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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
203 PM MDT Sun Mar 9 2025

MTZ312-101100-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
203 PM MDT Sun Mar 9 2025

Date           03/09/25      Mon 03/10/25            Tue 03/11/25            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                      41          48          35          55          38
Temp          61 60 52 50 48 45 43 46 46 44 39 37 37 37 41 50 53 54 47 43 41 39
Dewpt         20 22 25 25 24 25 24 19 17 16 19 21 22 23 26 25 24 26 28 30 29 27
RH            20 23 35 37 39 45 47 34 31 32 44 52 54 56 55 37 32 34 47 60 62 62
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W SW  S  S  S
Wind spd      31 24 17 26 33 36 33 29 19 13 10 12 11 10 14 20 20 16  9  6  6  6
Wind gust     42 36 31 37 46 54 50 46 32
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          20           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                             S  S
High Wind                     W  W  W  W


Date           03/12/25  Thu 03/13/25  Fri 03/14/25  Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25
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      37    47      23    36      19    40      24    41
Temp          53 56 45   40 46 41 30   24 33 35 25   22 35 40 30   25 38 40
Dewpt         29 30 35   32 31 28 22   18 17 14 16   14 17 18 20   16 20 22
PWind dir        SW       S     W      NW    NW       W    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10      20    50      70    30      10    20      20    40
Rain                 S       C  C  L
Snow                               L    C  C  S             S  S    S  S  C

$$
MTZ303-101100-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
203 PM MDT Sun Mar 9 2025

Date           03/09/25      Mon 03/10/25            Tue 03/11/25            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                      32          44          29          48          32
Temp          58 56 47 47 43 38 33 38 41 41 34 32 31 30 33 44 48 46 38 37 34 33
Dewpt         22 25 25 26 28 26 19 20 18 16 16 18 18 17 18 19 20 22 24 26 26 25
RH            25 30 42 43 55 62 56 48 39 36 47 56 58 58 53 36 33 38 57 64 72 72
Wind dir       W SW SW  W  W  W NW NW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      37 28 18 42 37 35 29 20 17 18 13 10  9  9 11 20 21 18 10  8  6  6
Wind gust     57 49 41 62 58 51 44 32 27
Clouds        B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          20           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Snow                          S  S  S
High Wind      W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           03/12/25  Thu 03/13/25  Fri 03/14/25  Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25
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          54      30    37      17    32      14    37      18    37
Temp          48 51 37   32 36 31 24   19 28 30 19   16 29 36 25   19 34 35
Dewpt         28 27 28   27 26 21 18   14 14 14 12   11 15 18 18   13 18 20
PWind dir        SW      SW     N       N    NW      NE     S      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B2   B1 B2 B2 OV   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10      10    40      50    20       5    10      10    20
Snow                         C  C  C    C  S                           S  S

$$
MTZ319-101100-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
203 PM MDT Sun Mar 9 2025

Date           03/09/25      Mon 03/10/25            Tue 03/11/25            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          46          30          51          33
Temp          56 57 47 43 41 38 39 43 44 42 37 33 32 31 34 42 49 50 42 39 36 34
Dewpt         25 25 24 23 22 23 25 24 22 21 22 23 23 23 25 24 24 28 26 28 26 25
RH            30 29 40 45 46 54 57 47 41 43 54 66 69 72 69 48 37 42 53 64 67 69
Wind dir      SW  S  S  S  S SW  W  W NW  W  W SW  S  S  S SW SW  W SW  S  S  S
Wind spd       8 11 11 11 12 12 13 17 13  9  2  2  2  3  3  5  8  5  2  2  2  3
Wind gust     19 24 25 24 27 28 34 32
Clouds        B1 B2 B1 B1 FW FW SC B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          20           5           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           03/12/25  Thu 03/13/25  Fri 03/14/25  Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25
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          54      33    47      24    37      20    40      24    43
Temp          47 51 39   35 42 41 31   26 32 35 26   22 34 38 30   25 36 40
Dewpt         29 31 31   29 29 26 23   18 15 15 16   14 18 18 20   17 21 22
PWind dir         S       S    SW      NW     W      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 OV   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      30    60      70    30      10    30      30    50
Rain              S  C    C  C  L  L
Snow                               L    L  C  S             C  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ326-101100-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
203 PM MDT Sun Mar 9 2025

Date           03/09/25      Mon 03/10/25            Tue 03/11/25            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                      28          45          25          49          31
Temp          50 50 41 36 35 34 35 44 44 41 36 32 30 28 32 40 47 48 40 37 36 33
Dewpt         25 25 24 22 21 19 19 23 24 25 26 25 24 22 22 23 23 25 24 25 24 23
RH            37 37 50 56 56 54 52 43 45 52 67 75 78 78 66 50 38 40 52 61 61 66
Wind dir      SE  S SE  S SE  S SW  W  W  N  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd       5  9  8  8  8  9 12 17 13  5  2  2  2  4  5  5  8  8  5  5  5  5
Wind gust        19          23 31                            18
Clouds        B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          30          20           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                   S  S
Snow                                   S  S  S


Date           03/12/25  Thu 03/13/25  Fri 03/14/25  Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25
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      31    47      19    33      14    36      18    40
Temp          48 50 38   34 44 42 29   24 29 32 22   18 31 36 26   20 33 39
Dewpt         28 29 28   28 31 28 24   20 17 16 15   12 17 19 19   14 21 23
PWind dir         S       S     S       W     W      SW    SW       S    SW
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 OV B2 OV   OV OV B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         10      30    60      80    40      10    30      30    60
Rain                 S    C  C  L  L
Snow                               L    D  C  S             C  C    C  C  L

$$
MTZ330-101100-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
203 PM MDT Sun Mar 9 2025

