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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
802 AM MST Wed Feb 12 2025

MTZ312-122300-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
802 AM MST Wed Feb 12 2025

Date                Wed 02/12/25            Thu 02/13/25            Fri 02/14/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                      12          -2          17           3           5
Temp                    0 10  9  4  2  2  3  3 13 17 13  9  9  6  5  4  4  5  4
Dewpt                 -10 -3 -2 -7 -9-10 -9 -9  0  4  5  3  3  1 -1 -1 -2 -2 -3
RH                     62 55 60 59 59 56 56 56 55 56 70 76 76 79 76 79 75 72 72
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  E NE NE  N NW NW NW  N  N  N
Wind spd               10 16 17 19 18 18 17 13  9  6  9  5  5  5  5  5  8  9  9
Clouds                 FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0          50          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                        C  C  L  L  L  L  D
Obvis                           BS BS
Wind chill            -16 -8 -9-17-19-19-17-15             -1 -4 -5 -7 -9-10-10
Min chill             -30   -12   -19   -22   -16          -4    -5    -9   -10
Cold Weather                     Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Sat 02/15/25  Sun 02/16/25  Mon 02/17/25  Tue 02/18/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            -4     3      -3    25      11    19       5    18
Temp           2   -1  2  3 -2    2 16 24 18   14 15 17  9    7 13 15
Dewpt         -4   -6 -6 -4 -7   -4  9 17 13    9  9 10  5    2  5  8
PWind dir           N     N      SE     S      NW     N       N     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 OV OV OV   OV OV OV OV   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           80    20      20    60      70    70      60    50
Snow           D    C  S          S  C  L  L    L  L  L  L    L  C  C

$$
MTZ303-122300-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
802 AM MST Wed Feb 12 2025

Date                Wed 02/12/25            Thu 02/13/25            Fri 02/14/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                      12          -7          11          -5           0
Temp                   -3  9  9  2  1  1 -1 -4  7 11  7  1  1 -1 -3 -4 -2 -1 -3
Dewpt                 -13 -3 -3 -7 -8 -9 -9-13 -3  1  1 -4 -3 -6 -8 -9 -9 -8 -9
RH                     61 57 57 65 65 62 68 64 63 63 76 79 83 79 78 78 71 71 75
Wind dir               SW SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NE  E NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd                9 16 18 21 23 19 16 11  5  6  8  5  6  8 10 11 12 13 11
Wind gust                       34 35 29
Clouds                 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                        S  S  C  C  S  S  S
Obvis                        BS BS BS BS
Wind chill            -19 -8-10-20-22-21-20-22 -4    -5-10-11-15-19-21-21-19-20
Min chill             -38   -13   -23   -28   -23    -6   -13   -20   -22   -22
Cold Weather                     Y  Y  Y  Y  Y
Extreme Cold


Date               Sat 02/15/25  Sun 02/16/25  Mon 02/17/25  Tue 02/18/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max           -14    -2      -9    17       4    16       0    16
Temp          -6  -10 -5 -3 -7   -6  6 15 10    7 12 13  6    3 10 11
Dewpt        -11  -15-13 -9-12  -11  0  9  6    3  5  7  1   -2  3  6
PWind dir           N     N      SE    SE       N    NE       N    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   B2 B1 B1 B2   B2 OV B2 B2   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           20     0       5    20      50    40      30    10
Snow           S                     S  S  C    C  C  C  C    S

$$
MTZ319-122300-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
802 AM MST Wed Feb 12 2025

Date                Wed 02/12/25            Thu 02/13/25            Fri 02/14/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                       4         -10          17           2           8
Temp                  -13 -1  2 -3 -7 -8 -8 -7  2 14 16 15 11  7  5  4  5  8  7
Dewpt                 -19-12 -9-11-12-14-14-14 -7  2  6  8  8  3  1 -1 -1  1  1
RH                     73 58 59 68 78 74 74 71 65 58 64 73 87 83 83 79 76 72 76
Wind dir                E  E  S  S  S SW  W  S SE SE SE  S  S NW NW NW NW  N  N
Wind spd                2  3  3  5  6  5  6  5  4  5  5  3  2  2  2  2  4  5  6
Clouds                 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          40          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L
Wind chill                -9 -5-15-21-21-23-20 -7                      -4 -2 -5
Min chill             -23    -9   -21   -23   -23    -3                -4    -5
Cold Weather                     Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Sat 02/15/25  Sun 02/16/25  Mon 02/17/25  Tue 02/18/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            -1    22       8    29      18    29      11    27
Temp           3    1  9 22 14   11 19 28 25   18 23 29 18   12 18 26
Dewpt         -2   -2  4 13  7    9 15 22 20   17 17 19 13   10 13 17
PWind dir          NW    NW      SW     S      SW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 OV OV OV   OV OV OV B2   B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr           70    10      10    50      60    70      60    50
Snow           L    L                C  C  C    L  L  L  L    L  C  C

