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National Weather Service Missoula MT
230 PM MDT Fri Mar 21 2025

MTZ005-221000-
Missoula-Missoula MT
46.92N 114.08W Elev. 3205 ft
230 PM MDT Fri Mar 21 2025

Date           03/21/25      Sat 03/22/25            Sun 03/23/25            Mon
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          44          28          46          39
Temp          45 47 41 39 36 34 35 38 40 41 36 33 31 30 32 38 41 44 42 42 41 42
Dewpt         29 30 31 33 31 28 28 25 24 22 23 24 24 25 26 29 32 34 36 37 38 38
RH            53 51 67 79 82 78 75 59 52 46 59 69 75 81 78 70 70 68 79 82 89 86
Wind dir      SW  S SE  E  W  W NW  W  W  W  W  W SW SE  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      11  8  6  6 10 13 14 14 16 13  9  3  2  1  2  2  5  5  5  5  5  6
Clouds        OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV
PoP 12hr                    100          70          10          60          90
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.02           0        0.02        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Rain           C  D  D  D  D                                L  L  D  D  D  D  L
Snow                    D  D  L  L  C  C              C  C  L
Wind chill    39          29 25 25 29 32 33 29
Min chill        39    34    25    24    30    29    28    30    37    38    37


Date           03/24/25  Tue 03/25/25  Wed 03/26/25  Thu 03/27/25  Fri 03/28/25
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      38    62      35    65      38    55      32    50
Temp          49 53 44   40 50 59 43   37 51 63 47   41 48 50 40   34 42 47
Dewpt         40 38 38   37 39 38 36   33 38 39 39   37 36 33 32   30 29 27
PWind dir         W      SW     S       S    SE      SE     W       W     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         70      30     5       0     5      50    70      40    40
Rain           L  C  C                           S    C  L  L  C    C  C  C
Snow                                                                C  C

$$
MTZ003-221000-
Kalispell-Flathead MT
48.30N 114.27W Elev. 2977 ft
230 PM MDT Fri Mar 21 2025

Date           03/21/25      Sat 03/22/25            Sun 03/23/25            Mon
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                      32          44          29          44          38
Temp          46 44 39 36 36 34 34 39 43 42 35 32 31 31 32 39 42 43 40 40 41 41
Dewpt         32 32 35 34 34 31 31 29 26 24 26 27 28 28 28 31 33 35 37 38 39 39
RH            58 62 85 92 92 89 89 67 51 48 69 81 88 88 85 73 70 73 89 92 92 92
Wind dir      SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  W  W  W SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      18 11  6  8  9 10 12 14 17 14  8  5  3  3  5 10  9  9  8  8  8  8
Clouds        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                    100          80          10          70          90
QPF 12hr                   0.19        0.02           0        0.03        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           D  D  D  D  D                                L  L  D  D  L  L  L
Snow                    D  D  D  D  L  L              S  S  L
Wind chill    39 38    30 29 26 25 31 35 34 28 26       26 32 36
Min chill        38    30    26    24    33    26    25    26    34    34    35


Date           03/24/25  Tue 03/25/25  Wed 03/26/25  Thu 03/27/25  Fri 03/28/25
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          54      39    57      36    61      39    54      34    48
Temp          49 52 42   39 49 56 42   38 51 60 46   42 48 50 40   37 43 47
Dewpt         42 38 38   37 41 41 39   36 41 41 41   40 39 34 36   33 32 29
PWind dir        SW       S     S       E     E       E    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 B2   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         60      20    10       0    10      50    70      30    40
Rain           L  C  S                           S    C  L  C  C    C  C  C
Snow                                                                C  C

$$
MTZ007-221000-
Butte-Silver Bow MT
45.95N 112.50W Elev. 5550 ft
230 PM MDT Fri Mar 21 2025

Date           03/21/25      Sat 03/22/25            Sun 03/23/25            Mon
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                      26          36          20          45          36
Temp          43 44 37 33 32 30 29 31 34 33 27 24 23 23 27 36 43 44 40 38 39 39
Dewpt         20 19 21 22 25 22 17 15 12 12 15 14 13 15 16 21 24 27 30 30 32 33
RH            39 36 52 63 75 72 60 51 39 41 60 65 65 71 63 54 47 51 67 73 76 79
Wind dir       W SW  S SW  W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      13 12 10 10  9 10 17 21 23 18 10  4  2  2  2  5 11 11  9  8  8  8
Wind gust     24          19 21 31 34 33 31                      21
Clouds        B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          40           0          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.05           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     1       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              S  S  S  S  S
Snow                    L  L  C  C                                S
Wind chill    36 38 30 25 24 21 17 18 22 22 17 18             37 38 34 32 33 33
Min chill        36    25    21    16    21    17    17    24    35    32    32
Wind                                Y  Y
Winter Weath            Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           03/24/25  Tue 03/25/25  Wed 03/26/25  Thu 03/27/25  Fri 03/28/25
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      33    59      33    63      38    57      28    45
Temp          47 49 40   36 51 57 40   35 53 61 45   41 51 50 37   31 39 42
Dewpt         34 32 33   32 34 31 32   29 33 32 35   33 34 31 28   24 20 19
PWind dir         W       W    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 OV B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      10     0       0     0      20    60      40    40
Rain           S  S                                   S  C  L  C
Snow                                                           C    C  C  C

$$
IDZ010-221000-
Salmon-Lemhi ID
45.12N 113.88W Elev. 4045 ft
230 PM MDT Fri Mar 21 2025

