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National Weather Service Missoula MT
230 PM MDT Thu Mar 27 2025

MTZ005-281000-
Missoula-Missoula MT
46.92N 114.08W Elev. 3205 ft
230 PM MDT Thu Mar 27 2025

Date           03/27/25      Fri 03/28/25            Sat 03/29/25            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          56          35          50          32
Temp          69 68 55 49 42 39 41 49 52 54 45 41 38 36 37 43 47 48 42 39 35 33
Dewpt         40 39 37 39 37 35 36 36 35 38 36 36 36 33 34 32 33 33 32 32 30 30
RH            35 34 51 68 82 85 82 61 52 54 70 82 92 89 89 65 58 56 67 76 82 89
Wind dir      SW SW  W  E  E  E  E  S  W NW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  N
Wind spd      10 11  5  2  2  2  2  3  5  5  3  2  2  1  2  4  6  6  3  2  1  1
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          60          60          60          40
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.02        0.06        0.02        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C  L  L  S  S  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S  S
Rain shwrs        C
Snow                                                  C                 S  S  S
Tstms             S


Date           03/30/25  Mon 03/31/25  Tue 04/01/25  Wed 04/02/25  Thu 04/03/25
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      31    53      32    48      29    51      28    53
Temp          43 52 38   32 43 51 38   34 39 46 35   30 42 49 36   29 43 51
Dewpt         29 30 31   28 32 34 31   29 27 27 28   25 27 28 28   24 27 29
PWind dir        SE       E     S       W     W       W     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    80      60    50      20    30      20    40
Rain           S             C  D  L    L  C  C  S          C  S    S  C  C
Snow           S             C          L  C  C  S    S  S     S    S  C

$$
MTZ003-281000-
Kalispell-Flathead MT
48.30N 114.27W Elev. 2977 ft
230 PM MDT Thu Mar 27 2025

Date           03/27/25      Fri 03/28/25            Sat 03/29/25            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                      39          51          35          50          33
Temp          62 60 50 45 43 41 41 47 49 49 44 41 38 36 38 45 48 48 42 38 35 34
Dewpt         39 38 42 42 41 39 40 40 39 38 39 38 37 34 36 35 32 31 33 33 32 30
RH            43 44 74 89 93 92 96 76 68 66 82 89 96 92 92 68 54 51 70 82 89 85
Wind dir      SW SW  W  S  S SE  S  S SW SW  S  S SE SE SE SW  W  W  W  N  N NE
Wind spd      12 10  5  3  3  4  5  6  6  5  2  2  2  2  3  4  4  5  3  2  2  2
Wind gust        20
Clouds        B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     90          90          40          40          30
QPF 12hr                   0.20        0.11        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           C     D  D  D  D  D           C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Rain shwrs        D                 D  D  C
Snow                                                  C                 C  C  S
Tstms             S                 S  S  S


Date           03/30/25  Mon 03/31/25  Tue 04/01/25  Wed 04/02/25  Thu 04/03/25
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      30    50      33    47      31    49      30    52
Temp          44 52 36   31 45 48 39   35 42 47 35   32 45 47 36   31 46 50
Dewpt         33 30 32   28 35 33 35   32 32 29 30   29 33 28 31   28 33 28
PWind dir         E       E     E       S    SW       S     S      SW     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20       5    70      40    50      20    30      20    30
Rain              S          C  L  C    C  C  C             C  S    S  S  C
Snow           S             C          C  C          S        S    S  S

$$
MTZ007-281000-
Butte-Silver Bow MT
45.95N 112.50W Elev. 5550 ft
230 PM MDT Thu Mar 27 2025

Date           03/27/25      Fri 03/28/25            Sat 03/29/25            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                      32          53          30          42          26
Temp          64 61 50 43 39 34 38 49 52 48 40 36 33 31 32 37 40 40 34 31 28 27
Dewpt         26 25 29 29 29 26 26 26 26 28 33 33 31 28 29 28 28 28 28 26 25 23
RH            23 25 44 57 67 72 62 40 36 46 76 89 92 88 88 70 62 62 78 81 88 85
Wind dir      SW SW  S  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW
Wind spd      14 17  5  5  2  2  2  5  6  4  2  2  2  2  2  2  6  8  5  4  3  2
Wind gust     26 31
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          30          70          80          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.14        0.17        0.27
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Rain                                C        L  C
Rain shwrs                             C  L
Snow                                            C  C  C  C  D  D  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                                  S  S
Wind chill                                                       34
Min chill                    34    33          36    31    31    34    26    23


Date           03/30/25  Mon 03/31/25  Tue 04/01/25  Wed 04/02/25  Thu 04/03/25
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          41      24    46      23    40      21    42      23    45
Temp          35 41 29   25 40 43 31   26 36 38 27   22 36 42 29   24 40 43
Dewpt         25 24 23   21 27 26 24   21 22 20 19   15 20 20 20   17 23 23
PWind dir        NE      SE     S      SW     W       W    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   B2 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         30       5    60      60    50      20    20      20    30
Rain                            L
Snow           C  S          S  L  L    C  C  C  S          S  S    S     C

$$
IDZ010-281000-
Salmon-Lemhi ID
45.12N 113.88W Elev. 4045 ft
230 PM MDT Thu Mar 27 2025

