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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
204 AM MDT Fri Oct 17 2025

MTZ312-172200-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
204 AM MDT Fri Oct 17 2025

Date             Fri 10/17/25            Sat 10/18/25            Sun 10/19/25
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                      61          30          56          46          59
Temp          43 43 46 57 60 55 44 39 36 33 35 50 55 54 49 50 49 51 53 56 56 51
Dewpt         34 32 35 32 31 32 34 32 31 27 27 27 23 23 24 22 24 28 32 37 32 28
RH            70 65 65 38 33 41 68 76 82 78 72 41 29 30 37 33 37 41 44 49 40 41
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW  W  W NW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W
Wind spd      23 21 21 23 25 23 13 11 11 11 12 17 18 12 17 23 23 21 21 24 24 20
Wind gust                 35                                        33 35 36 33
Clouds        FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10          60           0          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                          C  C  S  S                    S  S  C  C  C  C  S
Snow                                S  S


Date               Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25
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            37    53      33    58      34    58      40    65
Temp          43   40 49 49 37   36 52 54 43   35 53 54 45   42 58 59
Dewpt         29   28 28 24 25   24 25 26 27   25 29 26 25   23 27 30
PWind dir          SW     W      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC   B1 B1 SC FW   FW B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           30    20       0     0       5     5       5     5
Rain           S    C  S

$$
MTZ303-172200-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
204 AM MDT Fri Oct 17 2025

Date             Fri 10/17/25            Sat 10/18/25            Sun 10/19/25
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                      55          27          54          41          54
Temp          43 41 45 53 53 44 38 34 32 29 31 48 53 50 44 44 43 44 46 51 52 47
Dewpt         29 26 30 31 31 33 31 27 24 22 23 24 23 25 25 24 26 30 34 36 31 30
RH            57 55 55 43 43 65 76 75 72 75 72 39 31 37 47 45 51 57 63 56 44 51
Wind dir       W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd      23 20 25 27 28 19 14 13 12 12 16 20 20 14 18 23 23 18 21 29 32 27
Wind gust     35 32 35 40 40                                  33 29 35 46 47 42
Clouds        FW SC B1 SC B1 OV SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     60          50           0          20          40
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S  C  C  S                          S  S  C  C  S  S  S
Snow                             S
High Wind                                                         A  A  A  A  A


Date               Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25
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    50      30    54      31    54      35    60
Temp          39   35 45 46 35   32 48 49 38   32 49 49 40   38 54 54
Dewpt         29   28 28 27 26   23 27 26 28   25 28 28 26   24 29 31
PWind dir           W     W       W    SW       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char          WY    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC   B1 B1 SC FW   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           20    10       0     5       5     5       5     5
Rain           S    S

$$
MTZ319-172200-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
204 AM MDT Fri Oct 17 2025

Date             Fri 10/17/25            Sat 10/18/25            Sun 10/19/25
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                      60          31          56          38          57
Temp          37 35 38 49 57 54 46 42 39 33 33 44 53 55 49 45 40 41 42 50 52 49
Dewpt         29 28 31 33 33 33 33 31 30 27 26 24 23 26 23 22 21 25 28 36 36 30
RH            72 75 76 54 40 45 60 65 70 78 75 45 31 32 36 40 46 52 57 58 54 48
Wind dir      SW  S  S  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  S  W SW  S  S SW  S  S  S  W  W  W
Wind spd      11  9  9 10 18 18 17 13 10  6  6  8  9  5 10 12 11  9 10 13 17 18
Wind gust                 28 32 32 26                               20    31 34
Clouds        FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          40           0          10          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                          C  C  C  S                          C  C  D  D  C
Snow                                   S


Date               Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25
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    52      31    57      32    58      34    62
Temp          44   38 45 49 39   33 47 53 43   35 47 54 43   36 50 60
Dewpt         30   28 30 26 25   23 28 29 27   26 29 28 25   24 28 33
PWind dir           W     W      SW     S      SW    SW      SW     S
Wind char          BZ    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B1 SC FW   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           40    20       0     5      10     5       5    10
Rain           C    C  S

$$
MTZ326-172200-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
204 AM MDT Fri Oct 17 2025

Date             Fri 10/17/25            Sat 10/18/25            Sun 10/19/25
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          29          53          36          59
Temp          29 29 33 47 57 55 47 41 38 32 32 45 52 52 44 41 38 39 44 54 55 49
Dewpt         29 29 32 33 33 33 33 33 30 28 26 29 26 28 27 27 25 27 31 36 38 34
RH           100100 96 58 40 43 58 73 73 85 78 53 36 39 51 57 59 62 60 50 53 56
Wind dir      SE SE SE  N  W  W NW  W  W SW  S  W SW SE  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W
Wind spd       9  8  8  6 16 16 16 12 10  6  6  6  8  5 12 14 14 10 10 10 14 13
Wind gust                    27 26                                     20 26 25
Clouds        SC B1 SC SC B1 OV B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          50           0           0          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0        0.18
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                          C  C  C  C                          S  S  L  L  C
Snow                                   C


Date               Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25
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            31    51      27    55      28    57      29    61
Temp          39   35 43 50 34   29 47 52 38   29 48 52 38   31 52 56
Dewpt         32   28 28 27 25   23 30 29 30   24 31 29 28   24 31 32
PWind dir           W     W       S     S      SW    SW       S    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           50    10       0     5      10     5       5     5
Rain           C    C

$$
MTZ330-172200-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
204 AM MDT Fri Oct 17 2025

