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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
438 AM MDT Thu May 16 2024

MTZ312-162200-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
438 AM MDT Thu May 16 2024

Date             Thu 05/16/24            Fri 05/17/24            Sat 05/18/24
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                      76          54          64          42          64
Temp             51 60 70 73 74 65 60 57 55 57 61 60 56 51 46 44 42 50 59 63 63
Dewpt            40 41 37 34 33 33 33 35 35 34 26 20 19 24 28 28 26 26 26 23 24
RH               66 49 30 24 22 30 36 43 47 42 26 21 23 34 49 53 53 39 28 21 22
Wind dir         SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd         16 27 29 29 27 21 19 19 23 31 31 33 31 27 19 16 13 18 18 16 13
Wind gust           39 44 44 39             47 47 50 47 39
Clouds           B2 B1 OV OV SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          10          40          40           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  C  S  S  C  C  S  S


Date               Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24
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    58      37    59      39    63      41    61
Temp          47   40 51 56 43   38 54 58 45   40 57 60 47   42 55 59
Dewpt         28   28 31 32 33   30 32 32 34   32 35 34 37   35 37 38
PWind dir           W     W       W     W       W     W      NE     N
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B1 B1 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr           20    60      30    40      20    30      30    50
Rain                S  C     C    S  S     S       S  C  C    C  C
Rain shwrs                L             C                           C
Tstms                     S             S                           S

$$
MTZ303-162200-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
438 AM MDT Thu May 16 2024

Date             Thu 05/16/24            Fri 05/17/24            Sat 05/18/24
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                      73          48          56          38          60
Temp             51 62 67 71 71 61 55 52 48 52 55 54 51 45 42 40 38 47 56 58 58
Dewpt            40 42 36 33 35 37 37 38 36 31 26 22 27 31 32 31 30 29 27 25 27
RH               66 48 32 25 27 41 51 59 63 44 32 28 39 58 67 70 73 49 32 28 30
Wind dir         SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         12 25 33 40 35 25 17 17 20 31 33 36 31 25 20 16 11 14 18 18 17
Wind gust           35 50 60 54 35          48 50 55 48 35
Clouds           OV B2 OV OV FW FW SC SC FW FW B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC B1
PoP 12hr                     30          10          60          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.05        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              C                          S  L  L  C  C  S  S
Rain shwrs                                      L  L
Tstms                                           S  S


Date               Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24
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            34    56      35    56      36    60      38    56
Temp          42   35 50 52 40   36 52 55 42   37 55 57 44   38 51 55
Dewpt         29   28 30 31 32   30 31 33 33   31 34 34 36   34 35 37
PWind dir           W    NW      NW    NW       W     W      NE     N
Wind char          GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           20    60      20    40      10    20      30    50
Rain                S  C     S       S                S  S    C  C  C
Rain shwrs                L             C
Tstms                     S             S

$$
MTZ319-162200-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
438 AM MDT Thu May 16 2024

Date             Thu 05/16/24            Fri 05/17/24            Sat 05/18/24
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                      80          52          67          40          68
Temp             54 60 72 78 78 68 60 56 53 58 62 64 57 53 48 45 40 48 59 66 67
Dewpt            33 37 36 36 34 33 33 32 33 35 32 24 21 23 24 24 23 22 21 20 21
RH               45 42 27 22 20 27 36 40 46 42 32 22 24 31 39 43 50 35 23 17 17
Wind dir          S  S  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd          8 11 18 21 23 16 11 10 10 19 24 28 28 24 14 11  9 10 11 12 13
Wind gust           23 32 36 40 32          33 41 46 49 42 29 21       21 23
Clouds           OV B2 OV OV SC FW CL FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20          40          10           5
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C  C  C


Date               Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24
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    59      37    63      40    65      43    64
Temp          50   42 54 57 45   37 54 62 47   40 58 64 51   43 58 60
Dewpt         25   27 28 25 27   28 28 29 31   31 32 31 35   34 36 34
PWind dir           W     W       W     W       W     W      NW     W
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC B1 B2   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr           10    50      20    40      20    30      30    60
Rain                   C     S             S       S     C    S  C
Rain shwrs                C             C             C             L
Tstms                     S             S             S             S

$$
MTZ326-162200-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
438 AM MDT Thu May 16 2024

Date             Thu 05/16/24            Fri 05/17/24            Sat 05/18/24
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                      78          45          66          32          66
Temp             42 56 68 76 76 64 55 49 46 56 62 61 53 46 42 37 33 43 56 63 65
Dewpt            37 40 38 39 39 39 36 34 34 35 34 31 26 23 23 22 21 22 22 22 25
RH               82 55 33 26 26 40 49 56 63 45 35 32 35 40 46 54 61 43 26 21 22
Wind dir         SE  E  W  W  W  W  S SE SE  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd          5  6 13 17 17 11  8  8  6 11 18 21 25 18 11  9  6  9 10 11 11
Wind gust              25 32 29                29 37 36 29                23 23
Clouds           SC SC SC B2 B2 FW FW FW SC SC B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10          20          60          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.04        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  S        S  S
Rain shwrs                                      L  L
Tstms                                           S  S


Date               Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24
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            37    58      32    60      35    61      38    64
Temp          46   38 52 57 41   33 52 59 43   36 54 60 46   38 56 60
Dewpt         29   27 31 28 27   26 29 31 32   30 33 35 36   32 36 36
PWind dir           S     W      NW     W      NE     W      SE     S
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           10    50      20    50      20    40      30    50
Rain                   C     S       S     S    S  S     C    S  S
Rain shwrs                C             C             C             C
Tstms                     S             S             S             S

$$
MTZ330-162200-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
438 AM MDT Thu May 16 2024

