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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
816 PM MST Sun Nov 17 2024

MTZ312-181100-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
816 PM MST Sun Nov 17 2024

Date          Sun 11/17/24      Mon 11/18/24            Tue 11/19/24         Wed
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                      32          42          20          38          15
Temp                   42 40 36 35 40 40 34 29 27 26 22 25 34 38 32 23 21 19 18
Dewpt                  30 31 24 22 17 13 13 15 16 14 11 13 13 11 13 13 13 11 11
RH                     62 70 61 59 39 33 41 55 63 60 62 60 41 32 45 65 71 70 73
Wind dir                S SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW  W SW SW  S
Wind spd               17 17 17 17 19 18 11 11 12 13 13 13 13 12  8  5  4  3  4
Wind gust              27
Clouds                 B1 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          20           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S  C
Snow                       C           S


Date           11/20/24  Thu 11/21/24  Fri 11/22/24  Sat 11/23/24  Sun 11/24/24
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          36      22    37      22    33      20    29      13    27
Temp          29 32 25   27 35 31 26   24 30 29 25   24 28 26 22   19 23 21
Dewpt         14 18 15   17 20 23 21   18 22 25 21   19 21 21 17   12 15 16
PWind dir         S       S    NW      NE    NE       N     N      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 OV   OV OV B2 B2   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       5    20      50    40      50    50      50    30
Rain                            S  C          C  C
Snow                         S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S

$$
MTZ303-181100-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
816 PM MST Sun Nov 17 2024

Date          Sun 11/17/24      Mon 11/18/24            Tue 11/19/24         Wed
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                      28          39          16          34          11
Temp                   36 35 31 31 37 37 31 25 22 21 18 18 30 34 27 19 16 14 14
Dewpt                  28 24 18 17 15 14 16 16 16 15 13 11 14 13 15 12 12 10 10
RH                     72 64 58 56 40 38 53 68 77 77 80 73 51 41 60 74 84 84 84
Wind dir               SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NE
Wind spd               13 16 18 21 25 24 13 12 10 11 11 12 14 13  8  5  5  3  4
Wind gust                 26 28 33 36 35                      24
Clouds                 B1 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          20           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S
Snow                                S


Date           11/20/24  Thu 11/21/24  Fri 11/22/24  Sat 11/23/24  Sun 11/24/24
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          29      14    30      15    27      12    23       4    20
Temp          24 26 19   19 26 25 20   16 23 23 21   17 21 20 15   10 17 16
Dewpt         14 14 11   12 16 17 16   13 18 19 17   14 16 17 11    6 10 10
PWind dir         E       E     N      NE    NE      NE     N      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 OV   OV OV B2 OV   OV OV B2 OV   OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5      10    20      40    50      50    50      40    30
Snow                            S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S

$$
MTZ319-181100-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
816 PM MST Sun Nov 17 2024

Date          Sun 11/17/24      Mon 11/18/24            Tue 11/19/24         Wed
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                      28          39          17          37          13
Temp                   40 37 32 30 36 37 34 29 27 25 21 18 30 36 31 25 21 18 16
Dewpt                  27 29 23 21 22 20 18 16 16 15 12 10 15 16 16 13 11  9  9
RH                     59 72 69 69 56 50 51 58 63 65 68 70 53 43 53 60 65 67 73
Wind dir               SE SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW  W  W SW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                8  6  4  5 10 13 10  9  6  6  5  4  5  8  4  5  5  5  4
Wind gust                          20 24
Clouds                 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     80          40          10          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Rain                    L
Snow                       L  C  S     S


Date           11/20/24  Thu 11/21/24  Fri 11/22/24  Sat 11/23/24  Sun 11/24/24
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          38      25    45      29    45      26    40      17    34
Temp          29 36 31   28 38 41 36   30 38 40 35   30 34 35 28   23 28 31
Dewpt         17 23 20   22 29 32 29   26 32 32 28   25 28 27 19   17 21 23
PWind dir         S       S     S      SW    SW       W    NW      NW     W
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5      10    30      50    40      40    50      50    40
Rain                         S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C
Snow                         S  C          C             C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ326-181100-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
816 PM MST Sun Nov 17 2024

Date          Sun 11/17/24      Mon 11/18/24            Tue 11/19/24         Wed
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                      25          36          11          33           7
Temp                   35 34 30 29 33 34 29 23 22 19 17 13 26 32 27 18 15 12 12
Dewpt                  29 28 28 28 28 25 21 17 16 14 13  9 17 16 15 11 10  6  7
RH                     78 78 92 96 82 69 72 77 77 80 84 84 68 51 60 73 80 76 80
Wind dir                E SE  W  W NW  W  W  S  S  S  S  S  W  W SW  S  S SE SE
Wind spd                5  6  5  5  6  9  6  5  5  5  5  5  5  6  5  6  6  5  5
Wind gust                             19
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     80          90          30          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.12           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           1       00-00
Rain                    S  C
Snow                    S  C  D  D  L  C  C  C
Winter Weath            Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           11/20/24  Thu 11/21/24  Fri 11/22/24  Sat 11/23/24  Sun 11/24/24
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          36      21    45      29    47      27    44      19    37
Temp          29 34 27   26 38 41 34   30 41 43 34   30 39 40 30   25 32 33
Dewpt         18 21 20   21 30 31 31   28 35 34 31   27 33 30 26   21 25 23
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     S       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 OV   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          5      10    20      40    30      40    40      60    40
Rain                         S  S  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  L
Snow                         S          C  C          C  C     L    L  C  C

$$
MTZ330-181100-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
816 PM MST Sun Nov 17 2024