Date             Fri 10/17/25            Sat 10/18/25            Sun 10/19/25
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                      45          21          45          25          49
Temp          31 28 31 39 44 43 38 33 28 23 25 39 45 43 34 30 26 27 34 46 47 44
Dewpt         31 28 31 35 34 32 30 29 25 19 20 23 20 24 24 23 20 22 25 30 31 33
RH           100100100 85 68 65 73 85 88 84 81 52 36 47 66 75 78 81 69 53 53 65
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd       9  8 10 12 17 16 14 11  6  4  2  6 13 12 11 13 10  9 13 19 23 17
Wind gust                 27 26 27 21                                  32 35 28
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          40           0           0          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           S              S  C  C                                   L  L
Rain shwrs                                                                    L
Snow           S                 C  C  S
Tstms                                                                         S


Date               Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25
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            21    43      18    48      18    48      19    51
Temp          32   23 38 41 26   20 41 44 30   19 42 44 27   21 44 47
Dewpt         28   22 24 21 22   19 24 25 25   19 28 27 22   19 28 27
PWind dir           W     W      SW     S      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           70    20       0     5      10    10       5     5
Rain           L    L
Rain shwrs     L
Snow                L  S
Tstms          S

$$
MTZ328-172200-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
204 AM MDT Fri Oct 17 2025

Date             Fri 10/17/25            Sat 10/18/25            Sun 10/19/25
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          26          54          35          57
Temp          29 30 33 49 57 54 43 36 32 28 28 45 53 52 43 38 36 35 39 53 54 47
Dewpt         29 27 30 31 31 32 30 28 25 23 23 25 20 24 27 26 25 25 28 36 38 35
RH           100 88 89 50 37 43 60 72 75 81 81 45 27 33 53 62 64 66 64 52 54 63
Wind dir       S  S SW SW  W  W SW  W SW  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd      10 10 11 12 18 16 12 13 11 10  9  8 10  9 12 17 17 14 17 14 17 13
Wind gust                                                                 28 25
Clouds        FW SC B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          10           0           0          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              S  S  C  C  C


Date               Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25
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            28    50      25    55      26    55      29    59
Temp          34   30 42 46 30   27 46 50 36   27 47 50 35   30 50 53
Dewpt         29   25 26 25 22   21 27 30 26   22 29 29 24   22 29 33
PWind dir           W    SW      SW     S       S    SW       S     S
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           30     5       0     0       5     5       5     5
Rain           C    S
Snow                S

$$
MTZ305-172200-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
204 AM MDT Fri Oct 17 2025

Date             Fri 10/17/25            Sat 10/18/25            Sun 10/19/25
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          28          56          37          62
Temp          40 38 43 55 58 52 40 37 33 31 33 48 55 52 43 41 39 44 48 57 60 55
Dewpt         32 29 32 33 32 35 33 32 28 26 25 29 24 24 24 23 24 29 33 38 35 32
RH            73 70 65 43 37 52 76 82 82 81 72 47 30 33 47 48 54 55 56 49 39 41
Wind dir      SW SW SW  W  W NW  W SW SW SW SW SW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W
Wind spd      19 18 16 17 17 13 11 11 11 11 12 14 14 10 10 13 16 17 18 21 24 21
Wind gust     29 28                                           26 28 29 32 39 33
Clouds        SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     30          50           0          10          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S  C  C  S                                C  C  C  C


Date               Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25
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    53      28    59      31    60      34    64
Temp          42   38 47 49 36   31 52 54 42   33 52 54 42   38 57 59
Dewpt         32   30 32 30 28   25 30 29 30   25 33 30 30   26 31 31
PWind dir           W     W       W    SW      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B1 B1 SC SC   FW SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           10    10       0     0       5     5       0     0

$$
MTZ314-172200-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
204 AM MDT Fri Oct 17 2025

Date             Fri 10/17/25            Sat 10/18/25            Sun 10/19/25
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          28          51          35          59
Temp          35 34 40 55 57 52 40 35 33 30 33 45 50 47 39 40 39 44 49 56 54 49
Dewpt         31 28 29 31 31 33 34 32 29 26 24 23 20 22 21 21 20 26 30 36 39 33
RH            85 78 64 40 37 48 79 89 85 85 69 41 30 37 48 46 46 49 48 47 57 54
Wind dir      SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  S SW SW SW SW SW  W  W
Wind spd      11 12 12 17 21 18 19 12 11  9  9 12 11  5 10 11 13 13 13 14 18 18
Wind gust                    29                                           28 31
Clouds        SC B1 SC FW B1 B2 OV B2 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          60           5          20          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.09           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                          C  L  C                       S  S  S  S  C  C  C
Snow                                C  S


Date               Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25  Wed 10/22/25  Thu 10/23/25
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    48      28    57      31    55      35    64
Temp          39   36 44 45 34   31 52 51 41   33 50 50 40   39 57 57
Dewpt         28   28 30 26 26   21 27 30 28   23 29 29 25   22 29 31
PWind dir           W     W      SW    SW       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           40    20       5     5      10     5       5     5
Rain           C    C  S
Snow                   S

$$
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