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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
825 AM MDT Fri Aug 1 2025

MTZ312-012200-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
825 AM MDT Fri Aug 1 2025

Date             Fri 08/01/25            Sat 08/02/25            Sun 08/03/25
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                      85          58          80          57          83
Temp                63 74 82 80 67 63 60 59 65 75 78 76 68 63 60 57 65 77 83 81
Dewpt               55 57 58 57 58 58 56 55 55 56 57 55 55 53 52 50 52 50 47 46
RH                  75 55 44 45 73 84 87 87 70 52 48 48 63 70 75 77 63 39 28 29
Wind dir             N NE NE SE SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  N
Wind spd             4  3  5  8  6  5  5  6  8  9  9 10  6  6  6  8  8 10 10  9
Clouds              SC SC B1 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     70          80          40          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.09        0.37        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  D  S              C  C  S  S
Tstms                      C  L  S              C  C  S  S
Heat index                82 80
Max heat                     84                                              81
Flood                      A  A  A  A


Date               Mon 08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25  Thu 08/07/25
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            55    85      54    81      54    83      55    80
Temp          64   56 76 77 60   57 72 78 63   56 76 79 63   57 73 77
Dewpt         51   48 49 49 52   52 47 42 44   42 43 42 45   46 45 43
PWind dir           E    SE       W    SW      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW SC B2   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr            5    20      50    20       5     0       5     5
Rain shwrs                S  C    S     S
Tstms                     S  C          S

$$
MTZ303-012200-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
825 AM MDT Fri Aug 1 2025

Date             Fri 08/01/25            Sat 08/02/25            Sun 08/03/25
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                      80          57          74          56          76
Temp                62 73 79 77 67 61 59 57 63 71 72 70 65 60 58 56 62 69 74 75
Dewpt               54 59 61 60 58 58 56 55 56 58 60 57 58 56 54 53 54 55 52 52
RH                  75 62 54 56 73 90 90 93 78 63 66 63 78 87 86 90 75 61 46 45
Wind dir             W  E  E SE SW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd             2  5  6  5  5  4  5  5  8 10 10 11  9  8  6  6  9 11 11 11
Wind gust                                                                 21
Clouds              B1 SC B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     80          70          50          30          20
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.08        0.19        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  S  C  L  C  C     S  S  C  C  C  C              S  S
Tstms                   S  C  L  C           S  C  C  C  C              S  S
Obvis               PF


Date               Mon 08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25  Thu 08/07/25
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            51    77      52    73      51    74      52    73
Temp          58   51 73 72 56   53 67 71 57   52 69 71 58   53 68 70
Dewpt         52   48 50 50 54   50 48 45 44   43 44 45 47   46 47 47
PWind dir           W     S      SW     W       W     W       W     W
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC B1 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr           10    20      50    20       5     0       5    10
Rain shwrs                S  C    C  S  S
Tstms                     S  C    S     S

$$
MTZ319-012200-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
825 AM MDT Fri Aug 1 2025

Date             Fri 08/01/25            Sat 08/02/25            Sun 08/03/25
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                      83          58          81          56          86
Temp                62 76 82 77 70 66 62 59 63 73 79 79 72 66 61 56 62 77 84 85
Dewpt               55 55 53 52 54 53 53 52 53 53 52 48 49 48 47 46 46 43 40 37
RH                  78 48 37 42 57 63 72 78 70 49 39 34 44 52 60 69 56 30 21 18
Wind dir            NW  N SW  W  W SW SW SW  W  W NW  W  W SW SW SW SW  W  W NW
Wind spd             1  2  5  8  6  5  5  4  4  8 12 12  9  6  5  5  4  8 10 10
Wind gust                 16
Clouds              FW FW B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     70          50          40          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.10           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  S              C  C  S  S
Tstms                      C  C  S              C  C  S  S
Flood                      A  A  A  A


