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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
224 PM MDT Tue Oct 14 2025

MTZ312-151000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
224 PM MDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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          47          35          53          36
Temp          38 38 33 32 29 28 31 39 44 44 39 38 38 37 39 47 53 51 44 42 40 37
Dewpt         31 30 30 28 27 26 29 33 35 35 34 34 36 35 37 37 35 34 33 30 27 26
RH            76 73 89 85 92 92 92 79 70 70 82 85 92 92 92 68 50 52 65 62 59 64
Wind dir      NE NE NE NW NE NE  N  N  N  N NW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd       4  5  3  3  2  2  2  2  3  3  3  4  5  6  5  6  8  8 10 13 17 17
Clouds        B2 SC B1 SC SC B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          30          60          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.06        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C
Snow                             C
Obvis                     PF PF PF


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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      32    57      41    64      38    54      32    50
Temp          51 52 41   34 51 54 47   46 60 58 46   41 47 48 38   34 46 47
Dewpt         32 31 29   27 33 31 31   31 36 35 33   31 33 32 28   27 30 29
PWind dir         W       W    SW      SW    SW      SW     W       W    SW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC B1 SC B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      40     5      20    30      40    40      30    10
Rain              S  C    C             S  C  S  C    C  C  C  C    S
Snow                                                                S

$$
MTZ303-151000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
224 PM MDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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                      22          49          31          58          35
Temp          34 35 29 27 26 23 28 40 47 46 37 34 34 33 34 51 57 54 42 41 40 37
Dewpt         28 27 26 26 24 23 27 31 35 35 33 32 30 26 27 31 31 31 28 27 25 24
RH            78 72 88 96 92100 96 70 63 65 85 92 85 75 75 46 37 41 57 57 55 59
Wind dir       E SE SE  W  N SE  S  S SE SE  S  W NW NW NW  W  W SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd       5  5  3  2  2  2  3  5  5  4  4  5  9 10 10 10  9  8 11 17 19 19
Wind gust                                                              28 32 31
Clouds        B1 B1 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          10          20          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  S  S  S                          S
Obvis                  PF PF PF PF


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          53      29    54      37    59      33    50      28    49
Temp          48 49 37   30 48 51 42   41 56 53 41   35 44 45 32   30 44 45
Dewpt         31 30 29   24 30 30 30   31 35 34 30   28 31 29 26   24 28 28
PWind dir         W       W     W      SW    SW       W    NW      NW     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      20     5      20    30      30    40      20    10
Rain           S  C  S                  S  C  S  C    C  C  C  S
Snow                                                     C     S

$$
MTZ319-151000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
224 PM MDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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          50          35          53          34
Temp          35 36 33 32 31 29 31 38 46 47 43 41 40 37 37 43 51 52 44 41 39 35
Dewpt         30 29 26 28 27 28 30 34 38 39 35 35 35 35 35 36 35 35 29 29 27 26
RH            82 75 75 85 85 96 96 85 73 74 73 79 82 92 92 76 54 52 55 62 62 69
Wind dir      NW NW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW
Wind spd       3  5  4  2  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  4  5  6 10 12 10  9
Wind gust                                                              24
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          50          60          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.09        0.06        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  S  S
Snow                             C
Obvis                        PF PF


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          56      34    57      38    60      35    51      30    50
Temp          48 52 44   37 47 54 46   42 52 55 45   38 43 47 39   33 40 48
Dewpt         33 30 30   29 32 31 31   32 38 36 32   31 33 29 27   25 29 31
PWind dir         W       W     W       S    SW      SW     W       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      30    10      20    50      50    60      40    20
Rain              S  C    C             S  C  C  C    C  L  L  C    C  S  S
Snow                                                                C  S

$$
MTZ326-151000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
224 PM MDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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          50          33          47          28
Temp          43 42 36 33 32 31 34 40 46 47 42 39 39 36 37 40 45 46 40 36 34 29
Dewpt         35 34 33 33 32 31 34 38 40 40 40 39 39 36 37 37 37 36 35 33 31 27
RH            73 73 89100100100100 92 79 76 93100100100100 89 73 68 82 89 89 92
Wind dir      NW  W SW  W  W  W NW  W  W SW  W SW  W  W  W  W  W SW  S SW SW SW
Wind spd       2  2  4  4  3  2  2  1  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  3  4  5  8  9  9  8
Clouds        SC B1 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          60          70          80          30
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.07        0.09        0.11        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    C  C  L  S  C  S  C  C  L  L  D  D  C  C  C  C
Snow                       C  L
Obvis                  PF PF PF PF


