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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
205 PM MDT Sun May 12 2024

MTZ312-131000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
205 PM MDT Sun May 12 2024

Date           05/12/24      Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            Wed
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                      49          75          47          62          44
Temp          77 78 66 58 54 50 61 72 74 70 59 53 51 48 53 57 60 60 54 50 47 45
Dewpt         43 44 45 44 43 39 41 39 40 40 41 42 42 42 45 47 45 42 43 43 42 40
RH            30 30 47 59 66 66 48 30 29 33 51 66 71 80 74 69 58 51 66 77 83 82
Wind dir      SW SW  S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  N  N NW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd       6  9  5  8 10 10 13 14 16 13 10  6  6  8 10 11  9  6  4  5  5  8
Clouds        SC B1 SC FW FW FW CL SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     40          30          40          80          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.16           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C                    S  C  C  C  C  D  D  L  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms             S                    S  S           S  S  C  C  S  S


Date           05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
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          69      48    75      48    61      40    57      39    62
Temp          63 67 52   49 68 71 56   49 56 57 45   41 54 56 44   40 55 59
Dewpt         40 38 40   38 41 41 38   36 36 35 34   34 34 34 32   32 35 34
PWind dir         W      SW    SW       W    NW       N    NW       N    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      20    20      30    40      30    40      30    30
Rain shwrs        S  S    S  S  S  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ303-131000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
205 PM MDT Sun May 12 2024

Date           05/12/24      Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            Wed
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                      48          72          46          62          42
Temp          77 77 66 57 52 49 60 70 71 68 57 52 48 47 49 55 60 60 53 48 45 43
Dewpt         39 40 40 39 38 37 37 37 36 37 41 43 44 43 43 42 42 39 40 41 40 39
RH            25 26 38 51 59 63 42 30 28 32 55 71 86 86 80 61 51 46 61 77 82 86
Wind dir       W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW  W SW  W  W
Wind spd      18 20 12 11 10 11 16 24 26 26 10  8 10 10 14 13 10 10  5  8  8  8
Clouds        FW SC SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0          30          50          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.08        0.10           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  C  C  C  C  L  L  S  S  S  S
Tstms                                  S  C  S  S  S        S  S  S  S


Date           05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
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          70      47    71      42    57      36    55      35    59
Temp          63 67 51   47 66 67 51   43 51 55 43   37 49 54 41   36 54 58
Dewpt         38 36 39   37 40 38 39   35 33 33 33   32 31 32 33   31 32 33
PWind dir         W       W     W       W    NW       N    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      20    30      30    40      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs        S  S    S  S  C  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S    S  S  S

$$
MTZ319-131000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
205 PM MDT Sun May 12 2024

Date           05/12/24      Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            Wed
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                      51          77          50          67          46
Temp          78 78 70 61 55 51 60 71 75 73 64 58 53 50 55 61 65 63 58 52 49 46
Dewpt         37 35 37 38 38 38 38 36 35 35 36 38 38 38 39 41 43 41 41 41 40 38
RH            23 21 30 42 53 61 44 28 23 25 35 47 57 63 55 48 45 44 53 66 71 73
Wind dir       W  W  W  W SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  N NW NW  W  W SW
Wind spd      10 12  9  9  5  5 10 14 18 18 12 10  8  8  9 13 12 10  6  5  5  5
Clouds        SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          30          20          70          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.08           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  S  S        C  C  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                  S  S                 C  C  S  S


Date           05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
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          73      49    79      52    70      43    63      42    67
Temp          64 71 56   50 71 75 59   53 63 64 50   43 57 61 48   42 59 63
Dewpt         39 36 38   36 41 37 37   36 35 34 34   33 34 30 33   31 35 33
PWind dir         W       W    SW       W     W      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      20    30      30    40      20    30
Rain shwrs        S             S  S    S  S  C  C    S  S  C  S    S  S  C

$$
MTZ326-131000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
205 PM MDT Sun May 12 2024

Date           05/12/24      Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            Wed
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                      45          74          43          65          41
Temp          73 76 64 55 50 46 57 68 73 68 56 52 47 44 50 59 63 62 53 48 45 42
Dewpt         37 37 39 38 37 36 41 40 40 42 43 42 41 38 41 40 42 41 41 41 40 38
RH            27 24 40 53 61 68 55 36 30 39 62 69 79 79 71 49 46 46 64 77 82 86
Wind dir      NW NE SE  S  S  S  W NW  W  W  E SE  S  S  W  W NW NW  N  S SW SW
Wind spd       6  8  5  6  6  4  4 11 14 14 10  6  5  4  5 10 10 11  6  5  4  3
Clouds        SC SC B1 SC B1 B1 FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          40          40          70          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.13        0.08        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  C  C        C  C  L  L  C  C        S
Tstms                                  S  C  S              C  C  C  C


Date           05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
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          68      42    76      46    70      38    64      37    64
Temp          60 66 51   43 66 74 55   47 64 66 48   39 58 61 46   38 56 63
Dewpt         40 38 38   35 38 41 37   34 37 36 36   32 36 36 35   32 35 36
PWind dir         W       S    SW      SW     W      NE    NW      NE    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      10    20      20    30      30    40      30    40
Rain shwrs     S  C             S  S       S  C  C    S  S  C  C    S  S  C
Tstms             S                                                       S

$$
MTZ330-131000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
205 PM MDT Sun May 12 2024

