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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
233 AM MDT Thu May 15 2025

MTZ312-152200-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
233 AM MDT Thu May 15 2025

Date             Thu 05/15/25            Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25
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          40          62          42          65
Temp          45 44 46 49 53 54 47 43 42 41 46 54 59 61 53 48 46 43 50 59 63 63
Dewpt         39 39 41 41 41 40 38 37 36 36 38 39 37 38 40 41 40 38 38 38 38 39
RH            79 82 83 74 64 59 71 79 79 82 73 57 44 42 61 77 79 82 63 45 39 41
Wind dir      SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW  W SW  W  W  N  S SE SW SW SW SW SW  S  E
Wind spd      10 10 14 17 14 13 10  6  5  4  4  4  4  5  5  5  5  5  6  6  6 10
Clouds        B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     80          50          50          40          50
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.01        0.01        0.01        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  C  D  C  L  C  C  S     C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                         S


Date               Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25
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            44    55      41    56      42    63      40    64
Temp          51   45 52 52 46   42 51 54 46   43 59 60 46   41 57 63
Dewpt         42   41 44 43 41   38 37 34 35   35 35 32 32   29 32 33
PWind dir           E    NE      NW     W      SW     W       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC B1
PoP 12hr           40    80      70    50      20    40      20    30
Rain                   L     L    C  C  C  S
Rain shwrs     S    C     D                        S  C  S       S  C
Tstms                     S

$$
MTZ303-152200-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
233 AM MDT Thu May 15 2025

Date             Thu 05/15/25            Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25
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                      54          35          60          38          62
Temp          44 43 43 47 51 52 45 40 37 35 43 54 59 59 50 45 41 39 46 56 60 61
Dewpt         38 39 39 38 38 36 35 36 34 33 35 35 36 37 38 38 36 34 34 33 33 33
RH            79 86 86 71 61 54 68 85 89 92 73 48 42 44 63 76 82 82 63 42 36 35
Wind dir      NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW NW NW  N  S SW  W  W  W  W  W SW  S SE
Wind spd      13 17 21 23 21 19 12  8  5  4  4  5  6  9  8  6  5  5  5  6  8  9
Wind gust           32 33 32
Clouds        B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     60          20          40          40          40
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0        0.03        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  C  S  C  C  S  S              C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  S
Obvis                                 PF PF


Date               Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25
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            40    55      39    58      40    60      38    61
Temp          48   41 51 52 44   39 54 57 45   41 56 58 44   38 56 59
Dewpt         38   37 42 40 39   36 35 33 34   33 32 31 31   29 30 30
PWind dir           E    NE      NW     W       W     W       W     W
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr           30    70      50    30      20    40      30    40
Rain                   L  L  C    C  C  C  S
Rain shwrs     S    C                              S  C  C    S  C  C

$$
MTZ319-152200-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
233 AM MDT Thu May 15 2025

Date             Thu 05/15/25            Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25
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                      57          40          62          41          66
Temp          45 42 46 51 53 55 50 46 43 40 46 54 59 60 53 49 45 41 47 57 63 64
Dewpt         37 37 38 38 39 39 38 37 36 36 37 36 37 40 39 39 38 37 37 39 39 38
RH            73 82 73 61 59 55 63 71 76 85 71 50 44 47 59 68 76 85 68 51 41 38
Wind dir       W  W  W  W  N  N NW  W  W  W  W NE SW SW  W SW SW SW  S SE SE  E
Wind spd       8  5  8 10 10 10  5  3  2  1  1  2  3  5  4  2  2  1  1  3  4  5
Wind gust              20 20
Clouds        B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          40          50          50          50
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.01        0.01        0.04        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  C  L  L  L  C  S        S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                         S                 S  S  S  S                    S


Date               Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25
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            47    55      42    57      42    64      40    66
Temp          53   47 52 53 48   42 52 56 47   42 58 61 48   40 56 65
Dewpt         41   43 44 41 39   37 36 33 34   35 36 32 32   31 32 33
PWind dir          NE    NW      NW    NW       W     W       W     W
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC B1
PoP 12hr           50    90      70    50      30    50      20    30
Rain                   D     L    C  C  C  C
Rain shwrs     C    C     D                        S  C  S       S  C
Tstms          S          S

$$
MTZ326-152200-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
233 AM MDT Thu May 15 2025

Date             Thu 05/15/25            Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25
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          35          60          38          64
Temp          40 39 42 48 52 53 46 41 38 37 45 52 56 58 49 45 41 39 45 56 62 62
Dewpt         38 37 37 38 39 38 38 37 36 35 39 37 37 42 40 40 39 37 39 40 39 40
RH            92 92 82 68 61 57 73 85 92 92 79 56 49 55 71 82 92 92 79 55 43 44
Wind dir       W SW  W  W NW NW  W SW SW  S  W NW  W  W SW SW  S  S  S SW  S  E
Wind spd       5  4  5  5  6  8  3  2  1  1  1  2  3  4  2  2  2  2  2  1  2  5
Clouds        OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          30          50          60          50
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.03        0.01        0.18        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  C  L  C  C  S              C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S  C  C  L
Tstms                   S     S                 S  S                          S
Obvis            PF                   PF PF


Date               Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25
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            42    55      38    52      37    61      35    63
Temp          48   43 52 52 44   39 47 52 42   38 54 59 44   36 53 62
Dewpt         41   40 44 43 40   37 37 35 36   34 37 37 35   31 34 36
PWind dir           E     N      NW     W      SW     W       W    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 OV OV OV   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr           60    90      80    60      40    50      30    30
Rain                   L     D    L  L  L  C    S
Rain shwrs     L    C     D                        S  C  C       S  C
Tstms          S          S                                         S

$$
MTZ330-152200-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
233 AM MDT Thu May 15 2025

