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

MTZ312-252200-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
217 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 45 50 60 64 64 56 50 46 43 47 54 56 57 50 48 44 42 45 52 56 55
Dewpt         32 29 28 29 29 29 30 31 32 32 32 33 32 31 34 35 33 33 33 33 34 36
RH            46 53 42 31 27 27 37 48 58 65 56 45 40 37 54 60 65 70 62 48 43 49
Wind dir      SW  W  W  W  W NW NW  W  W  W NW  N  N  N NE  N  N NE NE  E SE SW
Wind spd       4  6  9 10 10 10  8  5  4  5  6  9  9 11  9  8  8  8  5  5  6  9
Clouds        B2 SC 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
217 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          43 38 48 57 61 61 50 44 40 38 42 49 51 51 44 40 39 36 41 48 51 52
Dewpt         25 27 29 29 31 30 30 31 32 32 32 31 31 30 30 29 29 29 29 31 33 33
RH            49 64 47 34 32 31 46 60 73 79 67 50 46 44 57 64 67 75 62 51 50 48
Wind dir       W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N SE SE  S  S
Wind spd      11 10 13 16 21 21 11  9 10 12 16 16 16 13 10 10  8  5  8 10 11 12
Clouds        SC FW 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
217 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          51 46 50 60 65 65 57 51 47 43 47 53 55 53 49 46 43 40 44 48 52 52
Dewpt         32 30 30 31 31 31 31 32 31 31 33 35 36 36 37 37 36 35 36 36 38 38
RH            48 53 46 33 28 28 37 48 53 62 58 50 49 52 63 71 76 82 73 63 59 59
Wind dir       W  W  W  W NW NW NW  W  W  W NW  N  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW
Wind spd       5  6  8  9 11 12 10  6  5  5  5  9 13 11 10  9  9  6  4  5  5  6
Clouds        OV SC 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
217 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          49 43 46 56 63 63 53 48 45 41 43 46 50 51 45 43 40 37 40 47 52 51
Dewpt         38 36 38 37 35 36 38 40 39 37 39 40 41 41 38 39 36 34 35 36 37 38
RH            66 76 73 49 35 36 57 74 79 85 86 79 71 68 76 86 85 89 82 65 56 61
Wind dir       W  W SW  W NW NW  W SW  W SW  N  N  N NE  N  N  N NE  E  E  E NE
Wind spd       5  4  3  4  6 10  9  8  5  4  4  5  6 10  8  8  6  4  8  6  9 10
Clouds        OV B1 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     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
217 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          39 36 39 50 54 51 41 38 37 35 36 45 48 46 38 35 33 32 36 46 48 46
Dewpt         35 34 34 38 37 37 37 35 35 33 32 35 35 34 34 32 31 29 30 33 33 35
RH            85 92 82 63 52 59 85 89 92 92 85 68 60 63 85 89 92 88 79 60 56 65
Wind dir       E  N SW SW  W SW SW SW  N  N  N SW SW  N NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  W
Wind spd       2  0  3  4  6  6  5  3  0  0  0  2  4  5  8  5  5  4  5  6  5  8
Clouds        B2 OV 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                   0.21        0.20        0.17        0.08        0.13
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           C  C  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
217 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          46 41 45 55 61 60 49 46 43 41 42 48 52 50 43 40 39 37 39 43 46 47
Dewpt         36 36 35 36 30 32 37 38 38 38 38 38 37 36 37 36 36 34 36 36 36 37
RH            68 82 68 49 31 35 63 73 82 89 86 68 56 58 79 85 89 89 89 76 68 68
Wind dir       W NE  W SW  W  N  N  N  E  N  N  N NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd       5  6  5  5  9 11 10  5  5  6  6  9 10 13 13 10  9  9  8  6  5  6
Clouds        B2 B2 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              S              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
217 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 44 50 63 68 68 58 50 45 40 48 61 64 63 54 49 44 40 47 59 63 62
Dewpt         28 28 29 30 29 29 32 33 31 31 33 34 32 31 31 29 27 27 29 30 30 30
RH            44 53 44 29 23 23 37 52 58 70 56 36 30 30 41 46 51 59 49 33 29 30
Wind dir      SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE
Wind spd       8  9 10 10 10 12  8  5  5  5  8  8 10 13 10 12 10  9 10 11 11 13
Clouds        B1 SC 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
217 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          47 42 50 58 63 62 52 48 44 41 47 53 54 53 48 46 41 37 44 52 55 54
Dewpt         30 28 30 31 33 32 33 35 33 31 33 34 35 36 34 32 29 27 28 32 32 32
RH            51 57 46 36 32 32 48 60 65 67 58 48 48 52 58 58 62 67 53 46 41 43
Wind dir       W  W NW NW NW NW  N SW  W SW  W NW  N  N  N  N  E  E  E  E  E SE
Wind spd      11  8 10  9  9  8  5  5  8  6  8  8  9  9  8  9 10  9 10 10 12 12
Clouds        B2 B2 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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