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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
551 PM MDT Sun Sep 13 2026

MTZ312-141000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
551 PM MDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed
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          64          42          66          45
Temp             66 56 51 48 45 48 56 59 61 54 47 44 42 46 56 62 64 56 49 47 45
Dewpt            46 47 46 43 39 38 40 40 41 42 41 40 40 40 41 42 43 43 43 43 44
RH               48 72 83 83 79 68 55 49 48 64 79 86 93 79 57 48 46 62 80 86 96
Wind dir         NW NW  W SW SW  W  W NW NW SW  S SE  E  E NE NE NE NE  N  N NW
Wind spd         10  6  6 11 19 25 26 23 10  4  3  3  3  2  3  8 11 11  8  5  4
Wind gust                    31 36    34 23
Clouds           B2 OV B2 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     80          30          10           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.12        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        L  D  C        C                                      S  S
Tstms             S


Date           09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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      44    73      47    70      47    72      48    71
Temp          54 61 47   44 64 70 52   48 62 67 52   48 64 69 53   48 63 68
Dewpt         44 43 42   40 44 44 45   44 46 46 46   44 46 44 43   42 44 43
PWind dir        NW      SE    SW      NW     W       S     S       S     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW   FW FW CL FW   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     0      20    20      30    20      10     5
Rain shwrs                              S     S  C    S  S

$$
MTZ303-141000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
551 PM MDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed
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                      41          58          40          56          41
Temp             58 49 46 42 42 47 51 55 56 48 46 42 41 44 50 54 55 48 46 43 41
Dewpt            43 41 39 36 36 39 42 42 42 42 42 41 41 41 43 43 43 44 43 42 41
RH               57 74 76 79 79 74 71 61 59 80 86 96100 89 77 66 64 86 89 96100
Wind dir          W  W  W SW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW SW SE SE SE  E  E NE NE  N  N
Wind spd         10 11 12 14 17 26 31 25 11  5  3  2  2  3  9  9  8  5  5  4  4
Wind gust                 25 31 42 46 39 25
Clouds           B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          50          50          30          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.08           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    C  C  C  C  S  C              C  C  C  C  C  C


Date           09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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          60      40    68      43    66      44    68      45    67
Temp          52 57 45   40 60 65 49   44 61 64 49   44 61 65 50   45 61 64
Dewpt         43 42 41   38 43 43 42   41 46 46 45   42 46 45 43   41 45 45
PWind dir         S       S     W       N     N       S    SW      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B1 FW FW   FW FW FW CL   FW SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       5     5      10    10      10     5

$$
MTZ319-141000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
551 PM MDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed
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                      44          64          38          70          46
Temp             66 57 54 49 45 49 56 59 61 53 48 43 40 45 58 65 68 57 54 49 46
Dewpt            44 41 41 39 39 37 38 37 37 37 38 37 38 36 38 37 39 39 42 41 41
RH               45 55 61 68 79 63 51 44 41 54 68 79 92 70 47 35 34 51 64 74 83
Wind dir         NW  W  W SW  S  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  N  N  E NE  N NW NW NW NW
Wind spd         12 12 10  9  9 14 24 21 11  5  5  2  0  0  3  6  9 13 11  8  5
Wind gust                 19    29 36 34 26
Clouds           B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     60          10           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.06           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  L  C
Tstms             S


Date           09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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      44    77      48    73      46    74      47    74
Temp          57 63 51   44 65 74 57   48 64 69 55   46 65 70 55   47 65 70
Dewpt         43 40 41   40 43 42 44   44 46 43 44   43 44 40 41   41 41 38
PWind dir         N       W     E      NW    NW       W    SW       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW   FW FW CL B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0      40    40      30    20      10    10
Rain shwrs                         C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S
Tstms                              S

$$
MTZ326-141000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
551 PM MDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed
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          63          34          72          37
Temp             74 57 49 45 42 45 54 59 61 49 43 39 36 44 60 69 71 56 47 41 38
Dewpt            37 44 46 45 42 41 36 36 37 41 41 39 36 36 37 37 40 41 42 41 38
RH               26 62 89100100 86 50 42 41 74 93100100 73 42 31 32 57 83100100
Wind dir         SW NW  W  W  S SW  W  W NW  E SE SE SE  N  N  N  E  E  E  E  N
Wind spd         14 13 12  8  6 10 16 19 11  3  4  3  2  0  2  4  6  8  4  1  0
Wind gust        26 26             29 32 26
Clouds           FW SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 SC SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     80          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.14        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              D  C  S


