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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
806 PM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

MTZ312-271000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
806 PM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date           04/26/24      Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24            Mon
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                      38          57          39          62          40
Temp                53 47 43 39 44 52 54 54 48 46 43 40 47 56 60 60 51 45 42 41
Dewpt               33 34 32 31 31 31 36 37 40 41 39 35 35 32 29 27 26 27 27 29
RH                  46 60 65 73 60 44 50 52 74 83 86 82 63 40 31 28 37 49 55 62
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE  E  E  E SE SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW SW
Wind spd             9 10  8  6  5  5  8  8  6  6  5  9 13 14 17 17 13 10  9 10
Clouds              B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          70          60          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.01        0.08           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S  L  L  L  C  C                          C
Rain shwrs           C  C  C


Date           04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24  Fri 05/03/24
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          57      35    54      33    55      33    63      40    62
Temp          54 51 39   36 49 53 39   33 54 51 39   37 60 62 54   43 60 61
Dewpt         27 25 19   17 14 18 19   18 26 27 29   27 29 33 38   33 32 34
PWind dir        SW       W     W       W     W       W     S       E     W
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40      10    20      30    30      20    20      40    40
Rain           C  C             S  C    C  C  C  S          S  C    C  C  C
Snow                               C    C  C

$$
MTZ303-271000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
806 PM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date           04/26/24      Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24            Mon
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                      36          55          35          58          36
Temp                50 43 40 37 42 50 52 53 46 42 38 36 44 53 56 56 46 42 39 37
Dewpt               28 28 28 29 28 30 32 34 38 37 34 32 31 25 24 24 25 27 26 26
RH                  42 55 62 72 57 46 46 48 73 82 85 85 60 33 29 29 43 55 59 64
Wind dir             N  N  N  N SE SE SE  S SW SW  W  W SW  W  W  W  W SW SW SW
Wind spd            10 10  8  6  9 10 13 12  9 10 10 12 20 27 27 26 18 18 18 16
Clouds              B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          60          30           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.06        0.06           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                C  C  C  C
Rain shwrs           S     S  S  C


Date           04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24  Fri 05/03/24
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          54      33    49      29    51      28    57      35    55
Temp          51 50 35   33 45 47 34   30 49 49 36   31 53 56 45   37 51 52
Dewpt         21 19 18   16 16 19 20   20 22 25 26   23 28 29 32   28 33 31
PWind dir         W       W     W       W    NW      NW    SE       E    NW
Wind char        WY      WY    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10      10    30      30    20      10    10      30    30
Rain                            C  C    S                      C    C  C  C
Snow                         S  C  C    S  S

$$
MTZ319-271000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
806 PM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date           04/26/24      Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24            Mon
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                      44          56          39          61          39
Temp                55 51 47 44 47 51 53 54 50 46 42 40 45 55 59 59 53 47 42 39
Dewpt               29 31 33 31 33 37 39 40 41 39 36 34 34 34 31 28 28 28 27 28
RH                  37 46 58 60 58 59 59 59 71 76 79 79 65 45 34 30 38 47 55 64
Wind dir             N NW  N  W NW NE  N  W  W SW  W SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW
Wind spd            12 10 10  8  4  5  6  8  5  5  6  5  9 13 16 18  9  5  5  6
Clouds              B2 OV B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B2 B1 B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          80          60          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.05        0.17           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                C  D  L  L  S  S        S  S              L
Rain shwrs           C  C  C  S  C


Date           04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24  Fri 05/03/24
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          54      33    56      34    59      34    65      40    63
Temp          51 50 39   34 49 55 41   34 57 55 42   37 61 63 53   42 58 60
Dewpt         29 23 19   17 18 19 21   20 27 28 28   26 33 31 36   30 34 31
PWind dir         W       W     W       W     W       W    SE       W     W
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC   FW SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         70      20    20      20    30      10    20      30    40
Rain           L     S          S  S    S  S  C             S  C    C  C  C
Rain shwrs        L
Snow                 S             S    S  S
Tstms             S

$$
MTZ326-271000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
806 PM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date           04/26/24      Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24            Mon
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                      41          58          37          59          35
Temp                48 47 45 43 46 53 56 54 47 44 40 38 42 50 57 57 49 44 40 36
Dewpt               41 41 40 39 38 39 39 42 41 39 38 36 38 38 38 35 33 33 33 31
RH                  77 79 82 86 73 59 53 64 79 82 92 92 86 63 49 43 54 65 76 82
Wind dir            NE  N  W  W  N  E  E  E SE  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  S  S  S
Wind spd             5  6  5  4  6 11 13 12  9  5  4  3  3  6 10 12  8  5  5  5
Clouds              B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          70          70          60          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.03        0.15        0.03        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                S  C  L  L  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S  C  C  C
Rain shwrs           C  S  C  S
Tstms


