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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
252 PM MDT Fri Oct 10 2025

MTZ312-111000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
252 PM MDT Fri Oct 10 2025

Date           10/10/25      Sat 10/11/25            Sun 10/12/25            Mon
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          68          31          38          25
Temp          74 74 62 59 57 53 54 63 66 61 51 47 43 33 31 35 35 34 31 28 27 26
Dewpt         43 43 39 48 46 42 43 36 38 44 34 36 32 33 31 27 27 27 24 25 24 24
RH            33 33 43 67 67 66 66 36 36 53 52 65 65100100 72 72 75 75 88 88 92
Wind dir      SE SE  S  S SW SW SW  W  W NW  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd       9  9 10 13 11  9  8  9 11 12 12 16 18 19 17 13 11 10 10 14 17 17
Clouds        CL CL FW FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          40          70          80          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.20        0.24        0.13
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  L  L  D
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S  C  S
Snow                                                  D  D  C  C  L  L  L  L  L


Date           10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25
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          39      25    46      28    55      31    54      36    57
Temp          31 32 30   26 34 39 31   29 38 47 36   32 46 49 42   38 52 53
Dewpt         24 31 27   23 28 38 28   26 34 40 32   27 31 39 34   29 32 34
PWind dir        NE      NW     W       S    SW       W    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60      20     5      10    10      20    20      20    20
Rain                 S                                S  S  S  S    S  S  S
Snow           L  C  S

$$
MTZ303-111000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
252 PM MDT Fri Oct 10 2025

Date           10/10/25      Sat 10/11/25            Sun 10/12/25            Mon
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                      42          61          28          33          18
Temp          66 66 53 48 46 45 48 59 59 54 45 39 32 31 29 31 31 29 23 22 20 18
Dewpt         39 40 33 42 41 35 38 33 33 42 34 37 30 28 26 23 24 24 18 19 17 18
RH            37 38 46 80 83 68 68 37 37 64 65 92 92 88 88 72 75 81 81 88 88100
Wind dir      SE SE SE  S  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd      12 10  6  9 11 13 16 23 23 20 19 20 19 18 18 16 13 11 11 12 12 11
Wind gust                             34 31 31    29       26 24
Clouds        CL CL SC SC SC SC SC SC FW B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     10          10          70          80          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.07        0.03        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Rain                                      S  S  L  S
Snow                                               L  D  D  C  C  L  L  L  L  L


Date           10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25
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          33      20    42      23    51      26    55      32    53
Temp          27 31 25   21 33 35 28   24 36 40 32   27 46 49 37   33 50 49
Dewpt         22 27 22   20 27 33 25   23 31 38 28   23 30 37 29   25 32 34
PWind dir        NE       E    SE       S     W      NW     W      SW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B1 B1 FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      10     5       0     5       5    10       5    20
Rain                                                                      S
Snow           L  C

$$
MTZ319-111000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
252 PM MDT Fri Oct 10 2025

Date           10/10/25      Sat 10/11/25            Sun 10/12/25            Mon
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          65          36          42          29
Temp          74 74 66 60 57 51 50 58 63 58 50 46 43 39 36 38 34 33 34 33 33 30
Dewpt         43 43 39 52 49 45 44 39 44 44 36 36 33 36 34 29 27 30 29 29 30 27
RH            33 33 37 75 75 80 80 49 50 59 58 68 67 89 92 70 75 89 82 85 89 88
Wind dir       S  S  S  S SE SW  W  W  W NW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd      11 11 13 12  8  5  4  5 10 10 12 12 10  9 10 10 10 10  8  8  6  6
Wind gust              23                   23 24
Clouds        FW CL FW SC B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          70          80          80          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.19        0.16        0.14
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                         D  D  L  D  D  L  L  L  L
Rain shwrs     S              C  C  C  L  L
Snow                                                           L  L  L  L  L  C
Tstms                               S     S


