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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
740 PM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

MTZ312-261000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
740 PM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/25/24      Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun
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          57          45          56          40
Temp                57 52 49 48 51 56 57 56 50 50 47 46 49 55 55 53 47 46 42 41
Dewpt               31 33 36 38 38 36 34 32 34 38 38 38 38 38 37 38 39 40 38 35
RH                  37 48 61 68 61 47 42 40 54 63 71 73 66 53 51 57 74 79 86 79
Wind dir            NW  W  W  W NW  N  N NE NE NE  N NE NW SE  S SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             8  5  4  6  8  9 10 12  9  8  6  6  5  6  8  8  6  5  6  9
Clouds              B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0          50          60          60          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.08        0.05        0.17
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                          S  S  C  C  L  L  L  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S


Date           04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
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      41    58      35    59      34    68      44    72
Temp          58 60 46   42 55 54 41   36 52 58 41   35 58 67 51   44 65 66
Dewpt         33 28 28   27 25 19 21   18 17 19 22   22 27 29 33   32 37 37
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       W     W       W    SW      SE    SW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         10       5    20      10    10      10    10      20    40
Rain                            S                              S    S  S  C

$$
MTZ303-261000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
740 PM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/25/24      Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun
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          51          37          54          34
Temp                49 42 39 38 41 49 50 51 46 44 40 38 42 49 53 52 45 41 37 35
Dewpt               29 30 30 31 30 32 32 31 29 32 32 32 33 34 36 37 36 35 33 30
RH                  46 62 70 76 65 52 50 46 51 62 73 79 70 56 52 56 70 79 85 82
Wind dir             W  W NW NW  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE  E  S  S SW SW SW  W SW
Wind spd            11  9 10 12 19 19 20 18 11 12  8  6  8  9 12 10  6  9 10 12
Clouds              SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0          20          60          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02        0.06        0.10        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S  S  S  S  C  L  C  C  C  C  C  S  S


Date           04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
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          59      37    53      32    54      30    63      40    65
Temp          55 56 42   38 50 50 37   33 49 53 37   31 54 62 47   40 60 61
Dewpt         28 26 27   25 19 17 20   18 16 17 21   21 22 26 29   29 32 30
PWind dir        SW      SW     W       W     W       W     S       S    SW
Wind char        BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     5       5    10      10    10      10    30
Rain                                                                   S  C

$$
MTZ319-261000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
740 PM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/25/24      Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun
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                      46          57          42          52          40
Temp                58 53 49 46 50 54 55 53 50 46 45 43 44 48 51 49 47 44 42 40
Dewpt               31 34 34 35 35 36 36 36 35 37 37 38 37 39 40 38 37 36 34 34
RH                  36 48 56 65 56 50 49 52 56 71 73 82 76 71 66 66 68 73 73 79
Wind dir            NW  W  W  W NW  N  N NW NW NW NW  W  N  N NW  W  W  W SW SW
Wind spd            10  6  5  5  5 11 16 14 12 10  9  6  4  5  6  9  6  6  6  6
Clouds              B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5          80          90          70          40
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.06        0.20        0.11        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                          C  C  L  L  D  D  D  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  S  S


Date           04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
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      40    56      34    59      35    70      44    72
Temp          54 61 46   41 53 53 40   35 51 58 42   36 58 68 52   44 64 66
Dewpt         34 32 31   30 30 22 22   20 22 22 25   23 30 32 35   33 39 38
PWind dir         W       W     W       W     W       W    SE       S    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1   B2 B1 B1 SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    50      20    20      10    20      20    40
Rain              S          C  C  S          S             S  S       S  C
Snow                               S

$$
MTZ326-261000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
740 PM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/25/24      Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun
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          51          38          56          36
Temp                53 48 46 43 44 47 48 48 45 44 41 39 44 50 54 55 46 43 40 37
Dewpt               41 41 42 40 40 40 40 40 38 39 38 38 38 39 40 40 38 38 36 34
RH                  64 77 86 89 86 76 74 74 76 82 89 96 79 66 59 57 73 82 85 89
Wind dir            NW  W SW  W SW  N  E  N  N SW NW  S  E  E  E  E  W  W  S SW
Wind spd             9  8  5  4  4  5  9 12 10  8  6  5  8 13 13 10  8  5  4  3
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          90          80          70          60
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.19        0.06        0.03        0.14
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       C  D  D           D  D  L  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C
Rain shwrs           L  C           D  D  D
Tstms                S  S           S  S  S


