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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
832 PM MDT Wed Mar 27 2024

MTZ312-281000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
832 PM MDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date           03/27/24      Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat
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          49          25          41          24
Temp                44 39 37 37 40 44 43 41 34 33 29 26 29 35 39 41 33 30 29 27
Dewpt               28 30 30 30 34 30 27 27 26 26 23 20 24 25 25 27 25 25 24 22
RH                  53 70 75 75 79 57 53 57 72 75 78 78 81 66 57 57 72 81 81 81
Wind dir             S  S  S  S SW  W  W NW  W SW SW SW NW  N NE NE NE NE  N  N
Wind spd             5  9 10 10 10 10 10  9  5  6  5  5  5  5  8 11 10  9  8  8
Clouds              OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          60          20          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.05           0           0        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C  L  C  S                    S  C
Snowshwrs                                 S                 S  S  C  C  C  C  C


Date           03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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          37      23    40      25    55      35    63      39    54
Temp          30 35 27   24 35 38 27   28 45 54 38   36 55 57 43   41 49 47
Dewpt         22 23 22   19 26 24 20   18 23 27 26   25 32 31 30   29 25 21
PWind dir         N      NE     N      SE    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      20    30       5     0       5    10      20    40
Rain shwrs                                                     S    S  C  C
Snowshwrs      C  S  S       C  C

$$
MTZ303-281000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
832 PM MDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date           03/27/24      Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat
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                      26          47          21          38          20
Temp                34 31 29 31 34 41 41 39 30 28 25 22 24 31 36 36 28 25 23 21
Dewpt               25 26 26 28 29 27 22 21 21 24 22 18 19 21 22 23 22 21 20 18
RH                  69 81 88 88 82 57 46 48 69 85 88 84 81 66 56 59 78 84 88 88
Wind dir             S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W NW  N  N  N NE  E  E NE NE NE  N
Wind spd             6  5  6 10 10 13 17 13 10  8  8  5  5  5  9 11 10 10 10  8
Clouds              B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     10          20           0          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.08           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snowshwrs                                                         C  C  C  C


Date           03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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          36      18    41      22    55      35    60      35    50
Temp          28 35 22   19 33 40 25   25 48 52 39   36 53 54 39   38 45 45
Dewpt         19 21 19   16 20 19 18   17 25 26 27   25 31 30 29   29 24 22
PWind dir        NE      SE    NE       S     W       W     W       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 SC   B1 B2 SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10      10    10       0     0       5    10      20    30
Rain shwrs                                                     S    S  C  C
Snowshwrs                                                                 C

$$
MTZ319-281000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
832 PM MDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date           03/27/24      Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat
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                      34          50          27          48          27
Temp                45 42 39 36 39 42 43 42 36 34 30 27 31 40 46 47 38 33 30 27
Dewpt               25 26 25 27 29 31 26 23 22 23 21 19 21 24 24 26 26 25 23 22
RH                  45 53 57 69 67 65 51 46 56 64 69 71 66 52 42 43 62 72 75 81
Wind dir            SW SE SE  S  W  W  W NW SW SW SW SW  N  W SE  E NW NW NW  N
Wind spd             8  6  6  5  8  6 12 13  8  5  3  2  0  3  5  5  4  4  4  5
Clouds              B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          60          10          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  L  C  S                       S  S  S
Snowshwrs                                                   S        S  S  S  S


Date           03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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          44      25    44      25    55      34    62      37    56
Temp          34 43 30   25 37 41 31   26 43 53 40   35 53 57 44   38 49 50
Dewpt         23 25 20   18 24 23 20   17 25 27 26   25 34 32 29   27 27 25
PWind dir         N      NW     N       W     W      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    30      10     0       0     5      20    40
Rain shwrs                                                     S    S  C  C
Snowshwrs      S  S          S  C

$$
MTZ326-281000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
832 PM MDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date           03/27/24      Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat
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                      31          50          23          47          22
Temp                45 42 37 36 38 43 42 40 33 32 28 24 29 39 45 46 34 30 26 23
Dewpt               28 31 28 28 31 30 28 25 27 28 24 21 23 23 20 22 24 25 22 19
RH                  51 65 70 72 76 60 57 55 78 85 85 88 78 52 36 38 66 81 85 84
Wind dir             S SE SE SE  S SW  W NW SW  S  S  S  S  W  W  S  E  E  E  E
Wind spd            10 10  9  6  8 10 10 11  6  5  4  4  4  2  4  6  5  5  4  3
Clouds              OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          70          50          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  C  L  L  C  C                 S  S  S
Snowshwrs                                 C  C              S  S  S  S        S
Tstms                                     S


