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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
317 AM MDT Wed Apr 24 2024

MTZ312-242200-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
317 AM MDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date             Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24
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                      76          44          67          40          56
Temp             39 52 68 74 73 61 55 49 45 51 61 66 64 55 49 44 41 47 53 55 53
Dewpt            20 24 20 24 26 31 34 33 31 30 28 29 29 30 30 31 31 34 35 35 33
RH               46 33 16 15 17 32 45 54 58 44 28 25 27 38 48 60 67 60 50 47 46
Wind dir         SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW  W  W NW  N  N  N
Wind spd          9 11 12 14 12  6  5  5  5 10 10 10 11 10  5  4  5  8 10 10 11
Clouds           B2 FW CL FW SC B2 B2 OV SC FW SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      5          20           5          10          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S  S                             C  C  C  C  L


Date               Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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    54      38    62      40    60      37    60
Temp          46   40 48 50 44   39 54 61 45   41 57 58 45   38 54 59
Dewpt         37   33 33 36 37   33 35 32 32   30 32 27 27   24 26 25
PWind dir           N    NE       S    SW      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           60    60      40    20      10    20      20    20
Rain           L    L  L  L  C    S     S             S  S    S  S  S
Snow                                                             S

$$
MTZ303-242200-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
317 AM MDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date             Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24
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          38          60          37          51
Temp             41 52 68 70 67 56 49 43 39 47 57 60 58 48 42 39 38 41 46 49 49
Dewpt            20 23 22 19 22 25 26 26 27 29 29 29 28 28 30 30 32 33 31 31 30
RH               42 32 17 14 18 30 40 51 62 49 34 31 32 46 62 70 79 73 55 50 48
Wind dir          W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          5 10 16 23 23 12 11 11 12 13 18 21 21 11 10 10 12 16 16 13 13
Clouds           B1 FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              C  C  C  C  C


Date               Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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    52      34    59      37    56      34    56
Temp          41   37 45 49 41   35 55 57 43   38 54 54 39   35 52 56
Dewpt         32   31 30 32 34   30 29 27 29   27 25 22 24   23 21 22
PWind dir           N     E       S    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr           30    40      20     5       5    10      10    10
Rain           C    C  C  C  S

$$
MTZ319-242200-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
317 AM MDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date             Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24
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                      76          45          67          42          56
Temp             40 49 65 74 73 63 55 52 47 51 61 66 64 56 50 46 43 46 53 55 51
Dewpt            15 20 22 16 23 34 37 36 34 32 32 31 30 31 33 32 32 34 37 39 37
RH               36 31 19 11 15 34 51 54 60 48 33 27 28 38 52 58 65 63 54 55 59
Wind dir          W  N  E  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          2  2  6 12 11  9  6  5  5  6  9 12 14 10  8  5  4  4  9 12 13
Clouds           B2 FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20          20          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S           S  S        S  S  C  C  L  L  D


Date               Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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    53      38    61      39    60      36    61
Temp          45   40 46 50 44   39 53 60 47   39 56 57 45   37 54 60
Dewpt         37   36 35 35 37   34 36 33 34   32 35 33 31   28 30 30
PWind dir           N     N       W    SW      SW     W       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           80    80      40    30      20    40      30    30
Rain           D    L  L  D  C    S     C  S    S  S     C    S  S  C
Rain shwrs                                            C
Tstms                                                 S

$$
MTZ326-242200-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
317 AM MDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date             Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24
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                      74          39          64          38          54
Temp             36 47 63 72 73 60 54 48 42 46 57 63 62 52 47 43 39 43 47 51 52
Dewpt            21 24 28 26 29 33 37 37 35 36 39 39 37 38 38 36 35 37 39 39 41
RH               54 40 26 18 19 36 52 65 76 68 51 41 39 59 71 76 85 79 74 63 66
Wind dir          S  E NW NW NW  N  W  W  W SW NW NW NW NW  W NW  W NW  N NE NE
Wind spd          4  2  5  8 10  8  5  5  4  3  4  6  8  8  5  4  4  3  5  8 11
Clouds           B1 SC FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5          20          70          70          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.09        0.10        0.16
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S        C  C              L  L  L  L  D  D  D
Rain shwrs                                      L  L  L  L
Tstms                                           S  S  S  S