Date           10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25
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          40      26    48      30    56      34    54      35    57
Temp          33 34 32   27 34 41 32   31 36 53 40   35 43 52 42   36 49 54
Dewpt         26 28 26   25 28 37 30   29 30 42 33   32 30 39 33   31 33 35
PWind dir         N      NW     N      SW     S      NW    NW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B2 B1 SC FW   FW SC FW SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         50      10    10      10    20      30    30      20    30
Rain              S                        S     S    C  C  S  S    S  S  C
Snow           C  S                        S

$$
MTZ326-111000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
252 PM MDT Fri Oct 10 2025

Date           10/10/25      Sat 10/11/25            Sun 10/12/25            Mon
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                      45          63          33          44          24
Temp          73 72 60 55 52 48 50 58 59 55 48 42 38 34 35 38 42 41 34 31 29 25
Dewpt         43 43 38 51 47 43 46 45 46 51 45 41 37 33 34 29 32 34 27 31 29 25
RH            34 35 44 86 83 83 86 62 62 86 89 96 96 96 96 70 67 76 75100100100
Wind dir       S  S SE SE SE SE  W  W  W NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  E  E  E  E
Wind spd       9  8 10 11 10  8  5  5  6  8 10 12 10  9  9  9  8  5  8 10  9  8
Clouds        FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          90         100          70          40
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.12        0.59        0.25        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                         D  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C
Rain shwrs     S           S  C  C  D  D  D
Snow                                                                 S  C  C  S
Tstms                            S  C  S  C


Date           10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25
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          45      24    50      28    56      31    52      32    57
Temp          35 41 31   25 38 48 31   29 37 53 38   32 44 48 39   33 50 54
Dewpt         26 34 30   24 27 41 31   29 32 46 36   31 33 40 36   31 33 36
PWind dir         E       E     E       E     S       E     W       S    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    10      20    20      40    30      30    30
Rain                               S    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  C
Snow           S                        S  S  S

$$
MTZ330-111000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
252 PM MDT Fri Oct 10 2025

Date           10/10/25      Sat 10/11/25            Sun 10/12/25            Mon
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                      40          54          25          36          15
Temp          62 62 51 46 45 44 47 52 52 48 40 32 30 26 28 34 35 33 29 25 19 16
Dewpt         37 41 37 46 45 43 47 40 40 47 39 32 30 26 27 26 26 27 23 25 19 15
RH            39 46 59100100 96100 63 63 96 96100100100 96 72 69 78 78100100 96
Wind dir      SW SW  S SE SE  S  S SW SW  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SE  E
Wind spd      14 11 11 12  8  5  9 12 14 12 16 19 13 11 13 13 17 13 12 10  5  2
Wind gust                             25    27 32
Clouds        SC SC SC B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     70          90         100          80          30
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.14        0.25        0.24        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Rain                                            S
Rain shwrs     S  S  S  C  C  L  D  D  D  D  D
Snow                                            D  D  D  D  C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms          S  S           S  S  C  C  C  S
Winter Storm                              A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date           10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25
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          51      22    52      25    52      27    49      28    47
Temp          38 48 29   23 44 50 32   27 39 41 33   27 41 43 34   29 42 45
Dewpt         22 37 29   23 32 46 32   27 37 41 33   27 33 38 34   29 31 33
PWind dir        SE       E    SE      SE    SE      NE    SE      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          5      10    30      40    40      50    60      40    30
Rain                         S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  L  L  C    C  C  C
Snow                               S    C  C  S  S    C  L          C  C

$$
MTZ328-111000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
252 PM MDT Fri Oct 10 2025

