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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
433 PM MST Mon Dec 15 2025

MTZ312-161100-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
433 PM MST Mon Dec 15 2025

Date          Mon 12/15/25      Tue 12/16/25            Wed 12/17/25         Thu
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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          52          40          50          25
Temp             60 56 56 51 44 44 49 50 47 45 44 45 49 48 44 39 36 32 31 29 30
Dewpt            40 38 38 32 24 25 28 28 30 29 28 26 33 32 21 14 13 13 14 14 15
RH               47 51 51 48 45 47 44 42 51 53 53 47 54 54 39 35 38 45 49 53 53
Wind dir         SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW
Wind spd         29 34 39 42 40 31 27 26 20 21 21 27 36 41 46 42 34 25 18 16 16
Wind gust        44 50 58 64 56 44 39 40 32 33 33 39 50 57 62 60 51 37
Clouds           B2 FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 FW SC SC SC FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5          20          60           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            S  S  L  L
High Wind         W  W  W  W  W  W                    W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           12/18/25  Fri 12/19/25  Sat 12/20/25  Sun 12/21/25  Mon 12/22/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          45      36    47      25    40      24    38      16    33
Temp          37 39 45   46 43 37 33   31 36 34 32   30 33 29 26   22 25 27
Dewpt         18 22 30   32 28 24 21   17 18 15 17   16 15 13 14   12 14 15
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       W    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        BZ      WY    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10      40    40      20    10      10    10      20    20
Rain                 S    C  C
Snow                 S    C  C  C  S    S                           S  S  S

$$
MTZ303-161100-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
433 PM MST Mon Dec 15 2025

Date          Mon 12/15/25      Tue 12/16/25            Wed 12/17/25         Thu
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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                      35          45          33          45          18
Temp             53 51 49 42 36 38 43 45 40 38 36 38 41 40 37 34 28 24 22 23 24
Dewpt            28 36 36 27 22 23 26 28 30 30 28 29 32 28 20 15 12 10  9 12 13
RH               38 56 61 55 56 54 51 51 67 73 72 70 70 62 50 45 50 54 57 62 62
Wind dir          W SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W NW  W SW  W
Wind spd         44 44 41 44 40 32 28 27 20 21 21 24 28 40 50 49 34 24 14 14 13
Wind gust        67 64 65 67 58 49 43 43 33 34 35 39 44 62 71 67 51 36       25
Clouds           FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10          40          50           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  S  C  C  C  C
Snow                                                     C
High Wind         W  W  W  W  W                       W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           12/18/25  Fri 12/19/25  Sat 12/20/25  Sun 12/21/25  Mon 12/22/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          38      26    39      13    34      13    27       5    26
Temp          31 33 36   36 32 26 20   19 29 28 25   21 19 20 13    8 14 19
Dewpt         18 21 26   24 19 17 12   11 16 16 15   12  8 10  6    1  5 11
PWind dir        SW      SW     W       W     W       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          5      40    20      20    10      10    10      20    20
Rain                      C
Snow                 C    C  S  S  S                                S  S

$$
MTZ319-161100-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
433 PM MST Mon Dec 15 2025

Date          Mon 12/15/25      Tue 12/16/25            Wed 12/17/25         Thu
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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          52          36          48          27
Temp             47 47 46 46 40 43 47 50 47 45 41 42 44 43 40 37 35 34 34 34 31
Dewpt            32 33 33 32 28 30 32 32 30 29 25 27 31 32 24 17 16 16 18 18 17
RH               56 58 60 58 62 60 56 50 51 53 52 55 60 65 52 44 45 47 51 51 56
Wind dir          S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW
Wind spd         18 19 20 21 20 14 14 17 13 14 14 17 20 25 31 32 29 23 18 12  9
Wind gust        35 36 41 47 39 29 29 34 26 28 29 32 40 47 52 52 50 42 33 24
Clouds           B1 FW SC SC SC SC FW SC FW SC B1 B1 OV OV SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          20          30          90           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.12           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       S           S        C  C  D  D
Snow                                                     S  S  S
High Wind                                             W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           12/18/25  Fri 12/19/25  Sat 12/20/25  Sun 12/21/25  Mon 12/22/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          41      34    45      25    38      23    38      23    40
Temp          33 38 41   41 40 39 34   31 32 34 30   28 31 33 31   30 32 37
Dewpt         19 24 31   31 30 25 22   20 19 16 17   17 19 19 21   22 24 25
PWind dir         S       S    SW       W     W      SW    SW       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         30      70    60      40    20      20    20      30    30
Rain                 L    L  L  C                                         S
Snow              C  L       L  C  C    S  S  S  S    S  S     S    C  C  C

$$
MTZ326-161100-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
433 PM MST Mon Dec 15 2025

