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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
204 PM MDT Mon Oct 13 2025

MTZ312-141000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            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                      24          40          28          40          34
Temp          31 32 29 28 26 25 27 34 39 39 34 33 30 29 31 37 39 39 36 36 37 37
Dewpt         27 27 26 26 25 23 26 29 31 31 31 30 29 28 30 32 33 33 33 33 34 33
RH            85 81 88 92 96 92 96 82 73 73 89 89 96 96 96 82 79 79 89 89 89 85
Wind dir      NE NE NE  E SE  S  W NW  E  E NW  W  W SW  W  W  W SW SW SW  W SW
Wind spd      16 13 12 10  6  5  6  5  5  6  6  6  3  4  4  3  4  4  4  5  6  8
Clouds        OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          20          30          40          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  S  C  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Snow           C  S  S           S              C  S  C


Date           10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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      35    54      32    56      38    64      35    49
Temp          47 51 40   36 50 50 37   33 51 53 43   43 58 57 45   38 44 45
Dewpt         37 36 31   27 33 33 30   27 30 29 27   28 35 33 32   30 30 29
PWind dir         W      SW     W       W    SW      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         40      20    30      40    10      10    30      40    40
Rain           C  S  S       S  C  C    C                S  C  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ303-141000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            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                      23          40          21          46          29
Temp          28 27 24 25 25 24 26 34 38 38 30 27 23 21 25 38 45 45 36 33 32 32
Dewpt         22 23 23 23 24 23 25 28 30 30 27 25 22 21 23 31 35 36 32 30 29 27
RH            78 85 96 92 96 96 96 78 73 73 88 92 96100 92 76 68 70 85 89 88 81
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E NE SE  E  E SE  S SW NW  W  W  S  S  S SW  W  W NW
Wind spd      10 10  9  6  5  6  3  5  8  6  6  5  4  3  3  5  5  4  5  8 10 10
Clouds        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          20          20          20          30
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00       00-00
Rain                                               S  S  S  S  S  C  C  S  S  S
Snow           C  C  C  S  S  S                    S  S  S              S  S
Obvis                        PF PF


Date           10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          56      34    51      29    53      35    59      31    45
Temp          50 52 39   36 48 46 34   30 48 50 38   38 55 54 40   33 41 42
Dewpt         33 32 27   24 32 32 29   25 29 28 28   28 34 33 31   28 30 29
PWind dir         W       W    NW       W     W      SW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         10       5    30      20     5      10    30      30    30
Rain           S             C  C  S                     C  C  C    C  C  S
Snow                                                                   C

$$
MTZ319-141000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            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                      25          41          29          41          34
Temp          31 32 30 29 28 26 27 30 38 38 35 34 32 30 30 34 40 40 38 38 38 37
Dewpt         26 25 24 25 24 24 25 28 31 30 28 29 29 29 30 33 34 33 32 32 33 33
RH            81 75 78 85 85 92 92 92 76 73 75 82 88 96100 96 79 76 79 79 82 85
Wind dir       N NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      11 10 10 10  8  8  8  5  5 10  8  4  3  5  4  4  2  2  3  4  4  4
Clouds        OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          30          30          60          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0        0.02        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S     S  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  L  L  L  L  C
Snow           S  S  S  S  S  C  C  S              C  L  L


Date           10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          51      34    53      34    56      36    61      35    50
Temp          42 50 41   35 46 50 42   36 46 53 44   39 52 56 45   38 43 46
Dewpt         36 36 31   27 34 31 30   29 32 30 29   29 37 35 34   30 33 30
PWind dir         W      SW     W       W     W      SW     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         50      20    30      40    10      20    40      50    60
Rain           C  C  S       S  C  C    C             S  C  C  C    C  L  L

$$
MTZ326-141000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            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                      24          48          30          44          31
Temp          39 38 32 29 28 26 28 36 45 45 39 35 34 31 33 38 42 43 38 36 36 35
Dewpt         27 27 28 29 27 26 28 31 34 34 35 35 34 31 33 36 37 37 35 36 36 35
RH            62 64 85100 96100100 82 65 65 85100100100100 92 82 79 89100100100
Wind dir      NE  E NE  N  W SW  W NW NW  W NE  N SE  E SE  W  W  W  W SW  W  W
Wind spd      11 13 12 10  6  4  3  4  9  5  5  5  4  6  2  4  2  2  2  3  4  5
Wind gust        24
Clouds        OV B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          30          60          70          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.09        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       S  C  C  S  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  L
Snow                       S  C  C                    L
Obvis                        PF PF