Date               Mon 08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25  Thu 08/07/25
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            55    84      54    81      54    85      56    82
Temp          67   56 75 76 64   54 72 80 65   54 76 81 66   56 73 79
Dewpt         41   44 44 46 49   47 46 39 40   41 42 40 43   44 44 40
PWind dir           W     E       W     W       W    SW       W     W
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            5    40      40    10       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs                C  C
Tstms                     C  C

$$
MTZ326-012200-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
825 AM MDT Fri Aug 1 2025

Date             Fri 08/01/25            Sat 08/02/25            Sun 08/03/25
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                      86          52          83          50          85
Temp                61 76 84 79 70 62 56 52 62 75 82 80 70 62 55 51 61 75 83 84
Dewpt               47 49 49 50 49 51 50 49 49 51 48 47 48 49 47 46 46 44 39 40
RH                  60 39 30 36 47 67 80 89 62 43 31 31 45 62 74 83 58 33 21 21
Wind dir            SW NW SW NW  W SW  S  S SW NW NW NW NW  S  S  S SW  W  W NW
Wind spd             2  3  5  8  5  3  3  2  2  5  9 11  6  3  3  3  2  5  6  6
Clouds              FW FW B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          30          30          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  C  S              C  C  S  S              S  S
Tstms                      C  C  S              C  C  S  S                 S
Obvis               PF


Date               Mon 08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25  Thu 08/07/25
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            51    86      49    83      49    88      50    85
Temp          63   51 77 80 60   50 72 81 63   51 77 83 63   51 74 80
Dewpt         44   44 45 43 48   47 44 37 42   42 41 39 44   43 43 40
PWind dir           E    SE      SW     W      SE    SW       W     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC FW SC B1   SC SC FW SC   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           10    30      30    10       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                C  C
Tstms                     S  C

$$
MTZ330-012200-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
825 AM MDT Fri Aug 1 2025

Date             Fri 08/01/25            Sat 08/02/25            Sun 08/03/25
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                      77          40          77          39          76
Temp                51 71 77 75 63 53 44 40 53 73 77 72 60 51 43 39 51 72 75 74
Dewpt               37 38 35 36 38 39 38 38 39 40 36 39 42 44 42 39 43 40 34 34
RH                  59 30 22 24 39 59 79 92 59 30 23 30 51 77 96100 74 31 22 23
Wind dir             S SW SW SW  S  S  N  N  N  W  W  W  N  N  N  N  N  W SW  W
Wind spd             2 13 16 13  5  1  0  0  0  6 10  9  3  1  0  0  0  6  9  6
Wind gust                 27 24
Clouds              FW FW SC SC SC SC SC FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     30          10          40          30          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S                    C  C  C  C              C  C
Tstms                      S                    C  C  C  C              S  C
Obvis                F


Date               Mon 08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25  Thu 08/07/25
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            38    78      38    74      38    80      40    78
Temp          51   38 73 75 52   39 67 72 53   38 74 78 55   41 73 75
Dewpt         38   36 34 30 38   37 38 31 34   33 36 31 37   36 37 34
PWind dir           S    SE       S    SW       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   FW FW FW SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr           10    20      20     5       5     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                S  S
Tstms                     S  S

$$
MTZ328-012200-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
825 AM MDT Fri Aug 1 2025

Date             Fri 08/01/25            Sat 08/02/25            Sun 08/03/25
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                      79          48          79          47          81
Temp                58 73 75 70 64 56 51 48 58 72 78 75 65 57 51 47 58 73 79 80
Dewpt               48 53 53 54 52 51 48 47 49 52 48 48 49 48 46 44 46 46 42 43
RH                  69 49 46 57 65 83 89 96 72 49 35 38 56 72 83 89 64 38 27 27
Wind dir            SW SW SW NW  W SW  S  S SW  W  W  N NW  S  S  S SW  W  W NW
Wind spd             3  4  9 10  6  5  5  5  4  4  9 10  6  5  5  5  3  3  6  6
Clouds              CL B1 B2 B1 B1 FW SC FW FW B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     60          20          30          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.01           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  L  S                 C  C  S  S              S  S
Tstms                   S  L  S                 C  C  S  S              S  S
Obvis               PF


