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National Weather Service Missoula MT
101 PM MST Thu Mar 5 2026

MTZ005-061100-
Missoula-Missoula MT
46.92N 114.08W Elev. 3205 ft
101 PM MST Thu Mar 5 2026

Date          Thu 03/05/26      Fri 03/06/26            Sat 03/07/26         Sun
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                      29          46          32          49          38
Temp          44 44 38 36 34 32 30 39 44 44 38 35 33 35 37 42 47 49 45 42 41 40
Dewpt         31 31 30 31 30 27 26 27 28 28 28 28 28 30 33 35 35 36 37 36 36 35
RH            60 60 73 82 85 81 85 62 53 53 67 75 82 82 85 76 63 61 73 79 82 82
Wind dir       W NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W NW  W  W SW  S SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      13 12  8  4  2  2  3  8 11 10  6  2  2  2  4  5 10 10  6  5  5  5
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     50          30          30          50          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           S  C  C  S              S        C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S        S
Snow                    S           S  S        C  C  C
Wind chill    37 38 32             33 38 38
Min chill        36    31    31    26    35    30    33    33          38    36


Date           03/08/26  Mon 03/09/26  Tue 03/10/26  Wed 03/11/26  Thu 03/12/26
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          54      37    48      25    39      24    45      31    49
Temp          49 52 46   40 43 44 33   26 33 37 29   27 37 43 36   34 42 46
Dewpt         36 35 36   33 28 22 21   19 16 14 19   21 22 25 29   29 30 28
PWind dir        SW       W     W       W     W      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         40      60    40      40    40      40    50      70    60
Rain           S  C  L    C  C  C                              L    L     L
Snow                         C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  L    L  L

$$
MTZ003-061100-
Kalispell-Flathead MT
48.30N 114.27W Elev. 2977 ft
101 PM MST Thu Mar 5 2026

Date          Thu 03/05/26      Fri 03/06/26            Sat 03/07/26         Sun
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          44          34          46          40
Temp          44 44 38 34 31 30 30 38 42 44 38 36 34 36 37 41 45 46 44 42 42 41
Dewpt         33 32 32 31 28 27 27 29 29 30 30 31 31 34 35 37 39 38 39 38 38 37
RH            65 62 79 89 88 88 88 70 60 57 73 82 89 92 92 85 79 73 82 86 86 85
Wind dir      SW  W  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd       6  8  5  2  2  2  4  6  8  8  5  5  5  5  5  6  9  9  9  9 10 10
Clouds        B2 B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          20          50          60          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0        0.01        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           C  C  S                 S        C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Snow                                   S
Wind chill                                                             36 36 35
Min chill        39    32    30    24    35    31    29    31    39    36    35


Date           03/08/26  Mon 03/09/26  Tue 03/10/26  Wed 03/11/26  Thu 03/12/26
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          50      35    45      26    38      23    40      27    42
Temp          47 48 43   36 42 41 32   27 34 36 28   25 35 39 33   31 38 40
Dewpt         39 36 34   29 26 21 20   19 15 13 18   19 22 24 27   26 27 26
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW     S      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         70      60    50      40    50      40    60      70    70
Rain           C  L       C
Rain shwrs           L
Snow                         C  C  C    C  S  C  C    C  C  L  L    L  L  L
Tstms                S

$$
MTZ007-061100-
Butte-Silver Bow MT
45.95N 112.50W Elev. 5550 ft
101 PM MST Thu Mar 5 2026

Date          Thu 03/05/26      Fri 03/06/26            Sat 03/07/26         Sun
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                      22          40          23          48          34
Temp          36 36 30 28 26 24 24 32 38 39 30 26 24 25 30 40 46 48 42 39 38 36
Dewpt         28 25 22 21 20 19 19 21 21 22 20 19 18 20 23 29 32 31 31 30 29 27
RH            72 64 72 75 78 81 81 63 50 50 66 74 77 81 75 64 58 51 65 70 70 69
Wind dir      NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW
Wind spd      13 13 10  6  4  3  4  6 10  9  5  3  3  3  5  9 13 12  9  6  5  5
Wind gust     24                      20
Clouds        OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          10           5          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00       00-00
Snow           C  C
Wind chill    27 27 21 21 20    18 26 31 33 24          24 34       36
Min chill        27    20    20    17    28    20    20    22    38    34    31
Winter Weath   Y


Date           03/08/26  Mon 03/09/26  Tue 03/10/26  Wed 03/11/26  Thu 03/12/26
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          53      35    49      22    34      17    41      28    46
Temp          48 51 41   37 44 45 32   23 29 32 23   20 34 41 35   31 41 44
Dewpt         32 30 29   28 28 23 18   15  9  6  8   10 14 18 20   21 22 21
PWind dir        SW       W     W       W     W       W    SW      SW     W
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5      20    30      40    30      20    20      30    40
Rain                 S    S     C
Snow                         S     C    C  C  C  S    S     S  C    C  C  C

$$
IDZ010-061100-
Salmon-Lemhi ID
45.12N 113.88W Elev. 4045 ft
101 PM MST Thu Mar 5 2026

