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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
132 PM MST Wed Jan 22 2025

MTZ312-231100-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
132 PM MST Wed Jan 22 2025

Date          Wed 01/22/25      Thu 01/23/25            Fri 01/24/25         Sat
MST 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                      10          35          21          29          12
Temp          28 26 20 15 14 13 17 29 34 33 31 28 26 22 23 27 29 24 19 19 19 16
Dewpt         18 17 13  9  7  4  5 12 15 16 18 22 21 18 19 20 19 17 14 14 14 10
RH            66 68 74 77 73 67 58 48 45 49 58 78 81 84 84 74 66 74 80 80 80 77
Wind dir      NW NW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd      13 10  8 10 11 14 24 28 27 21 13 10  9  8  8  9 10 10 10 12 11 10
Wind gust                          41 40
Clouds        OV B2 FW FW FW SC SC SC B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20           5          90          40          40
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.13        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00           2
Snow           C  S                       L  L  D  D  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                   -3 -2
Min chill                    -3    -6


Date           01/25/25  Sun 01/26/25  Mon 01/27/25  Tue 01/28/25  Wed 01/29/25
MST 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          24       8    30      19    36      20    38      17    34
Temp          20 20 12   11 23 27 23   21 31 32 25   23 33 34 25   21 29 30
Dewpt         13 12  5    1 12 16 13   10 18 22 16   13 20 23 16   13 18 20
PWind dir         W      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     0       0     0       0     0       5     5

$$
MTZ303-231100-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
132 PM MST Wed Jan 22 2025

Date          Wed 01/22/25      Thu 01/23/25            Fri 01/24/25         Sat
MST 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                      10          32          14          26           7
Temp          28 23 16 13 14 15 19 29 32 30 27 25 22 16 16 22 26 22 18 17 15 12
Dewpt         12 13  9  7  6  6  7 14 17 17 18 21 18 12 10 14 16 14 13 13 11  7
RH            50 65 73 76 70 67 59 53 53 58 68 84 84 84 77 71 65 71 80 84 84 80
Wind dir      NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd      18 13 13 13 16 18 29 36 37 33 23 14 12 11 11 13 18 17 18 18 14 11
Wind gust     28          26 29 44 51 58 49 34             24 28    28 28
Clouds        B1 FW CL FW CL SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          60           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.08           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Snow                                      L  L  C  C              S  S
Obvis                                    BS BS
Wind chill             -2 -2 -2 -1                                           -3
Min chill              -2    -4    -6                                        -3
High Wind                           A  A  A


Date           01/25/25  Sun 01/26/25  Mon 01/27/25  Tue 01/28/25  Wed 01/29/25
MST 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          24      10    32      21    36      21    36      16    31
Temp          17 19 14   13 25 29 25   23 30 32 27   25 32 32 24   20 26 27
Dewpt         10 11  6    5 15 19 16   13 19 22 16   14 19 21 16   12 16 19
PWind dir         W       W     W       W     W       W     W       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       5     5

$$
MTZ319-231100-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
132 PM MST Wed Jan 22 2025

Date          Wed 01/22/25      Thu 01/23/25            Fri 01/24/25         Sat
MST 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                       7          32          18          28          10
Temp          31 29 23 18 15 11  9 20 29 30 26 24 23 19 21 25 27 24 20 19 18 14
Dewpt         14 14 12 10  8  4  3  9 13 16 14 14 14 15 17 18 17 15 11 11 10  7
RH            49 53 62 70 73 73 76 62 51 55 60 65 68 84 84 74 65 68 67 70 70 73
Wind dir      NW  W  W  W SW  S  S SE SE  S SW  W NW  W NW  N  N NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd       8  5  5  5  5  5  6  8 10  9  5  3  2  2  2  4  6  5  3  2  2  2
Clouds        B2 B2 SC FW FW FW SC OV B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20           5          70          60          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.05        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00           1
Snow           S  S                             L  L  L  L  S  S  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                      -2
Min chill                          -2


