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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
335 PM MDT Wed Mar 11 2026

MTZ312-121000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
335 PM MDT Wed Mar 11 2026

Date           03/11/26      Thu 03/12/26            Fri 03/13/26            Sat
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                      38          48          28          35          23
Temp             43 40 39 44 45 44 45 44 41 38 35 33 29 30 32 34 32 28 28 27 26
Dewpt            18 22 21 26 26 25 22 16 16 18 20 22 21 22 23 23 21 20 21 21 21
RH               36 48 48 49 47 47 40 32 36 44 54 63 72 72 69 64 63 71 75 78 81
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE
Wind spd         18 19 35 43 49 49 46 37 28 19 12  9  8 10 11 11 11  9  6  5  5
Wind gust        28 33 49 60 66 69 63 52 40
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          40          70          80          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.08        0.14        0.13
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Rain shwrs              S
Snow                                      L  L  L  L  L  L  D  D  L  L  D  D  D
Snowshwrs                        S  C  S
High Wind               W  W  W  W  W  W
Winter Storm                              A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date           03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26  Mon 03/16/26  Tue 03/17/26  Wed 03/18/26
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          28      11    33      22    51      41    64      44    71
Temp          27 26 19   13 26 31 25   29 44 48 47   47 58 61 50   48 64 67
Dewpt         20 13 12    6 14 17 16   22 32 36 33   34 37 34 31   28 36 35
PWind dir         N      NW    SW       S    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    WY
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   B2 B1 B1 B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         90      80    10      30    40      30    10       0     0
Rain                                       C  C  C    S
Snow           D  D  D    C        S    C  C

$$
MTZ303-121000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
335 PM MDT Wed Mar 11 2026

Date           03/11/26      Thu 03/12/26            Fri 03/13/26            Sat
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          41          20          31          15
Temp             37 30 30 36 38 35 38 37 33 29 27 24 21 21 28 30 27 22 21 20 18
Dewpt            21 22 22 25 25 18 16 14 16 18 18 16 14 15 16 17 18 16 16 15 14
RH               52 72 72 64 59 49 40 38 49 63 68 71 74 77 60 58 68 77 81 81 84
Wind dir         SW  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  N  N NE NE  E  E  E NE
Wind spd         14 12 23 33 37 39 39 28 20 14 13 12  9  9 10 11 12 10  9  6  6
Wind gust        26    40 51 59 56 55 43 34 25 24
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     50          40          50          50          60
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.01        0.06        0.03        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Rain shwrs              S  S
Snow                 C                    C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  D
Snowshwrs               S     C  S     S
High Wind         W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Winter Storm                              A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date           03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26  Mon 03/16/26  Tue 03/17/26  Wed 03/18/26
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          24       1    28      15    46      37    59      38    66
Temp          21 19 10    5 21 26 18   22 39 43 42   41 53 54 44   42 61 60
Dewpt         16 10  6   -1 11 16 12   17 28 30 31   32 36 33 31   27 35 35
PWind dir         N      NW    SW       S    SW       W     W       W    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    BZ      WY    WY      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   B2 B1 B1 B2   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         80      30     5      10    30      20     5       0     5
Rain                                          S  S
Snow           D  D  C                     C  S  S

$$
MTZ319-121000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
335 PM MDT Wed Mar 11 2026

Date           03/11/26      Thu 03/12/26            Fri 03/13/26            Sat
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                      37          49          32          44          29
Temp             46 42 40 43 44 45 45 46 42 40 38 36 33 36 39 42 43 39 37 35 33
Dewpt            19 21 21 26 28 29 29 27 23 25 26 25 24 27 28 27 28 28 28 28 26
RH               34 43 46 51 53 53 53 47 46 55 62 64 69 69 64 55 55 64 70 75 75
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         19 16 19 20 24 25 27 31 24 16 10  6  3  3  6 10 10  3  2  2  2
Wind gust        37 37 44 43 49 51 56 54 48 35 24 18 14 13 17 21 20
Clouds           B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     40          60          90          90          80
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.13        0.11        0.15        0.21
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Rain              S  S
Rain shwrs              S  C  C  L
Snow                                      D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Snowshwrs                           L  C
High Wind               W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26  Mon 03/16/26  Tue 03/17/26  Wed 03/18/26
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          43      13    37      25    51      38    65      39    68
Temp          38 37 24   17 28 36 28   30 42 49 45   42 56 62 47   42 59 66
Dewpt         27 17 12    8 13 16 19   23 31 35 33   33 38 35 32   29 37 37
PWind dir         W      NW     W      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV B2   B2 B1 B2 B2   OV OV B2 OV   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr        100      70    20      40    50      30    10       5     5
Rain                                       C  C  C    S
Snow           D  D  L    C  S  S  C    C  C

$$
MTZ326-121000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
335 PM MDT Wed Mar 11 2026

