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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
208 AM MDT Sun Apr 20 2025

MTZ312-202200-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
208 AM MDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Date             Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue 04/22/25
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                      60          38          54          33          53
Temp          42 40 44 54 57 57 48 43 41 38 44 51 52 50 43 40 36 34 39 47 51 52
Dewpt         32 31 31 30 28 27 30 33 34 33 31 27 25 21 21 23 22 23 24 23 21 22
RH            67 70 60 40 33 31 49 67 76 82 60 39 35 31 41 50 56 64 54 38 30 31
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW  W SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd      10  9 10 14 14 13  8  6  5  6 12 18 19 18 16 13 12 10 11 12 11 10
Clouds        SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          50          70          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  C  C  C  S  C  C  L  L  S  S              C  C
Snowshwrs                                                         S  S
Tstms                         S


Date               Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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            30    57      34    60      37    67      43    63
Temp          38   31 51 56 41   35 51 59 45   37 57 66 49   44 59 59
Dewpt         27   23 24 24 29   28 30 29 31   30 33 33 37   35 33 30
PWind dir          SE     W      SE     N       E    SE      SE    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            5    20      10    20      10    10      30    40
Rain shwrs                S             S                C    S  S  C

$$
MTZ303-202200-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
208 AM MDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Date             Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue 04/22/25
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          33          51          29          50
Temp          36 35 39 49 50 51 41 38 36 34 39 47 50 47 39 35 32 29 35 44 48 49
Dewpt         30 32 33 34 30 29 31 31 30 29 26 24 23 25 25 27 27 25 24 22 21 21
RH            79 89 79 56 46 42 67 76 79 82 59 40 34 42 57 72 81 85 64 41 34 33
Wind dir       W NW  W  W  W  W NW NW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd      10  8  8 12 14 14 10  6  6  6 12 18 21 21 17 13 12 11 13 13 13 11
Wind gust                                      28
Clouds        SC B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          20          60          40          30
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.01        0.01        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C     C  C  S           S  S  L  L  C  C  S              C
Snowshwrs                                 S  S     L     C  S  S  S  S  C  C
Tstms                         S


Date               Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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            27    54      30    56      33    61      38    56
Temp          34   27 48 53 38   30 49 55 41   33 52 60 45   38 53 54
Dewpt         24   21 20 22 28   26 27 26 27   28 30 31 33   31 28 27
PWind dir           W    SW       N    NE       E    SE       S     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            5    20      10     5       5    10      30    30
Rain shwrs                S                              C    S  S  C

$$
MTZ319-202200-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
208 AM MDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Date             Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue 04/22/25
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                      60          38          53          31          55
Temp          40 37 44 53 57 57 49 45 42 39 41 48 51 50 43 39 35 31 37 46 52 54
Dewpt         31 31 31 30 29 30 33 33 32 33 30 28 25 20 21 22 21 21 22 21 19 21
RH            70 79 60 41 34 35 54 62 67 79 65 46 36 30 41 50 56 66 54 37 27 27
Wind dir      SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  W  W NW
Wind spd       5  4  4  9 10  9  5  4  3  4  8 14 20 21 13  8  5  5  5  8  9 10
Wind gust                                      25 34 35 25
Clouds        FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     50          60          80           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.03        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  L  C  C  C  L  L  D  D
Tstms                         S


Date               Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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            31    58      33    62      36    67      41    61
Temp          39   31 48 57 42   33 51 61 45   36 55 66 50   41 55 59
Dewpt         23   22 25 23 27   27 30 28 32   30 34 34 35   35 34 31
PWind dir           W    NW      NW     N       E    SE       S     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            5    20      10    20      10    20      30    50
Rain shwrs                S             S             S  C    S  S  C

$$
MTZ326-202200-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
208 AM MDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Date             Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue 04/22/25
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          32          47          23          51
Temp          40 36 39 49 55 55 45 40 37 34 36 43 45 45 37 32 28 24 33 44 49 50
Dewpt         36 35 34 30 30 30 35 36 35 32 33 31 32 28 26 23 22 19 22 22 21 22
RH            85 96 82 48 38 38 68 85 92 92 89 62 60 51 64 69 78 81 63 41 33 33
Wind dir       S  S SW  W  W NW NW  W  W SW SW  W NW  W  W SW SW  S  W  W  W NW
Wind spd       3  3  3  3  5  6  4  4  3  3  5  6 10 10  5  3  3  2  3  5  5  5
Clouds        B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          80          90          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.26        0.25           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C        S  S  C  L  L  L  D  D  D  D
Snowshwrs                                 D  S     S
Tstms                         S