Date          Mon 12/15/25      Tue 12/16/25            Wed 12/17/25         Thu
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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                      36          55          36          51          23
Temp             51 47 45 44 39 42 50 53 48 45 40 41 44 46 45 40 36 34 31 30 27
Dewpt            27 30 30 29 26 31 35 32 28 28 25 26 29 32 29 17 13 14 15 15 14
RH               39 51 55 55 59 65 56 44 46 51 55 55 55 58 53 39 38 43 51 53 57
Wind dir         SW  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W SW  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW
Wind spd         14 16 16 16 13 10 12 14 12 12 12 13 17 20 27 29 26 18 13 10  8
Wind gust        29 28 28 34 25 21 27 35 23       24 32 40 50 54 47 35 25
Clouds           B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          20           5          90           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.09           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S                    D  D
Snow                                                        C  C
High Wind                                             W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           12/18/25  Fri 12/19/25  Sat 12/20/25  Sun 12/21/25  Mon 12/22/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          41      32    49      23    39      20    40      25    45
Temp          32 38 39   43 46 43 35   31 33 33 27   25 32 35 33   32 37 39
Dewpt         17 23 29   32 31 27 26   22 21 17 18   17 21 22 25   26 28 27
PWind dir        SW       S    SW       W    SW      SW     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 OV OV   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC B1   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         30      50    60      40    30      20    20      20    40
Rain                 C    C  L  C  C                                S  C  C
Snow              C  C    C  S  C  C    C  C  S  S    S  S  S  S    S  C  C

$$
MTZ330-161100-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
433 PM MST Mon Dec 15 2025

Date          Mon 12/15/25      Tue 12/16/25            Wed 12/17/25         Thu
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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                      24          40          30          39          13
Temp             39 31 29 27 25 28 37 40 38 34 33 32 33 34 37 33 28 23 19 16 14
Dewpt            21 20 20 20 19 23 31 32 32 30 29 29 30 31 32 19 12 10  9  9  8
RH               48 63 69 74 78 81 79 73 79 85 85 88 89 89 82 56 50 57 64 73 76
Wind dir         SW SW  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW
Wind spd         10 11 11 10  8  6 10 13 12 13 14 16 20 26 28 27 23 14  9  5  3
Wind gust        24 25 25 24 21 20 24 28 25 28 29 31 39 49 50 44 39 33 20
Clouds           B2 B2 FW B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 SC SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                     10          30          50         100          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.25           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            C  C  D  D
Snow                          S  C     S        S  C  D  D  L  L              C
Obvis                                                         BS
High Wind                                             W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           12/18/25  Fri 12/19/25  Sat 12/20/25  Sun 12/21/25  Mon 12/22/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          31      24    38      20    33      18    34      23    37
Temp          22 28 30   33 35 35 30   24 28 28 21   20 28 32 28   26 32 33
Dewpt         16 22 26   30 29 28 25   21 21 17 17   17 23 25 25   25 27 25
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 OV OV   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         90      90    80      70    50      40    50      50    60
Rain                      L  D
Snow           C  D  D    L  D  D  L    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  L  L

$$
MTZ328-161100-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
433 PM MST Mon Dec 15 2025

