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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
222 PM MDT Fri Apr 18 2025

MTZ312-191000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
222 PM MDT Fri Apr 18 2025

Date           04/18/25      Sat 04/19/25            Sun 04/20/25            Mon
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          64          37          60          35
Temp          48 52 42 38 37 36 45 57 61 59 49 45 41 38 45 56 58 54 47 42 38 36
Dewpt         11 12 16 19 20 19 21 25 29 33 33 32 32 30 32 32 32 35 35 34 31 28
RH            22 20 34 46 50 50 38 29 29 37 54 60 70 73 60 40 37 48 63 73 76 72
Wind dir       W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W NW  N  W  W SW
Wind spd       8  9 10 12 13 16 20 19 16 17 13 10  9  6 10 11 12 12  9  8  9 10
Clouds        CL CL FW FW CL FW FW SC B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           5          20          50          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.02        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S              C  C  C  C  S  S  C
Snowshwrs                                                                     C


Date           04/21/25  Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25
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      32    53      32    57      35    58      38    61
Temp          50 49 39   33 47 52 39   33 52 56 42   35 50 58 44   39 53 60
Dewpt         26 27 26   23 23 24 26   24 28 27 31   29 32 32 32   31 32 36
PWind dir         W       W     W       E    NE       E     N       E     E
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         60      30    30       5    20      20    20      20    30
Rain shwrs     C  L  C          C             S  S       S  S  S    S  S  C
Snowshwrs      C     C       S

$$
MTZ303-191000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
222 PM MDT Fri Apr 18 2025

Date           04/18/25      Sat 04/19/25            Sun 04/20/25            Mon
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          56          33          52          30
Temp          50 53 42 38 38 37 47 55 54 51 44 40 36 34 38 47 51 49 40 36 32 30
Dewpt         15 19 24 23 23 23 26 29 31 32 33 33 32 31 33 33 31 30 30 30 27 26
RH            24 26 48 54 54 56 43 37 41 48 65 76 85 89 82 58 46 48 67 79 81 85
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      11 16 13 13 14 16 19 21 19 18 13 10  8  5  8 13 16 17 12 10  9  9
Wind gust                 25 26 31 33 29
Clouds        FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 OV B2 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          10          10          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.01        0.05        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            C  C  C  C  S  S        S
Snowshwrs                                                                     S


Date           04/21/25  Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25
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          48      28    49      27    54      30    56      34    56
Temp          45 44 33   29 43 49 35   27 48 53 37   30 51 55 42   35 49 55
Dewpt         25 26 27   25 24 22 24   22 23 24 27   25 27 27 29   29 31 33
PWind dir         W      NW    NW       W    SE       E    NE       E     E
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         70      40    30       5    10      10    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     S  L  C          C                           S          S  S
Snowshwrs      S     C    S  C  C

$$
MTZ319-191000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
222 PM MDT Fri Apr 18 2025

Date           04/18/25      Sat 04/19/25            Sun 04/20/25            Mon
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                      33          63          37          58          35
Temp          49 53 44 38 35 33 40 54 61 59 51 46 41 37 43 53 57 54 46 42 38 35
Dewpt         13 13 16 18 20 21 21 27 30 32 32 33 31 31 31 31 32 32 30 30 28 27
RH            23 20 32 44 54 61 46 35 31 36 48 60 67 79 62 43 38 43 53 62 67 72
Wind dir      NW  W SW  S  S  S  S  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW
Wind spd       3  6  6  8  6  5  6 10 13 16  9  4  2  2  2  5  8  9  5  4  3  3
Wind gust                             24 26
Clouds        FW FW FW CL FW FW FW B1 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          20          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.02        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S              C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Snowshwrs                                                                     C


