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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
204 PM MDT Mon Aug 18 2025

MTZ312-191000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Aug 18 2025

Date           08/18/25      Tue 08/19/25            Wed 08/20/25            Thu
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                      59          96          60          92          56
Temp          84 88 76 68 62 59 68 85 93 95 81 71 65 61 69 83 89 91 75 67 62 57
Dewpt         45 46 47 49 48 47 47 48 45 42 45 47 48 47 49 46 43 44 47 47 47 48
RH            26 23 36 51 60 64 47 28 19 16 28 42 54 60 49 27 20 20 37 49 58 72
Wind dir      SW  W SE  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  N NW  W SW  W NW NW  W  N NW  W NW
Wind spd       6  9  5  5  4  5  3  3  5  8  6  5  5  5  5  5  6 10  9  6  5  5
Clouds        FW FW SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0          20           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0        0.02           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  S                    S  S  S  S              S  S
Tstms             S                                               S


Date           08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25
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          82      53    80      52    84      54    88      56    89
Temp          71 80 63   54 70 79 62   53 73 84 64   55 76 86 65   57 81 87
Dewpt         49 42 44   43 43 43 43   43 44 43 45   45 45 43 46   45 47 40
PWind dir        NW      NE    NE      NE    NW       E    SE       E     W
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW CL CL   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5       5     0       0     0       0     0       5     5

$$
MTZ303-191000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Aug 18 2025

Date           08/18/25      Tue 08/19/25            Wed 08/20/25            Thu
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                      53          89          59          87          50
Temp          82 83 70 62 56 54 64 80 87 89 75 68 64 60 68 81 86 83 70 61 54 50
Dewpt         35 38 44 45 43 43 45 46 42 42 45 47 47 47 48 44 41 39 41 43 45 45
RH            18 20 39 54 62 66 50 30 21 19 34 47 54 62 49 27 21 21 35 51 71 83
Wind dir      SW SW NW NW NW NW NW  N SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd      10 11  5  4  5  5  4  5  9 10  6  6  8  8  9 11 14 18 12 10 10  9
Wind gust     20 21                   19                      27 28
Clouds        CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                     20           5          20           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S                       S  S  S  S
Tstms                                     S


Date           08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25
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          77      48    76      48    81      50    83      52    84
Temp          67 76 57   48 66 75 57   48 70 80 60   50 74 82 62   52 76 83
Dewpt         46 40 41   39 41 41 41   41 44 43 44   42 44 43 44   43 44 39
PWind dir         N      NE    NE       E    SE      SE    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     5

$$
MTZ319-191000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Aug 18 2025

Date           08/18/25      Tue 08/19/25            Wed 08/20/25            Thu
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                      58          96          59          92          57
Temp          85 86 76 69 64 59 64 81 93 94 81 72 65 60 65 82 91 87 78 69 63 58
Dewpt         50 46 49 49 48 47 49 50 43 37 41 42 41 42 46 48 44 42 44 46 46 45
RH            30 25 39 49 56 64 58 34 18 14 24 34 41 51 50 31 20 21 30 44 54 62
Wind dir       E  E  E  W  W  S NW  E NE NE NW  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd       6  5  5  3  2  2  2  4  8  6  5  5  3  2  2  4 10 11  9  6  5  3
Clouds        SC B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50           0           5           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  C                                               S  S  S  S
Tstms          S  S                                               S  S


Date           08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25
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          86      54    84      53    89      56    91      57    89
Temp          74 84 66   55 71 83 65   54 75 88 68   57 78 89 69   58 81 87
Dewpt         47 39 42   43 46 43 44   43 47 39 43   43 47 39 44   44 48 37
PWind dir        NW      NW     N      NW    NE      NW     E       W     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     0       0     5       5    20
Rain shwrs                                                                S
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
MTZ326-191000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Aug 18 2025

Date           08/18/25      Tue 08/19/25            Wed 08/20/25            Thu
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                      53          97          54          93          53
Temp          86 85 75 65 59 54 64 84 94 95 79 69 60 55 65 83 91 89 76 67 59 54
Dewpt         45 44 46 47 43 42 43 40 34 32 35 35 34 34 38 40 39 39 44 48 46 46
RH            24 24 36 52 55 64 46 21 12 11 20 28 37 45 37 22 16 17 32 50 62 74
Wind dir      NW NE  S  S SE  S NW NW  W  E SE SE SE  S SW  W  W NW  N  E  S  S
Wind spd       5  5  6  8  6  5  2  2  4  5  8 10  6  5  2  4  6 10  8  5  3  2
Clouds        FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S                                               S  S
Tstms          S                                                  S  S


Date           08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25
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          87      50    85      49    88      51    89      53    89
Temp          76 84 62   51 76 83 62   50 76 87 64   52 79 86 64   54 81 85
Dewpt         46 41 45   44 48 44 46   43 45 38 44   42 45 40 46   43 46 41
PWind dir         W       E     E       E    NE       E    NE      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     0       0     0       5    20      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S          S
Tstms                                                       S  S          S

$$
MTZ330-191000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Aug 18 2025

Date           08/18/25      Tue 08/19/25            Wed 08/20/25            Thu
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          86          43          85          43
Temp          81 80 67 55 45 40 54 80 85 84 70 57 48 43 57 81 84 82 70 59 49 43
Dewpt         34 32 33 32 29 29 32 28 23 23 27 25 24 25 29 34 33 35 37 39 39 38
RH            18 17 28 41 53 64 43 15 10 11 20 29 39 49 34 18 16 18 30 47 68 82
Wind dir      SW SW  S SE SE  N  N SW SW  S  S SE SE  E  S SW SW SW SW NE NE NE
Wind spd      14 12  4  3  2  0  0  6 10 10  3  4  2  1  2 10 14 13  5  3  1  1
Wind gust                                                     25 24
Clouds        FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           0          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S                                            S  S  S  S
Tstms          S