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          56      29    55      33    60      31    50      24    48
Temp          48 52 39   31 47 53 41   37 53 56 42   35 44 47 35   28 40 45
Dewpt         33 30 31   26 32 32 31   30 38 36 36   31 33 30 30   25 30 29
PWind dir        SW       W    SW       S     S       S     W       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10      30     5      10    40      50    50      40    20
Rain                 C    C                S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C
Snow                                                           C    C  S

$$
MTZ330-151000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
224 PM MDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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          50          28          44          23
Temp          44 42 35 32 31 30 35 45 49 44 38 35 33 31 34 40 43 42 35 31 28 25
Dewpt         43 40 33 32 31 30 35 42 39 38 37 35 33 31 33 35 32 31 32 31 27 24
RH            96 93 92100100100100 89 68 79 96100100100 96 82 65 65 89100 96 96
Wind dir       S  S  E  N NE NE NE SW SW  S  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW
Wind spd       9  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  5  2  2  2  2  2  2  5  8  6  6  9  6  5
Clouds        B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          90          80          90          50
QPF 12hr                   0.25        0.23        0.04        0.02        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C  C  L  D  D              D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C
Rain shwrs     S                    C  C  C  C
Snow                    C  L  D                    D  D  D        C  C  C  C
Tstms          S                    S  C  S  S
Obvis                  PF PF PF PF


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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      21    47      25    51      25    43      17    40
Temp          40 43 30   22 41 45 31   27 47 49 35   27 40 41 26   19 35 38
Dewpt         31 29 27   22 28 29 29   27 35 33 32   27 29 26 23   19 27 26
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       S     S      SW    SW      NW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20      30     5      10    30      60    70      50    30
Rain              S  C    C                S  C  C    L
Snow                 C    C                S          L  L  L  C    C  C  S

$$
MTZ328-151000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
224 PM MDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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                      31          48          33          50          29
Temp          36 36 31 31 31 32 34 40 46 45 40 37 37 35 35 43 49 48 38 33 31 30
Dewpt         32 33 31 31 31 32 34 39 43 43 39 37 36 35 35 39 40 38 34 29 27 25
RH            85 89100100100100100 96 89 93 96100 96100100 86 71 68 85 85 85 81
Wind dir      NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N NE SE SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd       2  3  4  5  4  4  3  2  2  3  3  4  5  6  6  5  5  5  5  9 10 10
Clouds        SC B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          60          60          50          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.05        0.07        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                          C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S
Snow                          C
Obvis                     PF PF PF


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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      28    56      33    60      31    49      25    45
Temp          47 51 35   29 48 52 39   35 53 54 39   33 44 44 31   27 38 41
Dewpt         33 33 28   25 33 34 32   31 39 39 33   29 31 29 25   22 29 31
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       S     S       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5      10     0      10    40      50    50      30    10
Rain                                       S  C  C    C  C  C  C
Snow                                                  C  C     C    S

$$
MTZ305-151000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
224 PM MDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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          49          35          55          34
Temp          40 38 31 29 27 26 30 41 47 47 41 39 39 37 38 48 55 52 44 41 39 35
Dewpt         31 29 28 28 27 26 29 34 38 40 40 39 39 37 38 40 39 37 37 34 33 29
RH            70 70 88 96100100 96 76 71 76 96100100100100 74 55 56 76 76 79 78
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  W
Wind spd       8  6  4  2  2  2  2  4  5  4  3  3  4  5  6  8  9  6  8 10 12 13
Wind gust                                                                    24
Clouds        B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10          50          60          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05        0.04        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S        S
Snow                             S
Obvis                  PF PF PF PF


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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          56      29    57      34    63      33    54      29    52
Temp          51 51 38   30 50 53 41   40 57 58 44   36 48 49 36   31 46 48
Dewpt         36 32 32   26 30 30 30   31 36 34 34   31 34 32 30   28 31 30
PWind dir         W       W     W      SW    SW       W    NW       W     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   SC SC FW FW   SC B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      30     5      10    20      20    30      20     5
Rain           S  S  C    S                S     S    S  C  C  S    S

$$
MTZ314-151000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
224 PM MDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Date           10/14/25      Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri
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          49          33          45          32
Temp          38 37 31 30 30 29 34 42 46 44 39 38 37 35 37 41 44 45 39 38 37 34
Dewpt         30 30 29 30 29 29 34 39 41 40 39 38 36 35 37 39 39 38 34 33 29 25
RH            73 75 92100 96100100 89 83 86100100 96100100 92 82 76 82 82 72 69
Wind dir       N  E  E SE  E  E  E  E NE NW NW  W  W  W  W NW NW  W SW SW  W  W
Wind spd       5  5  4  3  2  2  2  2  4  4  3  3  4  5  5  9 10  6  8  8 10 10
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          60          70          80          50
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.09        0.05        0.08        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       C  L  C        L  L  L  L  D  D  L  L  C  C  S  S
Snow                       C  L
Obvis                  PF PF PF PF


Date           10/17/25  Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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      29    52      35    64      35    52      29    47
Temp          49 49 38   31 47 49 41   42 59 57 44   38 47 45 35   31 43 43
Dewpt         32 32 31   27 30 30 31   30 38 38 35   31 33 32 30   26 29 30
PWind dir         W       W     W      SW    SW      SW     W       W     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      40    10      20    30      50    50      40    20
Rain              S  C    C             S  S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C     S
Snow                                                           C    C  S

$$
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