Date           03/09/25      Mon 03/10/25            Tue 03/11/25            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                      18          40          20          42          21
Temp          41 39 29 25 23 20 22 36 39 37 31 27 23 20 23 38 42 40 32 29 24 22
Dewpt         23 23 21 20 17 14 16 23 23 24 23 22 19 16 18 24 23 24 22 21 19 17
RH            48 52 72 81 77 77 77 59 52 59 72 81 84 84 81 57 46 52 66 72 81 81
Wind dir      SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S
Wind spd       9  6  4  5  5  5  5  9 10  8  5  3  3  2  3  6 10  8  5  4  3  3
Wind gust     24 25 17 18 16    18 26 27 23 16             20 26 24 17
Clouds        SC SC SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                   S  S  S                                S


Date           03/12/25  Thu 03/13/25  Fri 03/14/25  Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25
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      28    39      15    31       8    32      13    35
Temp          39 38 32   29 36 34 24   17 28 28 16   11 28 30 20   14 30 32
Dewpt         26 27 27   26 30 26 20   14 16 16 11    8 18 19 15   12 20 22
PWind dir        SW       S     S      SW     W      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 OV OV B2   OV OV B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         40      70    90      80    70      40    70      60    80
Snow           S  C  C    L  L  D  L    D  L  L  C    C  C  L  L    L  L  D

$$
MTZ328-101100-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
203 PM MDT Sun Mar 9 2025

Date           03/09/25      Mon 03/10/25            Tue 03/11/25            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                      30          50          28          52          31
Temp          53 50 40 37 35 32 33 46 48 46 37 34 31 30 33 46 52 50 41 38 35 32
Dewpt         21 22 22 23 21 18 18 21 22 22 24 23 20 20 21 22 21 21 25 25 23 21
RH            28 33 48 56 56 56 53 37 35 38 59 64 63 66 61 38 29 31 52 59 61 63
Wind dir      SW  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W SW  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      21 20 17 14 14 13 16 20 19 11  5  5  6  8  9 13 19 17 11  8  8  6
Wind gust        31 31             31                         29
Clouds        SC B1 B1 SC B1 FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           03/12/25  Thu 03/13/25  Fri 03/14/25  Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25
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      33    44      22    35      17    38      20    40
Temp          47 49 37   35 42 40 30   24 31 34 24   21 33 38 27   22 36 38
Dewpt         27 27 29   30 27 24 23   18 13 11 13   12 16 17 17   15 20 20
PWind dir         S       S     S       W     W      SW     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr         20      30    70      70    20      10    30      20    50
Rain              S  S    C  L  L
Snow                 S    C  L  L  L    L  S             S  C  S    S  C  C

$$
MTZ305-101100-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
203 PM MDT Sun Mar 9 2025

Date           03/09/25      Mon 03/10/25            Tue 03/11/25            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                      32          46          25          53          31
Temp          61 61 50 47 45 42 35 40 42 40 33 31 29 29 33 45 51 52 42 38 35 32
Dewpt         26 28 27 27 27 25 22 24 21 19 19 20 19 20 21 22 21 24 24 25 25 25
RH            26 28 41 45 49 50 59 52 43 42 56 63 66 69 61 40 30 33 48 59 66 75
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW SW SW NW NW NW  N SE  S SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW  S
Wind spd      24 18 17 19 23 26 26 23 14  8  6  9  9  9 10 14 16 12  6  6  5  5
Wind gust           29 29 39 46 43 35
Clouds        B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S
Snow                             S  S
High Wind                     W  W  W  W


Date           03/12/25  Thu 03/13/25  Fri 03/14/25  Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25
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          57      33    48      19    33      11    36      15    40
Temp          51 55 42   35 44 42 29   22 29 32 20   16 28 35 23   17 34 38
Dewpt         31 31 32   30 32 30 24   18 17 17 15   11 16 18 17   12 21 22
PWind dir        SW       S    NW      NW    NW       N    NE       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5      10    30      60    30       5     5      10    20
Rain                            C  L
Snow                               L    C  C                              S

$$
MTZ314-101100-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
203 PM MDT Sun Mar 9 2025

Date           03/09/25      Mon 03/10/25            Tue 03/11/25            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          43          26          49          32
Temp          55 52 45 43 42 40 40 40 38 36 31 30 29 30 35 45 48 46 41 37 33 36
Dewpt         25 27 25 23 21 23 23 25 22 20 20 20 20 22 24 27 27 29 28 28 26 27
RH            31 38 45 45 43 50 50 55 52 52 63 66 69 72 64 49 44 51 59 70 75 69
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW  W  S  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      19 17 16 16 19 20 24 28 18  8  5  6  8  8  9 10 11  8  5  4  5  6
Wind gust     32 28 27 28 31 40 41 44 32                   20 21
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          30           0           5          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                C
High Wind                     W  W  W  W


Date           03/12/25  Thu 03/13/25  Fri 03/14/25  Sat 03/15/25  Sun 03/16/25
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          54      34    49      20    30      14    35      20    40
Temp          50 51 40   36 47 43 29   23 27 30 21   18 33 34 27   22 37 38
Dewpt         30 30 29   27 30 31 25   19 17 16 14   11 15 19 20   14 19 22
PWind dir        SW       S    SW      NW    NW       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 OV   OV OV B2 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10      20    50      70    50      10    20      30    30
Rain                 S       S  C  L
Snow                               L    L  C  S             S  C       S  C

$$
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