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National Weather Service Missoula MT
230 PM MDT Thu Oct 16 2025

MTZ005-171000-
Missoula-Missoula MT
46.92N 114.08W Elev. 3205 ft
230 PM MDT Thu Oct 16 2025

Date           10/16/25      Fri 10/17/25            Sat 10/18/25            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                      31          56          29          55          36
Temp          56 55 44 38 37 33 34 48 55 52 46 40 36 31 31 43 53 54 45 42 40 39
Dewpt         36 33 32 31 31 29 30 34 36 35 36 34 31 28 29 30 28 28 26 29 30 33
RH            47 43 62 76 79 85 85 58 49 52 68 79 82 88 92 60 38 36 47 60 67 79
Wind dir      NW  W NW  N NE NE  E  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  S SW SW SW  S  S SE  S
Wind spd       6  9  9  6  4  2  6 12 21 19 13 10  5  2  2  2  4  4  8 11 11 10
Clouds        FW FW B1 SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0          30          50           0          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                   S  C  C                          L  L  D
Wind chill                      28             33                      36 33 33
Min chill              33    31    28          33    27    30          36    32


Date           10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25
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      35    49      29    54      30    56      31    60
Temp          46 48 41   38 43 47 36   30 44 51 39   33 44 54 39   32 48 56
Dewpt         40 35 36   37 35 34 31   26 31 30 31   30 32 33 31   26 33 35
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      SW    SW       W    SW       S     S
Wind char        GN      BZ    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV B2   OV OV B2 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         90      90    50       5    10      20    10       5     5
Rain           D  D  D    D  C  S                S    S

$$
MTZ003-171000-
Kalispell-Flathead MT
48.30N 114.27W Elev. 2977 ft
230 PM MDT Thu Oct 16 2025

Date           10/16/25      Fri 10/17/25            Sat 10/18/25            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                      28          52          24          51          35
Temp          47 45 35 32 30 29 32 45 50 49 38 33 28 26 27 40 49 50 40 38 37 37
Dewpt         33 32 32 32 30 29 31 35 37 36 34 32 28 26 27 32 31 32 33 34 35 36
RH            58 60 89100100100 96 68 61 61 85 96100100100 73 50 50 76 85 92 96
Wind dir       S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd       3  4  4  5  4  5  9 11 13 11  5  4  2  2  3  4  5  5  8  9 11 13
Clouds        FW FW B1 FW B2 SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5          40          40           0          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.01           0        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                   C  C  C                    C  C  D  D  D
Wind chill                   23 24 39                                  32 30 29
Min chill              27    23    23          29    25    23          32    29


Date           10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25
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      34    48      30    49      30    51      30    56
Temp          44 45 38   36 43 46 35   30 42 48 37   32 44 50 36   31 48 53
Dewpt         42 39 38   35 36 37 34   30 34 37 35   32 36 36 33   29 36 37
PWind dir        SW       S    SW      SW     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   OV B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         90      80    50      10    20      20    10      10    10
Rain           D  D  D    L  C  C             S  S

$$
MTZ007-171000-
Butte-Silver Bow MT
45.95N 112.50W Elev. 5550 ft
230 PM MDT Thu Oct 16 2025

Date           10/16/25      Fri 10/17/25            Sat 10/18/25            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                      28          56          25          52          34
Temp          42 41 33 30 29 30 32 49 54 51 43 36 32 27 27 42 50 51 43 39 36 36
Dewpt         27 26 24 24 23 23 25 29 28 29 29 27 26 22 22 21 18 20 20 23 23 25
RH            55 55 69 78 78 75 75 46 36 42 57 69 78 81 81 43 28 29 39 52 59 64
Wind dir      NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W NW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd       9  6  5  8  6  5  8 14 21 21 16 13  9  5  5  6 10  8 10 13 10  9
Wind gust                                   27 26
Clouds        B1 FW FW SC SC B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C                                C
Wind chill             22 22 24 25          35 27 24 21 21          37 31 29 30
Min chill        36    22    21    23          27    20    19          31    28


Date           10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25
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      27    45      24    52      26    55      29    59
Temp          48 44 34   30 40 42 30   25 44 48 36   28 47 49 35   29 51 53
Dewpt         33 29 27   27 26 25 22   18 24 25 25   23 24 23 21   19 25 27
PWind dir        SW       W     W       W    SW       W    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 OV B2   B2 B2 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      60    40       5     0      10    10       5     5
Rain           C  D  L
Snow                 L    L  C  S

$$
IDZ010-171000-
Salmon-Lemhi ID
45.12N 113.88W Elev. 4045 ft
230 PM MDT Thu Oct 16 2025