Date           08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25
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          82      39    84      40    85      43    83      42    81
Temp          75 80 54   39 77 81 55   40 78 81 56   43 77 78 54   42 76 75
Dewpt         39 34 38   37 39 31 40   38 38 34 38   38 40 38 40   39 42 39
PWind dir        NW       N     N      NE    NW      NE     S      NE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC B1 B1   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          5       5     0       0     5      10    30      30    40
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C       S  C
Tstms                                                       S  S          C

$$
MTZ328-191000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Aug 18 2025

Date           08/18/25      Tue 08/19/25            Wed 08/20/25            Thu
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                      50          92          52          89          50
Temp          84 84 70 61 54 51 61 81 90 90 75 65 57 53 63 81 88 86 71 61 54 50
Dewpt         45 45 45 43 40 38 40 40 35 31 30 31 33 33 38 41 41 40 43 45 43 42
RH            26 26 41 51 59 61 46 23 14 12 19 28 40 46 39 24 19 20 36 56 66 74
Wind dir      SW  S  E  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW  W SW  W  N  N  W SW
Wind spd      10 10  6  6  5  6  5  5  9 13 10 10  6  5  3  4  9 10 10  9  8  6
Clouds        SC B1 SC FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S
Tstms          S


Date           08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25
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          84      47    85      49    88      51    86      51    84
Temp          74 82 59   47 73 84 60   49 78 85 62   51 79 82 60   51 78 81
Dewpt         46 38 41   39 45 39 43   41 47 39 42   39 43 46 45   42 47 43
PWind dir        NW       N    NE      NE    NW       E     W       S     W
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC FW SC B1   SC FW B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     5       5    20      20    30
Rain shwrs                                                  S  S          C
Tstms                                                       S  S          S

$$
MTZ305-191000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Aug 18 2025

Date           08/18/25      Tue 08/19/25            Wed 08/20/25            Thu
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                      59          95          62          93          56
Temp          86 89 76 68 63 60 69 85 93 93 81 72 66 63 71 86 92 89 76 67 62 57
Dewpt         47 49 51 52 52 51 52 54 53 51 54 55 54 53 55 55 51 49 51 52 51 52
RH            26 25 42 57 67 72 55 35 26 24 39 55 65 70 57 35 25 25 42 59 67 83
Wind dir      SW SW  E SE  E  E  W  W SW SW  E SE  N  N NW NW NW NW NW  W NW NW
Wind spd       5  4  5  5  4  3  2  3  4  5  5  5  5  5  5  9  9 10  9  6  6  6
Clouds        FW CL SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0          20           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  S  S              S  S
Tstms                                                             S
Heat index                                  81
Max heat         86    84          84    92    89          85    89    83


Date           08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25
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          81      51    79      51    82      53    85      55    86
Temp          73 79 60   52 71 78 59   51 74 81 61   53 76 83 64   56 78 85
Dewpt         50 46 47   45 43 43 45   43 45 47 46   44 47 48 48   47 50 46
PWind dir        NW      NE    NE       E     E       E     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW CL   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          5       5     0       0     0       0     0       5     0

$$
MTZ314-191000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Aug 18 2025

Date           08/18/25      Tue 08/19/25            Wed 08/20/25            Thu
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                      59          93          57          87          55
Temp          82 83 70 64 61 59 70 86 91 91 76 68 63 58 68 80 85 86 71 64 60 56
Dewpt         52 52 54 52 49 48 50 49 43 44 48 44 42 41 48 50 50 50 54 52 51 50
RH            35 34 57 65 65 67 49 28 19 20 37 42 46 53 49 35 30 29 55 65 72 80
Wind dir       N NE SE SE SE SE SE  W SW  W SE SE  S SW  W NW NW  N  W  W  W  W
Wind spd       5  5  5  5  5  4  3  4  5  5  6  6  5  5  5  9  9  8  5  5  5  4
Wind gust                             16
Clouds        FW FW SC SC FW FW FW CL FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           0          40
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S  S                                            C  C  C  C  S
Tstms          S  S                                               C  S
Heat index                                                 80
Max heat         83    81          84    89    85          80    85    81


Date           08/21/25  Fri 08/22/25  Sat 08/23/25  Sun 08/24/25  Mon 08/25/25
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          77      51    75      49    78      51    82      54    83
Temp          70 75 58   52 68 74 57   50 72 76 59   52 74 78 61   55 78 80
Dewpt         52 50 48   45 46 48 44   41 46 47 46   43 48 49 48   45 49 47
PWind dir        NW       E     E       E    SE      SE    SE      SE     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      10     5       5     0       5     5      20    10
Rain shwrs     S  S                                            S
Tstms                                                          S

$$
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