Date             Thu 05/16/24            Fri 05/17/24            Sat 05/18/24
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                      67          35          63          22          57
Temp             27 43 57 65 65 55 46 39 36 49 60 62 55 43 33 27 22 33 49 55 56
Dewpt            26 31 32 36 33 36 34 32 30 32 30 22 18 19 16 15 14 13 16 18 18
RH               96 62 38 34 30 49 63 76 79 52 32 21 23 38 49 60 71 43 26 23 22
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd          1  2 10 12 13  8  4  4  4 12 20 20 19 12  5  3  1  3  9 11 10
Wind gust                 23 25             25 37 39 36 29             19 24 27
Clouds           SC FW SC B1 SC SC FW CL SC SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          30          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       S     S        S  S
Rain shwrs                    S                 C  C
Tstms                         S                 S  S


Date               Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24
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            32    55      26    53      28    55      29    57
Temp          39   32 53 51 34   26 50 51 34   28 51 53 37   30 53 54
Dewpt         23   23 22 17 23   21 21 20 27   25 26 23 29   25 27 25
PWind dir          SW    SW      NW    NW       N    SW       S     S
Wind char          LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            5    30      20    50      30    40      20    50
Rain                         S             C    S  S     S    S  S  C
Rain shwrs                C             C             C
Snow                         S       S     C    S  S          S
Tstms                     S             S             S

$$
MTZ328-162200-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
438 AM MDT Thu May 16 2024

Date             Thu 05/16/24            Fri 05/17/24            Sat 05/18/24
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                      77          45          67          31          65
Temp             45 56 69 76 75 63 54 49 45 55 63 63 55 46 39 34 31 41 55 63 65
Dewpt            33 37 36 33 33 34 35 34 32 31 26 18 15 18 19 19 19 17 15 16 17
RH               62 49 30 21 21 34 48 56 60 40 24 17 20 32 44 54 61 37 20 16 15
Wind dir          S SW SW SW  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  S SW SW SW SW
Wind spd          6 10 18 21 23 14 11 11 11 21 26 31 31 24 11  8  6  9 12 18 20
Wind gust                 33 33                37 47 47 35                29 31
Clouds           B1 SC SC B1 B1 CL CL FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5          10          10           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date               Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24
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            37    59      31    59      34    62      39    62
Temp          45   37 54 56 39   31 50 58 42   35 54 61 45   39 57 59
Dewpt         20   21 22 18 21   22 22 22 27   27 27 25 30   30 29 29
PWind dir          SW     W      NW     W       N    SW       S    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC FW B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            5    30      10    30      20    30      20    40
Rain                   S  C                S       S  C  S    S  S  C
Rain shwrs                              C
Tstms                                   S

$$
MTZ305-162200-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
438 AM MDT Thu May 16 2024

Date             Thu 05/16/24            Fri 05/17/24            Sat 05/18/24
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                      78          52          66          42          64
Temp             49 59 72 76 75 66 60 56 53 58 63 64 58 51 47 45 42 50 60 63 62
Dewpt            43 46 42 39 41 41 42 41 40 40 33 31 33 37 38 37 35 34 35 32 31
RH               80 62 34 26 29 40 51 57 61 51 32 29 39 59 71 73 76 54 39 31 31
Wind dir         SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         10 16 23 25 21 18 19 18 16 23 26 26 23 19 18 17 16 18 18 16 12
Wind gust              34 36 32                36 36 33
Clouds           OV OV B1 OV B1 SC B1 SC B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                     20          20          60          70          10
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.02        0.03        0.14           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 S  S                 S  S  C  C        C  C
Rain shwrs                 S  S                       L  L
Tstms                      S  S                       S  S


Date               Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24
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    60      39    59      39    63      41    63
Temp          46   39 56 57 45   39 54 57 45   40 56 61 48   42 58 60
Dewpt         35   33 35 36 38   35 38 36 37   35 37 39 40   36 41 40
PWind dir           W     W       W     W       W    NW      NE     E
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           10    60      30    40      10    20      20    40
Rain                   S     C    S  C  C             S  S    S  S  C
Rain shwrs                L
Tstms                     S

$$
MTZ314-162200-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
438 AM MDT Thu May 16 2024

Date             Thu 05/16/24            Fri 05/17/24            Sat 05/18/24
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                      73          45          60          38          60
Temp             44 57 67 71 70 60 54 48 46 56 56 56 52 46 42 39 39 46 55 59 60
Dewpt            36 42 38 40 42 40 35 33 32 37 37 31 24 24 26 28 27 27 27 25 25
RH               73 57 34 32 36 47 48 56 58 49 49 38 33 42 53 64 62 47 34 27 26
Wind dir         SW  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  W NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          9 12 18 18 13 11 11 11 10 14 20 23 26 23 19 19 16 18 17 12  9
Wind gust                                            36    29       28    23
Clouds           OV OV SC B2 OV SC SC FW B1 B1 OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 SC FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          60          50          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01        0.10        0.03           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  C              C  C              S
Rain shwrs                 S                    L  L  C  C
Tstms                      S                    S  S  S  S


Date               Sun 05/19/24  Mon 05/20/24  Tue 05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24
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            37    54      34    56      36    58      37    58
Temp          44   38 51 52 40   35 52 54 41   37 54 56 43   38 54 55
Dewpt         30   28 32 30 32   29 32 31 33   31 35 35 37   33 39 38
PWind dir          SW     W       W     W       W     W       E     E
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr           20    60      30    50      20    40      30    50
Rain           S    S  C     C    S  S     S    S  S     C    S  C
Rain shwrs                L             C             C             C
Tstms                     S             S             S             S

$$
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