Date           03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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          45      23    43      21    51      27    60      33    56
Temp          37 44 30   24 37 42 29   22 39 51 35   28 49 58 41   36 48 49
Dewpt         25 23 24   21 25 25 21   18 23 25 24   21 30 33 28   27 31 28
PWind dir         N       E    NE       E    SW       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 SC SC FW   FW FW SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      20    40      20     0       0     5      20    40
Rain shwrs           S                                         S    S  C  C
Snowshwrs      S  S  S    S  C  C  S

$$
MTZ330-281000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
832 PM MDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date           03/27/24      Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat
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                      26          39          17          39          12
Temp                31 30 29 28 32 37 35 31 25 24 21 18 21 35 39 37 26 21 17 13
Dewpt               27 27 25 26 28 28 25 21 19 20 17 15 15 20 18 18 18 17 13 10
RH                  85 88 85 92 85 70 66 66 78 84 84 88 77 54 42 46 71 84 84 87
Wind dir            SW  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S SE  N SW SW SW SE  E  E NE
Wind spd            16 14 10 13 19 20 17 19 14 10  4  3  0  5  9  9  4  2  2  3
Wind gust                       29       29
Clouds              B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     80         100          50          30          20
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.27        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                     1           3           T
Snowshwrs            C  C  L  D  D  D  L  C  C              C  C        S  S  S
Tstms                                  S  S


Date           03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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          42      16    41      12    46      17    50      24    46
Temp          37 39 23   17 37 37 22   13 38 43 25   18 44 46 30   26 41 40
Dewpt         21 21 19   14 23 21 17    9 20 23 20   14 28 30 25   23 29 27
PWind dir         N      NE    NE       N     N       W    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40      30    60      30     5       5    10      20    50
Rain shwrs                                                     S          C
Snowshwrs      S  C  C    C  C  L  C                           S    S  C

$$
MTZ328-281000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
832 PM MDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date           03/27/24      Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat
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                      32          48          25          45          24
Temp                41 38 35 34 37 41 42 40 33 31 28 26 29 40 45 43 34 30 28 25
Dewpt               28 29 28 29 32 27 19 18 22 22 21 18 19 18 18 17 20 21 20 19
RH                  59 70 75 82 82 57 39 41 63 69 75 71 66 41 33 35 56 69 71 78
Wind dir             S  S  S  S SW SW  W  W SW  S  S  S SW SW  S  S SE SE SE NE
Wind spd            19 19 18 14 14 13 18 17  8  8  8  6  5  6  8  9  6  5  5  5
Wind gust           29 29 28
Clouds              B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     20          80          20          10          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  D
Snowshwrs                  S  C  D  L  C  S


Date           03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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          46      26    45      24    52      29    60      33    55
Temp          39 45 32   27 39 43 31   25 41 52 35   30 51 56 40   34 47 47
Dewpt         21 21 25   22 25 23 25   20 22 25 25   22 30 29 28   25 27 23
PWind dir         N      NE    NE       N     W       W    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10      10    30      10     0       0     5      10    30
Rain shwrs                                                             C  C
Snowshwrs                    C  C

$$
MTZ305-281000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
832 PM MDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date           03/27/24      Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat
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          47          22          38          19
Temp                38 34 30 28 32 42 40 38 31 30 26 23 24 32 37 35 27 25 22 20
Dewpt               30 29 26 25 29 34 32 32 28 29 24 22 20 24 26 24 23 22 19 17
RH                  73 82 85 88 88 73 73 79 88 96 92 96 84 72 64 64 85 88 88 88
Wind dir            SE  E  E  E  E SW  W  W SW SW  W  W  W NW NW  N NE  E NE NE
Wind spd             6  6  4  4  4  6 10  8  6  6  6  8  8  8  8  9  6  6  6  8
Clouds              B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      5          40          10           0          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C
Snowshwrs                                                               S  S  S


Date           03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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          35      17    37      20    50      30    60      36    55
Temp          31 33 22   18 30 36 24   22 39 49 34   31 52 55 39   38 48 49
Dewpt         24 24 20   16 21 25 20   18 26 33 28   26 36 35 32   31 30 28
PWind dir        NE       E    NE      SE    SW       W    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC FW   FW SC FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       0     0       5     5      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                     S    S  S  S
Snowshwrs      S

$$
MTZ314-281000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
832 PM MDT Wed Mar 27 2024

Date           03/27/24      Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat
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                      30          50          23          41          22
Temp                38 37 35 34 41 48 43 34 30 31 27 24 28 35 41 39 30 28 25 23
Dewpt               25 28 27 27 32 31 32 28 28 29 23 22 25 26 27 25 26 25 22 21
RH                  59 70 72 75 70 51 65 78 92 92 85 92 88 69 57 57 85 88 88 92
Wind dir            SE  S  S  S  S  W NW NW  W SW SW  W  W NW  N NE  E  E SE SE
Wind spd             8 10 12 10  9 10 11 10  9  8  8  6  8  8  8  8  8  8  8  8
Clouds              B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     10          80          30          20          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.06        0.04           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                       S  S  D  C  S                    C
Snowshwrs                                 C  S              S  S  C  C  C  C  C


Date           03/30/24  Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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          37      21    38      20    50      30    60      34    54
Temp          32 34 26   22 35 36 25   22 45 48 35   31 54 54 38   36 49 45
Dewpt         25 24 23   20 24 23 21   16 25 27 26   22 32 31 27   26 25 24
PWind dir        NE       E     E      SE     W       W     W       W     W
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW SC FW SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         40      20    40      20     5       5    10      20    40
Rain shwrs                                                     S    S  C  C
Snowshwrs      C  C  S    S  C  C  S

$$
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