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National Weather Service Missoula MT
350 AM MDT Fri May 16 2025

MTZ005-162200-
Missoula-Missoula MT
46.92N 114.08W Elev. 3205 ft
350 AM MDT Fri May 16 2025

Date             Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      59          38          67          42          53
Temp             38 43 53 57 57 51 45 41 38 44 57 64 64 57 50 45 43 45 47 49 50
Dewpt            35 36 37 38 38 39 39 37 36 38 39 36 38 40 43 42 39 40 38 38 37
RH               89 76 54 49 49 63 79 85 92 79 51 35 38 53 77 89 86 82 71 66 61
Wind dir          N  N NW  W NW NW  N  E  N SE SW NW  N  N NW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          0  0  2  5  8  5  1  1  0  1  1  3  6  6  4  5  5  9 10 13 13
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr                     50          20          20          80          90
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0        0.43        0.27
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              S  S  C  C  S  S              S  S        D  D  D  D  D  D  C
Rain shwrs                                            C  C
Tstms                                                 S  S
Obvis                                    PF


Date               Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            36    61      40    65      39    67      39    68
Temp          42   37 50 60 48   41 58 64 48   39 58 66 48   39 56 67
Dewpt         36   34 35 37 38   37 41 37 37   35 36 35 36   33 34 36
PWind dir           W     W       W    SW       W     W      NW    SW
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           40    20      40    50      20    20      20    20
Rain           C          S  C    C  C     S          S  S    S  S  S
Rain shwrs                              C
Tstms                                   S

$$
MTZ003-162200-
Kalispell-Flathead MT
48.30N 114.27W Elev. 2977 ft
350 AM MDT Fri May 16 2025

Date             Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      58          39          64          43          52
Temp             37 44 53 56 55 50 45 42 40 45 55 62 63 56 49 45 43 46 49 50 50
Dewpt            36 38 40 40 41 41 42 41 38 41 40 39 37 39 40 41 42 43 43 42 42
RH               96 79 61 55 59 71 89 96 92 86 57 43 38 53 71 86 96 89 80 74 74
Wind dir          W  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE  S  S  S NE  N  N  N  N SW SW SW SW
Wind spd          2  2  4  6  6  4  3  2  2  2  3  3  2  2  4  4  4  6  8  9  9
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     60          40          10          50          80
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.01           0        0.10        0.49
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              S  S  L  L  C  C                          C  C  D  D  D  D  C
Obvis            PF                   PF PF


Date               Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            39    58      40    62      38    64      38    64
Temp          44   40 51 57 47   41 57 61 46   38 59 64 45   38 56 64
Dewpt         41   39 39 38 41   38 41 39 38   35 37 34 35   33 36 36
PWind dir           S     S      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr           40    20      30    50      10    20      20    30
Rain           C          S  C    C  C                S       S  S  C
Rain shwrs                              C
Tstms                                   S

$$
MTZ007-162200-
Butte-Silver Bow MT
45.95N 112.50W Elev. 5550 ft
350 AM MDT Fri May 16 2025

Date             Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      53          33          60          38          47
Temp             34 38 47 51 51 46 40 37 35 41 51 57 58 50 45 41 39 41 44 45 45
Dewpt            33 32 32 34 34 35 36 34 34 34 36 34 34 37 40 39 37 38 36 33 32
RH               96 79 56 52 52 65 85 89 96 76 56 42 40 61 82 92 92 89 73 62 60
Wind dir         NW  W NW  W NW NW NW  W  N  S  S SE  E NE NE  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          1  1  2  4  5  2  1  1  0  1  3  4  5  4  3  3  4  6 11 14 14
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     60          40          50          80         100
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.01        0.01        0.31        0.15
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              S  S  L  L     C                          D  D  D  D  D  D  C
Rain shwrs                    C                 C  C  D  D
Tstms                         S                 S  S  C  C
Obvis            PF                   PF PF
Wind chill                                                             38 39 39
Min chill        34    32                35    34                35    36    39


Date               Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            32    54      33    61      34    62      36    64
Temp          37   32 46 53 40   33 54 60 42   35 54 61 43   36 56 63
Dewpt         32   29 29 30 31   29 31 31 31   30 29 30 32   29 29 30
PWind dir          NW    NW       W    SW       W     W      NW     W
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC FW SC SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr           50    20      20    50      30    20      20    20
Rain           C    C  S     S    S  S  C  C             S    S     S
Rain shwrs                                            S
Snow                C  S
Tstms                                                 S

$$
IDZ010-162200-
Salmon-Lemhi ID
45.12N 113.88W Elev. 4045 ft
350 AM MDT Fri May 16 2025

