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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
801 PM MDT Sun Oct 12 2025

MTZ312-131000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
801 PM MDT Sun Oct 12 2025

Date           10/12/25      Mon 10/13/25            Tue 10/14/25            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                      25          34          25          43          30
Temp                30 28 26 26 26 29 32 33 30 29 27 27 31 36 41 43 36 34 32 31
Dewpt               23 25 24 24 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 28 29 31 32 32 31 31 29
RH                  75 88 92 92 92 85 75 72 81 85 92 92 88 75 67 65 85 89 96 92
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  W  W  W
Wind spd            12 18 19 19 19 16 16 13 11 10  6  5  3  3  4  5  4  4  4  4
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                    100          70          20          20          40
QPF 12hr                   0.21        0.07           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     2           1       00-00
Rain                                                              S  S  C  C  L
Snow                 D  D  D  L  L  C     S  S        S  S                 C  L
Winter Weath         Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25
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          45      34    52      35    54      33    56      36    59
Temp          39 44 38   36 44 50 41   37 50 50 39   34 50 52 41   38 53 53
Dewpt         35 38 36   34 36 38 32   28 34 35 31   27 33 32 28   26 33 34
PWind dir         W      SW     W      SW     W       W    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         60      60    50      20    30      30    20      20    20
Rain           L  L  L    L  C  C  S    S  C  C  C    C  S          S  S  S
Snow           L

$$
MTZ303-131000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
801 PM MDT Sun Oct 12 2025

Date           10/12/25      Mon 10/13/25            Tue 10/14/25            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                      19          32          23          41          24
Temp                25 23 22 20 21 26 30 30 27 27 25 25 28 34 39 41 33 30 28 25
Dewpt               21 19 17 18 19 21 22 24 23 23 21 21 24 28 29 31 29 28 25 24
RH                  84 84 81 92 92 81 72 78 85 85 84 84 85 78 67 67 85 92 88 96
Wind dir             N NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  W NW NW NW
Wind spd            13 13 13 11 11 11 11 10  8  6  5  5  4  6  5  4  4  5  4  4
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     90          70          20          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.07           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     1           1       00-00
Rain                                                                    S  S  C
Snow                 D  C  L  L  C  C  S  S  S                          S  S  C


Date           10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25
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          47      31    53      35    51      30    53      31    54
Temp          40 46 36   33 47 48 39   36 48 47 36   31 48 49 38   32 49 48
Dewpt         33 38 33   30 34 35 29   27 33 32 29   26 31 30 28   25 32 32
PWind dir         W       W     W       W     W       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40      40    30      10    30      20    20      10    30
Rain           C  C  C    C  C  S          C  C  S    S  S             S  C
Snow           C                                      S  S

$$
MTZ319-131000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
801 PM MDT Sun Oct 12 2025

Date           10/12/25      Mon 10/13/25            Tue 10/14/25            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                      24          36          26          46          31
Temp                30 29 29 25 25 28 33 33 31 31 29 28 29 34 42 44 39 37 34 32
Dewpt               26 26 26 24 25 25 26 25 24 25 25 26 27 30 34 36 31 31 30 30
RH                  85 88 88 96100 88 75 72 75 78 85 92 92 85 73 73 73 79 85 92
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  N NE  N  N NW NW NW NW
Wind spd            10 11 10  9  9 10 11 11  8  5  3  2  2  3  5  5  4  2  2  2
Wind gust              21
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                    100          70          30          30          50
QPF 12hr                   0.25        0.06           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                     2           1       00-00
Rain                                                     C  S  S  C  C  C  C  L
Snow                 D  D  D  L  S  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C                    L
Winter Weath         Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25
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          45      33    49      34    53      33    56      34    59
Temp          37 44 40   35 41 48 41   35 45 49 42   36 44 54 41   35 49 53
Dewpt         34 36 34   32 35 35 32   29 34 33 31   29 31 34 28   27 35 34
PWind dir        NW       W     W      SW     W       W    SW      SW     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         70      70    60      30    40      40    30      20    30
Rain           L  L  L    L  L  C  C    S  C  C  C    C  C          S  C  C
Snow           L

$$
MTZ326-131000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
801 PM MDT Sun Oct 12 2025

Date           10/12/25      Mon 10/13/25            Tue 10/14/25            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                      25          41          24          50          31
Temp                40 36 34 29 29 35 39 37 33 31 28 27 31 41 49 48 42 38 36 33
Dewpt               34 33 31 26 26 26 25 24 25 28 27 26 30 34 36 36 37 38 36 32
RH                  79 89 89 88 88 69 57 59 72 88 96 96 96 76 61 63 82100100 96
Wind dir            NW  N  W  W NW NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  N  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd             8  9 10 10 10  9 11 13 12 10  8  5  3  2  3  5  5  5  5  4
Wind gust                             21 24
Clouds              OV OV B2 SC SC SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          10          20          30          60
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0        0.01        0.21
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C                                C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L
Snow                    C  S                    S  S  C


Date           10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25
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      31    49      30    52      28    54      30    59
Temp          40 47 38   34 41 48 38   31 45 49 37   29 45 53 38   31 51 54
Dewpt         37 39 37   34 37 35 35   29 33 33 33   27 31 32 31   26 34 34
PWind dir         S      SW     W      SW    SW       W    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 OV B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         70      70    60      30    30      30    30      10    30
Rain           L  L  L    L  L  C  C    S  C  C  C    C  C             S  C
Snow                                       C          C  C             S

$$
MTZ330-131000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
801 PM MDT Sun Oct 12 2025

