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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
208 PM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

MTZ312-291000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
208 PM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      25          42          25          39          23
Temp          46 44 38 32 30 29 29 34 40 40 32 30 27 26 27 30 36 37 31 28 26 24
Dewpt         32 30 29 26 26 24 24 26 26 25 25 24 23 22 21 21 23 22 24 23 21 19
RH            58 57 70 78 85 81 81 72 57 55 75 78 85 85 78 69 59 54 75 81 81 81
Wind dir       N  N  W  W  W  N NE NE NE  E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E NE  E  E NE
Wind spd       4  6  5  5  5  5  5  5  8 11 10 10  8  9  9  5  5  8  5  5  3  5
Clouds        OV B2 SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     10          20          40          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0        0.01        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Rain           C                       S  S
Snow                                   S  S  S  C  C  S  S                    S


Date           03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          42      26    58      33    66      44    63      37    49
Temp          35 41 29   29 48 57 40   34 58 64 49   45 57 57 43   39 44 43
Dewpt         24 24 23   22 25 27 28   24 33 32 33   31 33 31 28   26 23 23
PWind dir         N      SE    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC   FW SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         30       5     0       0     0      10    30      40    50
Rain                                                     S  C  C    C  C  C
Snow           S  C                                                 C  C  C

$$
MTZ303-291000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
208 PM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      22          36          20          37          19
Temp          42 40 30 26 24 24 24 30 34 34 27 25 22 21 22 29 35 36 28 24 21 22
Dewpt         22 23 25 23 22 21 20 21 23 22 21 21 19 17 17 19 21 22 21 21 18 19
RH            44 50 81 88 92 88 84 69 64 61 78 84 88 84 81 66 56 56 75 88 88 88
Wind dir       W  W  N  N  N  N NE NE  E  E NE NE NE NE NE SE SE SE SE SE SE NE
Wind spd      17 12 10  8  6  6  5  5  8 10 10 10 10  9  8  6 10 11 10 10  6  5
Clouds        B2 SC B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC SC SC SC B2
PoP 12hr                      5          10          30           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Snow                                      C  C  C  C


Date           03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          41      24    57      33    64      39    57      30    43
Temp          33 40 26   29 50 56 39   34 57 61 47   41 50 51 36   31 38 38
Dewpt         23 22 20   19 25 28 28   26 33 33 34   32 30 29 26   22 20 18
PWind dir         N      SW     W       W     W       W     W       W    NW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1 FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       0     0      10    30      40    30
Rain                                                     S  C  C    C
Snow                                                                C  C  C

$$
MTZ319-291000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
208 PM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      27          46          27          42          25
Temp          44 42 36 33 31 29 32 39 44 44 37 33 30 28 29 34 41 41 36 31 27 26
Dewpt         30 27 26 24 23 23 24 25 26 27 27 26 25 24 22 23 24 24 25 24 21 21
RH            57 55 67 69 72 78 72 57 49 51 67 75 81 85 75 64 50 50 64 75 78 81
Wind dir       W  W  W SW SW SW  W  N SW  S  W  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  W  W SW  W
Wind spd       9 11  8  5  5  2  2  4  5  5  6  4  5  5  6  5  5  6  5  3  2  3
Clouds        OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          20          20          20           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           C  S                    S  S  S
Snow                                         S  S  S  S  S


Date           03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          45      25    55      33    64      39    62      35    51
Temp          38 42 31   26 44 54 40   34 52 63 47   40 54 56 42   36 43 45
Dewpt         26 25 23   19 26 29 28   26 32 35 33   30 34 31 28   26 26 24
PWind dir        NW       W     W      SW    SW      SW    SW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC   FW SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30       5     0       0     0      10    30      40    50
Rain                                                     S  C  C    C  C  C
Snow              C                                                 C  C

$$
MTZ326-291000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
208 PM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      24          46          23          42          22
Temp          45 42 34 32 30 26 29 39 44 44 35 30 27 24 28 35 40 41 32 28 25 23
Dewpt         34 31 30 28 27 24 24 27 24 23 26 26 23 21 23 26 25 24 25 24 21 20
RH            65 65 85 85 88 92 81 62 45 43 69 85 85 88 81 69 55 50 75 85 84 88
Wind dir      SE NW  S SE  S  S  S  N NW  E  S SE SE  N NE  N  N  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd       6 10  5  4  4  4  2  3  5  5  5  5  4  3  3  3  4  5  6  5  4  4
Wind gust     20
Clouds        B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     60          20          20          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.13           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00       00-00
Rain           C     C                 S  S  S
Rain shwrs        L
Snow                 C                 S  S  S        S  S  S  S              S
Tstms             S


