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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
220 PM MDT Thu May 22 2025

MTZ312-231000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
220 PM MDT Thu May 22 2025

Date           05/22/25      Fri 05/23/25            Sat 05/24/25            Sun
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                      44          64          40          69          43
Temp          63 62 53 49 46 45 49 56 61 63 54 48 44 41 50 62 67 67 58 51 47 44
Dewpt         35 40 44 44 43 41 43 44 43 45 44 44 41 38 42 43 41 40 43 43 41 39
RH            35 44 71 83 89 86 80 64 51 52 69 86 89 89 74 50 39 37 57 74 79 82
Wind dir       E  S  S  W  W  W NW NW  N NE NE  E  S SW  W NE NE  E  E  E  S  S
Wind spd       5  9  8  6  5  5  5  5  5  8  5  4  3  3  3  4  6 10  9  5  4  4
Clouds        B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     70          60          20          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.17        0.05           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  L  C     C  C  C  C  S  S              S  S
Tstms                                     S


Date           05/25/25  Mon 05/26/25  Tue 05/27/25  Wed 05/28/25  Thu 05/29/25
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          74      47    80      50    79      49    81      52    83
Temp          67 72 56   48 72 79 58   51 73 78 59   50 73 80 61   53 75 78
Dewpt         45 42 45   42 46 44 48   44 46 43 46   42 45 42 45   42 46 43
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       S     W      SE    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    CL FW FW   CL CL FW SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          0       0    10      20    20      10    10      10    30
Rain shwrs                         S          S                           C
Tstms                              S                                      S

$$
MTZ303-231000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
220 PM MDT Thu May 22 2025

Date           05/22/25      Fri 05/23/25            Sat 05/24/25            Sun
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                      41          61          37          69          41
Temp          62 62 55 49 44 42 48 55 59 60 52 46 41 37 48 62 67 68 59 51 45 41
Dewpt         29 30 34 39 38 38 41 41 41 42 42 41 39 36 38 37 35 36 38 39 39 38
RH            28 30 45 68 79 86 77 59 51 51 69 83 92 96 68 39 30 31 45 63 79 89
Wind dir      SE SE  E  E SE  N NE  E  E  E SE SE  S  S  S SE  E  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd      12 10  9  6  5  5  5  8  9  9  8  5  4  3  4  5  6 10  9  8  5  4
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50          60          20          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.14        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  C  S  C  C  C  C  L  S  S
Tstms                                     S


Date           05/25/25  Mon 05/26/25  Tue 05/27/25  Wed 05/28/25  Thu 05/29/25
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          74      44    78      47    78      47    79      49    81
Temp          67 72 55   44 71 77 58   47 73 77 58   48 73 78 60   49 74 76
Dewpt         41 38 42   41 43 41 45   41 41 38 40   40 41 39 41   40 41 40
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE       S    SW       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC FW SC   FW FW FW SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      10    10       5     5      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                                S

$$
MTZ319-231000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
220 PM MDT Thu May 22 2025

Date           05/22/25      Fri 05/23/25            Sat 05/24/25            Sun
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                      43          68          43          73          45
Temp          63 59 54 49 46 43 49 59 65 67 59 52 47 43 51 64 70 71 63 55 49 45
Dewpt         39 41 42 41 39 38 40 40 39 41 39 40 37 37 39 40 37 36 39 39 38 37
RH            41 51 64 74 76 82 71 49 38 39 47 63 68 79 63 41 30 28 41 55 66 73
Wind dir       E  W SW  W  W  W  W  W NW  N NW  W  W  W NW  N  N  N  E  S  S  S
Wind spd       5  5  5  4  3  2  2  3  4  6  3  2  1  1  1  4  6  9  3  1  1  1
Clouds        OV B2 OV B2 FW SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW CL CL
PoP 12hr                     80          40          10          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.10           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  L  C  S           S  C                    S  S