$$
MTZ326-122300-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
802 AM MST Wed Feb 12 2025

Date                Wed 02/12/25            Thu 02/13/25            Fri 02/14/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                       1         -26          21           8          24
Temp                  -12 -1 -2-13-19-21-18-15  2 16 21 16 16 13 13 13 18 23 21
Dewpt                 -18-11-12-19-25-27-23-21 -8  3  9 11 12 10 10 10 16 20 19
RH                     74 61 61 73 73 72 77 73 62 56 59 80 84 87 87 87 92 88 92
Wind dir               NW NW  E SE SE  S  S SE  W SW SW SE  S  S  S  S  W  W NW
Wind spd                1  2  3  5  5  5  6  6  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  1  1  2  2
Clouds                 FW CL FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                  C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  D
Wind chill                  -10-26-34-36-34-31
Min chill             -27   -10   -34   -40   -33
Cold Weather
Extreme Cold                     W  W  W  W  W


Date               Sat 02/15/25  Sun 02/16/25  Mon 02/17/25  Tue 02/18/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max             2    21       6    30      16    30      12    28
Temp          13    8 12 20 10   12 22 28 24   20 25 29 19   16 20 27
Dewpt         11    5  8 15  6    8 17 23 21   18 22 24 17   14 16 20
PWind dir           W     W       S    SW       S     W       S     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 OV OV OV   OV OV OV OV   OV OV OV
PoP 12hr           80    20      10    60      60    70      60    40
Snow           D    D  S             L  L  L    C  L  L  L    C  C  C

$$
MTZ330-122300-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
802 AM MST Wed Feb 12 2025

Date                Wed 02/12/25            Thu 02/13/25            Fri 02/14/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                       9         -33          23          11          31
Temp                   -8  7  4-12-23-28-27-22  1 17 22 18 16 14 14 16 26 31 28
Dewpt                 -18 -7 -8-17-27-31-30-27-11  2 13 14 13 12 12 14 22 24 23
RH                     60 52 56 78 81 85 85 76 56 51 68 84 88 92 92 92 85 75 81
Wind dir               SW SW SW  S  S SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S SW SW SW
Wind spd                2  6  6  4  4  4  3  3  4  6  5  5  5  3  2  2  3  5  4
Wind gust                                         18 18 16
Clouds                 FW B1 SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          70          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.05        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Snow                                                  L  L  C  C  L  L  L  L  L
Wind chill                -5 -8-24-36-42-38-33 -8
Min chill             -33    -8   -36   -45   -36    -1
Cold Weather
Extreme Cold                     W  W  W  W  W


Date               Sat 02/15/25  Sun 02/16/25  Mon 02/17/25  Tue 02/18/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            12    28       8    26      13    31      10    30
Temp          20   15 25 25 12   10 21 24 19   15 27 29 18   12 25 26
Dewpt         18   13 17 16 10    9 17 19 17   14 22 22 17   11 19 18
PWind dir          SW     W      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   OV B2 B2 B1   B2 OV OV OV   OV OV OV B2   B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr           80    50      20    90      80    90      70    60
Snow           L    D  C  S       S  L  D  D    L  L  D  L    C  L  L

$$
MTZ328-122300-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
802 AM MST Wed Feb 12 2025

Date                Wed 02/12/25            Thu 02/13/25            Fri 02/14/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                       5         -17          17           9          34
Temp                   -9  2  3 -8-13-13-13-12  3 14 16 12 13 13 12 14 26 33 32
Dewpt                 -17-10 -9-18-21-22-21-20 -7  1  7  6  7  6  7 10 21 26 26
RH                     67 56 56 60 66 63 66 66 62 55 67 76 76 73 80 84 81 75 78
Wind dir               SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW NW
Wind spd                3  4  5  8  9 10 11 11 10 11 10 10  8  8  6  5  5  5  5
Wind gust                                         21
Clouds                 FW FW FW FW FW CL FW B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                                          S
Wind chill            -18 -7 -8-24-31-32-34-32-12       -1
Min chill             -33   -12   -31   -35   -34    -6    -1
Cold Weather
Extreme Cold                     W  W  W  W  W