Date               Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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    51      34    59      35    60      33    60
Temp          42   37 44 49 41   35 49 58 43   36 55 57 43   34 52 59
Dewpt         37   33 37 37 36   32 37 35 35   30 36 35 33   28 34 34
PWind dir          NE    NE      SE    SW       S    SW       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV OV B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           80    80      50    40      20    40      40    40
Rain           D    D  D  D  C    C  C  C  S       S     C    C  C  C
Rain shwrs                                            C
Tstms                                                 S

$$
MTZ330-242200-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
317 AM MDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date             Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24
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          32          54          32          48
Temp             24 37 60 64 61 47 41 36 33 39 52 54 50 42 37 35 33 36 45 48 46
Dewpt            19 22 16 12 20 29 33 32 29 32 35 35 36 36 35 33 31 32 35 33 33
RH               81 54 18 13 20 49 73 85 85 76 52 48 58 79 92 92 92 85 68 56 60
Wind dir          N  N SW SW SW  S NE SE  N  N SW  W NW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW  W
Wind spd          0  0  5  9 10  5  2  2  0  0  4  5  8  6  4  2  2  3  4  5  8
Clouds           B1 B1 SC B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      5          30          90          80          90
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.27        0.35        0.15
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                   C  C  C                    L  L
Rain shwrs                                      D  D  D  D  L  L        D  D  D
Snow                                                                 L
Tstms                                           C  C  C  C  S  S        S  S  S


Date               Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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    46      29    48      27    50      27    51
Temp          36   31 44 44 34   29 45 46 33   28 47 48 35   28 49 51
Dewpt         33   29 31 32 31   27 30 28 28   25 30 30 29   24 30 27
PWind dir           N    NE      SW    SW       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   OV OV OV B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           80    80      60    50      10    50      40    40
Rain                L  L  D  L    C  C  C          S  C  C    C  C  C
Rain shwrs     D
Snow                L  L          C  C             S          C  C
Tstms          S

$$
MTZ328-242200-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
317 AM MDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date             Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24
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          62          39          53
Temp             36 45 61 68 68 56 50 46 41 44 56 61 59 50 46 41 39 42 50 53 49
Dewpt            18 19 20 19 25 35 36 36 35 36 37 33 34 35 37 36 35 36 37 35 36
RH               47 35 20 15 20 45 58 68 79 73 49 35 39 56 71 82 85 79 61 50 61
Wind dir          S SW SW SW SW  S  W  W  S NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N NE  N
Wind spd          8  5  5 10 11  8  5  6  6  5  4  8 10 10  6  6  6  5  8 10 11
Clouds           B1 SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      5          20          50          50          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.05        0.18
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S        S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L
Rain shwrs                                                              D  D  D
Tstms                                                                   S  S  S


Date               Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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    49      34    56      35    57      33    58
Temp          41   39 43 47 39   35 50 55 41   35 54 55 41   34 52 57
Dewpt         36   36 34 35 34   32 34 30 32   29 31 29 30   27 29 26
PWind dir           N     N       W    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr           80    80      30    20      10    30      20    30
Rain                D  D  L  C    S  S  S          S  C  S    S  C  S
Rain shwrs     D
Snow                                                             C
Tstms          S

$$
MTZ305-242200-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
317 AM MDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date             Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24
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                      76          44          69          40          62
Temp             42 51 68 75 74 60 54 51 46 51 63 67 68 56 50 45 41 47 59 62 60
Dewpt            22 25 30 23 22 27 28 30 30 30 30 28 29 32 32 32 31 32 34 32 32
RH               44 36 24 14 14 28 36 44 53 44 29 23 23 40 50 60 67 56 39 32 35
Wind dir          E SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  N NE NE NE
Wind spd          5  5 10 12 11  6  9  8  8 11 11 12 12  8  8  6  5 10 10 10 12
Clouds           B1 SC FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                    S  S  S


Date               Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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            38    61      40    65      40    65      38    63
Temp          48   39 54 55 45   40 59 62 48   41 61 63 47   39 56 62
Dewpt         31   28 28 31 33   33 36 32 34   31 31 27 30   28 29 28
PWind dir          NE     E      SE     S      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr           20    20      30    20       5    10      20    20
Rain           S          S  C    C  S                   S    S  S  S

$$
MTZ314-242200-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
317 AM MDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Date             Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri 04/26/24
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                      71          41          61          39          52
Temp             38 52 66 71 70 58 51 46 42 49 58 61 59 52 47 43 40 45 49 50 51
Dewpt            20 24 20 21 23 30 30 30 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 33 31 32 34 36 37
RH               48 33 17 15 17 34 44 53 60 48 36 33 37 50 63 67 70 60 56 58 59
Wind dir         SE  S  W NW  N  E SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW  W  W  W NW  N  N  N
Wind spd          6  6 10 10  8  5  6 10  6  9  8  9  8  6  9 10  6  8  9  9  9
Clouds           SC SC CL FW FW SC B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV B1 OV B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          20          20          40          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.01        0.22
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S  S        S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  C


Date               Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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    52      36    57      37    60      34    55
Temp          44   37 48 50 40   36 53 55 42   38 56 56 42   35 53 55
Dewpt         35   30 31 33 34   33 34 34 36   32 33 34 31   26 31 29
PWind dir          NE     E      SE    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           50    50      50    40      20    40      40    40
Rain           C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S             C    S  S  C
Rain shwrs                                            C
Snow                                                             S
Tstms                                                 S

$$
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