Date           04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24  Fri 05/03/24
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          54      26    54      29    57      28    63      35    63
Temp          51 47 36   27 45 52 37   30 53 54 38   32 58 61 49   37 57 60
Dewpt         31 32 25   18 20 22 26   24 31 30 29   27 37 32 35   29 37 35
PWind dir        SW       W    SW       W     W      NE    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 OV B2   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         80      40    20      20    30      10    20      30    40
Rain           C                S  S    S  C  C             S  C    C  C  C
Rain shwrs        D  C
Snow                         S     S    S  C
Tstms             S  S

$$
MTZ330-271000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
806 PM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date           04/26/24      Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24            Mon
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                      33          50          32          49          28
Temp                41 37 36 35 38 47 50 45 39 37 34 32 36 45 48 47 38 35 32 29
Dewpt               36 35 35 34 33 31 34 34 36 35 33 31 31 30 30 31 31 31 27 25
RH                  82 92 96 96 82 53 54 65 89 92 96 96 82 55 49 53 76 85 81 85
Wind dir             N  N  N  N NE  E SE SW  S SW SW  W SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S
Wind spd            10  6  6  5  6  5  8 10  6  5  3  3  5  6 10 12  9  8  6  8
Clouds              B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     70          90          80          70          30
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.10        0.19        0.05        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                         D  L  L  L  L        C  C  S  S
Rain shwrs           C  C  L  C  C  C  L  D                 L  L
Snow                                                     L              S  S  C
Snowshwrs                  L  C  C
Tstms                               S  S  C                 S  S
Obvis                  PF PF PF
Winter Storm         W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24  Fri 05/03/24
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          47      20    44      22    50      22    56      28    54
Temp          45 42 28   20 40 43 30   23 48 46 30   24 53 53 38   30 51 51
Dewpt         26 23 21   14 16 19 20   17 22 21 22   19 28 26 30   25 29 26
PWind dir        SW       W    SW      SW    SW       S     S       S    SW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         80      50    30      30    30      10    20      30    30
Rain           C                                            S  C    S  S  C
Rain shwrs        D  C                        C
Snow           C             S  C       S  C                        S  S
Snowshwrs            C             C
Tstms             C  S             S          S

$$
MTZ328-271000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
806 PM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date           04/26/24      Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24            Mon
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                      39          48          35          56          35
Temp                48 44 43 40 41 45 46 47 43 41 37 35 40 50 55 55 47 43 38 36
Dewpt               39 39 40 39 40 39 39 37 38 38 34 32 34 33 30 28 31 33 31 29
RH                  71 82 89 96 96 79 76 68 82 89 89 89 79 52 38 35 53 67 76 75
Wind dir             N  N NE  N  N  N NW  N  E  S  S SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW  S
Wind spd            12 12 10  9  9  8  5  5  5  5  6  5  5  6 12 14 10  8  8  9
Clouds              B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     70          90          50          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.16        0.06           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                D        C  S  S  S  S                    C
Rain shwrs           L  C  L  L  D     D  C
Tstms                                  S  S


Date           04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24  Fri 05/03/24
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          54      26    51      28    54      30    63      37    61
Temp          51 48 32   26 44 50 35   28 51 50 35   34 59 61 49   39 57 58
Dewpt         26 24 20   18 18 20 23   20 21 22 24   26 33 29 34   29 33 29
PWind dir        SW       W    SW       W     W      SW     S      SW    SW
Wind char        WY      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr         60      20    20      10    20       5    20      20    30
Rain           C                S                           S  S    S  S  C
Rain shwrs        L  S
Snow                         S  S          S
Snowshwrs            S
Tstms             S  S

$$
MTZ305-271000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
806 PM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date           04/26/24      Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24            Mon
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                      39          66          42          66          38
Temp                56 48 44 39 45 58 63 64 56 51 48 43 48 60 64 64 53 48 43 39
Dewpt               33 34 31 30 28 26 29 28 31 32 34 35 35 35 29 27 27 29 28 28
RH                  42 58 60 70 51 29 27 25 38 48 58 73 60 39 27 24 36 47 55 64
Wind dir            NE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE  E SE SE  S SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW
Wind spd            12 10  9 10 12 12 12 14 10 11  8  6 10 12 13 14 11 10 10 11
Clouds              B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     30          20          30          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  C  C  S  S
Rain shwrs           S


Date           04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24  Fri 05/03/24
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          62      36    56      33    56      33    63      38    62
Temp          58 58 43   36 50 54 39   33 53 53 40   36 60 60 50   40 57 59
Dewpt         27 22 22   19 19 23 24   21 25 27 30   26 31 30 34   29 35 32
PWind dir        SW       W     W       W     W       W    SE       E    SE
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC B1 SC B1   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      20    30      20    30      10    20      30    30
Rain              S  S    S  S  C  S    S  C  S             S  C    C  C  C
Snow                      S  S

$$
MTZ314-271000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
806 PM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date           04/26/24      Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24            Mon
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                      38          58          38          58          36
Temp                51 48 42 39 46 56 57 57 50 47 42 39 45 53 56 56 48 43 39 37
Dewpt               34 36 31 30 31 32 29 29 28 28 28 32 35 37 36 33 30 29 28 28
RH                  52 63 65 70 55 40 34 34 42 47 57 76 68 54 47 42 49 57 64 70
Wind dir            NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE  E SE SW  W NW NW NW  W SW SW SW
Wind spd             6  8 13 11 11 12 16 16 12 12  8  5  8 10 10  9  8  6  8  6
Clouds              B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     30          20          30          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                   S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C
Rain shwrs           S


Date           04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24  Fri 05/03/24
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          56      30    52      30    52      31    60      38    61
Temp          52 49 37   31 47 50 35   31 51 49 36   36 59 59 49   41 60 59
Dewpt         31 33 24   15 15 18 20   19 27 27 27   26 31 33 36   33 39 37
PWind dir         W       W     W       W     W       W     S       E     E
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         70      40    20      30    40      20    30      40    40
Rain           C                S  S          C             C  C    S  S  C
Rain shwrs        L  C                           S
Snow                            S  S    C  C
Tstms             S  S                           S

$$
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