Date           01/25/25  Sun 01/26/25  Mon 01/27/25  Tue 01/28/25  Wed 01/29/25
MST 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          23       0    25      11    33      14    37      16    36
Temp          18 19  7    3 16 23 17   14 25 30 21   17 28 33 24   20 26 31
Dewpt          9  8 -1   -4  6 10  8    7 15 20 13   11 17 21 17   13 17 20
PWind dir        NW      SW     S       S     S      SW     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     0       0     0       0     0       5     5

$$
MTZ326-231100-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
132 PM MST Wed Jan 22 2025

Date          Wed 01/22/25      Thu 01/23/25            Fri 01/24/25         Sat
MST 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                      -1          29          14          26           1
Temp          24 22 16 12  8  4  3 17 27 27 23 20 20 16 18 22 25 22 14 11  9  7
Dewpt         13 13 10  8  4  0 -1  8 11 14 13 12 12 12 16 19 18 16  9  6  5  3
RH            62 68 77 84 83 83 83 67 50 57 65 71 71 84 92 88 74 77 80 80 83 83
Wind dir      NW  W SW  S SE SE  S  W  W SE  S SW  W NW  W NW NW NW  N  W  N NW
Wind spd       5  4  3  4  4  3  4  4  8  9  8  5  4  2  2  2  4  4  2  2  1  2
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     20           0          40          70          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.08           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00       00-00
Snow           S  S  S                          C  C  L  L  S  S
Wind chill                -1 -4 -6
Min chill                    -4    -6


Date           01/25/25  Sun 01/26/25  Mon 01/27/25  Tue 01/28/25  Wed 01/29/25
MST 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          17      -7    21       5    32      10    36      13    34
Temp          13 14  1   -2 13 19 12    9 24 28 17   14 27 31 19   17 26 30
Dewpt          7  6 -4   -7  3  7  5    3 14 17 11    9 19 21 13   12 19 20
PWind dir        NW      SE     S      SE     S      SE     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 FW   FW SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     5

$$
MTZ330-231100-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
132 PM MST Wed Jan 22 2025

Date          Wed 01/22/25      Thu 01/23/25            Fri 01/24/25         Sat
MST 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                     -26           8           1          21         -11
Temp          18 12  1 -9-17-23-24 -4  7  6  2  1  2  2  5 16 21 18  8  2 -2 -8
Dewpt          6  3 -4-13-21-26-27-11 -3 -2 -3 -3 -2 -2  1  9 11  9  4 -2 -7-12
RH            59 66 79 82 81 85 85 71 63 69 79 83 83 83 83 73 65 67 83 83 79 82
Wind dir      NW  W SW  S  S  N SE  S SW SW SW SW  S SW SW  W  W  N  N  N NE NE
Wind spd       5  3  2  1  1  0  1  3  9 10  5  5  3  2  2  2  4  4  4  4  3  3
Wind gust                                21
Clouds        B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           0          10          60           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00       00-00
Snow           S  S                                   L  L  C  C
Wind chill                        -13 -7 -9 -9-10 -5                -1 -8-10-17
Min chill              -9   -23   -25    -9   -10   -10                -8   -17


Date           01/25/25  Sun 01/26/25  Mon 01/27/25  Tue 01/28/25  Wed 01/29/25
MST 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          17     -18    22      -7    30      -1    32       3    32
Temp           9 12 -7  -15  9 17  1   -5 18 25  8    2 22 28 12    4 23 26
Dewpt          0  1-13  -20 -4  6 -6  -11  8 15  3   -3 13 18  8    0 15 17
PWind dir        NE      NE    NE      NE    NE       E     E       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     5

$$
MTZ328-231100-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
132 PM MST Wed Jan 22 2025

Date          Wed 01/22/25      Thu 01/23/25            Fri 01/24/25         Sat
MST 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                       2          30          13          26           2
Temp          25 20 13 10  7  4  4 17 28 26 20 17 17 15 15 21 26 22 15 11  9  5
Dewpt         10 10  7  4  1 -2 -3  5 11 13  9  7  7  7  8 14 15 14  9  6  4  0
RH            52 64 76 76 76 75 72 58 48 57 62 64 64 70 73 74 62 71 77 80 80 79
Wind dir      NW  N  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S NW  N  N NE NE NE  N
Wind spd       5  5  5  5  5  5  8  8 10 11 11 10  9  6  5  5  6  6  8  8  6  6
Clouds        SC B1 SC FW FW FW SC B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0          30           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                                  C  C
Wind chill                -4 -7 -9                                     -1 -2 -7
Min chill                    -7    -9                                  -1    -7