Date           10/12/25      Mon 10/13/25            Tue 10/14/25            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                      17          48          24          54          30
Temp                30 28 24 21 24 41 47 45 34 29 27 28 35 47 53 48 40 36 33 31
Dewpt               28 27 24 21 23 28 26 30 28 27 27 28 35 40 39 39 37 36 33 31
RH                  92 96100100 96 59 43 55 78 92100100100 76 59 71 89100100100
Wind dir             S  E  E NE NE  E  S SE  E NE NE  E  E  S  S  S  E  E  E  E
Wind spd            13  9  4  2  2  5  8  4  9 12  6  2  2  6  9  4  4  4  3  2
Wind gust           27
Clouds              B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20           5          40          60          80
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.01        0.16        0.34
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            C  C  C  C  L        L  D  D  D
Rain shwrs                                                     L  L
Snow                                            C  C  C                    D  D
Tstms                                                          S  S
Obvis                     PF PF PF


Date           10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25
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          45      25    42      23    42      21    44      23    50
Temp          41 42 31   27 38 40 31   24 38 40 29   22 38 42 29   23 44 46
Dewpt         37 33 31   27 33 30 31   24 32 29 27   22 30 28 27   23 33 31
PWind dir         S      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV B2   B2 OV B2 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         90      70    80      50    40      40    30      10    30
Rain           D  D  L    L  D  L  C    C     C  C                        C
Rain shwrs        D
Snow           D          L  D  L  C    C  C  C  C    C  C
Tstms             S

$$
MTZ328-131000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
801 PM MDT Sun Oct 12 2025

Date           10/12/25      Mon 10/13/25            Tue 10/14/25            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                      29          44          26          51          33
Temp                39 37 34 31 30 39 43 40 33 29 28 28 30 42 50 48 40 37 35 34
Dewpt               34 32 32 30 30 31 30 31 29 29 27 27 30 35 38 40 39 37 35 34
RH                  82 82 92 96100 73 60 70 85100 96 96100 76 63 74 96100100100
Wind dir             S SE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E  E NE NE  E NE
Wind spd            13 12 10 10 12 11 12 12 12 11  9  6  5  3  5  6  5  6  6  6
Clouds              OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     40           5          20          40          60
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.06        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C                                   C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L
Snow                 S  S  S                    S  S  C


Date           10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25
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          49      31    51      29    53      27    54      28    57
Temp          43 47 36   33 44 48 33   30 46 49 32   28 46 50 34   29 48 49
Dewpt         40 40 36   32 37 35 30   26 33 33 28   25 33 31 28   25 34 36
PWind dir         S      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         70      60    40      20    20      20    10      10    30
Rain           L  C  C    L  C  C  S       S  S  S    S                S  C
Snow                                       S          S                S

$$
MTZ305-131000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
801 PM MDT Sun Oct 12 2025

Date           10/12/25      Mon 10/13/25            Tue 10/14/25            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                      21          40          24          51          31
Temp                30 27 26 24 25 32 38 38 32 29 28 27 31 44 50 48 39 36 34 32
Dewpt               23 22 21 20 20 22 22 23 24 24 23 25 27 32 33 34 35 35 34 32
RH                  75 81 81 84 81 66 52 54 72 81 81 92 85 62 52 58 85 96100100
Wind dir             N  N  N NE NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd            11 10 10  9 10 11 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 10 10  9  5  5  5  5
Clouds              B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          40           0          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Rain                                                                    C  C  C
Snow                       C  C  C


Date           10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25
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      34    54      33    56      31    58      32    61
Temp          45 47 40   36 48 51 39   34 50 51 37   32 51 53 40   33 53 56
Dewpt         40 42 40   36 41 39 36   31 37 35 33   30 35 32 31   28 36 36
PWind dir        NE       W     W      SW     W       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 FW SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         60      60    50      30    30      20    20      10    20
Rain           C  L  L    L  C  C  C    S  C  C  S    S  S                S

$$
MTZ314-131000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
801 PM MDT Sun Oct 12 2025

Date           10/12/25      Mon 10/13/25            Tue 10/14/25            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                      23          36          23          48          31
Temp                28 27 26 25 25 30 34 34 29 28 27 26 31 41 47 46 38 36 35 32
Dewpt               25 25 25 24 24 24 25 25 26 26 25 25 29 33 36 37 36 36 35 32
RH                  88 92 96 96 96 78 69 69 88 92 92 96 92 73 65 71 92100100100
Wind dir             N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE NW
Wind spd             5  5  8 10 11 11 13 12 11  9  6  5  3  4  5  5  5  3  3  3
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                    100          40          20          20          60
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.01           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                     T           T       00-00
Rain                                                  S  S        C  C  L  L  L
Snow                 D  D  C  C           S  S  S  S  S


Date           10/15/25  Thu 10/16/25  Fri 10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25
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          45      32    49      32    52      30    53      32    60
Temp          41 44 38   36 44 46 38   34 49 47 37   32 47 49 39   35 55 53
Dewpt         39 40 38   36 38 36 33   26 33 34 33   28 32 30 29   24 33 35
PWind dir        NW       W     W       W     W       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         70      80    60      40    30      50    20      10    20
Rain           L  L  L    D  L  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  S             S

$$
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