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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
812 AM MDT Fri May 3 2024

MTZ312-032200-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
812 AM MDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      50          26          63          42          61
Temp                35 43 47 48 40 34 29 27 38 52 60 63 53 49 45 43 47 55 60 59
Dewpt               27 27 27 26 27 26 21 18 21 27 32 33 32 32 32 30 33 36 39 40
RH                  72 53 45 42 59 72 72 68 50 38 35 32 44 52 60 60 58 49 46 49
Wind dir            NW NW NW  N SE  S  S SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NW  N  N  N
Wind spd             9 10 10  8  5  5  4  4  5 10 12 14 14 10  5  4  5  5  6  8
Clouds              B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW SC SC B1 OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     30           5           0          10          40
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              C  C                                      S  S  C  C  D
Snowshwrs            C  C


Date               Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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    56      40    52      38    47      37    51
Temp          48   45 50 52 43   42 49 49 41   40 43 45 40   39 47 50
Dewpt         39   37 33 28 28   27 27 27 28   31 32 33 33   34 36 37
PWind dir          NW    SW       W     W       W     W      NW    NW
Wind char          GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           80    70      30    60      80    80      70    60
Rain shwrs     D    D  L  C  C    C  C  L  D    D  D  D  L    C  C  L
Snowshwrs                                          D

$$
MTZ303-032200-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
812 AM MDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      49          26          59          37          58
Temp                35 43 47 48 39 34 30 27 37 50 57 58 48 45 41 38 42 51 56 56
Dewpt               27 26 25 23 25 25 24 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 28 30 33 35 35
RH                  72 51 42 37 57 69 78 85 61 39 31 32 47 55 59 67 62 50 45 45
Wind dir            NW NW  N  N  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  N
Wind spd            13 14 13 10  5  6  6  6 11 21 23 23 13 17 12  9  8  8 10  9
Clouds              B1 B1 SC FW FW SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  S                                      C  C  C  C  C
Snowshwrs            S  S


Date               Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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            38    55      38    50      35    46      35    54
Temp          44   41 50 50 41   39 46 46 38   36 42 44 38   37 47 52
Dewpt         36   34 31 29 29   28 27 28 32   30 30 30 32   32 33 34
PWind dir          NW     W       W     W      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          GN    BZ      WY    WY      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr           40    30      30    70      80    80      60    40
Rain shwrs     C    C  C  C  C    C  C  L  D    D  D  D  L    C  C  C
Snowshwrs                                          D

$$
MTZ319-032200-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
812 AM MDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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          31          68          44          67
Temp                36 43 50 52 44 38 34 31 39 55 65 68 59 52 48 44 49 59 65 62
Dewpt               21 21 21 20 21 23 21 21 21 27 27 27 29 30 31 31 33 39 40 38
RH                  54 41 31 28 39 54 58 66 48 34 24 21 32 43 51 60 54 47 40 41
Wind dir            NW  N  N  N NE  W SW SW NE  E SE  E  E  E  E  E NE NE  E  N
Wind spd             8  9  9  8  5  4  3  3  3  8 12 13 10  5  4  4  4  6 10 11
Clouds              B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0          10          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  L  L  D
Tstms                                                                   S  S  S


Date               Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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    55      40    52      38    52      38    55
Temp          50   42 48 53 45   40 47 50 43   38 45 49 43   38 48 53
Dewpt         39   33 31 27 26   23 25 22 25   26 27 28 31   31 34 32
PWind dir           W     W       W     W       W     W      NW    NW
Wind char          GN    BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV B2 B2 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           90    60      20    40      50    80      60    60
Rain shwrs     D    D  L  C  S    S  C  C  C    C  L  D  L    C  C  L
Snowshwrs                         S  C     C    C  L
Tstms          S    S

$$
MTZ326-032200-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
812 AM MDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      51          28          66          41          66
Temp                32 40 47 50 41 35 31 29 41 56 64 65 54 50 46 42 48 59 64 61
Dewpt               23 22 21 20 22 22 22 23 25 28 29 31 31 31 31 30 35 40 44 42
RH                  69 48 35 30 46 59 69 78 52 34 27 28 41 48 55 62 60 49 48 49
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW  E SE SE SE NE  E SE  E  E  E  E SE SE  N SE SW
Wind spd             6 10  9  6  6  6  5  5  5  8 12 18 16 17 12  8  6  6  8 12
Clouds              B1 B1 B1 SC CL FW FW FW FW SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0          10          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                        S  S  D  D  D
Tstms                                                                   S  S  S


Date               Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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    52      32    50      32    49      33    52
Temp          46   39 45 50 41   35 45 47 38   33 42 46 38   34 45 50
Dewpt         40   35 35 31 28   25 26 25 25   26 29 29 31   31 34 34
PWind dir          SW     W       W     W       W     W       W    NW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           90    90      30    50      50    60      50    60
Rain shwrs     D    D  D  L  C    S  C  C  C    C     L  C    C  C  L
Snowshwrs                         S  C     C    C  L          C  C
Tstms          S    S

$$
MTZ330-032200-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
812 AM MDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      46          20          60          36          53
Temp                28 39 44 45 35 29 23 20 32 52 58 59 47 42 40 37 42 50 52 47
Dewpt               13 13 14 13 18 21 19 17 18 19 22 26 30 30 31 31 33 35 36 33
RH                  53 34 29 27 49 72 84 88 56 27 25 28 51 62 70 79 70 56 54 58
Wind dir             N  N NW  W  S  E SE  E  E  S  S  S SE  E SE SE  S  S  S SW
Wind spd             8  8  6  9  5  3  2  2  3  8 10 12  9 12 12  8  9 12 13 12
Clouds              SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC B2 OV B2 OV B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          30          90
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03        0.17
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  C  C  L  L  D  D  D
Tstms                                                                   S  S  S


