW SW  S  W  N  E  W NW SW SW SW  N  N  E  W  W SW SW SW SW
Wind spd          3  5  4  4  2  0  3  5  5  4  3  1  0  0  2  5  6  6  4  4  1
Clouds           B2 OV B1 SC B1 SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 OV B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     80          20          30           5          40
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  D  C  S           S  C  C                    S  S  C  C
Tstms             S  S                 S  S                       S     S  S
Obvis             K


Date           08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26
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      49    81      51    84      53    87      54    85
Temp          71 76 59   49 73 79 61   51 75 83 63   53 76 85 65   54 76 82
Dewpt         52 46 48   46 49 41 45   44 48 41 45   45 49 46 49   47 51 46
PWind dir         W      SW    SW       W     N       W    NE       W     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   SC SC FW SC   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      30     5      10     5      10    10      30    30
Rain shwrs        C  C                                         C          C
Tstms             C  S                                         S          C

$$
MTZ326-161000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
335 PM MDT Sat Aug 15 2026

Date           08/15/26      Sun 08/16/26            Mon 08/17/26            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                      47          79          48          81          50
Temp             75 63 57 52 49 56 70 78 78 64 59 53 49 58 72 79 77 65 60 55 51
Dewpt            50 53 54 52 49 50 51 47 45 50 51 49 47 48 51 48 48 52 52 51 50
RH               41 70 90100100 80 51 33 31 60 75 86 93 69 48 34 36 63 75 86 96
Wind dir         NW  E  S  S SE  N NW NW  N SE SE SE SE  N  W  W NW  S SE SE  S
Wind spd          3  5  3  4  3  0  2  4  4  4  4  3  1  0  3  4  6  5  4  3  3
Clouds           OV B2 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     60          30          40           5          60
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.04           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  S              S  C  C  S  S              L  L  C  C  C
Tstms             C  S                 S  S     S  S              S  S  S  S  S
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26
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      47    80      48    83      50    88      52    86
Temp          70 73 57   48 72 77 60   50 75 81 62   51 78 84 64   53 78 82
Dewpt         52 48 51   48 49 44 47   45 47 43 48   46 48 45 50   49 49 47
PWind dir        SW      SE    SW      SE    SW      SE    SW       E     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      20     5      10     5       5    10      20    30
Rain shwrs     C  C  S                                         S    S     C
Tstms          S  C  S                                         S          S

$$
MTZ330-161000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
335 PM MDT Sat Aug 15 2026

Date           08/15/26      Sun 08/16/26            Mon 08/17/26            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                      34          75          35          76          38
Temp             70 59 48 43 38 48 70 75 73 61 50 41 36 49 68 74 68 58 51 44 39
Dewpt            46 47 46 43 38 44 46 43 41 45 45 41 36 42 45 42 44 46 47 44 39
RH               42 64 93100100 86 42 32 31 56 83100100 77 43 32 42 64 86100100
Wind dir         SW  N  N  N  N  N SW SW  W  N  N  N  N  N SW SW  W  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          5  0  0  0  0  0  4  9  3  0  0  0  0  0  5 10  5  0  0  0  0
Wind gust                                14
Clouds           OV B1 SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          20          20          10          50
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        L  S                 S  S  S                    C  C  C  C  C
Tstms             C  S                 S  S                       S     S  S  S
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26
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      34    74      36    78      39    82      42    80
Temp          65 65 48   36 67 68 50   38 71 74 53   40 74 77 55   42 73 74
Dewpt         48 43 45   36 43 38 42   38 43 39 42   39 45 41 44   41 46 42
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       W    SW       W    SW       W    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW SC   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         50      20     5       5    10      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C  S                                                 S  S
Tstms          S  C  S                                                    S

$$
MTZ328-161000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
335 PM MDT Sat Aug 15 2026

