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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
1114 AM MST Wed Jan 8 2025

MTZ312-082300-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
1114 AM MST Wed Jan 8 2025

Date                Wed 01/08/25            Thu 01/09/25            Fri 01/10/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      39          18          33          19          41
Temp                      38 35 32 29 28 24 20 27 32 28 22 23 24 26 29 36 38 37
Dewpt                     32 30 26 25 24 19 15 22 25 20 15 16 15 16 18 22 24 25
RH                        79 82 78 85 85 81 81 81 75 71 74 74 68 65 63 56 57 61
Wind dir                   W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd                  17 12 11  9  8  8  8  8  8  8 10 11 13 18 20 21 23 21
Wind gust                                                              33 35 33
Clouds                    B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          40           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       L                                               S  L
Snow                       L  C  C  S                                   S  S  L
Winter Weath               Y


Date               Sat 01/11/25  Sun 01/12/25  Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            28    35      19    31      17    29      13    31
Temp          33   32 33 30 25   24 27 27 24   22 26 24 19   18 25 25
Dewpt         27   25 26 24 19   18 21 22 19   16 18 17 11   10 16 17
PWind dir           W     W       W    SW       W    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           80    50      30    40      40    10       5     5
Rain           L
Snow           L    D  C  S  C    S  C  C  C    S

$$
MTZ303-082300-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
1114 AM MST Wed Jan 8 2025

Date                Wed 01/08/25            Thu 01/09/25            Fri 01/10/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      37          14          30          19          39
Temp                      37 32 28 27 24 20 15 24 30 24 21 22 23 25 27 33 36 33
Dewpt                     27 25 23 23 20 15 11 19 24 17 14 16 15 16 18 22 25 24
RH                        67 75 81 85 84 81 84 81 78 74 74 77 71 68 68 63 64 69
Wind dir                  NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd                  28 20 19 13 13 11 11 11 10 10 13 13 14 17 18 21 25 24
Wind gust                 40                                     27 29 34 39 37
Clouds                    B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          20           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Snow                       S     S                                            L
High Wind                  W
Winter Weath               Y


Date               Sat 01/11/25  Sun 01/12/25  Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            23    32      16    29      15    28      15    31
Temp          29   27 28 25 22   19 24 24 21   18 21 22 19   19 24 25
Dewpt         25   22 23 20 17   14 19 20 17   13 16 16 12   13 17 18
PWind dir           W     W       W     W       W     W       W     W
Wind char          WY    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 SC SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr           70    20      10    20      20     5       0     5
Snow           L    C  S             S  S  S

$$
MTZ319-082300-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
1114 AM MST Wed Jan 8 2025

Date                Wed 01/08/25            Thu 01/09/25            Fri 01/10/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      40          22          35          19          38
Temp                      38 36 34 32 31 26 23 29 34 31 26 23 23 21 22 27 34 35
Dewpt                     31 30 28 27 25 22 19 23 24 23 17 16 14 14 14 18 20 23
RH                        76 79 78 81 78 85 84 78 66 72 68 74 68 74 71 68 56 61
Wind dir                   W  W  W NW  W  W  W  W SW  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S SW
Wind spd                  12 11  6  2  2  1  1  1  2  4  5  6  6  6  5  5  8  9
Wind gust                 23
Clouds                    B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          70           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.04           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Rain                       C                                                  C
Snow                       C  C  L  L  C                                      C


Date               Sat 01/11/25  Sun 01/12/25  Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            28    35      21    32      19    31      14    32
Temp          33   30 31 32 27   22 27 29 25   20 24 27 20   16 21 27
Dewpt         24   23 23 22 19   17 20 20 17   15 17 17 13   11 14 18
PWind dir           W     W       W     W       W    SW      SW     S
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           70    50      20    30      30    10       5     5
Rain           C
Snow           C    L  C  S  S    S  C  C  C    S

$$
MTZ326-082300-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
1114 AM MST Wed Jan 8 2025

Date                Wed 01/08/25            Thu 01/09/25            Fri 01/10/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      35          19          33          12          35
Temp                      33 29 27 26 25 22 22 28 32 27 17 16 14 14 17 26 33 32
Dewpt                     30 28 26 26 24 21 21 24 23 21 13 11 10 10 12 18 21 24
RH                        89 96 96100 96 96 96 85 69 78 84 80 84 84 80 71 61 72
Wind dir                   W NW  W  W  W NW  W  N  W SE  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd                   8  8  4  2  2  1  1  0  1  2  3  4  4  4  4  3  5  9
Clouds                    B2 OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     50          70           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.05           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           1       00-00
Snow                       S  L  L  L  C                                      C


Date               Sat 01/11/25  Sun 01/12/25  Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            22    33      16    29      12    28      10    30
Temp          29   27 29 30 23   20 24 25 19   17 21 23 15   13 21 25
Dewpt         23   23 24 23 19   16 19 18 16   14 16 15 11    9 14 15
PWind dir          SW     W      SW    SW      SW    SW       S    SW
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           80    70      20    30      20    10       5     5
Snow           C    D  L     S    S  C  S  S    S

$$
MTZ330-082300-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
1114 AM MST Wed Jan 8 2025

