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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
203 PM MDT Fri Oct 3 2025

MTZ312-041000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
203 PM MDT Fri Oct 3 2025

Date           10/03/25      Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            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          58          34          46          26
Temp          59 58 52 50 47 44 46 55 57 54 47 43 41 37 34 41 45 45 36 32 29 27
Dewpt         46 51 47 45 42 37 37 37 39 44 39 38 37 34 33 29 31 31 25 26 24 22
RH            62 77 83 83 83 76 71 51 51 69 74 82 85 89 96 62 58 58 64 78 81 81
Wind dir      NW  W SW SW SW  W  W  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  W  S  S  S SW
Wind spd       5  6  5  8  6  6  8 11 11 10  8 10 16 18 14 10  6  5  4  5  6  8
Clouds        B2 B1 OV B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          30          80          60           5
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0        0.13        0.12           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              C                       C  C  D  D  L     S  S
Snow                                                  L  L


Date           10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
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          60      33    68      39    71      38    64      36    65
Temp          51 57 39   34 60 64 46   40 63 66 46   39 57 62 45   37 56 62
Dewpt         26 35 28   22 28 37 29   25 28 39 33   29 32 42 35   29 33 36
PWind dir        SW       S     S       S    SW      SW     W       N     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL FW   CL CL CL CL   CL FW CL FW   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0      10    10      20    20
Rain                                                           S    S  S

$$
MTZ303-041000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
203 PM MDT Fri Oct 3 2025

Date           10/03/25      Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            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                      39          53          29          45          23
Temp          61 60 49 44 42 41 44 50 52 50 42 38 34 31 31 38 43 42 33 28 25 24
Dewpt         42 44 36 34 32 30 33 36 39 41 35 34 31 29 28 25 28 29 22 23 20 19
RH            49 55 61 68 67 65 65 58 61 71 76 85 89 92 88 59 55 60 63 81 81 81
Wind dir      SW SW SW  W  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W  S SW SW  W
Wind spd       5  8 10 11 11 10 12 12 10  9 10 18 19 17 13 10  8  5  5  8  6  8
Wind gust                                      28 31 27
Clouds        B2 B1 SC FW B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                      5          40          80          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.14        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Rain                             S  C  S  L  L  D  D
Snow                                               D  C  C


Date           10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
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          60      29    67      34    68      35    60      33    61
Temp          52 56 37   30 58 63 42   34 61 63 42   36 53 57 40   34 53 58
Dewpt         25 35 28   21 26 37 29   23 29 38 31   29 34 40 32   28 32 34
PWind dir         W       W    SW      SW    SW       W     N       N    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW CL FW   CL FW CL FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0      20    20      20    20
Rain                                                  S  S  S  S       S

$$
MTZ319-041000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
203 PM MDT Fri Oct 3 2025

Date           10/03/25      Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            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          58          35          44          27
Temp          61 58 55 52 48 45 44 51 56 54 49 45 43 38 35 39 43 44 39 35 31 28
Dewpt         48 49 46 46 42 39 38 35 39 42 39 39 37 35 33 29 32 30 26 28 25 24
RH            62 72 72 80 80 79 79 54 53 64 68 79 79 89 92 67 65 57 59 75 78 85
Wind dir      NW NW  W SW  W  W  W  N  N NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NW SW SW SW
Wind spd       9 10  8  6  5  4  5 10 11 10  9  6  9 10 10 10  8  5  5  5  4  4
Wind gust                                               20
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     70          40          80          70           5
QPF 12hr                   0.10           0        0.16        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           C  L  C  S              C  C  C  D  D  L  L  S  S
Snow                                                     L


Date           10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
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          57      32    65      37    69      38    64      37    65
Temp          43 56 41   33 50 64 46   38 55 67 48   41 52 63 48   38 52 64
Dewpt         23 33 29   25 26 36 30   27 28 39 33   32 32 40 35   31 33 38
PWind dir        SW      SW     S       S     S      SW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL FW   CL FW CL CL   CL FW FW FW   FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5      10    20      20    20
Rain                                                     S     S    S  S  S

$$
MTZ326-041000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
203 PM MDT Fri Oct 3 2025

Date           10/03/25      Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            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          54          34          46          24
Temp          66 65 54 49 48 45 43 48 52 50 47 43 42 38 36 41 45 44 38 33 29 25
Dewpt         46 56 48 48 47 44 42 39 42 43 41 41 41 37 35 33 35 35 30 32 28 25
RH            48 73 80 96 96 96 96 71 69 77 79 93 96 96 96 73 68 70 73 96 96100
Wind dir      NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  W  W  W NW NW NW  N  N NE  E SE SE
Wind spd       5  8  6  4  3  4  5  5  6  6  5  5  5  6  8  5  5  5  5  3  3  2
Clouds        SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     70          70          80          70          20
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.19        0.13        0.13           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              C  C  S  S  S  C  L  L  L  L  D  D  L  L  C  C  S  S
Obvis                                                                  PF PF PF


Date           10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
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          54      26    63      32    67      36    66      34    65
Temp          43 53 35   27 52 61 41   33 58 64 46   37 58 64 45   35 56 62
Dewpt         25 34 28   21 27 39 32   26 32 41 37   31 33 43 37   30 33 37
PWind dir        SW      SE     S      SE     S       S    SW       E     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL CL   CL CL CL CL   CL CL CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5      10    10      20    20
Rain                                                           S    S  S

$$
MTZ330-041000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
203 PM MDT Fri Oct 3 2025