Date           01/25/25  Sun 01/26/25  Mon 01/27/25  Tue 01/28/25  Wed 01/29/25
MST 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          18      -4    22       7    32      12    37      15    38
Temp          13 14  2   -1 13 18 10    9 24 27 17   14 27 31 19   17 28 32
Dewpt          5  4 -5   -8  0  4  0   -1 10 15  9    6 16 19 10    9 17 19
PWind dir        NE       S    SW       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       0     0       0     0       0     5

$$
MTZ305-231100-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
132 PM MST Wed Jan 22 2025

Date          Wed 01/22/25      Thu 01/23/25            Fri 01/24/25         Sat
MST 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                       8          31          16          28           7
Temp          26 24 19 18 15 12 12 22 30 30 27 27 24 19 19 25 28 25 20 18 15 12
Dewpt         19 18 16 14 11  7  6 13 19 22 23 24 20 15 16 18 19 19 16 14 11  7
RH            74 77 88 84 84 80 76 68 63 72 85 88 84 84 88 74 68 78 84 84 84 80
Wind dir      NW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd      18 14 11  9 10 11 16 19 20 17 13 12 11 11 11 13 18 16 13 12 11 10
Clouds        OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW B1 SC B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          10          60           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.11           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00           1
Snow           C  S                       L  L  S  S
Wind chill                   -2 -4                                           -2
Min chill                    -2    -5                                        -2


Date           01/25/25  Sun 01/26/25  Mon 01/27/25  Tue 01/28/25  Wed 01/29/25
MST 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          22       8    28      17    32      17    34      15    30
Temp          17 19 14   12 21 26 23   21 29 30 25   22 29 32 24   20 26 26
Dewpt         11 13  8    6 13 18 17   15 20 23 20   16 21 24 19   15 19 21
PWind dir         W      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     0       0     0       0     0       5     5

$$
MTZ314-231100-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
132 PM MST Wed Jan 22 2025

Date          Wed 01/22/25      Thu 01/23/25            Fri 01/24/25         Sat
MST 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                      10          34          18          24           8
Temp          23 21 20 19 16 13 14 27 33 31 27 25 23 20 21 23 24 21 18 17 16 12
Dewpt         17 15 15 13 10  5  2 13 18 19 17 19 20 17 19 19 16 15 13 13 12  8
RH            77 77 81 77 77 70 58 55 53 61 65 78 88 88 92 84 71 77 80 84 84 84
Wind dir      NW NW NW  W  W SW  S SW  W  W  W NW  W NW NW NW NW  W NW NW NW NW
Wind spd      24 21 17 11  9  6  9 11 14 17 14 14 12 10 10 13 17 16 17 16 13 11
Wind gust     36 34 28                   28 27 26          24 27 27 28 27 25
Clouds        OV OV OV B2 SC FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     80           5          70          30          30
QPF 12hr                   0.07           0        0.09        0.03        0.01
Snow 12hr                     1       00-00           1
Snow           D  D  C                    C  C  L  L  C  C        S  S  C  C
Obvis         BS BS                      BS
Wind chill                                                                   -2
Min chill                                                                    -2
Blizzard       W  W  W


Date           01/25/25  Sun 01/26/25  Mon 01/27/25  Tue 01/28/25  Wed 01/29/25
MST 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          19       3    32      19    40      21    40      18    35
Temp          15 14  9    9 25 26 23   23 35 33 26   24 35 33 25   19 30 28
Dewpt         10  5  0   -2 13 15 13   13 24 23 16   14 24 24 17   12 21 19
PWind dir         W      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char        GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 SC SC   FW SC SC SC   FW SC FW FW   FW SC FW SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5      10     0       0     0       0     0       5     5

$$
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