Date           04/21/25  Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25
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    57      34    58      36    60      38    62
Temp          47 49 38   31 47 56 40   34 49 56 43   37 50 58 44   38 51 60
Dewpt         27 21 22   20 22 21 25   24 29 29 31   29 32 32 32   31 34 34
PWind dir         W       W     W      NW     N       N     N      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 SC   SC SC SC B1   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         70      20    20       5    20      20    30      30    30
Rain shwrs     C  L  S          S             S  S          C  C    S  S  C
Snowshwrs      C     S

$$
MTZ326-191000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
222 PM MDT Fri Apr 18 2025

Date           04/18/25      Sat 04/19/25            Sun 04/20/25            Mon
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                      21          58          32          57          32
Temp          41 44 34 27 24 23 36 47 55 57 46 41 37 33 39 49 54 56 45 41 36 33
Dewpt         16 14 16 15 15 15 21 22 26 28 32 34 33 30 33 33 31 34 35 36 33 31
RH            36 29 47 60 68 71 54 37 32 33 58 76 85 89 79 54 41 43 68 82 89 92
Wind dir       W SW  S  S  S SE  S  W  W NW NW SW  S  S  S SW  W SW  W NW SW  S
Wind spd       3  5  5  4  5  5  4  5  6  6  5  3  2  2  2  2  4  6  3  2  2  2
Clouds        FW CL CL CL FW CL FW SC SC B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          40          50          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.01        0.16
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  D  D  L  L  L
Snowshwrs                                                                     L
Tstms                                                             S  S


Date           04/21/25  Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25
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          48      24    53      30    55      32    56      34    58
Temp          43 46 32   25 44 52 36   31 47 53 39   33 48 54 39   35 49 56
Dewpt         29 27 22   19 20 21 24   24 29 30 31   29 32 33 32   31 32 33
PWind dir         W       W    SW       E    NE       E     E       E     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         80      30    10      10    30      20    40      30    40
Rain shwrs     L  D  C                     S  C  S       S  C  C    S  S  C
Snowshwrs      L     C                     S

$$
MTZ330-191000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
222 PM MDT Fri Apr 18 2025

Date           04/18/25      Sat 04/19/25            Sun 04/20/25            Mon
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                      10          50          25          50          23
Temp          39 38 26 18 13 10 22 41 48 46 36 32 28 26 32 45 49 46 37 32 27 24
Dewpt          6  6 10  9  6  5  9 16 19 22 21 24 24 23 25 29 30 30 29 27 24 21
RH            25 26 50 67 73 80 57 36 31 38 54 72 85 88 75 53 48 53 72 81 88 88
Wind dir       N  N NE SE  S SE  S SW SW SW  S SW  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd       5  5  2  1  1  2  2  4  5  5  3  2  2  2  2  5  8  6  3  2  2  2
Wind gust                                                     19 18
Clouds        SC SC CL FW CL CL FW FW SC B1 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30          60          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.02        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Rain shwrs                                S                 L  L  L  L  L
Snowshwrs                                 S  S  C  C  C  C           L  L  L  L


Date           04/21/25  Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25
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          46      17    49      22    55      25    55      27    56
Temp          42 41 27   17 43 46 31   23 50 51 33   25 50 49 33   28 51 51
Dewpt         24 20 18   11 16 17 21   18 26 27 27   22 29 28 28   25 29 27
PWind dir        SW       W    SW      SE     S       E    SE      NE    SE
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   SC FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         70      30    10      10    40      30    40      40    40
Rain shwrs                                    C  C    S  S  C  C    S  S  C
Snowshwrs      L  L  C                     S          S  S          S  S

$$
MTZ328-191000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
222 PM MDT Fri Apr 18 2025

