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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
727 AM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

MTZ312-252200-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
727 AM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date             Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24
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          41          57          41          57
Temp                52 60 65 64 56 50 46 43 47 54 56 56 51 48 44 42 47 54 56 55
Dewpt               26 28 28 29 30 31 32 32 33 33 32 32 34 36 34 33 34 35 34 36
RH                  36 29 25 27 37 48 58 65 58 45 40 40 52 63 68 70 60 48 43 49
Wind dir             W  W  W NW NW  W  W  W NW  N  N  N NE  N  N NE NE  E SE SW
Wind spd             9 10 10 10  8  5  4  5  6  9  9 11  9  8  8  8  5  5  6  9
Clouds              FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           5          50          60          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.15        0.07
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  C


Date               Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24
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            40    62      41    60      36    61      37    68
Temp          46   41 58 60 47   42 56 57 43   37 55 59 45   38 58 66
Dewpt         39   35 32 28 29   28 29 23 22   21 22 21 26   25 29 32
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW    SW       W    SW       N    NW
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           50    20      10    20      10    10      10    20
Rain           C    S     S             S                           S

$$
MTZ303-252200-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
727 AM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date             Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24
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          36          51          36          54
Temp                47 57 61 62 51 44 40 38 42 49 51 51 45 42 39 37 42 48 51 52
Dewpt               25 29 29 30 31 32 32 32 31 32 31 30 29 30 29 30 31 32 33 33
RH                  42 34 29 30 46 62 73 79 65 52 46 44 53 62 67 75 65 54 50 48
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N SE SE  S  S
Wind spd            13 16 21 21 11  9 10 12 16 16 16 13 10 10  8  5  8 10 11 12
Clouds              SC B1 SC FW SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30          30          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S


Date               Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24
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    60      38    55      32    56      32    63
Temp          42   35 56 57 43   39 52 52 38   32 51 54 38   33 54 61
Dewpt         36   31 29 26 28   27 23 18 20   18 18 18 24   23 24 28
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW    SW       W     W       W     S
Wind char          GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC FW   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr           20     5       0     5       5    10       5    10
Rain           S

$$
MTZ319-252200-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
727 AM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date             Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24
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          56          40          54
Temp                56 64 67 65 57 50 47 44 47 52 54 52 49 47 43 41 44 50 52 52
Dewpt               29 35 33 32 31 33 33 33 35 35 36 37 37 38 38 35 37 38 38 38
RH                  35 34 28 29 37 52 58 65 63 52 50 56 63 71 82 79 76 63 59 59
Wind dir             W  W NW NW NW  W  W  W NW  N  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW
Wind spd             8  9 11 12 10  6  5  5  5  9 13 11 10  9  9  6  4  5  5  6
Clouds              SC FW SC SC B1 B1 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20          70          70          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.24        0.16
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                          S     S  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  C


Date               Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24
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    62      40    60      34    63      38    70
Temp          46   39 54 61 48   40 55 56 43   34 53 62 46   38 58 68
Dewpt         38   34 35 31 33   32 33 27 26   25 27 26 28   28 32 34
PWind dir           W     W       W     W       W     W       W     E
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           40    30      20    50      20    20      10    20
Rain           C       S  C       S  C  C  S          S             S

$$
MTZ326-252200-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
727 AM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date             Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24
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          39          52          36          54
Temp                53 59 63 62 53 48 45 41 43 48 50 49 45 42 39 37 41 49 52 51
Dewpt               41 40 37 36 38 39 39 38 38 40 39 41 39 38 36 34 35 39 37 38
RH                  64 49 38 38 57 71 79 89 82 74 66 74 79 86 89 89 79 68 56 61
Wind dir            SW  W NW NW  W SW  W SW  N  N  N NE  N  N  N NE  E  E  E NE
Wind spd             3  4  6 10  9  8  5  4  4  5  6 10  8  8  6  4  8  6  9 10
Clouds              B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     50          70          90          80          80
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.08        0.21        0.17        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S        C     L  D  D              L  L  D  D  L  L  C
Rain shwrs                 C  C     L           D  D  D  D
Tstms                      S  S     S           S  S  S  S


