Point Forecast Matrices
Issued by NWS Great Falls, MT

Home | Current Version | Previous Version | Text Only | Print | Product List | Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4
000
FOUS55 KTFX 221604
PFMTFX

POINT FORECAST MATRICES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1004 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

MTZ012-222300-
GREAT FALLS-CASCADE MT
47.47N 111.38W ELEV. 3663 FT
1004 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      66          43          58          43          63
TEMP                   60 65 65 56 49 46 43 49 54 58 57 53 48 46 43 53 60 62 62
DEWPT                  41 42 45 46 42 41 40 43 44 46 51 51 43 43 41 43 38 37 36
RH                     49 43 48 69 77 83 89 80 69 64 80 93 83 89 93 69 44 39 38
WIND DIR                E  E  E SE  W  W SW SW NW NE NE NE NW NW SW SW SW SW  W
WIND SPD               18 21 25  8  8  6  4  6  4  8  9  9  4  4  8  8 10 10  9
CLOUDS                 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR                     20          70          60          60          70
QPF 12HR                      0        0.15        0.10        0.11        0.07
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN                                L  L  L  L
RAIN SHWRS              S  S  L  L              L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
TSTMS                   S  S  C  C                    S  S              S  S  C


DATE               SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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            41    69      44    71      46    68      45    70
TEMP          46   42 63 68 52   45 65 69 54   46 64 66 53   46 67 68
DEWPT         36   34 35 32 39   38 41 43 45   42 46 50 47   42 43 38
PWIND DIR          SW    SW       W     W       N     W       W    SW
WIND CHAR          LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2
POP 12HR           40    20      20    40      40    40      40    30
RAIN SHWRS     C    S  S  S  S    S  S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C
TSTMS          C          S  S          C  C          C  C          C

$$
MTZ010-222300-
CUT BANK-GLACIER MT
48.60N 112.39W ELEV. 3838 FT
1004 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      63          41          55          41          60
TEMP                   53 60 62 52 48 43 42 49 50 54 55 51 47 44 41 50 56 59 58
DEWPT                  43 41 42 46 36 38 38 42 43 41 43 46 39 41 39 45 41 35 36
RH                     69 49 48 80 63 82 86 77 77 61 64 83 74 89 92 83 57 40 44
WIND DIR                E  E  E  S  W  W  E  W  N  N NE NE NW NW  W  W SW SW SW
WIND SPD               18 20 23  6  9  9  2  3  8  8  6  6  6  6  6  6 11 11 13
CLOUDS                 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR                     40          80          80          70          90
QPF 12HR                   0.02        0.24        0.22        0.16        0.13
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN                                D  D  D  D
RAIN SHWRS              C  C  L  L              L  L  L  L  L  L  D  D  C  C  L
TSTMS                   C  C  S  S                    S  S              S  S  L


DATE               SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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            39    66      43    68      44    66      43    69
TEMP          46   40 61 65 49   43 61 67 51   45 61 65 51   44 64 68
DEWPT         33   34 33 29 35   35 37 36 38   39 41 40 42   40 41 36
PWIND DIR          SW    SW      SW     W       W     W       W     W
WIND CHAR          GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2
POP 12HR           60    20      20    40      40    40      50    50
RAIN SHWRS     L    S  S  S  S    S  S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C
TSTMS          L          S  S          C  C          C  C          C

$$
MTZ014-222300-
HELENA-LEWIS & CLARK MT
46.61N 111.96W ELEV. 3893 FT
1004 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      68          44          60          43          63
TEMP                   63 67 64 56 50 46 44 49 57 60 58 52 47 45 43 48 56 61 62
DEWPT                  47 46 42 49 46 42 40 41 44 42 40 44 43 42 41 39 36 31 29
RH                     56 47 45 77 86 86 86 74 62 51 51 74 86 89 93 71 47 32 28
WIND DIR                E  E  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  N  N  N NW NW  W  W SW SW SW
WIND SPD                8 10  8  5  6  6  6  6  6  8  9  9  6  6  4  4  8  8  6
CLOUDS                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR                     60          70          60          60          50
QPF 12HR                   0.03        0.22        0.08        0.07        0.04
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN                                L  L  L  L
RAIN SHWRS              L  L  L  L              L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
TSTMS                   C  C  C  C                    S  S              S  S  C