Date          Mon 12/15/25      Tue 12/16/25            Wed 12/17/25         Thu
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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                      37          54          36          47          22
Temp             50 45 43 42 39 39 49 52 46 42 38 40 43 44 41 36 31 29 28 26 24
Dewpt            28 30 30 30 29 31 34 30 27 25 24 26 30 32 26 15 12 12 12 11 12
RH               42 55 60 62 67 73 56 43 47 50 57 57 60 62 55 42 45 48 50 52 60
Wind dir         SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W SW  S
Wind spd         14 18 20 19 17 13 14 19 13 14 16 18 23 27 34 35 25 19 13 10  9
Wind gust        25    33 35 31 24 29 34 24    26    35 44 50 50 41 33 24
Clouds           B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 FW FW SC B1 SC B1 OV OV B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          10          10          90           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.09           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  D  D
Snow                                                     S  C  C
High Wind                                             W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           12/18/25  Fri 12/19/25  Sat 12/20/25  Sun 12/21/25  Mon 12/22/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          39      32    49      23    38      19    39      27    44
Temp          32 36 37   41 46 43 36   29 33 31 25   23 32 34 31   33 37 37
Dewpt         17 25 29   31 31 29 26   20 20 16 14   14 18 21 24   24 26 25
PWind dir         S       S    SW      SW    SW       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40      60    50      30    20      20    10      20    20
Rain                      C  C  C  C                                      S
Snow              C  L    C  S  C  C    S  S  S  S             S    S  S  S

$$
MTZ305-161100-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
433 PM MST Mon Dec 15 2025

Date          Mon 12/15/25      Tue 12/16/25            Wed 12/17/25         Thu
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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                      30          44          30          43           8
Temp             47 45 44 40 33 35 42 44 40 37 35 36 39 40 41 37 28 19 15 14 13
Dewpt            37 37 37 32 24 28 33 33 32 32 29 31 31 33 28 22 17 11  8  8  7
RH               68 73 76 73 69 75 70 65 73 82 78 82 73 76 59 54 63 70 73 76 76
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW  W  S
Wind spd         26 27 31 32 29 18 13 14 14 16 16 16 19 26 36 39 33 21 13  9  5
Wind gust        42 43 52 54 44 28 24 25             31 41 54 60 49 32
Clouds           B2 B2 FW SC FW SC FW B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          20          30          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  S  C  C  C  C  S
Snow                                                        S  S  S  S
High Wind         W  W  W  W  W  W                    W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           12/18/25  Fri 12/19/25  Sat 12/20/25  Sun 12/21/25  Mon 12/22/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          35      21    37       8    29       8    24       2    20
Temp          27 32 32   34 32 23 17   15 21 25 21   19 19 19 14   10 14 16
Dewpt         17 23 25   28 23 16 12   10 13 15 14   12 11 11  8    6  6  9
PWind dir         S       S     W      NW     W      SW    SW       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5      30    20      20    10      10    10      20    20
Rain                      S  S
Snow                 C    S  S     S                           S    S  S

$$
MTZ314-161100-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
433 PM MST Mon Dec 15 2025

Date          Mon 12/15/25      Tue 12/16/25            Wed 12/17/25         Thu
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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                      36          46          34          48          18
Temp             54 50 49 46 39 40 44 44 42 39 38 40 43 44 43 36 32 28 26 24 23
Dewpt            34 38 37 33 26 27 29 28 29 28 26 25 29 31 28 15 13 12 14 13 13
RH               46 63 63 60 59 59 55 53 60 64 62 55 57 60 55 42 45 50 60 62 65
Wind dir         SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W NW  W  W
Wind spd         23 21 21 24 21 17 14 13 11 12 12 17 21 25 33 37 36 26 18 13  9
Wind gust        35 34 40 47 40 29 28 26          28 37 43 47 55 56 42 31 24
Clouds           B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          10          10          60          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  L  L  S
Snow                                                        S  S
High Wind         W  W  W  W  W  W                    W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           12/18/25  Fri 12/19/25  Sat 12/20/25  Sun 12/21/25  Mon 12/22/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          42      31    46      20    36      21    38      15    37
Temp          34 36 41   43 42 35 29   26 32 30 28   26 33 30 27   25 29 30
Dewpt         17 22 27   30 30 26 22   18 17 15 15   15 18 17 18   17 19 20
PWind dir        SW      SW     W       W     W      SW    SW       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC B2 OV   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         10      30    40      30    20      20    20      20    30
Rain                      S  C
Snow                 C    S  C  C  C    S  S     S    S  S     S    S  C  S

$$
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