Date           03/11/26      Thu 03/12/26            Fri 03/13/26            Sat
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                      35          54          33          49          32
Temp             46 40 37 41 45 46 51 52 49 44 41 39 36 39 44 47 48 43 42 40 37
Dewpt            16 19 18 22 26 27 29 26 23 26 26 25 25 28 29 27 27 28 30 30 29
RH               29 42 46 46 47 47 42 36 36 49 55 57 64 64 55 45 44 55 62 67 72
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW
Wind spd         18 17 17 18 21 25 33 36 27 19 11 10  9  9 12 18 12  6  5  5  5
Wind gust        37 36 34 37 40 47 66 67 54 37 26 23 20 19 33 37 24
Clouds           B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     10          30          70          80          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.05        0.15        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      L                    D  L  L  D  D  D
Rain shwrs                    S  S  C  S
Snow                                      L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  S  S  D  S  D
High Wind               W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26  Mon 03/16/26  Tue 03/17/26  Wed 03/18/26
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          50      15    38      23    52      37    67      38    72
Temp          44 42 26   19 30 36 29   29 45 51 44   42 59 65 47   41 62 70
Dewpt         31 19 14   10 12 11 18   23 32 34 33   34 38 32 33   28 36 36
PWind dir         W      NW     W       S    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV B2   B1 B1 B2 B2   OV OV OV OV   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         90      70    20      40    50      30    10       0     0
Rain           D  D                        C  C  C    S
Snow           D  D  L    C  S  S  S    C  C

$$
MTZ330-121000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
335 PM MDT Wed Mar 11 2026

Date           03/11/26      Thu 03/12/26            Fri 03/13/26            Sat
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                      26          45          31          44          32
Temp             32 29 27 29 30 32 40 43 42 38 36 34 32 33 39 42 43 38 36 36 34
Dewpt            19 22 21 24 24 26 29 28 28 28 29 28 27 28 30 32 32 29 29 30 29
RH               58 75 78 81 78 78 64 55 57 67 75 78 81 82 70 67 65 70 75 79 82
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd         12 10 10 12 11 13 18 19 14 10  9  9  9 10 13 13  9  6  5  5  6
Wind gust        40 35 37 39 39 44 54 50 44 36 32 31 31 35 39 36 31 25 21 21 23
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     50          50          60          80          70
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.01        0.04        0.11        0.09
Snow 12hr                     1       00-00           T
Rain shwrs                             S
Snow                 C                    L  L  L  L  L  L  D  D  L  L  L  L  D
Snowshwrs               C  S  S  C  C  S
High Wind               W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26  Mon 03/16/26  Tue 03/17/26  Wed 03/18/26
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      11    33      21    43      29    55      28    58
Temp          41 38 24   13 26 31 23   23 37 41 36   31 47 52 35   30 51 54
Dewpt         31 22 14    5  7 14 17   20 29 34 32   30 37 37 31   26 36 39
PWind dir        SW      NW     W      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW     S
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV B2   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr        100      70    30      50    50      40    10       5     5
Rain                                          C  C    S
Snow           D  D  L    C  S  C  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ328-121000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
335 PM MDT Wed Mar 11 2026

