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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
849 PM MDT Sat Apr 19 2025

MTZ312-201000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
849 PM MDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Date           04/19/25      Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue
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                      37          59          36          54          32
Temp                50 46 42 40 44 54 57 56 47 43 40 37 43 51 52 50 43 39 36 33
Dewpt               34 34 33 32 32 31 28 28 30 32 31 29 27 25 26 23 23 23 23 22
RH                  54 63 70 73 62 41 33 34 51 65 70 72 53 36 36 34 45 52 59 63
Wind dir             W SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  W
Wind spd            13 11  9  8 10 13 12 11  9  6  6  8 13 18 19 19 14 12 10  9
Clouds              OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr                     30          30          40          70          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.01        0.07        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C              S  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C
Snowshwrs                                             C              C        S
Tstms                                     S


Date           04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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      31    58      34    60      38    65      42    66
Temp          48 51 39   32 51 57 42   35 53 59 45   38 56 63 48   42 58 61
Dewpt         22 22 25   23 24 24 30   28 30 28 31   30 33 36 37   35 35 33
PWind dir         W       E    SE       E     N       E    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   SC FW SC SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30       5    20      10    20      10    20      30    40
Rain shwrs        C             S             S             S  C    S  S  C
Snowshwrs      S

$$
MTZ303-201000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
849 PM MDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Date           04/19/25      Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue
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                      33          54          31          50          29
Temp                45 40 37 35 39 49 52 51 42 38 34 32 38 47 49 47 38 36 31 29
Dewpt               33 31 32 31 31 31 30 30 31 30 28 27 25 24 24 24 27 28 26 25
RH                  62 70 82 85 73 50 43 44 65 73 78 81 59 40 37 40 64 72 81 85
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W SW  W  W NW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd            14 11  8  5  6 12 13 13 11  9  8  9 13 19 21 21 17 13 11 10
Wind gust                                                  29 32
Clouds              B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     20          30          20          60          40
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.02        0.01        0.05        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       C  C  C  S  S        S  S  L  L  C  C
Snowshwrs                                             S  S        C  C        S
Tstms                                     S                 S  S


Date           04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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          49      26    55      31    56      34    61      37    58
Temp          43 48 34   27 49 53 38   31 50 54 41   34 52 58 44   37 53 56
Dewpt         21 20 23   21 21 20 25   26 26 25 27   28 30 32 34   32 32 30
PWind dir        NW       W    SW       W    NE       E    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   SC FW SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         30       5    20      10    10      10    10      30    30
Rain shwrs        C             S                              C    S  S  C
Snowshwrs      S  C

$$
MTZ319-201000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
849 PM MDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Date           04/19/25      Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue
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                      37          59          36          50          31
Temp                51 47 41 37 43 54 58 55 48 44 40 37 41 47 49 48 42 38 35 31
Dewpt               34 33 30 29 30 33 32 31 31 31 30 29 28 27 24 20 21 22 22 21
RH                  52 58 65 72 60 45 37 40 51 60 67 72 59 45 37 33 43 52 59 66
Wind dir             W  W SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW
Wind spd            10  5  3  3  3  5  8  9  5  4  3  3  8 14 21 21 13  8  5  4
Wind gust                                                  27 35 35 26
Clouds              OV B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          40          60          80          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.05        0.02        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  S              C  L  L  C  C  C  C  D  D
Snowshwrs                                             C
Tstms                                  S  S


Date           04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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          55      31    59      34    62      38    66      41    65
Temp          46 53 38   32 49 58 42   35 52 60 45   38 54 64 48   41 57 61
Dewpt         21 20 23   23 25 24 28   27 30 30 31   30 34 35 36   34 37 34
PWind dir         W      NW     N      NW     N      SE    SE       S     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20       5    20      20    20      10    30      30    40
Rain shwrs        S             S  S          S             C  C       S  C

$$
MTZ326-201000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
849 PM MDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Date           04/19/25      Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue
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                      33          56          31          46          24
Temp                51 43 40 35 39 49 54 54 45 39 36 32 35 43 45 43 37 31 28 25
Dewpt               34 37 36 33 34 32 31 31 34 35 34 31 32 31 31 28 25 23 21 19
RH                  52 79 85 92 82 52 41 41 65 85 92 96 89 62 58 55 61 72 75 78
Wind dir            NW SW  S SE SW NW SW NW SW NW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  S
Wind spd             5  3  2  2  2  2  3  5  4  2  2  2  4  8 10 11  6  4  4  3
Wind gust                                                     21
Clouds              OV OV B2 SC SC SC SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     80          50          90          90          20
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.01        0.34        0.15        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           L  L  C        S  C  D  D  L  L  D  D  D  D  S
Snowshwrs                                             D  D        S  S
Tstms                                  S  S                 S  S


