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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
103 PM MST Sat Feb 22 2025

MTZ312-231100-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
103 PM MST Sat Feb 22 2025

Date          Sat 02/22/25      Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25         Tue
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                      40          50          38          49          37
Temp          43 42 42 42 43 44 45 48 50 48 45 44 42 41 41 46 48 45 41 40 39 39
Dewpt         25 29 33 33 30 34 35 38 39 38 37 36 34 30 26 27 27 27 27 28 28 28
RH            49 60 70 70 60 68 68 68 66 68 73 73 73 65 55 47 44 49 57 62 64 64
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW
Wind spd      32 28 31 32 34 35 36 34 33 28 29 33 39 42 39 36 29 16 13 13 18 21
Wind gust     46 42 42 43 50 57 50 51 48    40 46 49 55 52 48
Clouds        B1 SC FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B2 OV B1 SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          10          40           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  C  C                    C  C  S
Snow                                                                          S
High Wind               W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           02/25/25  Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
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          46      32    48      35    55      34    51      30    53
Temp          44 43 36   33 45 46 39   38 50 51 41   37 46 46 34   31 44 49
Dewpt         26 23 23   22 25 25 25   23 26 26 25   24 26 26 25   22 26 26
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char        WY      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   SC FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     0       0     5      10     5       5     5
Rain           S
Snow           S

$$
MTZ303-231100-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
103 PM MST Sat Feb 22 2025

Date          Sat 02/22/25      Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25         Tue
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          47          34          42          31
Temp          41 40 39 40 41 43 43 46 46 44 40 40 38 36 36 40 42 39 34 34 33 33
Dewpt         31 33 32 33 34 35 36 38 37 37 34 34 32 27 24 26 27 26 25 26 26 25
RH            67 76 76 76 76 73 76 73 71 76 79 79 79 69 61 57 55 59 69 72 75 72
Wind dir       W  W SW  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  W
Wind spd      29 26 26 26 35 41 39 37 39 36 33 32 39 40 40 40 33 16 12 11 17 24
Wind gust     44 42 41 44 64 66 62 59 62 51 49 56 54 56 51                27 36
Clouds        B1 FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20          40           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S  S  S  C  C  C  C                    S  S
Snow                                                                    S  S
High Wind      W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           02/25/25  Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
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      29    44      31    50      28    44      26    45
Temp          40 37 33   31 40 40 35   33 46 46 37   31 41 40 29   26 38 41
Dewpt         25 25 24   22 25 26 24   21 26 26 24   22 24 24 22   20 25 27
PWind dir         W       W     W       W    SW       W    NW       W    SW
Wind char        VW      WY    BZ      GN    GN      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   FW SC SC B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10       5     0       0     5      10     0       0     5

$$
MTZ319-231100-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
103 PM MST Sat Feb 22 2025

Date          Sat 02/22/25      Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25         Tue
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                      32          47          35          47          31
Temp          40 42 38 36 35 35 37 42 45 45 42 41 40 38 38 42 45 43 40 37 36 34
Dewpt         27 30 29 27 26 28 30 33 36 36 35 34 32 29 26 27 28 28 28 28 26 25
RH            59 62 70 69 69 75 75 70 70 70 76 76 73 70 62 55 51 55 62 70 67 69
Wind dir       W  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S SW  W  W  W SW  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd      10  8 10 12 13 12 11 13 14 14 14 16 19 18 18 19 16  8  9  9 10 11
Wind gust                          24 26       33 37 39 35                21 25
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          30          60           5          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.04           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                          S  C  S  S  C  C  L  L              S  S  L  L
Snow                                                                       L  C


Date           02/25/25  Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
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      26    43      27    46      28    45      26    45
Temp          37 40 33   28 35 42 33   29 39 43 35   30 38 43 33   28 37 43
Dewpt         23 24 23   20 21 26 23   21 25 26 25   22 25 26 25   22 24 27
PWind dir         W      SW    SW       S     S      SW    SW      SW     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30       5     0       0     5      10     5       5     5
Rain              S
Snow           C  S

$$
MTZ326-231100-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
103 PM MST Sat Feb 22 2025

Date          Sat 02/22/25      Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25         Tue
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                      25          43          29          46          27
Temp          37 38 32 29 30 31 33 40 42 41 37 37 35 34 33 39 42 44 37 35 33 32
Dewpt         24 27 23 21 22 23 24 31 33 33 31 30 28 27 24 27 28 30 27 26 25 25
RH            59 64 69 72 72 72 69 70 70 73 79 75 75 75 69 62 57 57 67 69 72 75
Wind dir       E NE  E NE NE NE NE  N NW  S  S  S  W SW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd       4  5  4  4  4  3  4  4  3 10 10 11 14 14 13 12 12  8  9  9 10 10
Wind gust                             16       28 28 29
Clouds        B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          10          50           5          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  S  C  C                    C  C
Snow                                                                          C


Date           02/25/25  Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
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          40      17    39      19    44      23    43      21    43
Temp          36 36 25   21 31 38 25   22 36 41 28   25 35 42 28   22 35 42
Dewpt         25 22 17   15 20 24 18   15 24 26 19   18 24 27 21   17 24 27
PWind dir        SW      SW     S       S     S       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40       5     0       0     5      10     5       0     5
Snow           C  S

$$
MTZ330-231100-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
103 PM MST Sat Feb 22 2025