Date           03/21/25      Sat 03/22/25            Sun 03/23/25            Mon
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                      30          44          25          49          37
Temp          47 47 41 38 36 34 33 38 41 41 34 29 29 28 30 40 46 48 43 41 41 39
Dewpt         23 22 26 26 28 27 22 18 15 14 17 17 19 20 22 25 27 30 33 34 35 35
RH            38 37 55 62 72 75 63 44 34 33 49 60 66 71 72 55 47 49 67 76 79 85
Wind dir      SW SW  S  S SW  W  W NW NW NW NW  W  N  N  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      10  9  8  9  9  9 11 13 13 10  4  1  0  0  1  2  4  5  4  4  3  3
Wind gust              19 20          25
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          50           0          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Rain              S  S  D  D                                      S  S  S  S  S
Snow                 S  D  D  C  C
Wind chill             32 29 27 24 30 33 35
Min chill              32    27    24    31    29    28    28          38    37
Winter Weath      Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           03/24/25  Tue 03/25/25  Wed 03/26/25  Thu 03/27/25  Fri 03/28/25
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          57      33    62      33    65      39    57      30    50
Temp          50 54 41   36 50 59 42   35 52 63 46   41 51 52 38   33 43 47
Dewpt         38 36 35   32 37 33 33   30 35 35 36   36 34 29 29   27 24 21
PWind dir        SW       W     S       S     S       S    SW       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20       5     0       0     0      20    50      30    30
Rain           S                                      S  C  C  C    C  C  C
Snow                                                                C  C  C

$$
MTZ004-221000-
Lookout Pass-Mineral MT
47.45N 115.67W Elev. 6027 ft
230 PM MDT Fri Mar 21 2025

Date           03/21/25      Sat 03/22/25            Sun 03/23/25            Mon
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                      22          27          23          35          30
Temp          28 27 28 28 27 24 24 22 24 24 24 25 24 23 27 27 27 28 31 35 36 37
Dewpt         26 26 26 26 25 22 21 19 20 18 19 20 20 20 23 24 25 27 29 32 34 35
RH            92 96 92 92 92 92 88 88 84 77 81 81 84 88 85 88 92 96 92 89 92 92
Wind dir      SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      16 13 13 17 21 23 23 19 18 18 14 11 10 10 11 12 11 13 16 17 17 18
Clouds        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                    100          80          20          90         100
QPF 12hr                   0.93        0.35        0.08        0.32        0.40
Snow 12hr                    14           6           1
Rain                                                                    D  D  D
Snow           D  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  S  S  S  S  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Obvis         BS BS BS BS BS BS BS
Wind chill    16 16 17 16 13  9  9  7 10 10 11 14 14 12 17 16 17 17 20 25 26 27
Min chill        14    16     9     7     7    11    12    14    16    18    25
Winter Storm      W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           03/24/25  Tue 03/25/25  Wed 03/26/25  Thu 03/27/25  Fri 03/28/25
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          38      34    45      35    49      34    36      28    31
Temp          35 36 36   34 41 43 37   35 43 46 39   37 34 32 31   29 28 29
Dewpt         34 32 33   32 34 33 32   30 33 35 35   34 29 26 27   25 24 22
PWind dir        SW      SW     S       S    SE       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B2 OV OV B2   B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         80      30    10       5    20      70    90      60    70
Rain           D  C  C                     S  S  C    L  D
Snow           D  C  C                                   D  D  L    C  C  L

$$
IDZ006-221000-
Lowell-Idaho ID
46.15N 115.60W Elev. 1575 ft
130 PM PDT Fri Mar 21 2025

Date          Fri 03/21/25      Sat 03/22/25            Sun 03/23/25         Mon
PDT 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                      35          46          34          48          42
Temp          50 48 42 40 38 37 35 39 43 43 37 35 34 34 36 40 45 43 42 43 44 45
Dewpt         39 39 39 40 38 35 33 33 33 33 32 32 32 33 34 38 42 43 42 42 44 45
RH            66 71 89100100 92 92 79 67 67 82 89 92 96 92 92 89100100 96100100
Wind dir      SW SW SW  W SW  W  W  W  W  W  S  N  N  N  N  S  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd       3  2  2  2  3  4  4  4  5  3  1  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  2  2  1  1
Wind gust                 13 17 16 14 17
Clouds        B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                    100          80          20          80         100
QPF 12hr                   0.24        0.07        0.02        0.25        0.28
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           C  D  D     D  D  D  C  C        S  S  C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Rain shwrs              D
Snow                             D
Tstms                   S
Obvis                                                   PF             PF PF PF
Winter Weath      Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           03/24/25  Tue 03/25/25  Wed 03/26/25  Thu 03/27/25  Fri 03/28/25
PDT 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          56      42    64      42    68      45    56      37    51
Temp          48 52 45   42 53 59 45   42 56 63 50   46 49 50 41   38 43 46
Dewpt         47 49 44   42 47 48 43   40 47 51 47   45 45 43 39   37 37 36
PWind dir        SW      SE    SE       E    SE       E    NW      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B2 OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         80      20     0       5    20      70    90      70    70
Rain           D  C  S                        S  C    L  D  D  L    C  L  L

$$