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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
209 PM MDT Fri Mar 21 2025

MTZ312-221000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
209 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                      35          46          28          51          44
Temp          51 52 44 40 40 37 38 43 45 43 36 33 31 30 35 44 49 50 46 46 47 49
Dewpt         19 22 24 24 26 23 22 19 20 20 19 19 16 17 19 19 23 27 29 31 32 34
RH            28 31 45 52 57 56 52 38 36 39 50 56 53 58 52 36 36 41 51 55 56 56
Wind dir       W SW SW  S SW  W  W  W NW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      33 27 17 13 18 21 26 29 26 21 17 14 13 13 18 21 23 23 24 25 25 25
Wind gust     43 39                41    32
Clouds        B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          60          10          10          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S                                         S  S  S  S
Snow                          L  L  C  C


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          62      40    62      37    69      42    64      38    52
Temp          58 59 47   41 55 61 47   39 59 68 51   43 59 58 45   39 49 48
Dewpt         35 32 35   33 32 33 34   30 34 37 36   33 36 31 30   25 23 21
PWind dir         W       W    SW      SW    SW       S    SW      SW     W
Wind char        WY      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       0     0      10    30      30    30
Rain              S                                      S  C  C    S  S  C
Snow                                                                S  S

$$
MTZ303-221000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
209 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          43          26          46          39
Temp          51 48 40 36 34 31 32 39 42 39 33 30 28 27 31 42 46 43 40 41 41 43
Dewpt         23 26 28 28 26 23 22 22 21 20 21 18 17 17 19 20 22 24 27 29 30 32
RH            33 42 62 72 72 72 66 50 43 46 61 60 63 65 61 41 38 47 59 62 65 65
Wind dir       W  W SW SW  W  W NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  W  W  W
Wind spd      40 33 18 10 12 16 21 25 23 21 17 17 14 12 12 18 21 21 18 21 25 27
Wind gust     59 47             32 35 33                         32 29 33 39 41
Clouds        B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          60          10           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Rain                 S  C
Snow                 S  C  S  L  L  C  C
Obvis                           BS
High Wind      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          57      35    58      32    63      37    57      33    47
Temp          54 54 42   35 50 56 41   33 53 62 44   38 52 52 40   33 44 44
Dewpt         33 30 31   29 30 31 31   28 33 34 34   32 32 27 27   23 23 22
PWind dir         W       W    SW       W    SW      SE    SW       W     W
Wind char        VW      BZ    GN      GN    LT      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10       0     5       0     0      10    30      20    20
Rain                                                     S  C  S    S
Snow                                                                S  S  S

$$
MTZ319-221000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
209 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                      33          44          28          49          41
Temp          53 53 44 42 40 35 36 41 43 41 36 33 31 30 34 40 46 48 45 43 44 44
Dewpt         17 20 24 25 28 24 22 19 20 17 19 19 17 17 21 21 26 30 32 33 33 34
RH            24 27 45 50 62 64 56 41 39 37 50 56 56 58 58 46 45 49 60 67 65 68
Wind dir       W SW  S  S  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  W SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      19 14 10 10 10 13 20 26 26 21 13 10  8  5  5  9 11 10  8 10 10 10
Wind gust     33 26       20 27 40 48 44 40 26                            20 20
Clouds        B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          50           5          20          30
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Rain                    S  C                                   S  C  C  S  S  C
Snow                    S  C  C  C  C  S                    S
High Wind                     A  A  A


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      40    61      35    66      40    60      33    51
Temp          51 56 46   40 51 60 44   36 53 65 49   41 53 54 42   34 45 48
Dewpt         35 36 34   32 34 35 33   29 35 37 37   32 35 33 29   24 24 22
PWind dir         W      SW    SW      SW     S       S    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      20     5       0     5      10    50      40    40
Rain           C  C  S                                   C  C  C    C     C
Snow                                                                C  C

$$
MTZ326-221000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
209 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                      28          40          20          46          34
Temp          48 47 41 38 37 33 32 37 38 38 31 26 24 24 27 37 42 45 40 38 39 40
Dewpt         15 18 24 24 24 24 20 18 17 15 16 15 14 15 16 19 23 28 30 29 30 32
RH            26 31 50 57 59 69 61 46 42 38 53 62 65 68 63 48 46 51 67 70 70 73
Wind dir       W SW  S SE  S  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      14 12 10 10 10 10 13 18 19 16  9  5  5  4  5  8 10 10  9  9  9  9
Wind gust     28 23    20 21 21 27 35 37 28
Clouds        B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     40          70           5          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T           T       00-00
Rain                       S                                      C  C  S  S  C
Snow                       S  L  L  C  C
High Wind                     A  A  A