Date          Sat 02/22/25      Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25         Tue
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                      15          34          25          38          21
Temp          30 30 22 19 17 19 21 30 33 32 31 29 28 27 28 36 38 36 33 30 26 24
Dewpt         17 18 16 14 13 14 16 23 25 27 27 27 26 25 25 28 30 30 28 26 22 20
RH            58 60 77 80 84 80 81 75 72 81 85 92 92 92 88 72 73 79 82 85 85 84
Wind dir      SW SW  S  S  S SW  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      12  9  5  3  4  5  4 13 13  9 10 12 12  9  8 11 12  9  9  9  8  6
Wind gust     24 23 23 17 17 24 26 33 33 28 28 33 31 21 23 26 28 26 23 23 20 19
Clouds        B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          60          90          40          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07        0.10        0.01        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00           1           1
Snow                             C  L  L  D  D  D  D  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L


Date           02/25/25  Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
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       7    36       8    41      12    44      12    43
Temp          32 31 17   10 28 33 15   10 33 38 20   14 36 40 20   12 34 40
Dewpt         20 20 12    6 19 21 10    6 22 24 13    9 23 26 15    8 23 26
PWind dir         W      SW     S       S     S       S    SW       S     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         60      10     0       0     5      10     5       0     5
Snow           L  C

$$
MTZ328-231100-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
103 PM MST Sat Feb 22 2025

Date          Sat 02/22/25      Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25         Tue
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                      22          42          29          44          27
Temp          38 38 29 26 26 27 28 37 41 41 37 36 34 32 32 40 43 41 34 33 32 29
Dewpt         25 26 22 19 17 19 21 29 33 34 31 30 29 27 24 29 29 30 27 26 24 21
RH            59 62 75 74 68 71 75 72 73 76 79 79 82 81 72 64 57 65 75 75 72 72
Wind dir      SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd      14 11 10  8  8  9  9 13 13 17 17 18 18 17 16 16 16 11 13 13 14 13
Wind gust     26                               31 28
Clouds        B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          30          40           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S        C  C  C  C                    C
Snow                          S  S                                      C  C  S


Date           02/25/25  Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
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      17    39      20    44      23    46      24    45
Temp          35 35 25   19 32 37 25   22 36 42 29   25 38 43 30   26 38 42
Dewpt         21 20 17   13 20 24 17   14 23 28 19   16 24 28 21   18 25 28
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       S     S       S    SW       S     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       0     0       0     5       5     0       0     5
Snow           S

$$
MTZ305-231100-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
103 PM MST Sat Feb 22 2025

Date          Sat 02/22/25      Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25         Tue
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                      33          50          34          47          29
Temp          41 40 37 36 38 42 42 46 49 47 42 41 39 38 38 43 46 43 35 34 33 34
Dewpt         30 32 31 30 31 33 35 38 40 39 37 36 34 31 29 30 31 30 26 25 26 26
RH            65 73 79 79 76 70 76 73 71 74 82 82 82 76 70 60 55 60 69 69 75 72
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      24 20 21 26 28 29 29 29 28 23 20 20 25 28 29 28 25 13 11 10 11 13
Wind gust     35 31    37 40 42 44 43 42       35 39 47 43
Clouds        SC FW SC SC B1 B1 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          20          50          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.05        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S        S  S  C  C  S  S              S  S
Snow                                                     S
High Wind                                       A  A  A  A  A  A


Date           02/25/25  Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
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          47      28    49      29    54      28    47      22    45
Temp          44 42 34   29 44 47 36   32 47 51 39   32 43 44 30   23 38 43
Dewpt         30 29 25   22 28 29 26   23 29 30 27   23 26 26 22   17 24 26
PWind dir         W       W    SW      SW    SW       W     W      NW    SW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   SC FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       0     5      10     0       0     0

$$
MTZ314-231100-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
103 PM MST Sat Feb 22 2025

Date          Sat 02/22/25      Sun 02/23/25            Mon 02/24/25         Tue
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                      33          47          34          44          29
Temp          42 41 37 36 38 41 42 44 46 44 40 40 39 38 38 41 43 41 35 37 35 34
Dewpt         30 31 29 28 27 32 33 35 37 36 34 33 32 28 25 26 26 26 25 27 26 25
RH            62 67 72 72 64 70 70 70 71 73 79 76 76 67 59 55 51 55 66 67 69 69
Wind dir       W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  W
Wind spd      18 14 17 20 23 23 23 21 23 19 18 20 24 25 25 25 21 10 10 10 11 13
Wind gust     32 27 28 31 33 34 35 34 35 31    37 41 43 42 39                24
Clouds        B2 SC FW SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          10          40           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  S  C  C                    C  C  S
Snow                                                                          S
High Wind                                       A  A  A  A  A  A


Date           02/25/25  Wed 02/26/25  Thu 02/27/25  Fri 02/28/25  Sat 03/01/25
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          40      26    43      30    51      30    44      25    45
Temp          38 38 32   27 40 41 35   34 48 47 39   35 41 40 31   26 40 43
Dewpt         26 24 22   18 25 26 23   20 27 28 24   22 26 26 23   19 26 28
PWind dir         W       W     W      SW    SW      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   SC FW SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20       5     0       0     5      20     5       5     5
Rain           S                                 S
Snow           S

$$
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