Date               Sat 02/15/25  Sun 02/16/25  Mon 02/17/25  Tue 02/18/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            14    30      13    32      16    35      15    31
Temp          22   17 25 27 16   16 25 30 24   20 30 33 22   17 26 29
Dewpt         18   13 18 18 10   11 19 23 20   16 23 25 18   14 20 21
PWind dir           W    SW       S     S       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           30     0       0    30      20    30      20    20
Snow           S    C                C  S  S    S  S  C  S       S

$$
MTZ305-122300-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
802 AM MST Wed Feb 12 2025

Date                Wed 02/12/25            Thu 02/13/25            Fri 02/14/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                       3         -10          12          -4           6
Temp                  -12  0  0 -6 -5 -3 -2 -4  6 11  7  3  2  0 -1 -1  3  6  4
Dewpt                 -17 -7 -6-12-10-10 -9-10 -2  2  1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -4 -2  0 -2
RH                     78 71 75 74 78 71 71 75 69 66 76 79 79 83 83 87 79 76 75
Wind dir               SW SW SE SE SW SW SW SW  W  W  E  E  E NE NE NE NE  N  N
Wind spd                6  8  8  9 11 12 12 11  6  5  6 10 10  9  8  8  9 10  9
Clouds                 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW SC B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          10          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                              L  L  C  C  C
Wind chill            -28-14-14-23-23-22-21-22 -5    -4-12-14-15-15-15-11 -9-11
Min chill             -42   -19   -24   -27   -22    -4   -14   -16   -15   -11
Cold Weather                     Y  Y  Y  Y  Y
Extreme Cold


Date               Sat 02/15/25  Sun 02/16/25  Mon 02/17/25  Tue 02/18/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max           -11     1     -14    10      -3    11      -7    10
Temp          -1   -6 -3 -1-10   -8  1  8  4    3  7  9 -1   -4  5  6
Dewpt         -4  -10 -8 -6-13  -13 -4  3  1   -2  3  4 -4   -8 -1  1
PWind dir          NE    NW       E     E      NE    NE      NE     N
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   OV B2 B2 B1   B2 B2 OV OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           40     5       5    30      60    60      40    20
Snow           C                     S  C  L    L  L  C  C    C  S

$$
MTZ314-122300-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
802 AM MST Wed Feb 12 2025

Date                Wed 02/12/25            Thu 02/13/25            Fri 02/14/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                       8          -4          24           1           6
Temp                    1  7  5  0  0  1  2  4 20 24 19 14 13  9  6  3  4  6  4
Dewpt                  -8 -7 -6-11-10 -9 -9 -8  4  7  9  7  8  5  3  0  0  0  0
RH                     65 52 59 59 62 62 59 56 49 47 64 73 80 83 87 87 83 76 83
Wind dir                W  W SW SW SW SW SW  S SW  E  E SE SE  S  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd                3  5  5 10 11 10 10  9  4  4  5  6  5  5  4  3  3  5  5
Clouds                 CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0          40          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                        C  C  L  L  L  L  D
Wind chill             -7 -4 -5-16-17-15-13-10                   -3 -4 -3 -5 -7
Min chill             -24    -5   -17   -19   -11                -3    -5    -7
Cold Weather                     Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Sat 02/15/25  Sun 02/16/25  Mon 02/17/25  Tue 02/18/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            -5     5      -5    26       8    17       2    17
Temp           1   -1  2  4  0    3 20 23 18   14 15 15  9    4 13 14
Dewpt         -4   -5 -3 -1 -5   -2 13 17 15   10 10 10  5   -1  7  8
PWind dir          NW    NW       S     S      SW    NW      SW     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV B1 B2   B2 OV OV OV   OV OV OV OV   OV OV B2
PoP 12hr           90    30      20    60      80    80      70    50
Snow           D    L  C          S  C  L  D    D  D  L  L    L  C  C

$$
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