Date           05/12/24      Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            Wed
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          64          35          57          33
Temp          67 66 54 46 40 37 48 62 62 56 48 42 38 36 42 54 57 54 45 39 35 33
Dewpt         28 28 35 36 34 33 35 35 35 36 40 38 37 34 35 35 35 34 36 35 33 32
RH            23 24 48 68 79 85 60 36 36 47 74 86 96 92 76 48 43 46 70 85 92 96
Wind dir       W  W  S  S  S SE  S SW SW SW SE  S  W SW NW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd       9 10  6  3  2  2  3 11 13 11  5  4  2  2  3  5  6  9  5  3  2  3
Clouds        FW SC B1 B1 FW SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          70          60          70          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.11        0.22        0.10           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  L  L  S  S  C  C  L  L  C  C
Tstms                                  C  C  S  S  S        C  C  S  S


Date           05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
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          61      33    66      37    65      32    61      32    59
Temp          55 59 40   33 60 63 45   37 61 63 41   32 58 59 39   32 55 57
Dewpt         34 28 32   28 34 33 34   31 33 29 31   26 28 23 29   27 27 26
PWind dir         N      NE    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   FW FW B1 SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         30       5    20      20    20      20    30      20    30
Rain shwrs        C             S  S          S  S          C  S       S  C
Snowshwrs                                                              S
Tstms             S

$$
MTZ328-131000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
205 PM MDT Sun May 12 2024

Date           05/12/24      Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            Wed
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                      45          72          43          64          41
Temp          73 74 63 54 49 46 55 69 71 67 56 50 46 43 50 59 63 62 53 48 44 41
Dewpt         31 29 34 35 36 37 38 35 31 34 36 37 37 36 37 35 34 35 38 38 38 37
RH            21 19 34 48 61 71 53 28 23 29 47 61 71 76 61 40 34 36 57 68 79 85
Wind dir      NW NW  N SW  S  S SW  W  W  W NW SW SW SW NW  N NW  N  N  N  W  W
Wind spd      10 10  9  5  8  8  6 14 19 18 11  5  6  5  5  8 10 13 10  5  5  5
Clouds        SC SC SC SC SC FW FW SC B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          40          20          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                          S  C  S  S        C  C  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                  S  S                 S  S  S  S


Date           05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
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          68      43    75      47    71      40    66      38    66
Temp          60 67 50   43 68 73 54   47 66 69 49   40 60 64 46   39 58 62
Dewpt         34 29 34   33 35 31 35   33 32 27 30   30 30 25 31   30 31 29
PWind dir        NW       W    SW       W     W      NW     W       N     N
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     5       5    10      10    20      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                  S             S
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
MTZ305-131000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
205 PM MDT Sun May 12 2024

Date           05/12/24      Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            Wed
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                      50          77          48          69          45
Temp          74 75 65 58 54 51 59 73 75 70 60 55 51 48 53 62 67 65 57 51 48 45
Dewpt         47 46 49 47 45 44 44 47 45 46 48 49 47 46 46 45 45 42 42 42 41 42
RH            38 36 56 67 71 77 57 40 34 42 64 80 86 93 77 54 45 43 57 71 77 89
Wind dir       S SW  W SE SW SW SW  W  W NW NW  W  W  W NW  N NW NW NW SW SW SW
Wind spd       6 10  9 10  8 10 13 13 14 13  9  6  6  8 12 13 13 12  6  5  5  5
Clouds        FW SC B2 B1 SC SC FW CL B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     60          40          50          50          20
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0        0.07        0.04           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S  C                 S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C        S  S
Tstms             S  S                 S  C  S  S  S        S  S
Obvis          H


Date           05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
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          71      47    75      46    61      37    59      39    64
Temp          65 68 53   47 68 70 54   47 56 56 45   38 54 56 44   39 57 62
Dewpt         43 41 43   41 44 44 44   41 39 36 37   34 36 37 36   35 36 37
PWind dir         W      SW    SW       W    NW       N    NE      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr         30      30    30      40    40      30    30      20    30
Rain shwrs        C  C    S     C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  C  S    S  S  C
Tstms             S                S

$$
MTZ314-131000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
205 PM MDT Sun May 12 2024

Date           05/12/24      Mon 05/13/24            Tue 05/14/24            Wed
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                      47          71          45          59          41
Temp          69 69 59 53 50 48 59 68 71 68 56 51 47 46 50 55 58 57 50 46 43 42
Dewpt         43 43 46 44 42 40 41 40 40 41 43 42 42 40 43 46 46 43 43 41 39 39
RH            39 39 62 71 74 74 51 36 32 37 62 71 83 79 77 72 64 59 77 83 86 89
Wind dir      NW NW SE  S  S SW  W  W  W NW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  W SW SW SW
Wind spd       9  6  5  8  8  8 11 13 13 12 10  9  9 10 12 13 13 12  8  6  5  5
Clouds        FW B1 FW SC SC FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          20          50          80          40
QPF 12hr                   0.06           0        0.03        0.16           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C                       C  C  S  S  L  L  D  D  C  C        S
Tstms             C                       C  S              C  C  C  C
Flood          A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date           05/15/24  Thu 05/16/24  Fri 05/17/24  Sat 05/18/24  Sun 05/19/24
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          63      44    70      44    58      37    55      36    58
Temp          59 61 47   46 66 66 53   45 54 54 43   38 52 53 41   37 54 56
Dewpt         40 38 39   36 40 41 38   35 38 36 35   32 33 34 33   30 35 36
PWind dir         W      SW     W       W    NW      NW     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         50      30    30      40    40      40    40      30    40
Rain shwrs     S  C  C    S     C  C    C  C  C  C    C  S  C  C    S  C  C
Tstms             S             S                                         S

$$
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