Date               Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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            28    44      24    42      22    43      24    49
Temp          34   29 40 41 31   26 38 39 27   24 38 40 29   25 44 46
Dewpt         31   26 30 29 27   20 22 21 21   19 23 23 24   22 25 27
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW     W       W     W      NW     N
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr           90    90      60    70      60    70      40    50
Rain shwrs     D          D                                         C
Snowshwrs      D    D  D  D  L    C  C  L  L    C  C  L  C    C  C
Tstms          S          S

$$
MTZ328-032200-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
812 AM MDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      52          30          65          44          60
Temp                32 43 49 51 42 37 32 30 39 56 63 65 55 52 47 45 49 57 59 57
Dewpt               21 19 19 18 19 23 23 23 24 24 22 27 30 35 35 36 39 39 36 35
RH                  63 38 30 27 39 56 69 75 54 29 21 24 38 52 63 70 68 51 42 43
Wind dir             N  N  N NE NE  E  S  S NW  S  S  S SE  E  E SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd             6  6  6  6  8  6  5  6  5 10 14 18 12  9 13 10 16 21 19 18
Wind gust                                            28                32
Clouds              FW SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0          40          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                            S  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  D
Tstms                                                                   S  S  S


Date               Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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    51      31    48      31    49      32    54
Temp          42   37 45 48 36   32 44 45 34   31 43 46 36   33 47 52
Dewpt         34   32 29 25 25   22 22 19 21   22 22 23 27   28 30 28
PWind dir           S     W       W     W       W     W       N     N
Wind char          BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr           90    60      30    40      30    40      30    30
Rain shwrs     D    D  L  C  C    S                   C  C    S  C  C
Snowshwrs              L     C    S  C  C  C    C  C  C  C    S  C
Tstms          S

$$
MTZ305-032200-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
812 AM MDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      50          27          63          39          70
Temp                34 41 47 49 40 35 31 28 40 56 61 62 52 48 44 40 48 63 69 68
Dewpt               30 29 30 28 29 29 26 24 28 30 30 30 31 30 28 28 32 38 40 40
RH                  85 62 51 44 64 78 81 85 62 37 31 30 44 49 53 62 54 39 35 36
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW NE SE SE  E  E  E SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
Wind spd            10 10 12 10  5  5  4  3  6 10 12 16 16 19 18 17 18 16 12 11
Wind gust                                                  29
Clouds              B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40           5           0           5          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  C                                            S  S  L
Snowshwrs            C  C
Tstms                                                                         S


Date               Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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            43    60      40    50      36    50      36    57
Temp          52   46 54 56 46   42 46 46 40   37 45 46 41   38 52 55
Dewpt         44   42 40 39 38   36 36 35 35   34 36 36 37   36 41 40
PWind dir          NE     W       W     W      NW    NW      NW    NW
Wind char          GN    BZ      BZ    WY      WY    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 OV   OV OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           60    80      80    80      90    90      70    60
Rain shwrs     L    L  D  L  L    D  L  D  D    D  D  D  L    C  C  L
Tstms          S    S

$$
MTZ314-032200-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
812 AM MDT Fri May 3 2024

Date             Fri 05/03/24            Sat 05/04/24            Sun 05/05/24
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                      42          23          59          37          65
Temp                29 34 39 40 32 28 25 25 41 52 57 58 47 45 39 38 47 60 64 63
Dewpt               25 25 27 27 26 24 20 19 26 27 29 30 30 29 27 27 33 37 39 41
RH                  85 69 62 59 78 85 81 78 55 38 34 34 51 53 62 64 58 42 40 44
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW SW  S  S SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE  E  E  E
Wind spd            11 13 13 11  5  6  6  6  8  9 11 13 13 18 13  9 10 10 12 10
Wind gust                                                  28
Clouds              OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     40           5           0           5          30
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C                                            C  C  D
Snowshwrs            C  C  C
Tstms                                                                         S


Date               Mon 05/06/24  Tue 05/07/24  Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24
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    50      35    46      32    42      33    48
Temp          47   42 45 48 41   37 44 43 37   34 40 40 36   35 44 47
Dewpt         42   38 35 33 30   27 28 29 29   29 31 31 32   32 34 36
PWind dir           W     W       W     W       W    NW       W    NW
Wind char          GN    BZ      WY    WY      WY    WY      BZ    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 OV   B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           90    80      50    70      80    90      70    70
Rain shwrs     D    D  D  L  C    C  L  L  D    D  D  D  L    C  C  L
Snowshwrs                            L          D  D
Tstms          S    S

$$
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