Date          Thu 03/05/26      Fri 03/06/26            Sat 03/07/26         Sun
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                      26          45          26          50          30
Temp          42 42 36 34 32 29 27 36 42 43 35 30 27 28 31 39 46 49 42 37 35 32
Dewpt         28 25 25 25 26 24 22 23 22 22 23 23 22 24 26 29 31 33 32 31 31 28
RH            57 50 64 69 78 81 81 59 44 43 61 75 81 85 81 67 55 54 67 79 85 85
Wind dir       N  N  N NE SE  S  S  N  N  N  W  W  N  S  N SW  W  W SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      11 10  5  3  2  2  1  2  4  6  2  1  0  1  0  1  2  3  2  2  2  2
Wind gust     21 20
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5           0          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           S
Snow           S
Wind chill    36 36
Min chill        36    30    29    27    38    30    27    29          37    32


Date           03/08/26  Mon 03/09/26  Tue 03/10/26  Wed 03/11/26  Thu 03/12/26
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          56      35    54      25    41      24    48      33    52
Temp          47 53 42   38 47 50 36   27 34 38 31   26 40 46 40   36 45 49
Dewpt         36 33 33   33 33 26 24   20 15 11 18   20 22 22 27   28 29 26
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       W     W       W    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5      10    20      30    10      10    20      30    30
Rain                         S  S  C                           S    C  C  C
Snow                               C    S                   S  S

$$
MTZ004-061100-
Lookout Pass-Mineral MT
47.45N 115.67W Elev. 6027 ft
101 PM MST Thu Mar 5 2026

Date          Thu 03/05/26      Fri 03/06/26            Sat 03/07/26         Sun
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          30          27          36          33
Temp          26 27 28 26 25 25 24 24 24 26 28 29 28 31 33 31 31 32 35 36 37 35
Dewpt         24 25 26 24 22 22 21 22 21 24 26 27 25 28 31 31 31 31 32 33 33 30
RH            92 92 92 92 88 88 88 92 88 92 92 92 88 88 92100100 96 89 89 85 82
Wind dir       W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd      14 16 13 12 12 13 13 14 13 13 12 11 13 14 14 14 14 16 17 17 18 20
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          70          90          90          50
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.14        0.14        0.15        0.02
Snow 12hr                     1           2           1
Rain                                                           D  C  C  C  C
Snow           C  C              C  L  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  C  C     C  L
Wind chill    14 15 17 15 14 13 12 11 12 14 17 19 17 20 23 20 20 21 25 26 27 24
Min chill        14    15    13    11    12    17    17    20    20    22    24


Date           03/08/26  Mon 03/09/26  Tue 03/10/26  Wed 03/11/26  Thu 03/12/26
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      27    30      20    22      20    29      25    28
Temp          33 34 37   30 26 25 24   21 21 22 21   21 24 25 28   26 27 26
Dewpt         31 30 31   26 20 15 15   15 11 10 16   16 17 20 24   23 22 19
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 OV   B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 OV OV   B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr         80      80    80      80    80      70    80      90    80
Rain                 D    L
Snow           L  D  D    L  L  D  D    L  L  D  L    L  L  D  D    D  D  D

$$
IDZ006-061100-
Lowell-Idaho ID
46.15N 115.60W Elev. 1575 ft
1201 PM PST Thu Mar 5 2026

Date          Thu 03/05/26      Fri 03/06/26            Sat 03/07/26         Sun
PST 3hrly     13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04
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                      34          45          37          51          39
Temp          41 41 38 37 36 35 34 39 44 43 39 39 37 39 40 44 51 49 45 42 41 39
Dewpt         39 39 37 37 36 35 34 36 37 39 38 38 37 38 40 44 47 46 43 41 40 39
RH            92 92 96100100100100 89 76 86 96 96100 96100100 86 89 93 96 96100
Wind dir       W  W SW  N  N  N  N SW  W SW  N  N  N  N  N  S SW SW  S  S  S  S
Wind spd       3  2  1  0  0  0  0  1  2  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  1  1  1  1
Clouds        B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     80          50          70          70          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.02        0.04        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           C  D  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  S  S        S
Snow                       S
Obvis               PF  F  F  F  F PF          PF PF PF PF PF          PF PF PF


Date           03/08/26  Mon 03/09/26  Tue 03/10/26  Wed 03/11/26  Thu 03/12/26
PST 6hrly     10 16 22   04 10 16 22   04 10 16 22   04 10 16 22   04 10 16
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          55      40    48      29    41      27    46      35    48
Temp          49 50 45   41 43 43 36   30 34 38 31   29 39 44 39   36 43 44
Dewpt         44 45 43   41 39 36 31   29 25 27 28   26 31 36 35   33 36 36
PWind dir         S      SW     W       W     W       S     S      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         50      80    70      80    70      70    60      70    70
Rain           S  C  D    L  L  L  D                        L  L    L  L  L
Snow                               D    D  L  L  L    L  L  L       L  L

$$