Date           05/25/25  Mon 05/26/25  Tue 05/27/25  Wed 05/28/25  Thu 05/29/25
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          78      49    82      51    80      50    83      53    82
Temp          68 76 59   50 74 79 60   52 73 78 61   51 75 80 63   54 74 76
Dewpt         43 38 40   40 47 41 44   42 46 41 42   40 46 41 44   41 46 43
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE      SW     W       W     E       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          5       0    20      20    30      10    10      10    30
Rain shwrs                      S  S          C                           C
Tstms                           S             S                           S

$$
MTZ326-231000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
220 PM MDT Thu May 22 2025

Date           05/22/25      Fri 05/23/25            Sat 05/24/25            Sun
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                      38          66          40          68          40
Temp          60 57 49 45 42 39 47 57 63 65 54 48 43 41 49 59 66 65 56 49 44 41
Dewpt         38 44 42 42 40 37 40 41 39 40 41 41 41 39 42 42 40 39 41 41 40 37
RH            44 62 77 89 93 92 76 55 41 40 61 77 93 92 77 53 38 38 57 74 86 85
Wind dir       E  N  W  W  S SE NW  W NW  N NW SE SE SE  N NW  N NE  E  E  E SE
Wind spd       5  8  5  3  2  2  2  2  4  5  3  2  2  2  1  2  4  5  4  4  3  2
Clouds        OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     70          30          30          40           5
QPF 12hr                   0.16           0        0.02        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  L  S                 S  C  C              C  C
Tstms          C  S                       S                 S  S


Date           05/25/25  Mon 05/26/25  Tue 05/27/25  Wed 05/28/25  Thu 05/29/25
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          73      43    78      46    77      46    78      47    78
Temp          64 71 52   44 71 76 55   47 69 74 54   47 71 75 57   48 71 72
Dewpt         42 40 41   38 46 41 45   41 47 44 43   40 46 43 44   41 47 46
PWind dir         E       E    NE       E    NW       E     E      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1 SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          5       0    10      20    30      20    20      10    30
Rain shwrs                         S          C  S          S             C
Tstms                                         S                           S

$$
MTZ330-231000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
220 PM MDT Thu May 22 2025

Date           05/22/25      Fri 05/23/25            Sat 05/24/25            Sun
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                      29          62          31          64          31
Temp          61 56 46 38 32 29 40 55 60 59 48 40 34 32 42 58 62 61 50 40 34 31
Dewpt         30 35 35 34 30 29 31 31 28 31 36 36 33 32 34 34 32 33 37 34 32 31
RH            31 45 65 85 92100 70 40 29 34 63 85 96100 73 40 32 35 61 79 92100
Wind dir       S SW  W  W SW  N SW SW SW  W  W NE NE NE  N NW NW  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd       9 10  4  1  1  0  1  5  6  5  2  1  1  1  1  2  4  5  2  2  1  1
Wind gust     20 23
Clouds        B1 B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          30          30          50          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.03        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  C                    S  C  C              C  C
Tstms          C  S                       S                 S  S


Date           05/25/25  Mon 05/26/25  Tue 05/27/25  Wed 05/28/25  Thu 05/29/25
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          68      33    71      35    72      36    73      39    72
Temp          61 66 43   33 67 69 45   35 67 68 46   36 69 69 48   39 67 67
Dewpt         32 31 35   31 36 35 37   33 38 36 37   33 36 35 39   35 38 36
PWind dir        NE      NE     S       S     S      NE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         10       5    20      20    30      20    20      20    40
Rain shwrs                      S  S          C  S          S  S          C
Tstms                                         S                           S

$$
MTZ328-231000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
220 PM MDT Thu May 22 2025