Date             Thu 05/15/25            Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25
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                      50          27          52          31          57
Temp          32 30 36 45 48 46 39 34 29 27 35 48 51 47 40 36 33 31 38 51 55 54
Dewpt         31 30 29 28 29 30 32 32 29 27 30 30 30 32 34 34 33 31 32 31 28 31
RH            96100 75 51 47 53 76 92100100 82 49 44 56 79 92100100 79 46 35 41
Wind dir      SW SW SW  W  W  W NW  S  W  N SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd       2  2  2  5  5  5  2  1  1  0  2  5  8  6  4  2  2  2  2  5  5  5
Wind gust                                            17
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          40          50          70          50
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.01        0.02        0.10        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  L  C  S              C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S  C  C  D
Snowshwrs                                                      C
Tstms                   C     S                                               S
Obvis             F                    F  F


Date               Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25
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            33    52      32    49      30    54      28    56
Temp          38   33 49 48 36   32 45 47 35   30 50 51 35   28 51 53
Dewpt         34   33 37 38 35   32 31 29 31   30 32 31 31   27 30 27
PWind dir          SE     S      NW    NW       W    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 OV OV OV   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr           80   100      90    70      50    60      50    30
Rain                   L     D    L  L  L  C    S
Rain shwrs     D    L     D                        C  L  C    S  S  C
Snow                                            S
Snowshwrs                                          C          S  S
Tstms          S          C                           S             S

$$
MTZ328-152200-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
233 AM MDT Thu May 15 2025

Date             Thu 05/15/25            Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25
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          53          36          60
Temp          33 32 38 47 51 51 44 40 37 35 41 50 53 51 46 43 39 37 42 53 58 58
Dewpt         30 29 33 35 34 35 36 36 33 32 34 36 37 37 39 39 35 34 37 39 36 36
RH            89 88 82 63 52 54 73 85 85 89 76 58 54 59 76 86 85 89 82 59 44 44
Wind dir       S  S SW  W NW NE  E NE  S  S NW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SE
Wind spd       5  5  5  5  5  6  5  4  3  3  2  4  5  5  5  4  4  4  4  6  8  8
Clouds        SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          20          40          40          30
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.01        0.05        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S  C  C  S                 C  C  C  C              C  C  L
Snowshwrs         S
Tstms                   S     S                 S  S  S  S                    S


Date               Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25
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            40    50      36    56      36    59      33    62
Temp          46   41 47 48 42   37 49 54 43   36 53 58 42   34 53 61
Dewpt         39   38 42 40 38   34 35 34 34   33 34 31 31   27 31 30
PWind dir           E     N       N    NW       W     W       W    SW
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 OV OV OV   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr           70    90      70    40      20    40      20    20
Rain                   L     L    C  C  C  S
Rain shwrs     L    L     D                        S  C  S          S
Tstms          S          S

$$
MTZ305-152200-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
233 AM MDT Thu May 15 2025

Date             Thu 05/15/25            Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25
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                      63          39          65          42          66
Temp          44 42 50 58 60 58 50 46 43 41 46 56 62 64 54 49 45 43 50 59 64 64
Dewpt         40 39 41 40 41 41 41 41 40 39 39 40 38 39 40 40 40 39 42 43 41 40
RH            86 89 71 51 49 53 71 83 89 92 76 55 41 40 59 71 82 86 74 55 43 41
Wind dir      SW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W NW NW NW  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd       5  6 12 18 20 19 14 11 10  8  9  8  6  5  5  5  5  6  8 10 12 13
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     50          30          30          30          60
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0           0        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S        C  C  C           S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Obvis                                    PF


Date               Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25
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            42    59      40    58      40    66      39    66
Temp          51   43 56 56 46   41 54 57 47   41 60 62 47   40 58 65
Dewpt         41   37 42 43 44   40 42 37 40   38 40 37 39   36 38 37
PWind dir           E     E       E     W      SW     W       W     W
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr           30    60      70    60      20    50      40    50
Rain                   C  L  L    C  L  C  S    S
Rain shwrs     C    C                              S  C  C    S  C  C

$$
MTZ314-152200-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
233 AM MDT Thu May 15 2025

Date             Thu 05/15/25            Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25
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          36          57          39          60
Temp          40 41 45 47 48 49 44 41 40 38 42 50 55 56 49 45 41 40 47 54 58 57
Dewpt         38 37 40 41 41 40 38 37 37 35 36 38 39 39 41 41 38 36 38 40 42 41
RH            92 85 82 79 77 71 79 85 89 89 79 63 55 53 74 86 89 85 71 59 55 55
Wind dir       W  W  W NW NW NW NW  W  W  W NW NW NW  N SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE
Wind spd       9 10 17 19 20 18 13 11 10  9 10 10  8  5  4  5  4  4  4  5  8 10
Wind gust           27 31 32 29 24
Clouds        B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          30          50          50          70
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0        0.01        0.06        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S  C  L  C  C  S        S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Tstms                                                                         S


Date               Sun 05/18/25  Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25
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            40    55      38    49      38    58      36    59
Temp          48   41 52 51 44   39 45 48 41   39 54 55 44   37 54 56
Dewpt         39   36 43 44 41   36 36 35 36   34 37 35 34   28 34 34
PWind dir           E     E       N    NW       W     W       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 OV OV   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr           40    80      90    80      40    60      40    50
Rain                   L          L  D  L  C    C
Rain shwrs     C    C     D  D                     C  L  C    S  S  C
Tstms          S          S  S

$$
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