Date           04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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      28    54      30    58      33    62      36    64
Temp          43 49 34   29 46 53 37   31 49 57 40   34 52 60 44   37 56 59
Dewpt         20 21 25   24 28 28 28   27 30 32 32   30 33 36 36   33 38 35
PWind dir         W      NE    NE       E     E       E     E      SE     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10      20    30      20    30      20    40      30    40
Rain shwrs           S    S  S  C  S       S  C  S       S  C  C       S  C
Snowshwrs                 S  S
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
MTZ330-201000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
849 PM MDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Date           04/19/25      Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue
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                      27          49          25          45          14
Temp                40 33 30 28 32 43 47 44 35 32 28 25 31 41 44 41 31 24 19 15
Dewpt               22 25 26 26 27 27 28 30 27 27 25 23 24 25 24 21 19 16 13 10
RH                  48 72 85 92 81 53 47 57 72 81 88 92 75 52 45 44 61 71 77 80
Wind dir            SE  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW
Wind spd             2  2  1  1  2  4  6  5  3  3  2  2  4  9 10  8  4  2  2  1
Wind gust                             17 17                21 25 23
Clouds              B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B1 SC SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     60          60          70          90          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.04        0.10        0.12           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00           T
Rain shwrs                          C  C  L  L  L
Snowshwrs            S  C  C  C     C        L  L  L  D  D  D  D  S  S
Tstms                                  S  S                 S  S


Date           04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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      21    52      23    55      25    60      29    58
Temp          40 44 29   21 46 48 31   23 49 51 33   25 53 54 37   29 53 53
Dewpt         15 19 22   18 25 24 25   20 28 27 26   22 30 30 31   26 28 26
PWind dir        SW       N    SW       N    SE       E    SE       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 SC   B1 SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10      20    40      20    40      20    50      30    40
Rain shwrs                      C  S       S  C  S    S  S  C  C       S  C
Snowshwrs            S    S  C     S       S          S  S             S

$$
MTZ328-201000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
849 PM MDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Date           04/19/25      Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue
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                      31          57          32          48          24
Temp                47 42 37 33 37 49 55 55 44 40 35 33 37 45 47 46 37 31 27 25
Dewpt               31 34 33 29 27 26 24 24 29 32 30 28 28 24 20 17 17 18 17 16
RH                  53 73 85 85 67 40 30 30 55 73 82 82 70 43 34 31 44 58 65 68
Wind dir             N  S  S  S SW SW SW  W  W SW NW SW  W  W  W  W NW SW SW SW
Wind spd            10  5  5  5  5  8 12 12  9  5  5  5 10 17 21 20 13  6  5  4
Wind gust                                                  27 34 32
Clouds              OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          30          60          60           5
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0        0.03        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  S           S  L  L  L  L  L
Snowshwrs                                          L  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                     S


Date           04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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      31    55      31    60      35    64      39    64
Temp          44 51 38   31 47 54 40   32 52 58 42   36 56 60 45   39 58 61
Dewpt         17 17 25   24 25 23 28   24 27 26 29   27 32 32 34   32 33 27
PWind dir         W       N     N       N    NE       E     S      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5       5    20      10    20      10    20      20    30
Rain shwrs                      S             S             S  S          C

$$
MTZ305-201000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
849 PM MDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Date           04/19/25      Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue
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                      35          60          34          56          31
Temp                52 46 42 37 42 52 58 56 47 41 39 35 41 51 55 53 43 39 35 32
Dewpt               43 41 40 36 38 38 36 37 38 37 36 33 35 34 32 30 32 33 31 29
RH                  71 83 93 96 86 59 44 49 71 85 89 92 79 52 41 41 65 79 85 88
Wind dir            NW NW NW NE NE SE SE NE NE  E SW  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd            10  5  4  5  5  8  8  9  6  5  5  5 10 13 14 16 13 12 12 12
Clouds              OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          50          60          70          40
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.04        0.05        0.06        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  S           C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S  L  L  C  C  S  S  S
Snowshwrs                                                                     S
Tstms                                     S


Date           04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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          52      26    59      31    62      35    64      39    65
Temp          45 50 35   27 53 57 41   32 55 59 44   35 57 61 47   39 58 62
Dewpt         29 25 27   23 28 23 28   27 31 27 31   30 36 33 35   35 39 35
PWind dir        NW       W    SE      SE     E       E     E       E     S
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC B1   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30       5    20      10    10      10    10      20    30
Rain shwrs     S  C             S                              S    S  S  C
Snowshwrs      S

$$
MTZ314-201000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
849 PM MDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Date           04/19/25      Sun 04/20/25            Mon 04/21/25            Tue
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                      36          55          34          50          30
Temp                52 45 43 38 43 51 54 52 43 39 37 35 40 47 49 46 39 36 33 31
Dewpt               35 37 37 32 31 33 32 32 34 34 34 32 32 28 29 28 28 27 24 22
RH                  52 73 79 79 62 50 43 46 70 82 89 89 73 47 46 49 64 69 69 69
Wind dir            NW  W  W  W  W  W NW  E SE SW  W  W  W NW NW  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd             9  5  5  5  5  5  4  5  5  4  5  5 10 13 14 14 13 12 12 11
Wind gust                                                     25 25
Clouds              OV OV OV B2 SC SC B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          60          80          80          40
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.04        0.22        0.07        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C        S  C  D  D  D  D  C  C  D  D  C  C
Snowshwrs                                                            C
Tstms                                  S  S


Date           04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25  Sat 04/26/25
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      27    52      31    55      33    59      39    60
Temp          44 46 33   28 49 50 37   32 50 52 40   34 51 57 44   40 56 58
Dewpt         23 23 25   22 27 27 29   27 31 29 31   29 34 37 36   35 37 36
PWind dir        NW       W    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40      10    40      20    30      20    30      30    40
Rain shwrs        C             C  S    S  S  C  S    S  S  C  C    S  S  C
Snowshwrs         C

$$
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