DATE               SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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            41    71      45    72      47    70      47    71
TEMP          49   41 61 71 53   45 64 72 54   47 64 69 53   47 66 71
DEWPT         31   32 34 28 35   36 42 37 43   41 46 39 43   41 41 35
PWIND DIR          SW    SW       W     W      NW     W       W    SW
WIND CHAR          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR           40    20      20    40      40    40      40    40
RAIN SHWRS     C    S  S  S  S          C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C
TSTMS          C          S  S          C  C          C  C          C

$$
MTZ055-222300-
BOZEMAN-GALLATIN MT
45.78N 111.16W ELEV. 4475 FT
1004 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      67          42          66          44          65
TEMP                   65 67 64 58 50 45 43 51 61 65 64 55 47 44 44 54 64 65 64
DEWPT                  40 44 48 50 45 42 40 45 47 47 46 51 45 43 42 44 33 31 29
RH                     40 43 56 75 83 89 89 80 60 52 52 86 93 96 93 69 31 28 27
WIND DIR                E  E  E  E  S  W NW NW  S  E  E  E SE SE  S  S SW SW SW
WIND SPD               14 17 18 12  1  4  5  4  3  4  6  6  5  5  8  8  9  9 10
CLOUDS                 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR                     60          70          50          50          40
QPF 12HR                   0.05        0.17        0.08        0.07        0.04
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN                                L  L
RAIN SHWRS              L  L  L  L        C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  C
TSTMS                   C  C  L  L              S  S  S  S              S  S  C


DATE               SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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    73      41    74      44    73      42    71
TEMP          47   38 66 72 51   41 69 72 53   44 69 69 51   42 68 69
DEWPT         30   29 28 27 37   35 35 35 42   38 42 40 42   37 39 37
PWIND DIR           S     S       S     S      SW    SW      SW    SW
WIND CHAR          GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR           30    10      10    20      20    20      20    20
RAIN SHWRS     C                        S  S    S  S  S  S    S  S  S
TSTMS          C                        S  S          S  S          S

$$
MTZ055-222300-
WEST YELLOWSTONE-GALLATIN MT
44.66N 111.11W ELEV. 6700 FT
1004 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      64          35          61          36          58
TEMP                   61 64 61 52 43 38 35 45 57 61 59 50 42 38 36 44 54 58 56
DEWPT                  36 35 37 39 38 33 32 37 35 33 34 38 37 33 33 34 28 25 22
RH                     39 34 41 61 82 82 89 73 43 35 39 63 82 82 89 68 36 28 26
WIND DIR                S  S SW SW  S SE SW  S  S  S SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW
WIND SPD               16 14 14  9  3  2  3  4  9 14 12 12  6  6  9  9 17 17 13
CLOUDS                 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
POP 12HR                     60          50          30          30          20
QPF 12HR                   0.06        0.10        0.04        0.03        0.01
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS              L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S        S  S
TSTMS                   C  C  C  C              S  S  S  S              S  S


DATE               SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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            33    65      36    66      38    64      36    64
TEMP          41   33 62 63 45   37 62 63 46   38 61 62 46   36 60 62
DEWPT         14   19 21 15 21   23 31 25 38   32 34 39 38   32 29 36
PWIND DIR           S     S       S     S       S     S       S     S
WIND CHAR          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
AVG CLOUDS    SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC B1
POP 12HR           10    10      20    20      20    30      30    20
RAIN SHWRS                        S  S  S  S    S  S  C  C          S
TSTMS                                   S  S          C  C          S

$$
MTZ008-222300-
DILLON-BEAVERHEAD MT
45.26N 112.55W ELEV. 5357 FT
1004 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      68          39          62          41          61
TEMP                   62 67 66 56 47 43 39 48 59 62 60 53 46 43 42 49 58 61 60
DEWPT                  34 31 27 37 39 35 35 37 37 36 37 39 38 37 37 32 22 21 22
RH                     35 26 23 49 74 73 85 65 44 38 42 59 73 79 82 52 25 21 23
WIND DIR                S  S  S  S  N NE NW  N  E  E  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
WIND SPD               14 18 19  8  2  3  4  5  6  8  8  8  4  4  8  8 12 12 14
CLOUDS                 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
POP 12HR                     40          60          40          50          20
QPF 12HR                   0.02        0.13        0.05        0.06        0.03
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN                                L  L
RAIN SHWRS              C  C  C  C        C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C
TSTMS                   C  C  C  C              S  S  S  S              S  S  C