Date               Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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            27    54      28    58      32    63      37    61
Temp          34   28 45 53 36   29 49 57 40   33 54 62 45   38 54 60
Dewpt         25   23 27 27 28   25 29 31 32   29 34 35 35   33 34 34
PWind dir          NE     N       E     E       E    SE      SE    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           10    30      20    20      10    20      20    50
Rain shwrs                C  S       S  S             S  S       S  C

$$
MTZ330-202200-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
208 AM MDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Date             Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue 04/22/25
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                      49          25          46          15          48
Temp          30 28 32 45 49 45 36 32 29 27 31 42 45 42 32 26 20 16 24 42 47 44
Dewpt         26 26 26 27 25 29 29 27 25 25 25 26 24 22 20 18 13 11 13 18 19 20
RH            85 92 78 49 39 53 75 81 85 92 78 53 43 44 61 71 74 80 62 37 32 38
Wind dir       S SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd       2  1  2  6  9  6  3  3  3  3  6 10 11  8  4  2  2  1  2  5  6  4
Wind gust                    17                20 24 23
Clouds        OV B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     60          70          90          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.08        0.14           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Rain shwrs     C        S  C  L  L  C
Snowshwrs      C  C     S  S        C  L  D  D  D  D  S  S              S  S  S
Tstms                      S  S                 S  S


Date               Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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            21    50      19    56      24    59      29    56
Temp          29   21 45 47 29   20 50 51 32   24 54 55 37   29 53 51
Dewpt         22   18 24 24 23   17 24 24 26   21 29 28 30   25 29 28
PWind dir          NE    SW       N     E       E     S       S     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           20    40      20    30      20    30      30    40
Rain shwrs                C  S          C  S          C  C       S  C
Snowshwrs      S    S  C  C  S       S                           S
Tstms                        S                           S

$$
MTZ328-202200-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
208 AM MDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Date             Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue 04/22/25
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          32          49          24          52
Temp          38 33 37 49 55 55 44 39 36 34 37 46 48 47 37 32 28 25 32 44 50 51
Dewpt         34 30 27 26 24 25 31 32 32 30 29 24 19 16 17 18 17 16 18 17 17 18
RH            85 89 67 40 30 31 60 76 85 85 72 42 31 28 44 56 63 68 56 33 27 27
Wind dir      SW  S SW SW SW  W NE SW  S SW SW  W  W  W NW SW SW SW  W  W  W NW
Wind spd       6  6  5  8 11 12  8  4  5  6  8 14 21 19 11  5  5  4  3  5  6  8
Wind gust                                      25 32 31
Clouds        SC SC FW FW B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          60          60           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S           S  C  C  C  C  L  L
Snowshwrs                                 L  L  C  C
Tstms                         S


Date               Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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            30    55      31    59      34    65      38    59
Temp          37   30 46 54 38   32 51 58 42   35 57 62 46   39 55 57
Dewpt         23   22 24 23 27   23 26 24 29   27 32 28 33   31 31 26
PWind dir           N     N      NE    NE      NE     S       S    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            5    10      10    10       5    10      20    40
Rain shwrs                                               S    S  S  C
Tstms                                                    S

$$
MTZ305-202200-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
208 AM MDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Date             Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue 04/22/25
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                      60          34          55          31          53
Temp          41 37 42 52 57 55 46 41 38 36 40 51 54 52 43 39 36 32 37 45 50 52
Dewpt         36 34 37 37 35 35 37 38 37 34 37 37 31 31 32 33 32 30 31 31 28 27
RH            82 89 82 56 43 47 71 89 96 92 89 59 41 44 65 79 85 92 79 58 42 38
Wind dir      SW  W  S SW  W NW NE NE SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd       6  6  6  9 10 10  6  5  4  4  8 11 13 13 11 11 11 12 14 18 17 13
Clouds        B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     50          50          70          50          30
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.07        0.06        0.05        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Snowshwrs                                                         S  C
Tstms                         S


Date               Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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            27    58      31    61      34    65      38    66
Temp          35   28 51 57 39   32 54 60 42   35 57 62 47   39 59 62
Dewpt         27   24 27 24 29   27 31 28 29   28 36 34 36   34 38 32
PWind dir           W    SE       E     E       E    SE      SE     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            0    20      10    10      10    10      20    30
Rain shwrs                S                              S    S  S  C

$$
MTZ314-202200-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
208 AM MDT Sun Apr 20 2025

Date             Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue 04/22/25
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          50          29          48
Temp          42 38 43 52 55 54 44 41 39 37 40 47 49 46 38 35 32 30 36 44 46 47
Dewpt         35 33 31 32 33 34 36 36 35 34 34 31 30 28 27 25 22 21 23 24 23 23
RH            76 82 62 46 43 46 73 82 85 89 79 53 48 49 64 66 66 69 59 45 40 38
Wind dir       W  W  W NW  W NW  S SW SW  W  W NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd       6  5  6  6  6  6  5  5  4  5  8 13 14 13 12 11 11 10 14 17 14 10
Wind gust                                            24
Clouds        B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     60          70          90          30          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.14        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C        C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  D  D  C  C                 C
Snowshwrs                                    L                    S  S  C
Tstms                      S  S  S


Date               Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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            27    51      30    54      34    60      39    61
Temp          33   28 48 49 37   31 50 52 40   35 54 59 45   40 58 57
Dewpt         24   21 26 27 29   27 31 29 31   30 35 36 36   34 36 36
PWind dir           W    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr            5    40      20    30      20    20      20    40
Rain shwrs                C  S    S  S  C       S  S  S  S    S  S  C

$$
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