Date           03/27/25      Fri 03/28/25            Sat 03/29/25            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                      35          55          32          49          29
Temp          65 64 52 45 42 38 38 48 52 52 43 39 35 33 35 42 46 47 40 37 34 30
Dewpt         27 28 33 33 33 30 31 29 28 30 31 31 29 29 30 29 28 28 28 28 27 25
RH            24 25 48 62 70 73 76 47 39 43 62 73 78 85 82 60 49 47 62 70 75 81
Wind dir      SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  W  W  W  N  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N
Wind spd      17 14  9  4  2  2  2  4  5  4  2  0  1  1  1  2  5  8  4  2  1  0
Wind gust     32 28
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          40          30          70          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05        0.01        0.03        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                C  C  C  C        C  C  L  L  C  C  S
Snow                                                  C  C           C  S  S


Date           03/30/25  Mon 03/31/25  Tue 04/01/25  Wed 04/02/25  Thu 04/03/25
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      30    53      28    45      26    48      26    51
Temp          42 51 36   31 45 51 35   30 38 44 32   27 39 47 34   27 43 50
Dewpt         26 23 26   26 29 27 25   24 23 21 21   20 22 22 22   21 23 24
PWind dir         S       S     S      SW     W       W    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10       5    70      50    50      10    20      20    40
Rain                         C  L  C    C                      S    S     C
Snow                         C          C  C  C          S  S  S    S  C  C

$$
MTZ004-281000-
Lookout Pass-Mineral MT
47.45N 115.67W Elev. 6027 ft
230 PM MDT Thu Mar 27 2025

Date           03/27/25      Fri 03/28/25            Sat 03/29/25            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                      32          34          29          32          27
Temp          43 42 36 34 34 34 34 32 31 31 31 31 30 29 31 30 31 30 30 30 29 28
Dewpt         33 32 32 32 31 32 32 31 30 29 29 29 28 27 27 25 24 23 25 25 24 24
RH            67 67 85 92 89 92 92 96 96 92 92 92 92 92 85 81 75 75 81 81 81 85
Wind dir      SW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW
Wind spd      14 14  9  9 10 11 11 12 10 10  9  9  9  9 10 11 10 10  9  6  6  6
Wind gust     25
Clouds        B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     90         100          50          60          20
QPF 12hr                   0.24        0.22        0.04        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                     1           2           T
Rain                 D
Rain shwrs     L  D
Snow                 D  D  D  D  D  D  D     C  S  S  C  C  L  L  S  S  S  S
Snowshwrs                                 C
Tstms          S  S                       S
Wind chill    36 34 29 27 26 25 26 23 22 22 23 23 21 21 22 20 23 22 22 23 21 20
Min chill        34    27    23    23    22    23    21    20    21    21    20


Date           03/30/25  Mon 03/31/25  Tue 04/01/25  Wed 04/02/25  Thu 04/03/25
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      29    34      26    29      25    32      25    35
Temp          33 36 32   29 33 30 30   28 27 27 27   25 29 31 28   26 32 33
Dewpt         23 23 25   25 28 24 25   23 21 20 23   21 22 22 24   22 22 24
PWind dir        SE      SE     S      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr         20      30    90      70    80      30    60      30    60
Snow              S       C  L  D  L    L  L  D  C    C  C  L  C    C  C  L

$$
IDZ006-281000-
Lowell-Idaho ID
46.15N 115.60W Elev. 1575 ft
130 PM PDT Thu Mar 27 2025

Date          Thu 03/27/25      Fri 03/28/25            Sat 03/29/25         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                      44          56          40          48          33
Temp          66 62 50 48 45 45 44 52 55 50 43 42 41 41 40 42 47 46 41 39 36 34
Dewpt         42 43 44 44 41 41 40 43 45 46 42 41 40 40 39 39 40 39 38 37 34 32
RH            42 50 80 86 86 86 86 71 69 86 96 96 96 96 96 89 76 76 89 92 92 92
Wind dir      SW  W  E SE SE SE SE SW  W  W  N  N  N  N  N  W  W  W  W  N  N  N
Wind spd       5  4  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  1  0  0  0  0  2  3  2  1  0  0  0
Wind gust     17 14
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                     70          90          90          80          20
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.11        0.19        0.08        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           C     L  C  C  C  C           D  L  L  D  D  D  D  S  S
Rain shwrs        L                 D  D  D
Tstms             S                 S  S  S


Date           03/30/25  Mon 03/31/25  Tue 04/01/25  Wed 04/02/25  Thu 04/03/25
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          57      39    55      36    48      34    52      34    54
Temp          49 54 42   40 47 49 39   37 42 45 37   35 45 49 39   35 48 51
Dewpt         39 37 38   37 43 42 37   36 37 36 35   33 38 38 36   32 38 39
PWind dir         E       E     S      SW     W       S     S      SE     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B2 B2 OV OV   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr         10      30   100      90    80      40    50      40    60
Rain                      C  D  D  D    L  D  D  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  L

$$