Date           10/03/25      Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            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                      34          48          27          44          18
Temp          62 59 48 41 40 38 41 45 46 44 39 34 32 29 31 41 43 40 33 27 22 19
Dewpt         38 49 41 41 39 38 40 38 39 39 35 34 32 29 31 30 31 33 27 27 22 19
RH            41 69 77100 96100 96 76 76 82 85100100100100 65 62 76 78100100100
Wind dir      SW SW  S  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW  N  N NW  N  N  N NE NE NE  N
Wind spd      17 11  2  1  1  1  3  8 10 10  9  5  2  1  2  4  6  5  4  2  1  0
Wind gust     27
Clouds        SC B1 SC B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     70          90          80          80          20
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.22        0.04        0.08           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           S           L           L  D  D  L  L  D  D  D     S
Rain shwrs        C     S     L  L  D                          D
Snow                                            L  L  D  D        S  S
Tstms             S     S     S  S  S                          S
Obvis                                                                  PF PF  F
Winter Weath                              Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
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          50      17    57      24    57      27    60      27    61
Temp          43 48 27   18 49 55 33   25 52 55 36   27 54 58 38   28 55 58
Dewpt         23 31 25   17 25 36 31   24 30 37 33   26 30 37 33   25 31 33
PWind dir         W       E     S       S     S       S     S      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC CL CL   CL FW CL CL   CL FW CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     5      10    10      10    20
Rain                                                                   S  S
Snow                                                                   S

$$
MTZ328-041000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
203 PM MDT Fri Oct 3 2025

Date           10/03/25      Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            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                      41          52          33          46          24
Temp          67 62 50 47 45 43 41 47 51 49 42 39 37 35 34 41 45 43 35 30 26 25
Dewpt         51 59 49 47 45 42 40 36 39 43 38 38 36 35 34 33 36 37 31 30 26 24
RH            56 90 96100100 96 96 65 63 80 86 96 96100100 73 70 79 85100100 96
Wind dir      SW  N NE NE  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  W SW NW  N  N NE NE NE NE SE  S
Wind spd       9 10  6  5  6 10 13 12 11 10  8  8  6  8 10 10  9  9  6  5  5  5
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          40          40          40          10
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.05        0.04        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Rain shwrs     C  L
Snow                                                     C
Tstms          S  S


Date           10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
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          53      27    61      30    65      33    66      33    66
Temp          44 51 32   27 52 58 36   31 56 61 40   34 57 62 40   34 56 61
Dewpt         27 35 26   21 26 38 29   25 30 40 33   29 32 42 33   28 33 37
PWind dir        SW      SE     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL CL   CL CL CL CL   CL CL FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       5     5      20    20
Rain                                                                S  S

$$
MTZ305-041000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
203 PM MDT Fri Oct 3 2025

Date           10/03/25      Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            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                      41          61          34          50          26
Temp          65 63 53 50 47 43 45 56 60 56 47 43 40 37 37 46 50 48 36 33 30 27
Dewpt         48 56 49 47 44 38 37 38 41 44 37 37 35 32 32 27 29 30 22 26 24 23
RH            54 78 86 89 89 82 73 51 49 64 68 79 82 82 82 47 44 49 56 75 78 85
Wind dir       N NW SW SW SW SW  W  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW  W  S SW SW
Wind spd       8  5  4  6  6  6  8 10 12 12  9  8 11 13 13 13 11  9  5  6  8 10
Clouds        B1 B1 OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     30          10          40          20           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0        0.02        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 S                    S  S  C  C  S  S


Date           10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
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          62      33    69      37    72      38    64      35    65
Temp          52 59 41   34 60 65 47   38 63 66 48   39 58 61 44   36 57 61
Dewpt         25 36 31   25 29 40 35   29 33 42 38   32 36 44 38   31 36 38
PWind dir        SW      SW     S       S    SW      SW     W      NE     E
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW CL CL   FW CL CL FW   FW SC SC FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0      10    10      10    10

$$
MTZ314-041000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
203 PM MDT Fri Oct 3 2025

Date           10/03/25      Sat 10/04/25            Sun 10/05/25            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          55          32          44          24
Temp          66 62 51 48 47 45 46 52 54 52 45 42 40 36 34 39 43 40 33 29 28 25
Dewpt         46 55 47 47 46 41 40 36 39 46 41 41 39 35 34 31 34 33 27 25 24 22
RH            48 78 86 96 96 86 79 54 57 80 86 96 96 96100 73 70 76 78 85 85 88
Wind dir      NW NW  W  W SW SW  W NW NW  N  N  N NW NW  N NW NW NW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd       9  9  5  3  3  3  5  8 10  9  8  5  6  9 10 10 10  5  5  5  5  5
Clouds        SC SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     70          50          80          70          10
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.04        0.18        0.08           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 L  S     S  S  C  C  L  L  D  D  L  L  C
Snow                                                     L     C


Date           10/06/25  Tue 10/07/25  Wed 10/08/25  Thu 10/09/25  Fri 10/10/25
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          57      32    65      39    70      38    64      37    64
Temp          50 53 37   33 60 59 45   40 65 64 46   39 60 60 43   38 58 59
Dewpt         23 34 27   21 29 39 33   25 31 42 33   27 34 43 36   30 35 38
PWind dir        SW      SW     S       S    SW      SW     W      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL FW   CL CL CL CL   CL FW CL FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0      10    10      20    10
Rain                                                           S    S

$$
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