Date           09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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      38    75      43    72      40    72      41    72
Temp          58 66 45   41 65 72 51   45 64 69 48   42 64 69 48   43 65 70
Dewpt         42 42 44   41 44 45 47   45 48 45 45   42 44 40 42   39 41 39
PWind dir        NW       E    SW      SE    SW       E    SW       E    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   FW FW FW B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0    10      50    40      30    20      20    10
Rain shwrs                         C    C  C  C  C    S  S  S  S
Tstms                              S

$$
MTZ330-141000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
551 PM MDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed
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                      28          58          25          66          29
Temp             64 51 45 36 29 35 50 56 56 45 37 31 27 36 59 65 63 49 40 33 29
Dewpt            24 25 32 33 29 28 27 24 24 27 28 28 27 27 29 22 22 26 26 26 27
RH               22 36 60 89100 75 41 29 29 49 70 88100 69 32 19 21 40 57 75 92
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  N  N  N  N  N SW SW SW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         21 10 23 17 13 19 17 13  6  0  0  0  0  0  6 11  8  0  0  0  0
Wind gust        33    33 27          24 18                   23
Clouds           FW B1 B2 SC SC FW FW B1 B1 FW FW SC SC FW CL FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  S


Date           09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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      32    71      35    66      30    65      30    67
Temp          64 64 41   34 65 65 45   36 59 62 41   31 59 63 40   30 61 64
Dewpt         35 29 36   34 43 41 42   36 43 35 37   31 38 30 32   30 34 30
PWind dir        SW      NE    SW      SE    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   SC SC B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      20    40      60    40      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                S     C  L    L  C  C  S    S
Tstms                           S  S

$$
MTZ328-141000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
551 PM MDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed
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          63          33          72          38
Temp             70 55 48 42 38 44 55 61 61 48 42 37 35 43 60 69 71 56 48 42 38
Dewpt            29 30 38 38 34 34 33 32 34 34 35 34 32 34 34 32 33 33 36 36 35
RH               22 38 68 86 85 68 43 33 36 58 76 89 89 70 37 25 25 42 63 79 89
Wind dir          W SW SW SW  S SW  W  W  N  E  S  S  S  S  N  N NE NE  N NE  E
Wind spd         18 11 11 10 13 19 18 11  6  4  4  4  4  3  2  3  6  9  9  5  4
Wind gust        28                28 21 17
Clouds           FW SC SC SC FW FW SC FW FW SC SC FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S


Date           09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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      38    74      42    70      39    71      39    72
Temp          60 66 46   40 66 71 50   43 64 66 48   40 64 69 48   40 65 70
Dewpt         40 39 41   38 41 42 45   43 45 41 42   39 41 37 38   36 38 35
PWind dir        NE       E     S      SE    SW       S    SW      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   SC FW FW B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          5       5    10      50    30      20    10      10     5
Rain shwrs                         C    C  C  C  S
Tstms                              S

$$
MTZ305-141000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
551 PM MDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed
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                      47          63          41          66          45
Temp             70 58 54 50 48 50 55 59 58 51 47 44 43 47 58 64 62 53 50 47 45
Dewpt            45 46 49 46 42 41 43 45 46 45 45 44 43 43 45 43 43 43 43 43 42
RH               41 64 83 86 80 71 64 60 64 80 93100100 86 62 46 50 69 77 86 89
Wind dir         SE NE  W  W SW  W  W NW NW  W  W SW  N  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd         13  9 10 12 14 18 23 28 20 10  5  2  0  3  8 10 12 12 10  8  8
Wind gust                          33 39 34
Clouds           FW OV B2 B2 SC SC B1 OV SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     90          60          10           5          60
QPF 12hr                   0.25        0.02           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           L  L  S  S  S  C  L                          C  C  L  L
Tstms                S


Date           09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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      43    74      46    73      46    73      47    72
Temp          60 62 47   45 66 71 53   47 66 69 53   47 66 69 54   48 64 69
Dewpt         46 42 43   41 46 46 45   44 48 47 47   46 49 48 47   45 47 47
PWind dir        NE      SE    SW      NE    NE       E     S      SE     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW   FW FW CL FW   FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       0    10      20    20      10     5
Rain shwrs                                       S    S  S

$$
MTZ314-141000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
551 PM MDT Sun Sep 13 2026

Date           09/13/26      Mon 09/14/26            Tue 09/15/26            Wed
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                      43          59          37          68          41
Temp             72 57 51 46 43 45 48 53 57 50 45 40 38 44 55 63 67 55 50 44 41
Dewpt            44 47 47 44 42 38 37 40 41 41 41 38 37 39 40 40 41 40 40 39 39
RH               37 69 86 93 96 76 65 61 55 71 86 92 96 82 57 43 39 57 68 82 92
Wind dir         SE  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  S SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd          6  9 12 12 12 19 28 32 24  9  4  3  3  3  3  5  9 13  8  3  2
Wind gust              25 23 24 31    43 37 23
Clouds           SC FW B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     70          40          10           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  L  S     S  S
High Wind                        A  A  A


Date           09/16/26  Thu 09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26
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      41    75      46    71      44    70      46    70
Temp          52 61 47   43 65 72 53   47 62 68 51   45 61 67 51   47 62 67
Dewpt         43 42 41   39 43 44 44   43 47 46 45   43 44 43 43   40 41 42
PWind dir        NE      SE     E      SE    NW      SE    SE      SE     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0      30    40      30    30      10    10
Rain shwrs                              C  C  C  C    S  S  C

$$
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