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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
216 PM MDT Sat Jul 19 2025

MTZ312-201000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
216 PM MDT Sat Jul 19 2025

Date           07/19/25      Sun 07/20/25            Mon 07/21/25            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                      55          81          56          69          55
Temp          82 81 71 63 58 56 64 74 79 79 73 64 59 57 60 64 67 67 61 58 55 56
Dewpt         40 44 46 48 48 46 46 44 43 41 44 47 49 50 52 49 48 48 49 52 52 52
RH            22 27 41 58 69 69 52 34 28 26 35 54 69 77 75 58 50 50 65 80 90 86
Wind dir       W NW NW  E SW SW SW  W  W  W  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE  N  N NW
Wind spd      18 18  9  4  5  4  5  8  9 10  9  8  6  6  8  9 11 11  9  6  5  5
Clouds        B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          10          20          30          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  L  L  C  C  S
Tstms                                                       S  S  C  C
Obvis                                              H


Date           07/22/25  Wed 07/23/25  Thu 07/24/25  Fri 07/25/25  Sat 07/26/25
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          74      49    80      53    89      57    92      58    89
Temp          68 73 56   50 68 80 61   54 81 88 65   58 85 89 67   59 82 86
Dewpt         50 49 48   45 49 45 45   42 41 39 41   40 40 38 43   41 43 40
PWind dir        NW       N     W       S    SW      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   CL CL CL FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    20       5     5       0     0       0     5
Rain shwrs     S  C  S          S
Tstms             S  S

$$
MTZ303-201000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
216 PM MDT Sat Jul 19 2025

Date           07/19/25      Sun 07/20/25            Mon 07/21/25            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          75          52          61          49
Temp          72 72 65 56 51 49 58 69 72 71 64 57 54 52 55 58 60 60 57 53 51 50
Dewpt         46 46 50 50 48 46 49 46 44 46 50 51 51 51 54 54 54 54 54 53 51 49
RH            39 39 58 80 89 89 72 44 37 41 60 80 90 96 96 86 81 81 90100100 96
Wind dir       W NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  N NW NW NW  N  N  N NE  N  N NW  N
Wind spd      20 20 10  6  5  6  8  9 10 11  9  8  8  6  6  8  8  8  6  5  5  6
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 SC B1 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          20          20          60          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.18        0.14
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S                 S  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms          S  S                 S  S  S                       S  S


Date           07/22/25  Wed 07/23/25  Thu 07/24/25  Fri 07/25/25  Sat 07/26/25
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          62      44    73      49    81      52    83      53    81
Temp          58 59 48   44 64 73 56   49 76 80 60   52 78 82 62   53 75 80
Dewpt         50 49 47   44 49 48 47   43 46 44 43   40 41 41 42   41 43 43
PWind dir        NW      NW    SW      SW     W       W     W       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 SC FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      30    10       0     0       0     0       0     0
Rain shwrs     C  L  C
Tstms             S

$$
MTZ319-201000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
216 PM MDT Sat Jul 19 2025

Date           07/19/25      Sun 07/20/25            Mon 07/21/25            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                      57          82          56          75          54
Temp          84 82 74 67 61 57 62 74 80 81 74 68 61 57 61 68 72 71 66 60 57 55
Dewpt         37 37 41 45 43 44 46 42 41 38 42 46 46 48 50 47 47 47 48 50 50 49
RH            19 20 30 45 51 62 56 32 25 21 32 45 58 72 67 47 41 42 52 69 77 80
Wind dir       W  W NW SW SW  W NE NE  W NW NW  W NW  W  N  N  N  N  N NW  W  W
Wind spd      14 16 10  4  3  2  2  5  8 10  5  4  3  2  4  8 11 12  8  3  2  2
Wind gust        27                                           21
Clouds        B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5          20          10          30          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S                    C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                  S                    C  C  C  C
Obvis                                  H


