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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
315 AM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

MTZ312-282200-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
315 AM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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          25          42          25          38
Temp             36 40 42 44 43 36 32 29 28 29 37 41 40 32 29 27 26 27 31 36 38
Dewpt            28 30 30 31 30 28 25 23 22 23 27 27 26 25 24 23 22 22 23 23 23
RH               72 67 62 60 60 72 75 78 78 78 67 57 57 75 81 85 85 81 72 59 54
Wind dir         SW SW  W  W NW SW SW SW SW NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N NE  E
Wind spd         12 11 11  9  9  5  6  5  5  5  5  8 10 10 10  8  9  8  6  6  9
Clouds           B1 B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     70          20          20          40          50
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.01           0        0.04        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  C
Rain shwrs        S  C  C  C  S                    S
Snow                                                  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S
Snowshwrs            C                          S  S


Date               Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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            23    42      26    58      34    66      42    57
Temp          28   24 37 41 30   27 48 57 40   35 58 63 49   43 54 52
Dewpt         23   20 26 24 23   18 25 27 28   25 33 34 34   28 28 26
PWind dir           E     N       S    SW      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr           20    20       5     0       0     5      20    30
Rain                                                          S     C
Snow           S    S  S  S

$$
MTZ303-282200-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
315 AM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      45          22          38          20          39
Temp             30 34 41 44 43 32 27 25 24 24 32 37 36 27 25 23 21 22 30 36 38
Dewpt            25 27 25 23 25 24 23 22 20 20 23 22 22 22 21 19 17 16 19 20 21
RH               81 75 52 43 49 72 85 88 84 84 69 54 56 81 84 84 84 77 63 52 50
Wind dir         SW SW  W  W  W  W NW  N  N NE NE  E  E NE NE NE  N NE  E SE SE
Wind spd         10 10 13 14 13  9  9  8  6  5  5  9 10 10  9 10 10  6  6  9 10
Clouds           B2 OV OV B2 SC B1 B1 B1 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20           5          10          30          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        S
Snow                                                  C  C  C  C
Snowshwrs         S  S


Date               Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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            20    41      24    58      34    63      36    51
Temp          26   21 35 41 27   28 51 56 39   36 57 59 45   39 47 45
Dewpt         22   18 23 21 20   19 25 27 28   28 33 33 33   29 27 23
PWind dir          SE     N      SW     W       W     W       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    SC   SC B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            5    10       0     0       0     5      20    30
Rain                                                          S  S  C

$$
MTZ319-282200-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
315 AM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      48          27          48          27          46
Temp             37 39 41 45 45 38 34 31 28 31 40 45 46 38 34 30 27 29 35 43 45
Dewpt            28 32 32 31 28 26 24 23 22 22 24 24 27 27 26 24 23 22 24 25 24
RH               70 76 70 58 51 62 66 72 78 69 52 43 47 64 72 78 85 75 64 49 43
Wind dir         SW NW  W NW NW SW SW  S  S  S  N  S  S  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N
Wind spd          4  5  5 10 13  8  6  4  3  1  4  5  6  4  5  5  5  5  6  5  8
Clouds           B2 OV OV B2 B1 SC B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     90          20          20          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.01        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 D                                S  S                 S
Rain shwrs        C     C  C  S                    S
Snow                 D                                   S  S  S  S  S  S  S
Snowshwrs                                       S


Date               Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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            26    46      26    57      34    64      39    59
Temp          33   26 39 45 33   26 45 56 41   34 52 63 48   39 53 54
Dewpt         24   21 25 25 24   20 25 29 29   27 32 35 34   31 33 30
PWind dir           W    NW       W    SW      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr           10    20       5     0       0     5      20    30
Rain                      S                                   S  S  C
Snow                   S  S

$$
MTZ326-282200-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
315 AM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      48          24          47          23          44
Temp             35 38 39 42 43 35 32 29 26 29 38 45 46 35 31 27 24 28 37 42 44
Dewpt            26 29 27 31 32 29 28 26 23 24 24 23 22 25 25 22 20 23 26 26 25
RH               69 70 62 65 65 78 85 88 88 81 57 41 38 66 78 81 84 81 64 53 47
Wind dir         SE SE SW  W  W  W SW  S SE  S NW NE SE  E  E  E  E NE  N NW NE
Wind spd          6  8 13 12 13  5  5  4  4  4  3  5  6  5  6  5  4  3  3  4  5
Clouds           B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     80          50          10          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.13        0.10           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  S  S                 S
Rain shwrs        S  C  L  L  C
Snow                                                  S  S        S  S  S  S
Snowshwrs                        C
Tstms                         S


