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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
204 PM MDT Mon Sep 29 2025

MTZ312-301000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Date           09/29/25      Tue 09/30/25            Wed 10/01/25            Thu
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          76          49          73          47
Temp          82 82 67 62 58 56 59 70 74 73 62 56 52 50 55 69 72 71 58 54 51 48
Dewpt         41 42 43 46 46 45 47 48 44 42 44 46 44 42 43 41 37 36 37 39 40 38
RH            23 24 42 56 64 66 64 45 34 33 52 69 74 74 64 36 28 28 45 57 66 68
Wind dir       S SE  S SW SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW
Wind spd       8  8  8  9  8  6 10 14 13 10  5  8  9 10 12 17 17 12  8  5  6  8
Wind gust                                                     27
Clouds        FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          10          20           0          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S                          C  C


Date           10/02/25  Fri 10/03/25  Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25
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          70      43    66      43    64      37    53      32    54
Temp          65 66 52   44 60 63 49   44 60 59 44   38 48 51 39   33 47 53
Dewpt         39 33 35   34 35 31 33   30 32 29 32   31 34 30 30   27 30 28
PWind dir        SW       W    SW      SW    SW      NW     N       N     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      20    10      10    10      30    30      30    20
Rain shwrs           S    S                      S    C  C  C  C    C  S  S

$$
MTZ303-301000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Date           09/29/25      Tue 09/30/25            Wed 10/01/25            Thu
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          70          44          66          41
Temp          77 77 63 57 53 50 54 64 68 66 55 50 46 45 50 63 65 63 52 47 44 42
Dewpt         40 40 41 42 43 42 44 47 44 42 41 41 39 39 39 40 38 37 37 36 35 34
RH            26 26 44 57 69 74 69 54 42 42 59 71 76 79 66 43 37 38 56 65 70 73
Wind dir      SE SE SE  W SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW
Wind spd      12 11  6  8  5  5 10 13 14 13 10 10  9 10 13 19 20 18 13 11 11 11
Wind gust                             25                   31 32 29
Clouds        SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20           5           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S
Obvis                                              K  K


Date           10/02/25  Fri 10/03/25  Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25
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          64      38    63      38    59      33    50      26    54
Temp          60 60 44   38 58 60 44   39 56 53 39   33 46 49 34   27 47 52
Dewpt         35 31 31   30 33 31 30   27 33 31 32   30 32 28 25   24 28 27
PWind dir        SW       W     W      SW     W      NW     N      NW    SW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1   SC FW FW FW   SC B1 SC B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5       5     5       5    20      30    30      20    10
Rain shwrs                                    S  C    C  C  S  S    S
Snowshwrs                                                           S

$$
MTZ319-301000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Date           09/29/25      Tue 09/30/25            Wed 10/01/25            Thu
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                      53          73          47          73          46
Temp          79 80 68 62 58 55 55 64 71 71 62 57 52 48 50 62 70 71 60 57 53 48
Dewpt         45 44 46 48 49 46 48 47 45 44 45 45 42 41 42 41 39 38 37 40 39 39
RH            30 28 45 60 72 72 77 54 39 38 54 64 69 77 74 46 32 30 42 53 59 71
Wind dir      SE  S  W SW  S SW  S  E SE  S  W  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd       9  8  9  8  5  5  5  6  8  6  6  6  6  6  8 11 12 10  6  5  5  5
Wind gust                                                     23
Clouds        FW B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          30          30           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S        S  C     S  C  C                    S  S  C  C  S
Tstms             S                       S


Date           10/02/25  Fri 10/03/25  Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25
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          66      43    65      39    62      37    53      33    53
Temp          58 63 52   45 54 63 48   40 52 60 46   40 43 51 42   35 43 53
Dewpt         41 38 38   37 35 32 32   30 32 32 32   32 32 29 30   29 30 29
PWind dir         W       W     W      SW     W      NW     N       N     N
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      40    20      10    10      40    40      40    30
Rain shwrs     S  C  C    C  S  S                C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S

$$
MTZ326-301000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Date           09/29/25      Tue 09/30/25            Wed 10/01/25            Thu
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          73          45          72          43
Temp          78 76 64 57 54 51 54 65 71 70 59 54 50 46 50 64 71 69 58 54 49 44
Dewpt         44 45 48 47 46 45 46 45 43 42 43 44 43 42 42 42 39 38 39 42 42 40
RH            30 33 56 69 74 80 74 48 36 36 55 69 77 86 74 45 31 32 49 64 77 86
Wind dir       S  E SE SE  S  S SE  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd       6  6 10 10  9  8  8  9 11 11 11 10 10  8  8  9 12 12 11 10  8  5
Wind gust                             21                      24 23
Clouds        B1 SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  S  S                    S  S  C  C  S