Date           10/16/25      Fri 10/17/25            Sat 10/18/25            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          59          29          57          35
Temp          54 54 42 36 33 31 32 46 57 57 47 42 36 31 32 45 55 56 45 39 37 36
Dewpt         35 36 32 31 30 27 29 30 33 35 34 35 32 28 30 30 29 32 28 28 28 28
RH            48 50 67 82 89 85 88 53 40 43 60 76 85 88 92 55 37 40 51 64 70 72
Wind dir       N NW  S  S  S SE SE NE NW NW NW NW NW  W SW  S SW SW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd       5  5  3  4  3  2  4  6 12 14 10 10  5  2  2  2  4  3 10 13 12  9
Wind gust                                25 25 23
Clouds        FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                          C
Wind chill                                     36                      31 29 29
Min chill              32    28    28          36    27    31          31    27


Date           10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25
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      29    50      26    56      27    57      29    59
Temp          49 48 37   33 43 48 33   27 45 52 36   29 46 53 37   30 47 55
Dewpt         37 38 33   32 31 33 27   23 29 32 29   26 32 33 29   25 31 35
PWind dir        SW       W     W      SW    SW       W    SW      SW     S
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B1   B2 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      50    10       0     0       5     5       0     0
Rain           C  L  C    C

$$
MTZ004-171000-
Lookout Pass-Mineral MT
47.45N 115.67W Elev. 6027 ft
230 PM MDT Thu Oct 16 2025

Date           10/16/25      Fri 10/17/25            Sat 10/18/25            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                      31          35          27          37          30
Temp          37 34 32 33 34 33 32 32 33 32 31 31 30 28 27 31 36 33 33 37 37 38
Dewpt         25 26 26 25 24 25 25 29 32 31 28 25 22 21 22 25 23 21 23 29 30 33
RH            61 72 78 72 66 72 75 88 96 96 88 78 72 75 81 78 59 61 66 72 75 82
Wind dir       W  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  S SW SW SW  S  S  S SW
Wind spd       5  5  9 11 11 11 14 13 12 11 10 10  9  9  8  5  5  5 10 16 18 18
Wind gust                             23
Clouds        FW FW SC FW B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          50          30          10          90
QPF 12hr                      0        0.13           0           0        0.34
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Rain                                   C  C                       C  C  D  D  D
Snow                                   C  C  C                    C
Wind chill          24 24 26 24 21 22 23 23 22 22 22 19 19 25       25 28 27 28
Min chill        29    24    24    21    23    22    19    18    28    25    27


Date           10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25
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          37      27    32      29    36      29    39      33    44
Temp          32 31 34   33 29 29 30   30 32 31 33   31 33 34 35   34 38 38
Dewpt         32 31 30   29 29 29 26   23 28 29 28   26 30 29 25   23 29 30
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       S    SW      SW    SW       S    SW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr        100      90    60      10    30      30    20      20    20
Rain           D                                            S       S  S  S
Snow           D  D  D    L  L  L             C  C    C  S  S       S  S

$$
IDZ006-171000-
Lowell-Idaho ID
46.15N 115.60W Elev. 1575 ft
130 PM PDT Thu Oct 16 2025

Date          Thu 10/16/25      Fri 10/17/25            Sat 10/18/25         Sun
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                      36          61          34          63          42
Temp          57 53 43 41 40 38 38 53 61 55 46 44 40 36 36 51 62 57 48 47 46 45
Dewpt         43 45 41 39 37 36 36 43 47 52 46 44 40 36 35 43 41 45 40 40 40 42
RH            59 74 93 92 89 92 92 69 60 90100100100100 96 74 46 64 74 76 79 89
Wind dir       W  W  E  E  E  N SE SW  W  W  W SW  S  N SE SE  S SW SE SE SE  S
Wind spd       2  1  1  1  1  0  2  4  9  9  4  2  1  0  1  1  1  1  4  5  3  2
Wind gust                                   14
Clouds        FW CL B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5          20          40           0          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C                    S  S  L  L  D
Obvis                                             PF  F PF


Date           10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25
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          53      37    53      32    59      35    63      35    67
Temp          48 49 43   40 45 48 39   33 49 53 40   37 51 55 40   36 52 58
Dewpt         48 48 42   40 45 48 38   33 41 48 40   37 44 50 40   34 44 52
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       E     S       S     S      SE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   OV B2 B1 FW   FW SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         90      90    40       5    10      20    10      10    10
Rain           D  D  D    D  C                        S

$$