Date                Wed 01/08/25            Thu 01/09/25            Fri 01/10/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      22           3          27           1          23
Temp                      21 18 13 10  9  6  4 19 27 21  9  4  3  4  4 15 21 19
Dewpt                     17 14 11  8  7  4  3 14 14 13  5  2  1  2  2 11 13 13
RH                        84 84 91 91 91 91 95 80 57 71 83 91 91 91 91 84 71 77
Wind dir                  SW SW SW  S  E  S  N  N NW  W  N SW  S  S  S SW SW SW
Wind spd                   9  4  2  1  1  1  1  1  2  1  0  1  1  1  2  4 10 10
Wind gust                                                                    20
Clouds                    B1 B2 OV B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     50          70           5           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T           T       00-00
Snow                       S  L  L  C  S                                S  S  D
Winter Weath               Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Sat 01/11/25  Sun 01/12/25  Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            10    25       4    22       1    22       0    24
Temp          16   12 19 20 11    6 14 17  7    3 13 16  6    2 13 19
Dewpt         12    9 14 14  8    4 10 11  4    0  9 10  2   -1  7 11
PWind dir          SW     W      SW    SW      SW     W      SW     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr           90    60      30    40      20    10       5     5
Snow           D    L  L  S  C    S  C  C  S

$$
MTZ328-082300-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
1114 AM MST Wed Jan 8 2025

Date                Wed 01/08/25            Thu 01/09/25            Fri 01/10/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      35          16          31          14          33
Temp                      34 29 24 25 22 20 17 26 30 26 18 17 17 17 16 26 32 29
Dewpt                     26 22 19 20 18 16 13 20 20 18 11 10  9  8  9 15 19 19
RH                        72 75 81 81 84 84 84 78 66 71 73 73 70 67 73 62 58 66
Wind dir                  SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd                  11  9  6  5  5  4  4  2  2  3  5  5  6  8 10 11 13 11
Clouds                    SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          30           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Snow                             S  C  S                                      C


Date               Sat 01/11/25  Sun 01/12/25  Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            21    33      14    29       9    27      10    30
Temp          25   24 29 27 19   15 22 23 17   12 20 21 14   12 21 24
Dewpt         19   18 20 18 13    9 14 15 11    7 12 11  7    4 10 12
PWind dir          SW     W      SW    SW      SW    SW       S     S
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B1 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC FW   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr           30     5       0     5       5     0       0     0
Snow           C

$$
MTZ305-082300-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
1114 AM MST Wed Jan 8 2025

Date                Wed 01/08/25            Thu 01/09/25            Fri 01/10/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      41          17          30          12          38
Temp                      40 37 31 28 24 22 18 25 30 24 17 17 16 17 20 28 35 34
Dewpt                     31 31 28 26 21 18 16 21 23 20 14 14 11 12 15 20 25 27
RH                        70 79 88 92 88 84 92 84 75 84 88 88 80 80 81 71 66 75
Wind dir                   W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd                  18 16 13 10 10 10 10 10 11 10  9  8  9  9 10 13 17 18
Clouds                    B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     60          30           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.06           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       C  C                                               D
Snow                       C  C                                               D
Winter Weath               Y


Date               Sat 01/11/25  Sun 01/12/25  Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            25    35      20    30      13    25      11    28
Temp          31   30 30 30 27   25 26 25 21   20 20 21 17   17 21 24
Dewpt         28   26 27 26 24   21 23 23 19   17 17 17 13   12 16 19
PWind dir           W    NW       W     W       W     W      SW    SW
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 SC B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           90    40      40    50      40    10      10     5
Rain           D
Snow           D    L  C  S  C    C  C  C  C    S

$$
MTZ314-082300-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
1114 AM MST Wed Jan 8 2025

Date                Wed 01/08/25            Thu 01/09/25            Fri 01/10/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      35          19          33          15          43
Temp                      32 29 28 25 25 24 20 28 32 26 20 19 20 20 24 35 40 37
Dewpt                     20 25 25 22 22 21 17 24 25 19 12 11 11 11 15 24 26 27
RH                        61 85 88 88 88 88 88 85 75 74 71 70 67 67 68 64 57 67
Wind dir                   W NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  S SW SW SW  W
Wind spd                  23 20 19 13 11 10  9  9  9  5  6  6  6  8  8  9 11 13
Wind gust                 35 34 32 25 21                                  21 27
Clouds                    OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 SC FW FW FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                    100          80           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.24        0.06           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     3           1       00-00
Rain                                                                       S  C
Snow                       D  D  C  S                                   S  S  C
Winter Weath               Y


Date               Sat 01/11/25  Sun 01/12/25  Mon 01/13/25  Tue 01/14/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            25    31      20    28      17    28      14    34
Temp          33   30 29 27 25   25 27 24 22   22 25 22 19   19 28 25
Dewpt         28   25 25 23 21   20 23 20 19   18 19 15 11   11 18 17
PWind dir           W    NW       W     W       W     W       W    SW
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 OV   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           80    60      50    50      60    30      20    10
Rain           C
Snow           C    D  L  C  C    C  C  C  L    C  C          S

$$
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