Date           08/15/26      Sun 08/16/26            Mon 08/17/26            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                      44          77          46          78          48
Temp             70 59 53 49 46 53 68 76 75 62 56 51 47 54 68 76 74 63 57 52 49
Dewpt            57 55 52 49 46 51 53 49 53 53 51 48 45 49 52 51 55 54 52 49 48
RH               63 87 96100100 93 59 39 46 72 83 89 93 83 57 42 51 72 83 89 96
Wind dir          S SW  S  S  S SW SW  W SW SE  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  E  S  S SW
Wind spd          6  4  4  4  5  3  2  4  5  4  3  4  4  3  2  5  6  4  5  4  4
Clouds           B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     70          30          30           5          50
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0        0.01           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        L                    S  C  C  S  S              C  C  C  C
Tstms             C                    S  S     S  S              S     S  S
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26
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      45    78      47    81      50    84      51    83
Temp          67 71 56   46 69 75 57   49 72 79 60   50 74 81 61   52 74 79
Dewpt         52 53 50   46 50 49 47   44 49 50 48   45 50 53 50   47 51 52
PWind dir         W      SE    SW      SW    SW       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      20     5      10    10      10    10      30    30
Rain shwrs        S  S                                         C       S  C
Tstms             S  S                                         S          C

$$
MTZ305-161000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
335 PM MDT Sat Aug 15 2026

Date           08/15/26      Sun 08/16/26            Mon 08/17/26            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          84          50          81          50
Temp             76 67 58 54 50 60 75 82 82 69 61 55 51 59 72 78 78 67 60 55 51
Dewpt            49 53 53 52 50 51 53 49 48 52 52 50 48 49 51 50 48 51 51 50 48
RH               39 61 83 93100 72 46 32 31 55 72 83 89 69 48 37 35 56 72 83 89
Wind dir          N NE  E  E  N  N SW  W NW SW SW  N  N  N  E  W NW  E  E  E NE
Wind spd          4  6  4  3  0  0  4  5  5  3  2  0  0  0  3  4  6  4  4  3  3
Clouds           FW SC B1 B1 SC FW FW B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          20          30          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  S           C  C  S  S              C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                     S     S  S              S     S  S  S
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26
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          80      50    85      52    85      52    89      55    88
Temp          71 76 59   51 76 82 62   54 78 82 62   53 80 86 65   56 80 85
Dewpt         52 48 51   49 50 43 47   46 48 43 47   46 48 45 49   48 49 46
PWind dir        NE       S    SW      SW     W       E    SE       E     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20     5       5     0      10     5      20    10
Rain shwrs     S     S                                         S    S
Tstms          S     S

$$
MTZ314-161000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
335 PM MDT Sat Aug 15 2026

Date           08/15/26      Sun 08/16/26            Mon 08/17/26            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                      48          79          49          78          50
Temp             71 62 57 54 50 61 74 77 76 64 58 55 51 60 71 74 75 64 58 55 52
Dewpt            54 56 54 53 49 53 52 49 51 54 52 49 45 50 51 51 52 52 50 48 46
RH               55 81 90 96 96 75 46 37 42 70 80 80 80 69 49 44 45 65 75 77 80
Wind dir          E SE SE SE SE  W  W  W NW  S  S  S  S  N NW NW NW  E  S  S SW
Wind spd          4  5  4  4  3  2  3  4  3  3  2  2  1  0  1  4  4  3  3  3  3
Clouds           SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          30          30          20          30
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  C  C  C  C     S  S  C  C  S  S        S  S  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms             S                 S  S  S     S  S        S  S  S     S  S  S
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           08/18/26  Wed 08/19/26  Thu 08/20/26  Fri 08/21/26  Sat 08/22/26
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      48    79      50    81      51    85      54    86
Temp          68 70 55   50 73 77 58   54 76 79 59   52 78 82 62   55 79 81
Dewpt         51 51 50   47 46 45 46   44 44 45 46   44 46 48 48   47 49 50
PWind dir         W      SW     W       S     W      SE    SW      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 SC FW SC   FW SC FW FW   FW SC CL SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      30    10      10     5       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs     S  C  C                                         S    S  S  S
Tstms          S  S  S                                         S          S

$$
http://www.weather.gov/greatfalls