Date           10/10/25      Sat 10/11/25            Sun 10/12/25            Mon
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                      45          62          31          46          26
Temp          71 68 58 51 48 46 47 58 61 54 44 38 32 32 33 37 45 43 34 33 30 27
Dewpt         42 46 43 50 47 43 44 39 42 50 40 38 31 29 30 26 33 36 28 31 28 26
RH            35 45 57 96 96 89 89 49 49 86 86100 96 88 89 64 62 76 78 92 92 96
Wind dir       S  S  S  S SE  S  S SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  S SE SE  E  E
Wind spd      19 20 17 12 10 10  9  8  9  9 10 12 12 11 13 12 11 10 10 10 10 10
Clouds        FW FW SC B2 SC B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                     50          80          80          40          30
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.05        0.28        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Rain                                         D  L  L  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C
Rain shwrs     S        C     C  L  L  D  D
Snow                                               L  C  C  S        C  C  C
Tstms                         S  C  C  S  C


Date           10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25
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          47      25    51      31    55      31    51      31    54
Temp          36 44 30   26 40 47 31   32 39 44 35   31 43 47 36   32 48 50
Dewpt         28 39 29   26 30 45 31   32 38 44 35   31 33 41 34   31 33 37
PWind dir        NE      NE     E      SE    SW      NE     W       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5      10    10      20    20      30    30      30    20
Rain                                    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S
Snow                                    S  S  S  S       C             S

$$
MTZ305-111000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
252 PM MDT Fri Oct 10 2025

Date           10/10/25      Sat 10/11/25            Sun 10/12/25            Mon
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                      45          72          30          41          22
Temp          74 72 58 54 51 49 51 67 72 67 54 48 43 36 31 34 34 33 29 28 25 23
Dewpt         40 45 37 47 44 39 41 37 41 50 38 41 35 33 28 27 29 29 24 24 22 21
RH            29 38 45 77 77 68 68 33 33 54 54 77 73 89 88 75 82 85 81 85 88 92
Wind dir       E SE  E  E  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W NW  N NW NW NW  N  N  N NE NE
Wind spd      10 10  9  8  8  8 10 12 16 12 13 17 18 18 18 18 16 12 10  8  9 10
Wind gust                                            28
Clouds        SC FW FW FW FW B1 SC B1 SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      5          10          60          60          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.12        0.08           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  C  C  L  L
Snow                                                     L  S  S        C  C  C


Date           10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25
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          42      22    50      26    57      30    57      33    59
Temp          35 34 28   23 37 46 32   27 42 51 38   32 49 51 40   34 53 54
Dewpt         25 30 25   20 29 40 32   27 33 44 37   31 32 40 35   29 33 36
PWind dir         E       E     E      SE    SW       W     W      SW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30       5     5       5    10      10    10      10    10
Snow           C

$$
MTZ314-111000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
252 PM MDT Fri Oct 10 2025

Date           10/10/25      Sat 10/11/25            Sun 10/12/25            Mon
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          69          31          38          24
Temp          76 70 57 55 54 52 57 65 64 55 49 43 40 32 31 32 33 32 29 28 27 25
Dewpt         41 44 38 46 44 40 44 49 48 52 47 40 37 32 31 30 31 31 28 27 26 23
RH            28 39 49 72 69 63 62 56 56 90 93 89 89100100 92 92 96 96 96 96 92
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S SW NW  N NE NW NW  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  E  E  E
Wind spd      13  9 12 12 11  9  6  9  9  5 11 14 13 14 17 17 13  9  8  6  9 10
Wind gust                                         24 25
Clouds        SC FW FW FW FW SC SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          90         100          80          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.14        0.49        0.39        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                         D  D  D  D     C
Rain shwrs                       S  L  L  D
Snow                                                  D  D  C  C  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                                     S


Date           10/13/25  Tue 10/14/25  Wed 10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25
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          39      22    48      28    57      32    53      33    55
Temp          34 33 29   23 36 38 32   29 43 43 35   32 45 47 39   35 52 51
Dewpt         28 30 26   21 32 38 32   29 39 43 33   30 34 41 34   28 34 35
PWind dir         E       E     E      SE     S      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      10     5      20    10      30    30      20    20
Rain                                    S        S    C  C  S  S    S  S  S
Snow           C  S                     S        S

$$
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