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National Weather Service Missoula MT
230 PM MDT Sun May 11 2025

MTZ005-121000-
Missoula-Missoula MT
46.92N 114.08W Elev. 3205 ft
230 PM MDT Sun May 11 2025

Date           05/11/25      Mon 05/12/25            Tue 05/13/25            Wed
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                      46          63          40          61          40
Temp          75 76 65 57 52 48 50 56 60 59 52 47 43 41 46 53 57 59 52 47 43 41
Dewpt         43 44 41 43 45 41 41 40 38 37 36 38 37 36 38 38 37 39 38 39 38 37
RH            32 32 41 59 77 77 71 55 44 44 54 71 79 82 73 57 47 47 59 74 82 85
Wind dir       W  W NE NW NW NW  W  W NW NW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW  W  W
Wind spd       8  8  5  5  5  3  6  9 10 10  9  5  2  2  5  6 10 10  8  4  3  2
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          70          30          70          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.05           0        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       L  C  C        C  C  S  S  C  C        S  S        C
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  L           L  L                    L  L
Tstms          C  C  C  C           S  S                    S  S


Date           05/14/25  Thu 05/15/25  Fri 05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25
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          60      42    63      41    63      41    66      42    63
Temp          52 59 49   43 55 62 48   41 55 60 49   42 56 64 49   43 54 61
Dewpt         40 41 41   39 39 38 39   37 39 38 41   38 41 41 41   39 40 40
PWind dir         W       W     W      NW    SW       W    SW       W     W
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         60      30    40      10    40      40    70      40    50
Rain           C  L  C    S  C  C          S  C  C    C  C     C    C  C
Rain shwrs                                                  L             C
Tstms                                                       S             S

$$
MTZ003-121000-
Kalispell-Flathead MT
48.30N 114.27W Elev. 2977 ft
230 PM MDT Sun May 11 2025

Date           05/11/25      Mon 05/12/25            Tue 05/13/25            Wed
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          61          40          57          39
Temp          70 69 60 53 49 47 49 55 59 59 52 45 42 40 46 51 55 56 51 45 41 40
Dewpt         42 43 45 46 46 44 43 41 38 36 36 39 37 37 40 40 40 41 41 41 39 38
RH            36 39 58 77 89 89 80 59 45 42 54 79 82 89 79 66 57 57 68 86 92 92
Wind dir      NW NW NW NW  W  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW  W  W  W SW SW  S SW
Wind spd       5  5  4  5  5  6 10 12 13 11  9  5  3  2  4  5  6  5  3  2  2  2
Clouds        B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     90          70          30          80          20
QPF 12hr                   0.32        0.03           0        0.17        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             L              C  C  L  L        S  S        S
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  D  D  L     C  C                    D  D
Tstms          C  C  C  C  S  S     C  C                    S  S


Date           05/14/25  Thu 05/15/25  Fri 05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25
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          60      42    58      40    60      42    62      42    62
Temp          55 58 48   43 52 57 46   41 55 58 47   42 55 61 47   42 57 61
Dewpt         43 42 43   41 41 41 41   38 41 41 43   40 43 41 41   39 43 42
PWind dir        SW      SW     E       S     S       S     S       W    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50      60    60      20    40      30    60      40    50
Rain           S     C    L  L  C       S  C  C  C    C  C     C    C  C
Rain shwrs        C                                         L             C
Tstms             S                                         S             S

$$
MTZ007-121000-
Butte-Silver Bow MT
45.95N 112.50W Elev. 5550 ft
230 PM MDT Sun May 11 2025

Date           05/11/25      Mon 05/12/25            Tue 05/13/25            Wed
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          65          35          51          35
Temp          70 71 61 53 50 46 51 61 63 61 50 41 38 36 38 44 49 50 45 40 37 35
Dewpt         33 32 35 38 36 31 27 23 23 27 33 35 35 33 34 34 32 34 35 35 34 33
RH            25 24 38 57 58 55 39 23 21 27 52 79 89 89 85 68 52 54 68 82 89 92
Wind dir      SW SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NW NW
Wind spd      19 18 11  8  5  4 10 18 18 16 10  4  2  2  3  5  8 10  8  6  5  5
Wind gust                       21 31 28
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 SC B2 FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr                     20          20          80          80          60
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0        0.26        0.17        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S  S  L  L  D  D  L  L        L  L  C  C  C
Rain shwrs     C  S  S                                      D  D
Snow                                                                       C  C
Tstms          S  S  S                                      S  S


Date           05/14/25  Thu 05/15/25  Fri 05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25
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      35    55      35    57      36    59      36    56
Temp          46 52 41   36 50 54 41   35 52 55 43   37 54 56 42   37 49 55
Dewpt         34 33 34   31 33 34 34   32 33 34 37   34 35 35 36   34 35 35
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW       N    SW      NW     W      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr         70      40    50      10    40      40    70      50    60
Rain           C     C    S  C                   C    C  C     C    C  C
Rain shwrs        L             C             C             L             L
Snow           C
Tstms             S             S             S             S             S

$$
IDZ010-121000-
Salmon-Lemhi ID
45.12N 113.88W Elev. 4045 ft
230 PM MDT Sun May 11 2025