Date           10/02/25  Fri 10/03/25  Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25
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          67      40    60      35    62      33    50      29    50
Temp          59 63 50   41 52 59 43   36 54 58 44   34 43 49 37   30 42 49
Dewpt         43 41 43   39 38 34 35   32 34 33 36   31 33 33 33   29 30 30
PWind dir        SW      SW     W       S    SW      NW    NW      NE    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2   OV B1 SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      60    40      10    10      40    40      40    30
Rain shwrs     S  C  C    L  C  S                C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S
Snowshwrs                                                              C

$$
MTZ330-301000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Date           09/29/25      Tue 09/30/25            Wed 10/01/25            Thu
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          59          36          60          35
Temp          67 66 53 46 42 40 44 54 58 55 47 43 40 37 42 54 59 58 49 44 39 36
Dewpt         41 41 42 43 41 40 44 47 43 42 42 42 39 37 41 44 39 39 41 41 38 36
RH            39 40 66 89 96100100 77 57 61 83 96 96100 96 69 47 49 74 89 96100
Wind dir      SW  S SE  S  E  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      12 10  6  5  5  5 10 14 16 13 12 11  8  5 10 17 19 16 12 10  5  3
Wind gust                             27    23 23             31 26 23
Clouds        SC FW B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          60          50          40          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.02           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S                 C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C
Tstms          S                       S  S                    S     S


Date           10/02/25  Fri 10/03/25  Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25
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          59      31    54      26    53      23    46      21    48
Temp          54 55 41   32 48 52 36   27 48 51 35   24 40 45 30   22 42 46
Dewpt         41 39 39   32 39 31 34   27 33 28 31   24 30 27 27   22 31 28
PWind dir        SW       S     W      SW    SW       W     N      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 OV B1 SC   SC B1 SC B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         50      70    60      20    20      30    40      50    40
Rain shwrs     C  C  C    L  L  C  S          S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C
Snowshwrs                                             C  C          C  C
Tstms                S

$$
MTZ328-301000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Date           09/29/25      Tue 09/30/25            Wed 10/01/25            Thu
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          68          41          68          41
Temp          76 73 60 53 51 49 50 62 67 65 54 48 45 42 46 61 67 64 55 49 45 42
Dewpt         46 47 48 47 47 46 48 47 45 45 44 42 42 40 43 42 39 40 40 41 40 39
RH            34 40 64 80 86 89 93 58 45 48 69 80 89 93 89 49 36 41 57 74 82 89
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      12 13 10  9  9 10 13 13 14 13 11 10 10 10 12 14 18 16 10  9  9  8
Wind gust                             25                      28 26
Clouds        SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC B2 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          30          10          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.01        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S        C        S                          S  S  C  C  C
Tstms             S                    S


Date           10/02/25  Fri 10/03/25  Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25
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          64      38    58      34    59      30    49      28    48
Temp          58 60 44   39 52 56 38   34 53 56 37   30 44 47 32   28 42 46
Dewpt         43 40 40   37 39 33 31   31 34 30 31   29 32 31 29   27 32 31
PWind dir        SW       S     W       W    SW      NW    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      40    30      10    10      30    30      30    20
Rain shwrs     C  S  C    C  C  S                S    C  C  C  C    C  S  S
Snowshwrs                                             C  C          C  S

$$
MTZ305-301000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Date           09/29/25      Tue 09/30/25            Wed 10/01/25            Thu
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          79          48          76          46
Temp          85 81 67 64 59 54 57 73 78 76 61 57 52 49 55 69 75 73 58 53 50 47
Dewpt         45 47 48 49 48 47 48 49 48 48 47 45 44 43 44 44 42 40 40 40 39 38
RH            25 30 50 58 67 77 72 43 35 37 60 64 74 80 66 40 31 30 51 61 66 71
Wind dir      SE SE  E  E SE  S SW  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      14 13 14 12  8  5  5 10 12 11  6  6  6  8 10 14 14 12  6  6  6  9
Wind gust                                                     26
Clouds        FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 FW FW FW FW SC B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5          10           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              S  S


Date           10/02/25  Fri 10/03/25  Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25
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          71      42    68      40    66      35    55      31    58
Temp          65 68 52   43 62 66 48   41 60 61 45   36 50 52 38   32 51 55
Dewpt         40 35 35   34 38 33 35   31 37 33 35   31 34 32 31   29 32 31
PWind dir        SW       W     W      SW     W      NW    NW      NE     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1   B1 SC FW FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      10     5       5    10      20    20      10    10
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  S

$$
MTZ314-301000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Sep 29 2025

Date           09/29/25      Tue 09/30/25            Wed 10/01/25            Thu
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          78          48          73          46
Temp          81 78 64 60 58 55 61 76 76 70 59 56 51 49 56 69 72 71 58 54 51 47
Dewpt         41 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 45 46 46 47 44 42 42 41 37 38 39 39 39 39
RH            24 30 48 55 59 66 53 32 33 42 62 72 77 77 59 36 28 30 49 57 63 74
Wind dir       S SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  W NW SW  S SW  S SW  W  W  W  S SW SW SW
Wind spd      11 10 10  9  6  5  6 11 11  6  5  5  5  6  8 11 11  6  5  5  4  4
Clouds        FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      5          20          30           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C                    S  S  C  C
Tstms                                     S


Date           10/02/25  Fri 10/03/25  Sat 10/04/25  Sun 10/05/25  Mon 10/06/25
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          69      42    61      39    62      34    50      30    50
Temp          63 64 50   43 57 59 44   40 58 56 44   35 44 49 36   31 46 48
Dewpt         40 38 40   37 36 36 34   31 34 34 34   30 34 33 32   28 31 31
PWind dir         W       W     W      SW     W       W    NW       W    NE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2   OV B1 SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      60    30      10    20      40    40      40    30
Rain shwrs        S  C    L  C  S             S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C
Snowshwrs                                                              C

$$
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