Date           07/22/25  Wed 07/23/25  Thu 07/24/25  Fri 07/25/25  Sat 07/26/25
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      51    83      53    90      57    91      57    89
Temp          72 77 61   52 72 83 64   54 79 89 68   58 81 89 68   58 81 87
Dewpt         48 44 48   45 47 40 42   40 40 38 41   40 42 40 44   42 45 41
PWind dir        NW      NW     W       W    SW       W     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   CL CL FW FW   FW FW FW B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    20       0     5       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs        C  S          S
Tstms             C  S          S

$$
MTZ326-201000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
216 PM MDT Sat Jul 19 2025

Date           07/19/25      Sun 07/20/25            Mon 07/21/25            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          87          51          84          52
Temp          85 83 73 63 55 50 62 78 86 82 72 62 55 51 62 75 81 79 69 60 55 52
Dewpt         32 36 41 44 43 43 43 44 43 43 44 47 47 46 46 47 48 49 50 52 51 50
RH            15 19 31 50 64 77 50 30 22 25 37 58 74 83 56 37 32 35 51 75 86 93
Wind dir       W NW  N SW  S  S SW  W  W  W  N SE  E SE NE NW NW NW NE  E SE SE
Wind spd      19 17 10  4  4  3  2  6 10 10  6  4  4  3  3  5  9 11  9  5  4  2
Wind gust                                                     19
Clouds        OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          20          20          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  S  S                 S  S  C  C
Tstms                                  S                    S  S  C  C
Obvis             H                 H     H  H


Date           07/22/25  Wed 07/23/25  Thu 07/24/25  Fri 07/25/25  Sat 07/26/25
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          82      49    83      51    90      52    91      52    92
Temp          73 78 60   49 73 82 62   51 79 88 65   53 83 86 63   52 81 90
Dewpt         49 45 50   47 48 42 46   45 43 38 44   42 43 40 47   43 43 41
PWind dir         W       N     W       E     W      SE     W       S     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW SC B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      20    20       5    10       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs        C  S          S
Tstms             C  S          S

$$
MTZ330-201000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
216 PM MDT Sat Jul 19 2025

Date           07/19/25      Sun 07/20/25            Mon 07/21/25            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                      39          79          43          79          44
Temp          76 78 66 55 44 40 54 72 77 77 67 56 48 43 57 74 77 76 66 56 48 44
Dewpt         30 33 36 38 37 36 37 35 32 32 35 38 40 39 38 34 29 31 37 41 41 40
RH            18 19 33 53 76 85 52 26 19 19 30 51 74 86 49 23 17 19 34 57 77 86
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW  E  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SE  E  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd      19 17 11  4  3  2  6 17 17 17  9  3  2  1  4 13 18 17 10  3  2  2
Wind gust     31 27 23                29 27                25 29 27
Clouds        B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          20           5          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S                    S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S
Obvis          H        H  H  H        H  H  H  H


Date           07/22/25  Wed 07/23/25  Thu 07/24/25  Fri 07/25/25  Sat 07/26/25
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      41    78      41    81      42    82      42    83
Temp          71 74 54   41 73 76 53   41 76 79 55   42 77 79 54   42 78 81
Dewpt         40 37 41   39 40 34 39   38 38 33 40   37 36 33 37   35 32 32
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       N    SW       S    SW       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC SC   SC FW SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    20       5    10       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs        S             S
Tstms             S             S

$$
MTZ328-201000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
216 PM MDT Sat Jul 19 2025

Date           07/19/25      Sun 07/20/25            Mon 07/21/25            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          83          50          80          49
Temp          82 82 70 59 53 49 60 74 81 82 70 60 53 50 60 74 79 76 65 57 52 49
Dewpt         31 39 45 45 42 41 43 39 35 40 44 45 43 43 44 45 45 46 47 48 47 46
RH            16 22 41 60 66 74 53 28 19 22 39 58 69 77 55 35 30 34 52 72 83 89
Wind dir      SW  W  W  S  S  S SW SW  W  W NW  N  N  S  N  W SW  W NW NE  S  S
Wind spd      23 19 11  5  5  5  5 14 20 17 10  8  5  5  5  6 12 13 10  6  5  5
Wind gust                                                     23
Clouds        SC SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          20           5          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S                       S  S
Tstms                                                       S  S
Obvis             K  K  K  K  K  H           H