DATE               SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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    69      41    70      43    67      41    69
TEMP          46   37 62 68 49   42 65 69 50   44 65 65 48   42 65 67
DEWPT         23   25 24 26 31   33 35 31 41   39 42 37 40   37 38 32
PWIND DIR           S     S       S    SE      SW    SW      SW    SW
WIND CHAR          GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR           30    20      20    20      20    20      30    30
RAIN SHWRS     C          S  S    S  S  S  S    S  S  S  S    C  C  S
TSTMS          C          S  S          S  S          S  S          S

$$
MTZ011-222300-
HAVRE-HILL MT
48.54N 109.76W ELEV. 2585 FT
1004 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      71          49          68          47          68
TEMP                   67 71 69 59 53 51 50 59 66 68 66 59 52 49 47 55 62 67 67
DEWPT                  42 41 37 40 39 40 44 43 44 48 46 50 49 46 44 50 47 47 44
RH                     40 34 31 49 59 66 80 55 45 49 48 72 89 89 89 83 58 49 43
WIND DIR                E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  E  E  E  E SE SE  S  S SW
WIND SPD               27 26 31 25 19 16 18 18 16 11 18 18 13 13 11 11 10 10  8
WIND GUST              39 36 43 35
CLOUDS                 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2
POP 12HR                      5          30          60          70          70
QPF 12HR                      0        0.03        0.07        0.17        0.07
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS                    S  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  L
TSTMS                         S  S                    S  S              S  S  L


DATE               SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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            43    73      47    75      50    73      48    76
TEMP          51   44 69 72 56   47 72 73 57   50 69 71 56   48 72 73
DEWPT         38   37 36 34 44   42 47 46 51   46 45 39 50   45 40 40
PWIND DIR           S    SW       S    SE       S     W       W     W
WIND CHAR          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN
AVG CLOUDS    B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B2
POP 12HR           60    40      40    40      40    50      50    30
RAIN SHWRS     L    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C
TSTMS          L          C  C          C  C          C  C          C

$$
MTZ051-222300-
LEWISTOWN-FERGUS MT
47.05N 109.46W ELEV. 4144 FT
1004 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

DATE             WED 05/22/13            THU 05/23/13            FRI 05/24/13
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                      63          44          63          44          65
TEMP                   57 63 62 55 50 46 45 52 57 63 62 55 48 45 44 54 61 64 64
DEWPT                  47 46 41 42 41 43 41 47 51 52 49 50 46 44 40 43 41 40 39
RH                     69 54 46 61 71 89 86 83 80 67 62 83 93 96 86 66 48 41 40
WIND DIR                E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SW SW  S  S SW
WIND SPD               21 26 26 23 18 14 12 10  8  8 13 13  5  5  8  8  6  6  4
WIND GUST                 37 36
CLOUDS                 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
POP 12HR                     20          50          60          70          60
QPF 12HR                      0        0.09        0.09        0.18        0.05
SNOW 12HR                 00-00       00-00       00-00
RAIN SHWRS              S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C  C  L  L  C  C  C
TSTMS                   S  S  S  S              S  S  S  S              S  S  C


DATE               SAT 05/25/13  SUN 05/26/13  MON 05/27/13  TUE 05/28/13
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            41    69      45    68      46    68      46    70
TEMP          46   42 63 68 50   45 64 67 52   47 64 66 51   47 66 69
DEWPT         34   32 36 37 43   41 49 48 48   44 48 43 47   44 44 41
PWIND DIR          SW    SW      SE     S       N     W       W    SW
WIND CHAR          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
AVG CLOUDS    SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
POP 12HR           40    20      20    30      30    40      40    30
RAIN SHWRS     C    S  S  S  S    S  S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C
TSTMS          C          S  S          C  C          C  C          C

$$



USA.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal to all federal, state and local government web resources and services.