Date               Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24
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    60      36    60      31    62      34    69
Temp          43   37 52 59 45   37 55 54 41   32 52 61 44   35 60 64
Dewpt         39   35 38 34 35   32 35 34 32   27 31 31 31   28 37 37
PWind dir          SW     W      SW    SW       W     W       S     S
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B1 B2 B2   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           50    40      20    60      40    30      10    20
Rain           C    C  C  C  S    S  C     C    S  S  C
Rain shwrs                              L                           S
Snow                                               S
Tstms                                   S                           S

$$
MTZ330-252200-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
727 AM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date             Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24
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                      54          33          48          31          49
Temp                42 51 53 49 41 38 37 35 37 46 48 46 39 35 33 32 37 47 48 46
Dewpt               38 37 38 37 37 36 35 34 33 35 34 34 34 33 31 29 30 33 33 35
RH                  86 59 57 63 85 92 92 96 85 65 58 63 82 92 92 88 75 58 56 65
Wind dir            SW SW  W SW SW SW  N  N  N SW SW  N NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  W
Wind spd             3  4  6  6  5  3  0  0  0  2  4  5  8  5  5  4  5  6  5  8
Clouds              OV B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     80          80          90          70          80
QPF 12hr                   0.20        0.20        0.17        0.08        0.13
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C                 C  L  L              L  L  L  L        L
Rain shwrs              L  L  D  L  L           D  D  L  L              D  D
Snow                                         L                 L  L  L
Tstms                   C  C  C  S  S           C  C  S  S              S  S
Winter Storm                              W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date               Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24
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            30    49      29    50      26    54      28    61
Temp          35   31 46 47 35   29 47 48 34   26 50 52 36   29 58 59
Dewpt         33   29 31 29 30   25 30 29 28   23 26 24 27   24 31 30
PWind dir           W    SW       S    SW      SW    SW       S     S
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B2 B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           60    60      20    60      40    30      10    20
Rain           L    C  C  L  S    S  C     C    S     C             S
Rain shwrs                              L
Snow                C  C          S  C     C    S  S
Tstms                                   S

$$
MTZ328-252200-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
727 AM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date             Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24
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                      62          40          53          36          48
Temp                48 57 62 60 49 45 43 41 42 47 51 50 43 40 39 37 39 43 46 47
Dewpt               35 37 32 33 36 37 38 38 37 37 36 37 37 36 36 34 37 38 36 37
RH                  60 47 32 36 61 73 82 89 82 68 56 61 79 85 89 89 92 82 68 68
Wind dir             W SW  W  N  N  N  E  N  N  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             5  5  9 11 10  5  5  6  6  9 10 13 13 10  9  9  8  6  5  6
Clouds              B1 FW SC B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          50          80          80          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.06        0.19        0.23        0.15
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             C     C  L  L              L  L  D  D  L  L  C
Rain shwrs                 S  C     C           D  D  D  D
Tstms                      S  S     S           S  S  S  S


Date               Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24
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    57      35    57      31    61      35    68
Temp          40   34 50 56 43   36 54 55 39   31 52 60 42   35 58 66
Dewpt         36   32 33 30 33   30 29 27 28   25 25 24 27   27 32 32
PWind dir          NW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       S    SW
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           30    20      10    40      20    10       5    10
Rain           C       S  S          C  C  S

$$
MTZ305-252200-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
727 AM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date             Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24
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                      70          40          64          39          64
Temp                49 63 68 68 58 50 45 40 48 61 64 63 54 49 44 40 48 61 63 62
Dewpt               27 28 29 28 32 33 31 31 33 34 32 33 34 31 30 28 30 32 30 30
RH                  42 26 23 22 37 52 58 70 56 36 30 32 46 50 57 62 49 33 29 30
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE
Wind spd            10 10 10 12  8  5  5  5  8  8 10 13 10 12 10  9 10 11 11 13
Clouds              SC SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5           0          10          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  S  S        S  S  C  C  C


Date               Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24
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            42    67      41    64      36    63      36    68
Temp          50   43 59 66 49   41 61 61 44   37 55 62 44   37 61 66
Dewpt         32   34 34 30 31   29 28 22 22   21 21 20 25   24 30 30
PWind dir          SE    SW      SW    SW       W     W      SW     E
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           30    20       5    10      10    10      10    10
Rain           C    C  S  S

$$
MTZ314-252200-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
727 AM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date             Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24
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          40          54          37          56
Temp                51 59 63 64 54 49 45 42 46 53 54 53 48 46 41 38 45 54 55 54
Dewpt               36 31 33 33 36 36 35 34 33 34 34 36 35 34 30 29 29 33 32 32
RH                  56 34 32 31 50 61 68 73 60 48 46 52 60 63 65 70 53 45 41 43
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW  N SW  W SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  E  E  E  E  E SE
Wind spd            10  9  9  8  5  5  8  6  8  8  9  9  8  9 10  9 10 10 12 12
Clouds              B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          30          50          50          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.10        0.09        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C


Date               Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24
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    59      37    58      34    58      35    65
Temp          44   38 53 58 44   38 55 55 41   34 53 56 42   36 60 63
Dewpt         31   33 34 32 33   29 32 31 26   22 24 24 27   25 31 34
PWind dir          SE    SW      SW     W       W     W      SW    SE
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr           40    50      20    50      40    20      20    20
Rain           C    C  S  C  S       S  C  C          S  S          S

$$
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