Date           07/22/25  Wed 07/23/25  Thu 07/24/25  Fri 07/25/25  Sat 07/26/25
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      46    82      48    86      50    86      49    87
Temp          73 78 56   46 72 81 58   48 76 85 60   50 79 82 59   49 78 86
Dewpt         47 43 46   43 46 41 42   40 42 43 44   42 45 45 46   41 43 43
PWind dir        SW       N    SW      NW    SW      SW    SW      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW CL FW SC   SC FW FW B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5    10       0    10       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs        S
Tstms             S

$$
MTZ305-201000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
216 PM MDT Sat Jul 19 2025

Date           07/19/25      Sun 07/20/25            Mon 07/21/25            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                      54          82          54          74          54
Temp          84 81 72 63 57 55 64 76 80 79 72 63 58 55 61 69 71 69 63 58 56 55
Dewpt         46 50 54 56 52 52 54 52 49 49 52 54 52 52 53 53 54 53 54 55 55 54
RH            27 34 53 78 83 90 70 43 34 35 49 72 80 90 75 57 55 57 72 90 96 96
Wind dir       W NW NW  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  N NE NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  E NE
Wind spd      11 12  6  4  4  4  5  9 10 10  6  4  5  4  5  8  8 10  6  5  5  5
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          10          20          30          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.29
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  S                                S  S  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms          S  S                                         S  S  C  C  S  S
Heat index                            80
Max heat         82                      80


Date           07/22/25  Wed 07/23/25  Thu 07/24/25  Fri 07/25/25  Sat 07/26/25
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          74      48    77      52    88      55    91      56    89
Temp          70 71 55   49 69 76 60   53 82 86 65   56 85 88 66   57 84 86
Dewpt         56 54 50   47 50 50 50   47 51 46 47   45 47 42 46   44 48 45
PWind dir        NW      NW     W       S    SW      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      20    20       5     0       0     0       0     5
Rain shwrs     C  C  S       S
Tstms             S

$$
MTZ314-201000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
216 PM MDT Sat Jul 19 2025

Date           07/19/25      Sun 07/20/25            Mon 07/21/25            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                      52          77          52          74          52
Temp          79 77 68 60 55 53 63 73 74 76 65 60 56 53 61 70 73 69 61 56 54 52
Dewpt         48 47 50 50 48 46 48 49 50 52 52 52 50 49 50 51 51 52 54 54 53 52
RH            34 35 52 69 77 77 58 43 43 43 63 75 80 86 67 51 46 55 78 93 96100
Wind dir      NW NW NW SW  S  S SW NW NW  N  N  S SW SW  N  N NE  N  N SE SW SW
Wind spd       9  9  5  4  4  4  4  5  6  8  5  4  4  2  4  5  9 10  8  4  4  3
Clouds        B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          30          20          30          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.04        0.31
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S                 S  S  S  S              C  C  L  L  C  C  S
Tstms          S  S                 S  S  S                 C  C  C  C


Date           07/22/25  Wed 07/23/25  Thu 07/24/25  Fri 07/25/25  Sat 07/26/25
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      47    73      51    84      54    86      55    86
Temp          67 70 55   48 66 73 56   52 77 83 62   55 82 84 63   55 80 83
Dewpt         53 52 52   48 52 51 51   48 45 46 47   43 44 45 48   43 45 45
PWind dir         W      NW     W      SE    SW       S     W       S    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 FW   FW CL CL FW   FW FW FW B1   B1 FW SC
PoP 12hr         50      50    30      10     5       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     S  C  C    C  S  C
Tstms             C  C          S

$$
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