Date           05/11/25      Mon 05/12/25            Tue 05/13/25            Wed
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          69          39          58          38
Temp          77 76 65 58 53 47 52 63 68 64 55 48 44 40 45 51 56 57 49 45 42 39
Dewpt         33 33 34 34 33 32 29 27 27 25 29 33 35 34 36 34 32 33 34 34 35 34
RH            20 21 31 40 46 56 41 25 21 22 37 56 70 79 70 52 40 40 56 65 76 82
Wind dir       S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S SW  W SW  E NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd      19 18 11  9  6  4 10 16 18 13  6  2  2  1  2  5  9 10  8  5  4  2
Wind gust     36 35 27 21       20 29 34 29 17                   20 18
Clouds        SC B2 SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          10          50          80          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.06        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  C  C  L  L        C  C  C  C  C
Rain shwrs                                                  D  D
Tstms                                                       S  S
Wind           Y  Y


Date           05/14/25  Thu 05/15/25  Fri 05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25
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          59      38    64      38    63      40    66      40    63
Temp          52 58 47   39 55 63 47   39 55 60 49   40 57 61 49   41 54 62
Dewpt         34 33 34   33 33 31 33   33 35 36 38   36 38 36 37   36 36 35
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NW     W      NW     W      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         30      10    10      10    20      30    50      40    30
Rain           C                                 C    S  C     C    C  C
Rain shwrs        S                           S             C             C
Tstms             S                           S             S             S

$$
MTZ004-121000-
Lookout Pass-Mineral MT
47.45N 115.67W Elev. 6027 ft
230 PM MDT Sun May 11 2025

Date           05/11/25      Mon 05/12/25            Tue 05/13/25            Wed
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          41          34          39          36
Temp          54 52 45 42 37 36 35 36 38 39 36 36 36 34 36 36 37 38 36 37 37 37
Dewpt         36 35 38 38 35 34 33 31 30 31 31 31 32 31 32 32 32 34 33 33 33 33
RH            50 52 76 86 92 92 92 82 73 73 82 82 85 89 85 85 82 85 89 85 85 85
Wind dir      SW  W NW  W  W  W SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW
Wind spd       6  6  8 10 10 11 11 11 10 11 11  9  9  9  9  9  8  9  9  8  9  9
Clouds        B1 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                    100          70          30          80          30
QPF 12hr                   0.52        0.14        0.05        0.07        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       D              C  C                 D  C  C  C  C  C
Rain shwrs     C  D  D  D              L
Snow                       D  L  L        C  C  S  S  C  C  D  D  C  C  C  C  C
Snowshwrs                           L  L
Tstms          C  C  C  S           S  S
Wind chill             36 30 28 27 28 31 31 28 29 29 27 29 29 30 32 29 31 30 30
Min chill              36    28    26    30    28    27    27    29    29    30


Date           05/14/25  Thu 05/15/25  Fri 05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25
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          39      36    44      36    40      36    45      37    43
Temp          36 38 39   36 38 43 38   36 38 38 38   38 40 44 40   38 38 43
Dewpt         34 33 33   31 30 32 31   30 30 33 32   33 33 34 32   33 32 33
PWind dir         W      SW     W      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr         70      30    30      20    50      50    70      50    60
Rain           C  L  C    S     C       S  C  C  C    C  L     C    C  C  L
Rain shwrs                                                  L
Snow           C  L  C    S  S  C       S  C  C  C    C  L          C  C  L
Tstms                                                       S

$$
IDZ006-121000-
Lowell-Idaho ID
46.15N 115.60W Elev. 1575 ft
130 PM PDT Sun May 11 2025

Date          Sun 05/11/25      Mon 05/12/25            Tue 05/13/25         Wed
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                      47          63          45          62          45
Temp          78 77 61 54 50 48 49 55 62 57 50 46 46 45 46 54 61 59 50 48 47 45
Dewpt         48 49 52 52 50 47 47 49 49 48 47 45 45 45 46 48 48 46 46 46 46 45
RH            35 37 72 93100 96 93 80 62 72 89 96 96100100 80 62 62 86 93 96100
Wind dir       W  W  W  W SW  W SW SW  W  W  W  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  N  N  N
Wind spd       4  3  2  2  1  1  1  2  3  3  1  0  0  0  0  2  3  3  1  0  0  0
Wind gust        13
Clouds        SC B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B1 B1 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     80          90          70          80          30
QPF 12hr                   0.24        0.24        0.06        0.12        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       D  D  D        L  L  C  C  D  D        C  C  S  S  L
Rain shwrs     S  L  L  D           D  D                    D  D
Tstms          S  C  C  S           C  C                    S  S
Obvis                     PF  F PF                PF  F PF                PF  F


Date           05/14/25  Thu 05/15/25  Fri 05/16/25  Sat 05/17/25  Sun 05/18/25
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          62      46    69      46    65      46    70      47    65
Temp          55 59 49   46 58 67 50   46 58 63 52   47 62 64 51   48 58 63
Dewpt         49 50 47   44 45 46 45   44 46 49 48   45 49 49 48   47 48 48
PWind dir         W       W    NW      NW     W      NW     W       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV B2 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         70      20    20      20    50      50    70      50    50
Rain           L     S       S          S  C  C  C    C  L     C    C  C  C
Rain shwrs        L                                         L
Tstms             S                                         S

$$