Date               Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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            23    45      22    52      27    61      34    59
Temp          29   23 38 44 31   23 41 51 36   28 50 60 43   35 52 53
Dewpt         23   19 26 26 25   19 25 25 25   21 31 32 32   28 34 32
PWind dir           E    NE       E    SW       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   SC B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr           10    30      20     0       0     5      20    30
Rain                                                          S  S  C
Snow                   S  C  S

$$
MTZ330-282200-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
315 AM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      39          16          39          12          41
Temp             29 32 34 37 36 29 25 22 18 20 34 39 37 25 20 16 13 18 37 41 39
Dewpt            25 28 27 27 25 23 21 18 14 15 21 20 19 17 16 13 10 13 24 23 24
RH               85 85 75 67 64 78 84 84 84 81 58 46 48 71 84 88 87 80 59 48 54
Wind dir          S  S SW SW SW SW SW  S SW  N SW SW SW  E  E  E NE  N SW SW  W
Wind spd          9 16 17 17 19 12  6  5  3  0  5  9  8  4  3  3  3  0  3  4  9
Wind gust              28 29 31
Clouds           OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                    100          60          30          20          40
QPF 12hr                   0.30        0.07           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                     3           1       00-00
Snow              D  D  D                                   S  S  S  S  C  C  C
Snowshwrs                  L  L  C  S           C  C
Tstms                   S  S  S
Obvis                  BS
Winter Weath      Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date               Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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            16    41      15    47      17    51      26    49
Temp          21   16 38 38 24   16 39 44 26   18 45 49 33   27 46 45
Dewpt         19   13 24 24 20   11 21 22 20   14 28 31 30   24 32 31
PWind dir           E    NE       N     N      NW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr           30    60      30     5       0     5      20    40
Rain                                                          S  C  C
Snow           C    S  C  L  C                                S  C

$$
MTZ328-282200-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
315 AM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      47          25          45          25          46
Temp             35 37 41 44 43 35 31 28 26 29 38 43 44 35 30 27 26 28 37 44 45
Dewpt            28 29 29 26 21 23 22 20 19 18 19 17 19 22 22 21 21 20 22 21 22
RH               75 72 62 49 41 61 69 71 74 63 46 35 36 59 72 78 81 71 54 39 40
Wind dir          S  S SW SW  W SW SW SW  S SW SW  S  S SE  E NE NE  N  N  N  N
Wind spd         11 18 13 19 17  8  8  8  8  6  6  9 10  6  5  5  6  5  5  5  6
Clouds           OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     80          20           5          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.06           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snowshwrs         C  C  C  S  S


Date               Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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            25    45      24    52      30    61      34    58
Temp          31   26 40 43 31   25 42 51 37   31 49 60 42   35 53 53
Dewpt         24   20 25 24 25   20 22 24 27   24 30 32 32   29 33 29
PWind dir          NE    NE       N     W      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B1 B2 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr            5    20       5     0       0     0      10    30
Rain                                                             S  C
Snow                   S  S

$$
MTZ305-282200-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
315 AM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      44          22          36          20          36
Temp             28 31 42 44 41 33 29 27 24 24 32 36 35 27 25 22 21 23 30 34 35
Dewpt            25 26 33 34 35 31 28 26 21 20 23 24 24 23 21 19 18 21 23 24 26
RH               88 81 70 68 79 92 96 96 88 84 69 61 64 85 84 88 88 92 75 66 69
Wind dir          E  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NE  E NE NE NE NE NE NE  E
Wind spd          4  4  6  9  9  8  6  8  9  9  8  9  9  6  8  8  8  6  5  5  8
Clouds           B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          20           0          20          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0        0.01        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           S     C  S
Snow                                                        S  S  S  S
Snowshwrs            S


Date               Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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            19    40      22    52      30    63      37    54
Temp          24   20 35 38 27   23 43 51 37   31 52 62 45   38 50 48
Dewpt         22   18 28 27 24   19 29 33 30   25 35 41 36   29 32 32
PWind dir           E    NE      SE    SW      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B1   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC B1
PoP 12hr            5    10       0     0       0     0      10    20
Rain                                                                S

$$
MTZ314-282200-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
315 AM MDT Thu Mar 28 2024

Date             Thu 03/28/24            Fri 03/29/24            Sat 03/30/24
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                      48          23          41          22          36
Temp             35 41 46 42 36 31 30 28 25 28 36 41 38 30 28 25 23 25 32 36 34
Dewpt            26 29 32 32 31 29 27 25 21 24 27 27 26 26 25 22 21 22 26 25 25
RH               69 62 58 67 82 92 88 88 84 85 69 57 62 85 88 88 92 88 78 64 69
Wind dir          S  S SE  W NW  W SW  W  W  W NW  N NE  E  E SE  E NE  N  N NE
Wind spd         10 10  9 13 11  9  8  9  8  8  8  8  6  9  9  8  5  6  8  6  8
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     90          40          30          50          50
QPF 12hr                   0.15        0.06           0        0.03        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Rain                       D                          C
Rain shwrs           S  C     C
Snow                                                  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Snowshwrs                     C                 C  C


Date               Sun 03/31/24  Mon 04/01/24  Tue 04/02/24  Wed 04/03/24
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            20    40      21    51      30    61      37    56
Temp          26   21 37 38 28   22 46 49 35   31 56 59 43   38 53 49
Dewpt         23   18 27 27 24   17 24 25 26   22 33 35 31   27 31 31
PWind dir          SE     E       S     W      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char          LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr           20    30      10     0       0     5      10    30
Rain                                                             S  C
Snow           S    S  C  C

$$
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