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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
251 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

MTZ312-271000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
251 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            Tue
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          62          34          57          40
Temp          66 64 54 49 45 43 49 57 60 58 50 45 34 37 40 44 52 56 48 43 41 43
Dewpt         31 36 42 41 39 37 36 35 36 34 32 32 24 29 29 29 30 32 32 32 30 32
RH            27 35 64 74 79 79 61 43 41 40 50 60 66 72 64 55 43 40 54 65 65 65
Wind dir      NE SW SW SW SW SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd       5  8  6  5  5  5  9 18 21 26 27 23 20 16 11  6  5  5  8 10 13 16
Wind gust                                   37
Clouds        SC B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW FW FW B1
PoP 12hr                     30          40          60          20           0
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0        0.07        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Rain shwrs     S  C                    C  C  C  L     S  S                    S
Snowshwrs                                          L  S  S
Tstms          S  S


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          63      42    65      40    73      44    79      50    76
Temp          59 61 48   42 58 63 48   41 63 72 51   45 74 77 57   50 72 69
Dewpt         34 35 34   34 33 29 33   32 33 31 33   32 36 33 37   35 38 39
PWind dir        SW       W     W       W    SW       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC FW B1
PoP 12hr         30      10    20       5     0       0     5      10    30
Rain shwrs     S  C          S  S                                         C

$$
MTZ303-271000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
251 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            Tue
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          54          31          57          40
Temp          64 63 54 48 43 40 43 50 53 51 42 39 34 32 36 45 54 57 49 43 41 43
Dewpt         23 26 32 34 33 30 32 33 32 32 30 29 26 25 25 23 25 27 30 31 30 33
RH            21 24 43 58 67 67 65 52 44 48 62 67 72 75 64 41 32 31 48 62 65 67
Wind dir       S SW  S SW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW SW SW  S SW SW  W
Wind spd       5  6  6  5  8 17 28 27 27 29 26 19 16 11  9  5  6 10 12 13 12 13
Wind gust                       39 39 40    37
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 SC FW SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          10          20           5           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S                          C
Snowshwrs                                       S  S


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          60      39    62      37    70      40    76      44    71
Temp          56 57 45   39 57 61 46   38 61 69 49   40 71 74 53   44 66 65
Dewpt         34 33 35   34 30 30 32   31 30 30 32   30 31 30 34   33 35 33
PWind dir         W       W     W       W    SW      SW    SW       W    SW
Wind char        WY      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         40      20    10       0     0       0     0      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C  S                                                    S

$$
MTZ319-271000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
251 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            Tue
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                      43          63          37          59          40
Temp          64 63 55 50 46 43 48 57 60 58 51 46 42 38 40 46 56 58 52 47 43 41
Dewpt         32 35 39 39 37 37 38 37 36 36 36 35 33 30 32 31 31 31 32 33 33 32
RH            30 35 55 66 71 79 68 47 41 44 56 65 70 73 73 55 38 36 46 58 67 70
Wind dir      SE  N  W SW  W  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W SW  S  S  S
Wind spd       4  5  3  2  2  1  5 16 20 21 16 13 12 10  8  5  4  5  4  5  5  5
Wind gust                             31    28 24
Clouds        B2 B1 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20          60          80          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  S  S              S  C  D  D  L  L  C  C
Tstms          S  S


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          63      41    66      40    73      44    79      48    74
Temp          57 59 49   42 57 64 49   40 61 72 53   45 67 77 57   49 66 68
Dewpt         35 35 35   33 34 29 32   31 34 31 33   32 35 35 36   35 38 37
PWind dir        SW       W     W       W    SE       S     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         30      20    10       5     0       0    10      20    50
Rain shwrs        C  S                                         S       S  C

$$
MTZ326-271000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
251 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            Tue
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                      37          64          32          54          32
Temp          64 65 53 46 42 39 46 57 62 55 46 43 38 33 37 44 51 53 46 40 36 33
Dewpt         32 31 36 36 34 33 36 38 40 43 40 38 35 30 33 34 35 31 34 33 30 29
RH            30 28 52 68 73 79 68 49 44 64 79 82 89 89 85 68 54 43 63 76 79 85
Wind dir       S  N SW SW  S  S  W NW NE  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  S SE SE  S
Wind spd       4  6  3  2  2  1  1  5  9 13  9  5  6  8  9  5  5  5  2  3  4  4
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          90         100          70           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.09        0.93        0.14           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S                       C  D  D  D  D     L  S  S
Snowshwrs                                          D  L
Tstms          S                       C  S


