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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
1004 AM MDT Thu Apr 17 2025

MTZ312-172200-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
1004 AM MDT Thu Apr 17 2025

Date             Thu 04/17/25            Fri 04/18/25            Sat 04/19/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      43          22          51          32          64
Temp                   38 41 41 32 27 25 23 31 42 47 51 40 35 33 34 45 57 62 61
Dewpt                  15 14 16 16 16 19 17 17 15 13 15 17 18 17 18 22 25 27 29
RH                     38 33 36 51 63 78 77 56 33 25 23 39 49 51 51 40 29 26 29
Wind dir                N  N  N  N NW  W  W SW  W  W  W  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W
Wind spd               14 19 19 10  6  5  5  6  8  8  9 10 10 12 13 18 19 18 17
Clouds                 B2 B2 SC SC SC FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          10           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snowshwrs               C  C


Date               Sun 04/20/25  Mon 04/21/25  Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            38    58      36    54      32    54      32    57
Temp          46   39 54 55 43   37 51 51 39   33 48 53 39   33 51 57
Dewpt         32   30 31 29 33   27 25 25 26   24 24 23 27   24 27 27
PWind dir           W    SW       W     W       W     W       E     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           10    40      30    50      30    20       5    20
Rain shwrs             S  C  C    S  S  C  C          S             S
Snowshwrs                            S

$$
MTZ303-172200-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
1004 AM MDT Thu Apr 17 2025

Date             Thu 04/17/25            Fri 04/18/25            Sat 04/19/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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          19          51          30          59
Temp                   37 38 38 30 25 21 19 28 42 49 51 41 35 32 33 43 54 57 54
Dewpt                  14 14 15 14 15 14 13 12 13 14 16 21 21 20 22 25 26 29 31
RH                     38 37 38 51 65 74 77 50 30 24 24 44 56 61 63 49 34 34 41
Wind dir                N  N  N  N NW NW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd               21 21 19  9  6  6  6  5  6 10 12 10 11 11 11 14 20 19 18
Wind gust              32 32                                        25 31 29
Clouds                 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20           5           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snowshwrs                  S


Date               Sun 04/20/25  Mon 04/21/25  Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            34    53      31    50      28    50      29    54
Temp          41   35 49 50 38   32 47 47 35   29 45 50 36   29 48 53
Dewpt         32   30 31 29 29   26 24 25 26   24 23 23 25   24 25 23
PWind dir           W     W       W     W      NW    NW      SW    SE
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr           20    50      30    50      30    20       5    10
Rain shwrs          S  C  C  C       S  C  C       S  S
Snowshwrs                            S     C       S

$$
MTZ319-172200-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
1004 AM MDT Thu Apr 17 2025

Date             Thu 04/17/25            Fri 04/18/25            Sat 04/19/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      42          25          52          30          62
Temp                   38 41 40 34 30 28 25 31 41 48 51 42 37 33 31 38 52 59 59
Dewpt                  17 15 15 18 21 19 20 19 15 15 15 17 19 18 19 22 25 28 27
RH                     42 34 36 51 69 68 81 61 34 26 23 36 48 53 61 52 35 30 29
Wind dir                N  N  N NW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  S  S  S  S  S  W  W  W
Wind spd               18 19 18 10  3  2  2  2  3  3  5  5  6  5  5  5  8 11 12
Wind gust              33 34 31
Clouds                 B1 B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     40          10           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snowshwrs                  C


Date               Sun 04/20/25  Mon 04/21/25  Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            37    58      34    54      31    55      33    59
Temp          45   38 50 57 43   34 47 52 39   31 46 55 41   33 49 58
Dewpt         32   31 31 30 30   28 26 24 25   24 23 21 25   26 29 27
PWind dir           W     W       W     W       W     W      NW    NE
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr           10    40      40    60      20    10      10    20
Rain shwrs             S  C  C    S  C  L  S                        S
Snowshwrs                         S  C     S
Tstms                                   S

$$
MTZ326-172200-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
1004 AM MDT Thu Apr 17 2025

Date             Thu 04/17/25            Fri 04/18/25            Sat 04/19/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      38          17          43          20          57
Temp                   34 36 36 31 26 22 19 24 35 40 43 34 27 24 21 31 47 55 55
Dewpt                  23 24 21 22 20 18 16 17 17 17 16 18 16 15 13 17 21 25 25
RH                     64 61 54 69 78 84 88 74 47 39 33 51 63 68 71 56 35 31 31
Wind dir                N  N NE NE NW  W  S NW NW  W  W  S SE  S  S  S SW  W  W
Wind spd               11 12 10  5  4  2  2  2  3  4  5  4  4  4  4  4  5  6  8
Wind gust              23 26
Clouds                 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     70          40           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T           T       00-00
Snowshwrs               L  L  C  C
Winter Weath            Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Sun 04/20/25  Mon 04/21/25  Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            32    54      31    50      26    52      29    56
Temp          41   33 48 53 38   32 45 49 33   27 44 51 36   30 48 55
Dewpt         31   29 32 33 32   29 29 28 25   22 23 22 26   24 28 29
PWind dir          SW    SW       W     W       W     W       E    NE
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B1 B2 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           20    50      50    60      20    20      10    30
Rain shwrs          S  C  C  C    C  C  L  S          S             C
Snowshwrs                            C     S          S
Tstms                     S  S

$$
MTZ330-172200-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
1004 AM MDT Thu Apr 17 2025

