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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
919 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

MTZ312-122200-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
919 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
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                      61          37          59          28          45
Temp                   51 57 60 49 44 42 40 43 56 56 50 43 39 34 29 32 40 44 42
Dewpt                  29 28 32 33 33 31 28 30 32 27 22 19 18 15 13 16 13 10  9
RH                     42 33 35 54 65 65 62 60 40 32 33 38 42 45 51 51 33 24 25
Wind dir               SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd                9 13 13  8  8  8 10 12 21 21 19 16 13 13 12 16 18 17 13
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B1 FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           5          30          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            C  C  S
Snow                                                     S


Date               Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
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            24    45      31    55      36    47      28    43
Temp          30   25 37 44 35   33 48 52 42   38 44 45 35   30 39 40
Dewpt         16   14 16 18 21   19 23 24 26   24 22 20 23   21 20 16
PWind dir           N    NW      SW    SW      SW     W       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            5    20      10    20      40    40      30    40
Rain                                    S  C    C  C  C  C
Snow                      S                     C  C  C  C    S  C  C

$$
MTZ303-122200-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
919 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
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                      55          29          54          19          39
Temp                   44 51 52 42 37 34 31 35 50 51 44 37 33 27 22 20 32 38 37
Dewpt                  31 32 33 32 30 29 27 27 29 24 20 17 16 15 11  9 11 12 10
RH                     60 48 48 67 75 82 85 72 44 34 38 44 49 60 62 62 41 34 32
Wind dir                S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd                8 11 12  8  6  5  6  9 19 27 28 21 19 16 13 13 14 14 12
Wind gust                                      29 40 40 34 29
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10           5          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date               Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
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            17    40      23    48      30    43      24    41
Temp          24   18 32 39 28   26 43 45 36   32 40 39 29   26 35 38
Dewpt         12   10 14 17 19   18 22 25 24   21 19 18 20   18 16 14
PWind dir           N    SE      SW    SW      SW     W      NW    NW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   SC B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr            5    20      10    20      20    20      20    20
Rain                                    S  S    S
Snow                      S          S  S  S    S  S  S  S       S

$$
MTZ319-122200-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
919 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
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                      59          36          54          26          41
Temp                   46 56 56 48 42 40 39 41 48 49 45 40 36 34 29 27 36 40 39
Dewpt                  28 29 31 32 31 30 30 31 33 30 26 23 22 19 16 13 13 12 11
RH                     49 35 38 54 65 67 70 67 56 48 47 50 56 54 58 55 38 31 31
Wind dir                S SW SW  S SE SE SE  S  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd                6 10  8  6  6  6  6  5  9 11 12  9  8  8  6  9 12 11 10
Wind gust                 20                      21             17
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          10          60          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  L  L  C
Snow                                                  C  C  S  S


Date               Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
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            24    42      27    51      32    46      26    42
Temp          30   25 35 41 33   29 42 50 39   34 38 45 33   28 35 41
Dewpt         17   16 17 19 20   19 22 27 27   25 23 23 22   20 19 20
PWind dir          SW     W      SW     S      SW     W       W     W
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           10    30      20    30      50    50      40    50
Rain                                    C  C    C  C  C  C
Snow                      C  S       S  C       C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ326-122200-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
919 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
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                      55          31          53          21          36
Temp                   49 54 52 43 39 39 35 38 49 48 42 36 30 29 25 22 32 35 35
Dewpt                  27 27 27 28 27 28 25 28 32 33 33 29 25 23 19 15 17 16 15
RH                     42 35 38 55 62 64 66 67 52 56 70 75 81 78 78 74 53 45 43
Wind dir               SW SW  S SE SE SE  E SE SW  W  W NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd                6 11 11  9  8  6  6  6 10 10  8  5  5  4  4  5  6  6  6
Wind gust                 24
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           5          60          70          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.11        0.15           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      L  L  L
Snow                                                        C  C  S  S
Snowshwrs                                             L  L
Tstms                                           S  S  S  S