Date               Mon 08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25  Thu 08/07/25
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            48    80      46    79      47    84      48    81
Temp          58   49 73 75 55   47 69 77 58   48 75 80 59   49 72 77
Dewpt         45   42 45 43 48   45 44 40 40   39 41 42 43   41 44 42
PWind dir           E    NW      SW    SW      SW    SW       W    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC B1   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr           10    30      20     5       0     5       0     5
Rain shwrs                C  S
Tstms                     S  S

$$
MTZ305-012200-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
825 AM MDT Fri Aug 1 2025

Date             Fri 08/01/25            Sat 08/02/25            Sun 08/03/25
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                      87          60          82          59          81
Temp                71 81 85 84 73 65 62 60 66 76 80 78 70 64 61 59 66 76 80 78
Dewpt               65 64 62 62 63 62 60 59 61 63 62 61 62 61 59 58 59 60 58 57
RH                  81 56 46 48 71 90 93 96 84 64 54 56 76 90 93 96 78 58 47 48
Wind dir             E  E  E  E SE  W SE SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd             9 10 10 10  6  5  3  3  4  5  6  8  5  5  5  5  6  9  9  9
Clouds              B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     60          90          50          40          40
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.62        0.03        0.12        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S  C  C  L  D  D  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C
Tstms                S  C  C  L  L  S  S        C  C  C  C     S        C  C
Heat index             82 86 85                   82                      81
Max heat               82    87    83                82                      81
Flood                      A  A  A  A


Date               Mon 08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25  Thu 08/07/25
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            55    86      55    81      54    83      55    81
Temp          62   56 78 81 63   58 73 78 62   56 77 81 63   57 74 78
Dewpt         57   54 56 52 57   56 54 50 51   48 49 47 50   50 51 47
PWind dir          SW     E       S     W      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    SC   FW FW SC B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           10    20      50    40      10     5       5    10
Rain shwrs                S  C    C  C  C
Tstms                     S  C    S     C

$$
MTZ314-012200-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
825 AM MDT Fri Aug 1 2025

Date             Fri 08/01/25            Sat 08/02/25            Sun 08/03/25
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                      83          53          77          52          78
Temp                64 77 82 78 64 60 56 55 64 73 75 74 65 59 56 53 63 73 76 77
Dewpt               57 61 62 59 58 57 54 53 57 56 58 57 57 54 52 48 51 51 50 51
RH                  78 58 51 52 81 90 93 93 78 55 55 55 75 83 86 83 65 46 40 40
Wind dir             E NE  E  S SE  S SW  S  W  W NW NW  W SW SW SW  W  W NW NW
Wind spd             2  4  5  6  5  3  2  2  3  5  6  6  5  4  4  4  5  8  8  5
Clouds              FW FW SC OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     60          80          50          30          30
QPF 12hr                   0.18        0.26        0.06        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  D  L  C           C  C  C  C              C  C  S
Tstms                      S  L  L              C  C  C  C                 C  S
Obvis               PF
Heat index                83
Max heat                     83
Flood                      A  A  A  A


Date               Mon 08/04/25  Tue 08/05/25  Wed 08/06/25  Thu 08/07/25
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            52    82      51    76      51    81      52    76
Temp          59   54 77 76 58   53 70 74 58   54 75 76 59   54 71 73
Dewpt         51   48 51 51 54   50 48 46 46   43 46 46 48   46 48 47
PWind dir          SW    SE       S     W      SW     W      SW     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC FW SC B2   B1 SC B1 SC   SC FW FW B1   B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr           20    30      50    30      10    10      10    10
Rain shwrs     S          C  C    C     C
Tstms          S          S  C          C

$$
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