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      33    59      30    64      37    57      29    48
Temp          49 54 41   34 50 58 39   31 52 63 44   38 52 53 39   31 43 46
Dewpt         35 37 33   29 34 34 31   26 32 37 34   31 35 36 31   25 25 23
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       S     S      SE    SW      SW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         30      10     5       0     0       5    40      50    40
Rain           C  C                                      S  C  C    C  C  C
Snow                                                                C  C  C

$$
MTZ330-221000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
209 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                      23          35          10          38          28
Temp          34 33 28 28 27 26 26 32 34 31 21 16 13 12 17 32 37 36 32 31 30 31
Dewpt         20 21 23 22 22 22 20 17 15 13  9  8  6  6 10 19 25 26 26 26 27 28
RH            56 61 81 78 81 85 78 53 45 47 59 70 73 76 73 58 61 67 78 81 88 88
Wind dir      SW SW  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      10  9  8  8  9  9 10 11 12  9  4  2  2  2  2  5  8  6  5  5  4  4
Wind gust     25 26 24 25 25 25 27 33 33 27                   21 23 16
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     90          80           5          30          60
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.04           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                     1           1       00-00
Rain                                                                          C
Snow              S  C  D  L  L  L  S  C                    C  C  L  L  C  C  C
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          45      24    52      20    55      26    49      23    40
Temp          41 43 33   25 44 47 29   21 47 51 33   27 46 44 32   24 37 37
Dewpt         33 33 29   22 33 32 24   18 31 33 26   22 32 32 27   20 24 23
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       S     S       S     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         40      10     5       0     0      10    50      60    70
Rain           C  C                                      S  C  L
Snow           C                                         S     L    L  C  L

$$
MTZ328-221000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
209 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                      28          39          22          48          36
Temp          44 43 36 36 34 30 30 36 39 37 29 27 26 25 30 40 47 48 41 39 38 39
Dewpt         19 19 20 21 22 22 17 14 11 10 11 13 13 13 16 18 21 25 27 28 29 31
RH            36 38 52 54 61 72 58 40 31 32 46 55 57 60 55 41 35 40 57 64 70 73
Wind dir      SW  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      24 23 19 18 17 14 20 28 29 21 10  5  5  5  6 12 14 14 12 11 11 10
Wind gust     34 34 29          31 41 41 34                   25
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          50           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T           T       00-00
Snow                       S  C  C
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          55      33    62      35    67      40    60      31    48
Temp          52 53 42   34 53 61 42   36 55 65 48   41 56 55 42   32 45 45
Dewpt         34 32 33   28 32 30 32   29 32 31 35   32 32 29 29   23 20 17
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       S     S       S    SW      SW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10       5     0       0     0      10    40      40    30
Rain                                                     C  C  C    C
Snow                                                                C  C  C

$$
MTZ305-221000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
209 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          49          25          51          36
Temp          55 54 43 39 38 35 35 42 48 45 36 32 29 28 32 43 49 50 42 40 40 42
Dewpt         26 25 24 26 29 29 29 29 25 23 25 25 23 21 23 23 21 24 27 29 29 33
RH            32 32 47 59 70 78 78 60 40 41 64 75 78 75 69 45 33 36 55 64 64 70
Wind dir       W  W SW  S SW SW  W NW NW NW  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW  W
Wind spd      23 20 13 10 10 11 16 21 23 19 12 10 10 10 12 14 17 14 12 14 16 17
Clouds        B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          60          20           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.03        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S  S  L  C  C  C  S  S
Snow                             C        S  S


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          62      31    59      32    64      37    64      33    51
Temp          56 59 41   32 49 58 42   33 55 62 46   38 56 59 43   36 46 48
Dewpt         35 30 30   25 28 31 31   27 34 35 35   32 37 34 29   26 28 27
PWind dir         W      NW     W      SW    SE       E    SW       W     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B2 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       0     0      10    20      30    30
Rain              S                                         S  C    C  C  C
Snow                                                                   C

$$
MTZ314-221000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
209 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                      33          41          25          45          36
Temp          53 52 43 41 40 36 35 38 40 38 31 30 28 27 32 39 43 44 40 40 40 43
Dewpt         16 20 25 25 24 24 23 21 22 24 22 21 17 17 18 18 21 28 30 31 32 33
RH            23 28 49 52 52 61 61 50 48 57 69 69 63 65 56 42 41 53 67 70 73 67
Wind dir       W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      18 14 11 11 13 13 20 27 27 21 16 13 13 12 13 13 13 13 11 13 16 18
Wind gust     31 25       24 24 32 41 41 34 26             25 24    21 24 27 31
Clouds        B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          60          20           5          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05        0.02           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T           T
Rain                          L                                   C  C  C  C  S
Snow                          L  C  C  C  S  S
High Wind                     A  A  A


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          55      35    55      35    63      41    62      34    47
Temp          53 53 43   36 50 55 42   37 59 61 47   42 59 56 43   35 44 45
Dewpt         35 33 33   30 32 34 32   27 35 36 35   32 36 38 33   26 25 24
PWind dir         W       W     W      SW    SW      SE    SW       W     W
Wind char        WY      BZ    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         30      10     5       0     0       5    30      50    40
Rain           S  C                                         C  C    C     C
Snow                                                                C  C

$$
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