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          62      36    61      35    68      39    74      43    71
Temp          55 57 45   37 53 59 44   36 59 67 47   40 65 73 51   44 66 65
Dewpt         36 38 39   34 34 31 33   30 34 32 33   31 35 35 36   34 38 38
PWind dir        SW      SW     W      SE    SW      SE     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW SC B1
PoP 12hr         20      50    20       5     0       0    10      10    50
Rain shwrs        S  C    C  S  S                                         C
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
MTZ330-271000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
251 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            Tue
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                      26          58          29          51          23
Temp          59 57 44 35 29 26 38 54 58 51 39 34 32 29 33 45 49 49 37 31 25 23
Dewpt         14 20 27 26 24 22 25 29 31 34 32 31 30 27 29 29 29 29 29 27 23 22
RH            17 23 51 69 81 85 59 38 36 52 76 89 92 92 85 53 46 46 72 85 92 96
Wind dir      SW SW SE SE NE SE  N SW  S SW SW SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N SE  S  S
Wind spd       9  5  2  2  2  2  2  3  4  8  3  2  2  2  3  5  5  5  2  1  2  2
Wind gust     20 16                                        16 16
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          70         100          80           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05        0.38        0.10           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Rain shwrs     S                    S  C  D  D              S  S
Snowshwrs                                    D  D  D  D  D
Tstms          S                    S  S
Winter Storm                              W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          55      29    55      24    62      27    66      32    63
Temp          50 52 38   30 49 52 34   25 55 59 38   28 61 62 41   32 60 57
Dewpt         32 33 34   28 29 27 27   21 29 28 29   24 32 32 32   27 31 35
PWind dir        SW      SW    NW       N     S       S     S       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         30      80    40       5     5       0    10      20    50
Rain shwrs        C  D    L  C  C                              S       S  C
Snowshwrs                 L  C

$$
MTZ328-271000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
251 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            Tue
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                      37          61          35          55          33
Temp          63 63 53 47 40 37 44 57 59 52 45 42 38 36 39 48 53 53 47 42 37 34
Dewpt         25 26 31 35 33 32 34 36 35 39 39 39 35 33 34 34 33 34 35 33 31 29
RH            23 24 43 63 76 82 68 45 40 61 79 89 89 89 82 58 46 48 63 70 79 82
Wind dir      SW  W SE NE  S  S NW  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      13 12  6  4  3  3  3 10 10 17 18 13 13 13 13 10  8  5  4  4  5  5
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          80         100          40           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.20        0.44        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  S                    L  D  D  D  D  C  C
Snowshwrs                                          D
Tstms          S  S                    C  S


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          60      35    61      35    69      40    74      44    69
Temp          56 58 44   36 53 59 44   36 59 68 49   41 66 71 53   44 66 65
Dewpt         36 36 35   30 32 28 30   27 31 28 32   29 34 30 34   33 36 35
PWind dir        SW       W     W      NW    SW       S     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         10      40    10       0     0       0     5      20    50
Rain shwrs           C    S                                    S       S  C
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
MTZ305-271000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
251 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            Tue
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                      40          69          31          59          36
Temp          68 69 57 50 46 42 49 62 67 64 52 42 36 32 37 47 55 57 47 42 39 37
Dewpt         29 32 38 39 40 39 40 40 38 37 35 31 28 24 26 26 25 26 27 27 28 29
RH            23 25 49 66 79 89 71 44 34 37 52 65 72 72 64 43 31 30 45 55 64 72
Wind dir       E  E SE SW SW SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  W  S  S  S SW
Wind spd       5  5  3  3  3  3  5 12 18 24 20 17 13 11 10  9  6  6  6 10 10 11
Clouds        SC SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          30          20          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S                 C  S  S  S  S


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          66      38    66      37    71      40    79      46    78
Temp          61 63 47   39 59 63 48   38 62 70 51   41 71 77 56   47 72 74
Dewpt         38 38 39   36 36 32 33   32 34 31 33   32 38 31 37   36 40 36
PWind dir        SW       W     W       W    SW      SE    SW       S     S
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B2 B2   B1 SC SC B1   SC FW FW SC   FW CL CL FW   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         20      30    20       5     0       0     5      10    20
Rain shwrs        S  C    S     S                                         S

$$
MTZ314-271000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
251 PM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Date           04/26/25      Sun 04/27/25            Mon 04/28/25            Tue
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                      40          63          32          49          35
Temp          65 61 51 46 42 41 51 61 62 56 49 45 41 34 33 39 46 48 41 36 38 40
Dewpt         35 41 41 40 37 35 39 40 41 41 41 39 36 30 29 30 31 29 30 28 30 32
RH            33 48 68 79 82 79 63 46 46 57 74 79 82 85 85 70 55 47 65 72 73 73
Wind dir      NW  W SW  S SW  S  W NW  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW NW NW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd       4  5  5  5  4  3  4 12 13 16 14 12 13 13 14 13 10  6  5  8 10 10
Wind gust                                   25       24 25
Clouds        SC B2 B1 B1 SC B2 SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          60          90          40           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.27        0.37        0.10           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     S  C  S                 C  D  D  D  D
Snowshwrs                                             C  C
Tstms          S  C                    S  S


Date           04/29/25  Wed 04/30/25  Thu 05/01/25  Fri 05/02/25  Sat 05/03/25
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          62      40    59      38    66      43    75      48    73
Temp          59 58 47   41 53 57 45   39 59 65 48   44 71 73 54   49 70 67
Dewpt         36 38 35   33 35 32 33   30 32 32 33   31 35 37 36   33 36 39
PWind dir        SW       W     W       W    SW       S    SW       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW B1
PoP 12hr         20      30    30      10     0       0     5      10    30
Rain shwrs        S  C    S  S  C                                         C

$$
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