Date           04/18/25      Sat 04/19/25            Sun 04/20/25            Mon
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                      24          58          31          57          31
Temp          41 44 35 30 26 26 34 50 56 56 47 41 35 32 37 51 56 55 44 39 35 32
Dewpt          9  8 11 12 13 13 15 20 23 25 30 33 29 27 28 27 24 24 29 30 29 26
RH            26 22 36 46 57 57 45 30 27 30 51 73 78 81 70 39 29 30 55 70 78 78
Wind dir       N NE SE  S  S  S SW SW SW NW  W SW SW  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW
Wind spd      10  6  5  5  5  5  5  8 10 11  8  5  5  4  5  8 12 14  9  5  5  5
Wind gust                                                     23
Clouds        FW CL FW CL FW CL SC SC B1 OV OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S  S  S        S  S  C  C  C  C
Snowshwrs                                                                  C  C


Date           04/21/25  Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25
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          51      25    54      32    56      33    58      36    59
Temp          47 47 33   26 45 53 40   33 49 55 40   33 51 54 42   36 51 58
Dewpt         23 19 19   16 15 16 22   22 27 26 31   28 32 30 32   30 31 31
PWind dir         W       W    SW       N    NE      NE    NE      NE    NE
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         40      10     5       5    10      10    20      20    20
Rain shwrs        C                                         S  S          S
Snowshwrs      C

$$
MTZ305-191000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
222 PM MDT Fri Apr 18 2025

Date           04/18/25      Sat 04/19/25            Sun 04/20/25            Mon
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          65          35          60          34
Temp          52 54 41 36 34 33 45 60 64 61 50 44 39 36 42 54 59 57 47 43 38 35
Dewpt         16 15 18 18 18 19 25 29 33 35 38 39 36 34 37 37 36 36 39 39 36 33
RH            24 21 39 47 51 56 45 31 31 38 63 82 89 92 82 52 42 45 74 86 92 92
Wind dir       W  W  S  S  S SW SW SW  W NW NW  N NE  E  E SE SE  E SE NW SE  W
Wind spd       8  8  9 10 10 10 13 18 17 17 10  5  4  5  5  8  9 10  6  6  6  8
Clouds        CL FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30          50          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.04        0.22
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C  C


Date           04/21/25  Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25
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      30    53      27    58      32    59      34    61
Temp          47 48 36   31 46 53 36   28 52 55 40   33 53 58 42   35 53 59
Dewpt         34 31 31   29 31 28 28   24 29 27 30   29 33 32 33   32 35 34
PWind dir         W       W    NW       E    SE       E     E       E     E
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         60      40    30       5    10      10    20      20    30
Rain shwrs     C  L  C    C  C  C                           S       S  S  C
Snowshwrs                 C  C

$$
MTZ314-191000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
222 PM MDT Fri Apr 18 2025

Date           04/18/25      Sat 04/19/25            Sun 04/20/25            Mon
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                      27          61          37          55          34
Temp          44 45 35 30 29 30 44 55 59 59 49 46 41 38 43 52 54 54 44 41 37 35
Dewpt         15 14 15 15 14 15 22 25 29 30 34 37 35 33 33 33 32 34 36 37 34 31
RH            30 28 43 53 53 53 41 31 32 33 56 71 79 82 67 48 43 46 73 85 89 85
Wind dir      NW NW  S  S  S  S SW  W NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W NW NE SE  W  W  W
Wind spd       9  5  6 10 10 10  9  9 10 10  9  5  5  4  5  5  4  5  5  5  5  5
Clouds        FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          20          60          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.03        0.20
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                      S  S  S  S  L  L  L  L  L  L  C


Date           04/21/25  Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25  Thu 04/24/25  Fri 04/25/25
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          50      29    48      29    51      31    52      34    55
Temp          47 45 36   30 43 47 35   30 48 48 37   32 48 51 41   35 50 53
Dewpt         29 29 28   23 25 25 25   24 29 30 30   27 34 32 33   31 35 36
PWind dir         W       W    NW      SW    SE      SE     E       E    SE
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         80      40    40      10    30      30    40      30    40
Rain shwrs     C  D  C          C             C  C    S  S  C  C    C  C  C
Snowshwrs            C    S  S  C

$$
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