Date           03/11/26      Thu 03/12/26            Fri 03/13/26            Sat
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                      34          53          36          54          38
Temp             43 36 35 38 40 41 48 50 47 41 40 38 37 40 50 53 50 44 42 41 40
Dewpt            18 21 23 26 28 29 31 28 27 28 29 27 27 27 30 29 28 28 29 29 30
RH               36 54 61 62 62 62 51 42 45 59 64 64 67 59 46 39 42 53 60 62 67
Wind dir         SW  S  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW SW
Wind spd         24 20 20 25 29 32 37 41 32 24 20 21 20 23 31 36 25 16 12 13 13
Wind gust        39 34 37 43 47 51 57 57 50 40 37 36 34 36 48 49 39 28 23
Clouds           B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          30          50          50          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.01        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  C              C  C  C  C  C  L
Rain shwrs              S  S  S  S  C  S
Snow                 S                    C  C  C  C  C  C  C                 S
Snowshwrs               S  S
High Wind               W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26  Mon 03/16/26  Tue 03/17/26  Wed 03/18/26
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          51      20    42      30    59      40    68      39    72
Temp          48 42 29   23 34 40 33   34 52 57 47   41 61 66 47   41 64 70
Dewpt         30 17 11    8  8 12 18   24 31 36 33   31 36 30 31   28 34 33
PWind dir         W      NW     W      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        WY      WY    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   SC B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      20    10      20    20      10     0       0     0
Rain           L  D                        S
Snow           S  D  S    S        S    S  S

$$
MTZ305-121000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
335 PM MDT Wed Mar 11 2026

Date           03/11/26      Thu 03/12/26            Fri 03/13/26            Sat
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          45          20          34          17
Temp             44 34 33 38 42 38 40 40 35 28 27 25 21 22 29 33 30 23 22 21 19
Dewpt            17 20 21 25 29 23 20 19 17 20 20 19 15 16 16 14 13 14 15 15 14
RH               33 56 61 59 60 54 44 42 47 71 74 78 77 77 58 45 49 68 74 77 80
Wind dir          W  S  S SW  W  W  W NW NW SW  S  W  W  W NW  N  N  E  E  E  E
Wind spd         14  8 12 21 31 32 33 23 13  8  6  8  8  6  8  9 10  9  9  9  8
Wind gust                 35 46 49 48 35
Clouds           B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV
PoP 12hr                     50          50          60          30          60
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.03        0.02           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Rain                 C  C  S  C
Snow                 C  C        C  S     L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L
High Wind                  W  W  W  W  W


Date           03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26  Mon 03/16/26  Tue 03/17/26  Wed 03/18/26
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          27       6    28      12    43      30    61      38    70
Temp          25 25 14    8 21 26 16   16 33 41 38   36 53 57 45   41 61 65
Dewpt         18 15 10    4 13 14  9   12 21 29 29   30 36 34 33   30 36 35
PWind dir         E       N    SW       S     S      SW     W       W    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 OV B2 OV   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         80      50     5      10    20      20    10       0     0
Rain                                             S    S
Snow           L  D  C    S                S  S  S    S

$$
MTZ314-121000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
335 PM MDT Wed Mar 11 2026

Date           03/11/26      Thu 03/12/26            Fri 03/13/26            Sat
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          47          23          31          19
Temp             40 35 34 40 44 43 42 39 35 29 28 28 25 26 28 30 28 24 24 24 23
Dewpt            15 17 18 21 27 26 27 23 20 22 23 22 20 21 21 22 20 19 20 19 19
RH               36 47 51 46 51 51 55 52 54 75 81 78 81 81 75 72 71 81 84 81 84
Wind dir          W SW SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW  W  W NW NW NW NW  N  E  E SE SE
Wind spd         11 10 18 25 29 33 37 36 25 13  9  9  9  8  8  8  6  5  5  5  5
Wind gust              31 41 47 55 55 50 39 24 19
Clouds           OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     20          60          90          80          90
QPF 12hr                      0        0.13        0.17        0.24        0.28
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           3
Rain shwrs                       C
Snow                 S                    D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Snowshwrs                        C  L  C
High Wind                  W  W  W  W  W
Winter Storm                              A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date           03/14/26  Sun 03/15/26  Mon 03/16/26  Tue 03/17/26  Wed 03/18/26
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          32       6    28      14    47      36    59      40    68
Temp          30 28 14    8 23 26 18   23 40 43 42   43 55 56 45   45 63 63
Dewpt         24 18 10    3 12 15 12   19 29 36 32   34 39 35 28   29 37 39
PWind dir        NE      NW     W      SW    SW       W     W       W    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   OV B2 B1 B2   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr        100      80    20      30    50      40    10       5     0
Rain                                          C  C    C
Snow           D  D  D    C  S  S  S    C  C  C

$$
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