Date           05/22/25      Fri 05/23/25            Sat 05/24/25            Sun
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                      34          64          39          66          41
Temp          58 51 46 42 37 35 43 55 62 62 51 46 42 39 47 59 64 65 56 49 44 41
Dewpt         38 40 41 39 35 32 37 38 34 35 39 40 38 36 39 41 37 35 38 37 35 35
RH            47 66 83 89 92 89 79 53 35 36 63 79 86 89 74 51 37 33 51 63 70 79
Wind dir       N NW NW SW  S  S SW SW  W  W  N NE  S SW NW  N  N  N NE  E SE  S
Wind spd       8  9  5  4  4  3  2  4  5  5  5  5  4  3  2  5  6  9  5  4  3  3
Clouds        B2 B2 SC FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     40          30          20          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  C                    S  S  S              S  S
Tstms          C                          S


Date           05/25/25  Mon 05/26/25  Tue 05/27/25  Wed 05/28/25  Thu 05/29/25
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          72      45    77      47    75      46    77      48    78
Temp          63 71 53   45 70 73 54   47 69 73 55   46 71 75 57   49 70 73
Dewpt         40 36 37   35 42 40 43   39 44 38 41   37 44 41 43   39 44 41
PWind dir         E       E     S       S     W      NE     W      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   CL FW SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC B1   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr          5       5    20      20    20      10    10      10    30
Rain shwrs                      S  S          S                           C
Tstms                           S                                         S

$$
MTZ305-231000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
220 PM MDT Thu May 22 2025

Date           05/22/25      Fri 05/23/25            Sat 05/24/25            Sun
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                      45          63          39          69          42
Temp          68 67 60 54 50 47 50 58 60 60 54 48 42 40 50 61 67 66 58 50 45 43
Dewpt         35 37 39 42 43 43 45 46 46 46 46 45 42 40 44 45 45 44 45 45 44 42
RH            29 33 46 64 77 86 83 64 60 60 74 89100100 80 56 45 45 62 83 96 96
Wind dir      SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E
Wind spd      16 16 13 11 10  9  8 10 11 12 10  8  5  5  5  6  9 10  9  8  5  5
Clouds        B1 OV OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          70          20          30           5
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.06        0.01        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  L  L  C  C  L  S  S              C  C
Tstms                                     S


Date           05/25/25  Mon 05/26/25  Tue 05/27/25  Wed 05/28/25  Thu 05/29/25
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          74      46    77      48    80      48    81      49    83
Temp          67 72 55   46 72 75 58   49 74 78 59   49 75 79 60   50 76 79
Dewpt         48 45 46   44 50 45 47   46 50 45 48   45 48 44 47   44 49 46
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE      SE     S      SE    SE      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0      10    10      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                                S

$$
MTZ314-231000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
220 PM MDT Thu May 22 2025

Date           05/22/25      Fri 05/23/25            Sat 05/24/25            Sun
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                      42          58          38          62          41
Temp          63 60 52 47 45 44 45 51 56 55 48 43 40 39 49 59 61 59 52 47 43 42
Dewpt         35 38 40 42 42 41 42 43 44 44 43 41 39 37 42 45 44 44 45 44 41 39
RH            35 44 63 83 89 89 89 74 64 66 83 93 96 92 77 60 53 57 77 89 93 89
Wind dir      SE SE  E  E  W  W NW NW NW  N  E SE SE SE  E NE NE  E  E SE SE SE
Wind spd      12 11 10  6  5  5  5  6  6  8  5  5  4  3  3  5  5  5  5  5  5  4
Wind gust     23
Clouds        B1 OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B2 B2 SC SC SC FW FW
PoP 12hr                     90          70          30          60          10
QPF 12hr                   0.21        0.04           0        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  L  D  L  C  S  C  L  C  C        S  S  L  L
Tstms             S                       S                 S  S


Date           05/25/25  Mon 05/26/25  Tue 05/27/25  Wed 05/28/25  Thu 05/29/25
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          67      43    72      45    72      45    75      48    78
Temp          62 65 50   44 68 70 53   46 68 70 54   46 72 73 56   49 72 73
Dewpt         45 45 43   39 46 46 45   41 47 46 46   40 46 46 43   40 48 47
PWind dir        SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         20       0    10      10    20      20    20      20    30
Rain shwrs        S                           S  S          S  S          C
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
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