Date          Sun 11/17/24      Mon 11/18/24            Tue 11/19/24         Wed
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                      17          28           2          22           2
Temp                   23 23 21 22 26 26 21 14 10  6  3  6 18 21 18 11  8  5  4
Dewpt                  23 23 21 22 23 17 14 11 10  6  3  6 12 11 10  8  7  4  2
RH                    100100100100 88 68 74 88100100100100 77 65 70 87 96 95 91
Wind dir                S  S  S SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S
Wind spd               12 11  6  8 10 12  8  5  4  2  2  2  6 12  9  8  6  5  4
Wind gust              23
Clouds                 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     80         100          70          40          10
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.26        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                     1           4           T
Snow                    D  L  L  D  D  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C              S
Wind chill                                                          -1 -3 -5 -6
Min chill                                            -1                -3    -7
Winter Weath            Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           11/20/24  Thu 11/21/24  Fri 11/22/24  Sat 11/23/24  Sun 11/24/24
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          29      16    36      22    40      20    39      17    32
Temp          22 27 20   18 32 34 26   22 35 37 25   21 34 35 25   18 29 29
Dewpt         13 18 16   16 24 26 24   21 28 27 23   20 27 26 23   17 23 22
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     S       S     S      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr         30      30    40      40    30      30    50      60    60
Rain                               C    C  C  S  C    C
Snow           S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  S  C    C  C  C  L    L  L  C

$$
MTZ328-181100-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
816 PM MST Sun Nov 17 2024

Date          Sun 11/17/24      Mon 11/18/24            Tue 11/19/24         Wed
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                      23          33           8          29           9
Temp                   32 31 26 25 30 32 27 20 19 16 12  9 23 29 23 15 12 11 12
Dewpt                  25 24 24 23 21 17 16 14 12 10  7  5 12 12 13  9  6  5  6
RH                     75 75 92 92 69 53 63 77 74 77 80 83 62 48 65 77 76 76 76
Wind dir                S  S  S SW  W  W SW SW SW  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd               18 14  9  9  9 10  6  6  8  8  8  6  5  8  5  8 10 10 11
Wind gust              28
Clouds                 B2 OV OV OV B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     80          80          10           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T           T       00-00
Snow                       L  D  C  C
Wind chill                                              -2             -1 -2 -2
Min chill                                                  -4          -1    -2


Date           11/20/24  Thu 11/21/24  Fri 11/22/24  Sat 11/23/24  Sun 11/24/24
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          33      21    40      29    45      28    44      22    39
Temp          28 31 25   23 36 37 32   30 41 41 33   30 39 39 31   26 34 34
Dewpt         17 22 18   18 26 29 27   25 33 34 28   25 30 31 25   20 24 25
PWind dir         S       S     S       S     S       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5      10    20      30    20      30    30      50    30
Rain                            S  C    C  S     S    C  C  C  C
Snow                            S  C    C  S          C  C  C  C    C  C  S

$$
MTZ305-181100-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
816 PM MST Sun Nov 17 2024

Date          Sun 11/17/24      Mon 11/18/24            Tue 11/19/24         Wed
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                      31          46          19          38          10
Temp                   41 39 36 35 42 45 38 29 25 24 22 20 31 37 32 22 18 14 13
Dewpt                  31 32 28 26 22 19 21 22 20 20 18 17 20 20 20 16 13 11 10
RH                     67 76 72 69 44 35 50 75 81 84 84 88 63 50 61 77 80 88 87
Wind dir                S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  W  W  W
Wind spd                9 10 10 12 18 18 13 11 10 10 11 11 16 18 12 10  8  5  5
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     30          20          10          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    C  C  S


Date           11/20/24  Thu 11/21/24  Fri 11/22/24  Sat 11/23/24  Sun 11/24/24
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          34      14    35      16    32      15    29       9    25
Temp          27 30 20   18 30 30 22   17 28 30 23   20 26 26 19   15 21 20
Dewpt         15 15 12   11 18 18 17   14 20 20 19   18 20 20 16   13 16 14
PWind dir        NW       E    NW      NE    NE      NE    NE       N     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B2 B2 B1 B2   OV OV B2 OV   OV OV B2 OV   OV B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       5     5      30    50      50    60      50    30
Snow                               S    C  C  C  C    C  L  L  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ314-181100-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
816 PM MST Sun Nov 17 2024

Date          Sun 11/17/24      Mon 11/18/24            Tue 11/19/24         Wed
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                      28          39          17          34          11
Temp                   38 38 33 32 37 37 32 27 25 24 22 19 30 33 28 21 19 16 16
Dewpt                  28 28 28 27 22 19 17 17 15 14 13 10 14 13 13 12 11  9  9
RH                     67 67 82 81 54 48 53 65 65 65 68 67 51 43 53 68 70 73 73
Wind dir                S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  W  W  W SW
Wind spd               11 10  6  8 13 16 13 13 11 12 12 13 18 18 11 10  9  6  5
Wind gust              25          24 26 25 25 21 23 23 24 29 28 21
Clouds                 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          50          10          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    C  C  C
Snow                          C  C  S


Date           11/20/24  Thu 11/21/24  Fri 11/22/24  Sat 11/23/24  Sun 11/24/24
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          40      21    43      23    40      20    36      12    29
Temp          33 33 27   28 40 35 29   25 36 33 28   25 33 30 23   19 26 24
Dewpt         15 19 17   19 26 25 25   21 27 27 25   22 26 25 19   15 19 17
PWind dir        SW       S     W      SE     W      SE    SW       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B2 B2 B2 OV   OV OV B2 OV   OV OV B2 OV   OV B2 B1
PoP 12hr          0       5    20      50    40      50    50      50    40
Rain                               C    C  C  C  C    C
Snow                         S     C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
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