Date           03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          43      22    51      27    61      34    62      31    51
Temp          36 42 30   23 40 51 35   28 50 61 43   35 54 57 39   33 41 48
Dewpt         25 25 25   20 25 25 26   22 31 33 31   27 34 32 30   26 27 28
PWind dir        NE      NE    SW       S    SW      SW    SW      SW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         40      20     0       0     0      10    30      50    50
Rain                                                     S  C  C    C  C  C
Snow           S  C  S                                                 C  C

$$
MTZ330-291000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
208 PM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      17          38          13          41          16
Temp          37 34 28 23 21 18 21 34 38 36 25 20 17 14 20 36 41 39 28 23 20 17
Dewpt         27 24 23 20 18 15 16 20 19 18 17 15 13 11 14 23 24 24 23 21 17 15
RH            67 66 81 88 88 88 81 56 46 47 71 81 84 88 77 59 50 54 81 92 88 92
Wind dir       S SW SW SW SW SE  S SW SW  S  E NE NE NE  N  N SW  W NE NE NE NE
Wind spd      21 21 12  8  5  2  3  5  9  6  4  3  2  2  0  2  5  8  5  3  2  4
Wind gust     41 32
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     60          10          20          40          20
QPF 12hr                   0.09           0           0        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                     1       00-00       00-00
Snow           C     C                          S  S  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C
Snowshwrs         L
Tstms             S
Obvis            BS
Winter Weath   Y  Y


Date           03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          40      12    45      16    51      23    50      24    44
Temp          37 37 23   13 38 43 25   17 44 49 31   24 47 48 33   27 41 40
Dewpt         25 24 19   10 21 22 20   13 27 31 28   22 33 32 29   23 26 24
PWind dir        NE       N     N      NE     S      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         60      30     5       0     0      10    30      50    60
Rain                                                     S  C  C    C
Snow           C  L  C                                   S          C  C  L

$$
MTZ328-291000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
208 PM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      25          44          25          44          25
Temp          37 35 29 27 26 26 29 39 43 43 34 30 27 26 28 37 43 43 34 30 28 26
Dewpt         22 20 21 20 20 19 20 21 20 19 22 23 22 21 22 24 22 21 24 23 23 21
RH            54 54 72 74 78 74 69 48 39 38 61 75 81 81 78 59 43 41 66 75 81 81
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW  S SE SE  E NE NE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd      14 13  8  8  8  8  5  5  9  8  6  5  5  5  5  6  5  6  6  5  5  5
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          10           5          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           C
Snow           C                                                              S
Snowshwrs         S
Tstms             S


Date           03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          43      23    51      30    61      34    60      31    49
Temp          39 41 30   24 41 51 36   31 50 60 42   35 54 56 39   33 43 44
Dewpt         24 23 25   20 23 25 26   24 30 31 31   28 33 31 30   26 26 22
PWind dir        NE       N     W       W    SW      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   SC FW FW SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30       5     0       0     0       5    20      40    40
Rain                                                        S  C    C     C
Snow           S  C                                                 C  C

$$
MTZ305-291000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
208 PM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      21          36          20          36          19
Temp          42 40 33 29 26 24 24 31 35 34 28 25 22 21 22 30 35 35 28 25 22 20
Dewpt         30 33 30 27 24 21 20 23 25 24 23 22 19 17 19 22 24 24 24 22 20 18
RH            62 76 89 92 92 88 84 72 66 66 81 88 88 84 88 72 64 64 85 88 92 92
Wind dir       W  N  W  W  W NW  W NW NW NE NE NE NE NE NE  E NE  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd       6  6  8  8  8  8  9  9  8  8  6  6  8  9  8  8  6  9  8  6  5  6
Clouds        B2 OV B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20           0          20          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           C  S
Snow                                            S  S


Date           03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          41      23    53      30    64      39    61      31    49
Temp          34 40 26   26 44 52 36   31 55 61 45   39 53 55 39   33 42 43
Dewpt         26 29 23   22 29 33 29   25 37 39 35   32 36 34 30   26 28 26
PWind dir        NE      SE    SW       W    SW      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC   FW SC FW SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0     5      10    20      40    30
Rain                                                        S  C    C  C  C
Snow                                                                   C

$$
MTZ314-291000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
208 PM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date           03/28/24      Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24            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                      22          40          22          34          19
Temp          45 38 32 30 28 26 27 34 38 37 30 27 26 23 25 29 33 33 27 24 22 20
Dewpt         38 33 30 28 25 24 24 27 27 28 27 24 22 20 22 23 23 24 23 21 19 18
RH            76 82 92 92 88 92 88 75 64 70 88 88 85 88 88 78 66 69 85 88 88 92
Wind dir       N NW  W  W  W  W  W NW  N NE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  E SE SE SE SE
Wind spd       8 10  8  8  8  6  6  6  8  6  8  8  8  8  8  8  6  9  8  6  6  6
Clouds        OV OV B2 B1 B1 B2 OV B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          20          40          40          10
QPF 12hr                   0.07           0        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Rain           D  C
Snow              C                    S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S              S


Date           03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24  Thu 04/04/24
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          38      22    51      30    61      39    61      32    46
Temp          36 36 26   23 46 49 36   31 56 59 44   40 56 54 39   34 41 40
Dewpt         26 26 23   19 25 27 26   22 32 33 31   28 33 32 28   26 26 25
PWind dir         E      SE     W       W    SW       W     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         40      10     0       0     5      10    30      50    50
Rain                                                        C  C    C  C
Snow           S  C                                                    C  C

$$
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