Date           04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
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          59      35    57      29    58      30    68      39    74
Temp          51 58 44   36 52 51 38   30 48 57 40   31 57 67 49   40 66 68
Dewpt         38 34 34   31 34 32 27   23 25 24 27   23 32 34 36   31 38 40
PWind dir         W      SW     W       W     W       S    SW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B2 B1 B2 B1   B1 SC B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         40      30    60      30    20      10    20      20    30
Rain           C     S    C  C     C       S  S             S  S          C
Rain shwrs        C             L
Snow                                       S
Tstms             S             S

$$
MTZ330-261000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
740 PM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/25/24      Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun
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          48          36          48          31
Temp                38 36 37 37 40 46 48 45 38 38 37 36 39 48 47 45 38 36 34 32
Dewpt               34 34 35 35 36 37 36 33 34 35 35 34 33 35 34 34 34 34 32 30
RH                  85 92 92 92 85 71 63 62 85 89 92 92 79 60 60 65 85 92 92 92
Wind dir            SW  W  E  S  W SW  W  N NE  N  N NE NE  E SE SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd             5  2  1  1  2  3  4  8  8  8  6  5  5  6  5  8  6  5  4  5
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          90          80          80          70
QPF 12hr                   0.12        0.10        0.05        0.13        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       C  L  L           D  L  L  L  L              C  C  C
Rain shwrs           L  C           D  D  D                 D  D  L  L
Snow                                                  L                       C
Tstms                S  S           S  S  C                 S  S  S  S
Obvis                     PF PF
Winter Storm                  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
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          49      29    49      22    51      24    59      31    63
Temp          46 47 35   29 46 46 30   23 47 49 31   25 55 57 39   31 60 59
Dewpt         31 31 29   26 29 27 23   17 21 22 23   19 27 29 31   26 30 30
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       S     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC SC B1 SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr         60      30    70      40    30      10    20      10    30
Rain           C     C    S        C          C             S             C
Rain shwrs        L             L
Snow           C          S  C     C    S  S
Tstms             S             S

$$
MTZ328-261000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
740 PM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/25/24      Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun
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          49          36          47          35
Temp                52 47 44 42 43 46 48 48 40 40 38 37 38 43 45 47 42 39 38 36
Dewpt               37 40 40 39 41 40 39 37 35 36 36 35 37 37 37 37 36 35 34 33
RH                  56 76 86 89 93 79 71 65 82 85 92 92 96 79 73 68 79 85 85 89
Wind dir            NE NE NW  N NW  N NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N NW  N NW  W SW SW
Wind spd            10  5  5  6  6  9 12 18 16 12 10  8  8  8  5  5  6  5  6  5
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     60          90          80          80          30
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.27        0.14        0.18        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       C  L  L           D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  S  S  S
Rain shwrs           C  S           D  D  D
Tstms                S  S           S  S  S


Date           04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
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      36    55      29    57      32    67      40    70
Temp          50 56 43   36 52 51 36   30 49 56 39   32 57 66 47   40 65 65
Dewpt         33 30 31   29 28 24 24   22 22 21 25   24 28 30 33   32 34 32
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       W    SW      SW     S       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    40      20    10       5    10      10    20
Rain           S  S          C  C  S                                      S
Snow                               S

$$
MTZ305-261000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
740 PM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/25/24      Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun
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                      40          64          40          66          42
Temp                57 51 45 40 48 60 63 61 54 49 44 41 47 60 65 62 53 49 46 43
Dewpt               32 33 32 32 33 35 34 33 32 30 27 26 27 29 30 28 32 33 35 36
RH                  38 50 60 73 56 39 34 35 43 48 51 55 45 31 27 27 44 54 65 76
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  N NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  S  S
Wind spd             8  5  5  5  8  9 12 16 11 11 11  9 11 12 13 13 10 10  8  9
Clouds              B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          10          20          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01        0.01        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S                 S  S  C  C  C  C


Date           04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
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          67      40    63      36    59      33    68      44    75
Temp          61 64 48   41 59 59 43   37 53 56 41   33 59 67 52   44 68 69
Dewpt         35 27 29   28 26 20 23   22 23 21 26   24 27 28 31   31 37 36
PWind dir        SW       W     W       W     W       W    SW      SE     S
Wind char        GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10       5    10      10    10      10    10      20    20
Rain                                                           S    S     S

$$
MTZ314-261000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
740 PM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024

Date           04/25/24      Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun
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          54          40          58          39
Temp                56 51 47 44 49 54 54 53 49 47 43 41 47 57 58 56 49 45 41 40
Dewpt               36 38 37 35 35 35 35 33 34 34 30 29 31 34 32 31 31 32 33 34
RH                  47 61 68 70 58 48 48 46 56 60 60 62 53 42 37 38 50 60 73 79
Wind dir             W SW SW  W  W  N  E  N NE SE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S SW
Wind spd             6  5  8  6  8  8  9 10  8  9 11  9 10 11 13 12 10  9  6  6
Clouds              B2 OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     40          60          50          30          40
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.05        0.02        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C        S  S  C  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C


Date           04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
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          59      37    56      32    54      32    65      42    72
Temp          55 57 43   38 53 52 38   32 50 52 38   33 59 63 47   43 67 67
Dewpt         35 29 28   27 29 25 21   17 19 19 23   21 28 29 31   29 35 36
PWind dir         W       W     W       W     W       W     S      SE     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      20    50      30    20      20    20      30    30
Rain           C  C  S    S     C  C          S  S          S  C          C

$$
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