Date             Thu 04/17/25            Fri 04/18/25            Sat 04/19/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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          13          41           9          50
Temp                   32 34 30 23 20 17 14 19 34 40 38 27 19 13 10 21 41 48 47
Dewpt                  18 18 17 13 14 12 10 10 11 12 11 12 11  7  5  9 15 18 21
RH                     56 51 58 65 77 80 84 67 38 31 32 53 70 76 80 59 34 30 35
Wind dir                N  N  N NE  N  N NE NE NE  N  N  N NE  E SE  S SW SW SW
Wind spd               11 13 12 10  9  6  5  5  5  6  5  3  2  2  2  2  4  6  6
Wind gust              29 33 33 29 24 18    16 17 17 16                      17
Clouds                 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     80          40           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T           T       00-00
Snowshwrs               C  D  C
Winter Storm            W  W  W  W


Date               Sun 04/20/25  Mon 04/21/25  Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            23    49      24    47      19    50      22    54
Temp          30   23 44 45 31   24 44 44 28   19 44 48 30   22 48 50
Dewpt         21   20 28 28 25   21 24 21 19   14 16 18 21   17 25 24
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW    SW       W    SW       S     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr           20    60      60    60      30    20      20    30
Rain shwrs                L  L                                      C
Snowshwrs           S  C     L    C  C  L  C          S  S       S
Tstms                     S

$$
MTZ328-172200-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
1004 AM MDT Thu Apr 17 2025

Date             Thu 04/17/25            Fri 04/18/25            Sat 04/19/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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          19          44          22          57
Temp                   33 35 36 29 26 23 21 25 35 41 44 33 28 25 23 32 47 55 55
Dewpt                  19 18 15 17 17 16 15 14 13 12 13 13 13 13 12 15 19 21 24
RH                     56 49 42 60 68 74 77 62 40 30 28 43 53 60 62 49 32 26 30
Wind dir                N  N NE  N  N NE SE  N  N  N NE  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW
Wind spd               29 32 26 19 16 13 10 10 11 10  8  5  5  5  5  5  6  8  9
Wind gust              43 44 40 31
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     30          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00       00-00
Snowshwrs               C  C  S
Winter Weath            Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Sun 04/20/25  Mon 04/21/25  Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            32    55      31    52      27    54      31    56
Temp          40   33 51 53 39   32 48 49 34   28 45 53 39   32 51 54
Dewpt         30   26 29 27 29   25 23 19 21   19 18 18 24   23 28 25
PWind dir          SW    SW       W    SW       W    SW      NE     W
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC B1 B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr           10    30      30    30      10     5       5    10
Rain shwrs                C  C    S     C
Snowshwrs                         S  S

$$
MTZ305-172200-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
1004 AM MDT Thu Apr 17 2025

Date             Thu 04/17/25            Fri 04/18/25            Sat 04/19/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      46          19          53          28          67
Temp                   43 44 44 34 28 23 20 29 42 49 52 40 35 31 29 40 57 65 63
Dewpt                  21 17 15 17 18 17 15 18 19 17 16 17 18 17 17 21 26 29 29
RH                     41 33 30 49 66 77 81 63 39 28 24 39 49 56 60 46 30 26 27
Wind dir               NW  N  N  N  N NW  W  W  W  W  W  S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W
Wind spd               16 19 17  9  5  4  4  5  6  6  6  6 10  9  8 10 14 16 14
Clouds                 B1 B2 SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     20           5           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date               Sun 04/20/25  Mon 04/21/25  Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            36    58      33    55      31    55      29    59
Temp          45   37 52 57 41   34 50 52 39   32 47 54 37   30 53 57
Dewpt         35   33 35 33 35   30 34 29 32   29 30 26 27   24 29 26
PWind dir           W    NW      SE     W      NW    NW       E     E
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           20    50      50    60      30    30       5    10
Rain shwrs          S  S  C  C    C  C  L  C    S  S  C

$$
MTZ314-172200-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
1004 AM MDT Thu Apr 17 2025

Date             Thu 04/17/25            Fri 04/18/25            Sat 04/19/25
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
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                      38          19          44          25          59
Temp                   35 36 36 29 25 22 20 28 36 41 43 33 27 26 28 41 52 57 57
Dewpt                  19 17 18 21 20 17 16 17 16 16 16 17 17 15 16 22 24 27 29
RH                     52 45 47 72 81 81 84 63 43 36 33 51 65 62 60 46 33 31 34
Wind dir                N  N  N NW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  S  S  S  S  S SW  W  W
Wind spd               13 12 12  6  5  5  5  6  9  8  6  6  9 10  9  9  8 10 11
Clouds                 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     60          20           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     1           T       00-00
Snowshwrs               S  C  S


Date               Sun 04/20/25  Mon 04/21/25  Tue 04/22/25  Wed 04/23/25
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            34    54      32    50      28    49      29    51
Temp          42   35 51 50 39   33 46 46 36   29 45 47 35   30 48 50
Dewpt         31   29 33 34 33   29 30 29 29   22 26 24 26   24 28 28
PWind dir           W     W      SW     W       W    NW      SE    SE
Wind char          GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr           10    50      60    70      40    30      10    20
Rain shwrs             S  C  L    C  C  L  C    S     C             S
Snowshwrs                            C     C    S  S

$$
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