Date             Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      59          38          65          41          52
Temp             39 43 51 57 57 51 46 42 40 45 56 63 60 53 50 46 42 45 46 50 49
Dewpt            33 34 36 36 37 38 37 37 37 37 38 33 38 41 42 40 38 37 33 31 30
RH               79 70 56 45 47 61 71 82 89 73 51 32 44 64 74 79 86 73 60 48 48
Wind dir          N  N  N NW  N NW  S  N  N  N SE  E SW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          0  0  1  2  4  2  1  0  0  0  1  2  3  2  3  3  4  6 10 13 13
Wind gust                                                                 24 26
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          20          30          90          80
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.01        0.03        0.23        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              S  S  L  L  S  S                          D  D  D  D  C  C  C
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  D  D
Tstms                                           S  S  S  S
Obvis                                    PF


Date               Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            34    62      36    68      38    71      39    71
Temp          42   35 51 61 47   37 58 67 49   39 60 69 50   39 60 70
Dewpt         30   30 31 30 33   31 34 33 34   33 35 30 34   31 32 31
PWind dir          NW    NW       W    SW       W     W       W     W
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           30     5      20    20      10     5      10    10
Rain           C                  S  S  S

$$
MTZ004-162200-
Lookout Pass-Mineral MT
47.45N 115.67W Elev. 6027 ft
350 AM MDT Fri May 16 2025

Date             Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      38          34          48          29          34
Temp             34 35 35 35 35 34 35 35 34 38 42 46 46 41 40 39 35 30 29 31 32
Dewpt            30 30 31 32 32 32 31 32 31 32 30 31 33 35 36 36 32 29 29 29 29
RH               85 82 85 89 89 92 85 89 89 79 62 55 60 79 85 89 89 96100 92 88
Wind dir          W  W SW SW  W SW SW SW  S SE  E NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          6  6  6  6  8  6  6  6  5  5  4  3  5  8  9 10 11 13 12 11 12
Clouds           B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     80          20          40          80          80
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0        0.04        0.42        0.30
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    D  D  S  S              C  C        D  D
Rain shwrs                                            C  C
Snow              C  C  D  D  S  S                             D  D  D  D  D  C
Tstms                                                 S  S
Wind chill       28 29 29 29 28 28 29                      34 32 26 20 19 22 23
Min chill        28    29    28    28    29    31          34    26    18    19


Date               Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            33    41      36    45      33    47      34    46
Temp          34   34 34 40 37   36 39 44 36   33 42 44 38   34 39 46
Dewpt         29   30 27 32 31   31 30 31 27   26 26 25 28   25 25 28
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B1 B2 SC   FW SC SC B1   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr           30    30      60    60      20    20      20    30
Rain           C          C  L    L  C     S          S  S    S     C
Rain shwrs                              L
Snow           C          C  L    L  C     S          S  S    S  S  C
Snowshwrs                               L
Tstms                                   S

$$
IDZ006-162200-
Lowell-Idaho ID
46.15N 115.60W Elev. 1575 ft
250 AM PDT Fri May 16 2025

Date                Fri 05/16/25            Sat 05/17/25            Sun 05/18/25
PDT 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      62          43          71          43          55
Temp             45 46 51 58 59 51 46 44 43 49 62 69 64 54 51 48 45 43 45 52 52
Dewpt            43 44 46 46 48 47 45 43 42 46 45 45 48 51 50 48 45 43 43 43 43
RH               93 93 83 64 67 86 96 96 96 89 54 42 56 90 96100100100 93 71 71
Wind dir          N  N  W  W  W  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          0  0  1  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  3  4  2  2  2  2  2  3  4  3
Clouds           OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 SC B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          10          50          90          90
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0        0.01        0.70        0.36
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              L  L  L  L                                D  D  D  D  L  L  C
Rain shwrs                                      C  C  D  D
Tstms                                           S  S  S  S
Obvis            PF PF             PF  F  F                PF PF PF PF


Date               Mon 05/19/25  Tue 05/20/25  Wed 05/21/25  Thu 05/22/25
PDT 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            41    67      45    70      43    74      44    72
Temp          44   41 53 65 50   45 62 66 50   43 64 69 51   44 62 69
Dewpt         42   41 42 46 46   44 49 49 46   41 46 44 44   41 43 45
PWind dir          SW     W      NW     W      NW    NW      NW     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr           40    20      50    50      20    10      20    20
Rain           C    S     S  C    C  C     S             S    S  S  S
Rain shwrs                              C
Tstms                                   S

$$