Date               Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
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            18    38      21    46      27    44      19    36
Temp          26   20 32 37 27   25 39 45 34   31 40 41 28   23 31 35
Dewpt         17   13 18 19 19   17 22 27 25   24 25 23 22   18 19 19
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW     S       S    SW       W     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           10    30      10    30      50    50      40    50
Rain                                    C  C    C  C  C  C
Snow                      C          S  C       C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ330-122200-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
919 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
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                      44          28          41          16          32
Temp                   39 43 41 35 32 32 30 30 39 39 36 30 26 22 18 17 28 31 29
Dewpt                  21 25 26 27 27 28 26 27 32 30 28 26 22 18 13 11 14 15 15
RH                     48 49 55 72 81 85 85 88 76 70 72 85 85 84 80 77 55 51 55
Wind dir               SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W NW  W SW SW SW
Wind spd                6 10  9  6  6  8  8  8 10  9  5  4  3  3  2  2  5  9  8
Wind gust              20 27 27 23 20 20 23 24 28 25 18                   21 23
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          60          90          90          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.10        0.19        0.19        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00           1           1
Snow                                C  C  D  D              D  D  C  C  C  C  S
Snowshwrs                                       D  D  D  D
Tstms                                           S  S  S  S
Winter Weath                              Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
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            13    32      14    35      21    39      14    33
Temp          19   14 29 30 19   16 31 33 29   23 36 35 24   15 30 30
Dewpt         13   10 17 17 14   13 23 25 23   19 24 22 18   11 18 16
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       W    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 OV B2 B1   B1 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           30    70      40    60      60    70      70    70
Snow           S    C  C  L  C    C  C  L  C    L  L  L  L    L  C  L

$$
MTZ328-122200-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
919 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
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          33          50          21          37
Temp                   51 55 53 45 42 39 36 38 46 47 41 36 31 26 22 24 34 37 35
Dewpt                  23 23 26 28 29 29 27 28 31 28 26 25 22 17 13 13 12 10 10
RH                     33 29 35 51 60 67 69 67 55 47 55 64 69 68 68 62 39 32 35
Wind dir                S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W NW NW  W  W SW  W SW SW
Wind spd               13 25 24 17 12 13 13 13 18 16 11 10 10  8  6  6 11 14 13
Wind gust                 35 35
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          20          80          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.10        0.09           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S     C  C
Rain shwrs                                      D  D
Snow                                                        C  C
Snowshwrs                                             L  L
Tstms                                           S  S  S  S


Date               Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
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    39      22    45      29    43      22    38
Temp          27   23 36 37 28   26 40 43 37   32 41 41 29   24 34 36
Dewpt         13   14 17 15 16   16 22 24 27   23 24 19 19   16 15 13
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW     S       S    SW       W    NW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC B1 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           10    30      10    40      40    50      40    30
Rain                                    C  C    C
Snow                      C          C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ305-122200-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
919 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
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                      58          32          62          23          40
Temp                   49 54 54 42 39 36 34 37 55 60 54 44 38 32 26 24 33 40 38
Dewpt                  32 32 33 32 31 29 28 29 34 31 28 24 23 20 17 14 16 17 15
RH                     52 43 45 67 73 75 78 72 45 33 36 45 54 61 68 65 49 39 38
Wind dir                E SW SW SE  S SE SE SE SW  W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W NW NW
Wind spd                5  5  5  5  6  5  5  5 10 14 14 14 16 14 13 13 14 14 13
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           5          10          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  S  S


Date               Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
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            14    40      21    53      30    48      24    44
Temp          22   16 30 39 27   25 43 52 38   33 43 45 30   26 36 40
Dewpt         13    7 12 16 16   16 24 28 26   23 27 25 21   19 21 19
PWind dir           N     N      SE    SW      SW     W      NW    NW
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    GN      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B2 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            0    10      10    10      10    20      20    20
Rain                                                  S  S
Snow                                                     S          S

$$
MTZ314-122200-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
919 AM MDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Date             Wed 03/12/25            Thu 03/13/25            Fri 03/14/25
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                      55          35          57          26          38
Temp                   51 54 52 44 41 40 38 42 54 55 47 40 36 33 29 27 34 38 36
Dewpt                  29 29 32 30 27 26 26 28 33 33 34 30 25 21 17 15 15 13 12
RH                     42 38 46 57 57 57 62 57 45 43 60 67 64 61 60 60 45 35 36
Wind dir               SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW NW  W NW NW NW  W  W NW NW
Wind spd               10 10  6  8 10 10 10 10 12 11 10 11 12 13 13 14 18 16 13
Wind gust                 20                                              26
Clouds                 B1 B2 OV B1 SC B2 OV OV B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5          40          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            C  C  L  L
Snow                                                     L  S  S


Date               Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25  Mon 03/17/25  Tue 03/18/25
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    39      24    48      32    42      24    36
Temp          26   22 35 37 29   28 43 46 39   34 40 40 31   26 33 34
Dewpt         17   14 18 19 20   17 21 24 27   24 24 23 22   19 19 19
PWind dir           W     W      SW    SW      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           10    20      30    20      30    40      40    50
Rain                                    S  C    C  C  C  C
Snow                      S  C          S       C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
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