Date           10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          48      29    54      28    54      32    60      30    50
Temp          40 47 37   30 46 50 38   29 44 53 39   35 52 56 42   35 43 46
Dewpt         37 36 34   28 34 32 31   26 30 31 30   28 35 35 35   32 34 30
PWind dir         W       S    SW       W    SW       S     S       S     W
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         60      30    20      30    10      10    30      50    50
Rain           L  C  C       S  S  C    C                S  C  C    C  C  C
Snow                         S          C

$$
MTZ330-141000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            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                      23          50          27          42          27
Temp          46 43 33 27 26 25 30 44 49 46 37 34 31 29 34 40 42 40 34 32 32 31
Dewpt         29 31 27 26 26 25 30 38 38 38 35 34 31 29 33 37 35 34 32 32 32 30
RH            51 62 78 96100100100 79 66 73 92100100100 96 89 76 79 92100100 96
Wind dir       S SE NE NE  N  N NE SW SW  S  E  E  E  E  S SW SW SW SW SW SW  W
Wind spd       9  5  8 10  5  3  4 10  8  4  4  5  3  5  3  9  9  4  4  5  3  2
Clouds        B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     50          60          80          90          80
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.07        0.14        0.10        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              S     C  C  L  L  C     L  L  D  D  D  D     D  C  C  D  D  D
Rain shwrs                             C                    D
Snow                    C  C  L  L                 D  D                 D  D  D
Tstms                                  S                    S


Date           10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          42      24    44      20    44      24    50      22    43
Temp          38 42 31   25 39 42 28   21 39 42 30   26 45 47 34   24 38 40
Dewpt         34 33 30   25 32 29 26   21 27 26 27   25 32 30 30   24 29 25
PWind dir         W      SW    SW      SW    SW       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         80      40    30      30    10       5    30      50    50
Rain           D  L  C    C     C  C                     S  C  C    C
Snow           D  L  C    C  C     C    C                S          C  C  C

$$
MTZ328-141000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            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                      25          48          33          45          32
Temp          43 39 32 27 26 26 28 37 46 45 38 35 35 34 35 41 44 43 38 36 36 34
Dewpt         31 32 29 27 26 26 28 33 37 39 37 35 35 34 35 39 40 41 38 36 36 34
RH            62 76 88100100100100 85 71 79 96100100100100 92 86 93100100100100
Wind dir      NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N NE NE NE NE NE  S  N  W SW  S SW  W  W
Wind spd      17 17 13 11 10  8  6  6  6  8  5  8  5  5  5  5  5  4  4  5  6  8
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          50          60          60          60
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.02        0.02        0.05        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                C  S  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Snow                    S  C  C  C


Date           10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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      29    54      27    55      32    59      29    47
Temp          43 47 34   30 47 49 34   28 47 51 35   34 52 53 39   33 42 42
Dewpt         38 37 30   25 34 33 28   23 30 31 28   28 37 37 33   29 30 31
PWind dir         W      SW    SW      SW    SW       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40      10    10      20     5       5    30      40    40
Rain           C  S                S                     S  C  C    C  C  C
Snow                                                                   C

$$
MTZ305-141000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            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                      21          48          29          47          35
Temp          37 37 32 28 25 23 27 38 45 46 37 35 32 30 33 43 47 45 40 38 37 36
Dewpt         25 25 23 24 22 21 24 28 31 32 33 33 31 30 32 38 38 39 38 38 37 36
RH            61 61 69 85 88 92 88 67 58 58 85 92 96100 96 82 71 79 92100100100
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      13 12 11 11 12 10 12  9  9  8  6  6  6  6  8 10  5  5  4  4  5  6
Clouds        OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          10          20          50          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            S  S  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C
Snow                                               S  C


Date           10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          56      33    55      30    57      32    63      33    51
Temp          48 52 39   34 50 50 36   31 49 52 38   35 56 58 45   37 45 46
Dewpt         40 37 35   30 34 33 32   28 32 29 28   26 36 33 35   33 35 33
PWind dir         W      SW     W       W     W      SW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW SC   SC B1 SC B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         40      20    20      20     5       5    20      20    30
Rain           C  C  S    S  S  S  S    S                   S  S    S  C  C
Snow                                    S

$$
MTZ314-141000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
204 PM MDT Mon Oct 13 2025

Date           10/13/25      Tue 10/14/25            Wed 10/15/25            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                      23          46          29          40          33
Temp          32 32 27 27 26 24 28 36 43 41 35 34 33 31 33 38 39 38 35 36 36 36
Dewpt         25 26 25 25 24 23 26 31 34 35 34 33 33 31 33 36 36 35 35 36 36 35
RH            75 78 92 92 92 96 92 82 70 79 96 96100100100 92 89 89100100100 96
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  E  E SE SE  E NW NW NW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      17 13 13 12  9  5  4  4  5  9  9  5  4  6  8  5  5  3  4  4  5  6
Clouds        OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          20          60          60          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.02        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                          S  S        C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L
Snow                    S     S  S                 C  L
Obvis                        PF


Date           10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25
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          48      33    51      29    53      33    63      33    47
Temp          42 47 38   34 48 46 36   30 47 48 39   38 57 56 43   37 43 42
Dewpt         38 39 34   27 34 33 33   26 29 29 29   27 35 36 33   30 31 30
PWind dir         W      SW     W       W     W      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         60      30    30      50    10      10    30      50    40
Rain           L  C  C    S  S  C  C    C                S  C  C    C  C  C
Snow                                    C

$$
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