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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
220 AM MDT Sun May 5 2024

MTZ312-052200-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
220 AM MDT Sun May 5 2024

Date             Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24
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                      64          43          54          40          48
Temp          45 44 49 56 62 61 53 49 47 45 46 50 53 52 47 43 42 41 45 47 47 45
Dewpt         28 28 30 33 38 40 40 40 39 37 34 32 30 28 26 26 26 24 24 23 26 28
RH            51 53 48 42 41 46 61 71 74 73 63 50 41 39 43 51 53 50 43 38 43 51
Wind dir       E  E  E NE  E  E SW  W  W SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd       5  5  5  5  6  8  5 10 13 14 20 24 26 25 19 19 21 21 24 21 24 26
Wind gust                                      34 37 40 31       32 40 36 35 37
Clouds        OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     60          80          60          20          50
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.18        0.05           0        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S  L     L     D  L  L              S  S     C  C  C  D
Rain shwrs                    L     L
Snow                                                        S  S  C
Tstms                         S     S


Date               Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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    43      37    54      37    63      39    70
Temp          40   39 40 42 38   39 48 53 42   39 56 61 45   41 63 68
Dewpt         31   30 32 34 34   35 39 40 38   34 40 38 38   34 42 39
PWind dir           W    NW      NW     N      SW    SW       S    SW
Wind char          WY    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           90    80      80    50      20    10       0     5
Rain           D    D  D  D  D    L  C  C  S

$$
MTZ303-052200-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
220 AM MDT Sun May 5 2024

Date             Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24
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                      60          41          53          38          45
Temp          43 39 44 52 58 59 51 46 44 42 45 50 52 51 43 41 40 38 42 44 44 42
Dewpt         28 26 27 31 34 36 39 38 38 35 32 32 31 29 26 27 27 26 26 24 28 29
RH            55 59 51 44 40 42 63 73 79 76 60 50 44 42 51 57 59 62 53 45 53 60
Wind dir       E  E  E  E SE  E NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      14 12 11 10 10  9  8 10 14 20 25 35 37 34 28 28 31 31 33 31 31 31
Wind gust                                            48 44 43 44 47 46 44 41 42
Clouds        B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     40          70          50          20          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.13        0.01        0.01        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S  C  C  C  C  L  C  C              S  S     C  L  L  D
Snow                                                        S  S  C  C  L


Date               Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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            35    43      36    56      35    65      38    72
Temp          37   36 40 42 37   37 49 55 41   36 58 63 46   40 65 69
Dewpt         31   30 31 33 33   34 37 38 36   33 35 35 38   35 37 35
PWind dir          NW    NW      NW     N      NW    SW       S    SW
Wind char          WY    WY      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           90    70      50    30       5     5       0     5
Rain           D    D  L  L  C    C  C  S

$$
MTZ319-052200-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
220 AM MDT Sun May 5 2024

Date             Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24
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          43          54          39          48
Temp          48 45 50 59 63 63 54 50 47 45 45 48 53 51 47 44 42 39 42 46 47 45
Dewpt         29 30 31 36 38 39 39 37 35 34 31 30 30 27 24 25 24 24 21 21 21 22
RH            47 55 48 42 39 41 57 61 63 65 58 49 41 39 40 47 48 54 43 37 35 40
Wind dir       W  W NW SE  S  S  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd       5  5  5  8 11 12 12 16 21 19 28 29 32 28 26 24 24 27 33 31 33 33
Wind gust                             33 29 42 44 48 46 40 35    41 51 51 48 47
Clouds        OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          90          50          10          40
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.10        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    C        D        C  C                          C  C  C
Rain shwrs                 D  L     D  D
Snow                                                              S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                      S  C     S  S


Date               Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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    47      39    56      38    66      41    73
Temp          41   39 44 44 41   39 47 55 44   38 55 65 49   42 63 71
Dewpt         26   28 29 29 32   33 35 36 34   32 37 34 35   33 39 35
PWind dir           W    NW      NW     N      NW    NE      SE    SE
Wind char          WY    BZ      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           70    70      60    50      10    10       0     5
Rain           C    L  L  L  L    C  C  C
Snow           C    L  L

$$
MTZ326-052200-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
220 AM MDT Sun May 5 2024

Date             Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24
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                      66          36          52          33          47
Temp          48 45 51 60 62 61 50 46 43 38 40 46 50 50 43 39 36 34 39 44 46 43
Dewpt         29 31 33 37 39 38 34 35 35 34 34 35 33 30 27 26 26 25 23 21 22 23
RH            47 58 50 42 43 42 54 65 73 85 79 65 52 46 53 59 67 69 52 39 38 45
Wind dir      SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  W  W SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      17 13 12 11 12 14 13 11 12 11 16 26 28 26 18 17 13 13 26 26 27 31
Wind gust                                      39 43 43 29          40 47 40 42
Clouds        OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          90          90          10          50
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.12        0.13           0        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                             S  C  D  D  D  C  C                          C
Rain shwrs              C  D  C
Snow                                      D                       S  S  C  C  C
Tstms                   S  S  S


Date               Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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    45      33    52      32    61      35    69
Temp          36   35 41 42 37   34 45 52 39   34 52 60 43   37 60 67
Dewpt         26   27 29 31 32   31 35 36 33   31 37 36 35   32 38 35
PWind dir           W     W      NW    NW       E    NE       E    SW
Wind char          BZ    BZ      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           70    80      70    50      10    10       0     5
Rain           C    L  D  L  L    C  C  C
Snow           C    L  D

$$
MTZ330-052200-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
220 AM MDT Sun May 5 2024

Date             Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24
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          29          42          26          39
Temp          43 41 44 48 47 44 36 32 30 30 32 39 41 41 34 30 29 26 30 37 39 36
Dewpt         32 32 33 34 34 30 29 28 27 27 26 28 27 26 24 24 24 22 19 18 17 16
RH            65 70 65 58 60 57 75 85 88 88 78 64 57 55 66 78 81 85 63 46 40 43
Wind dir      SE SE SE  S SW SW  S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      12 10 11 12 12 13 12 11 10 11 13 14 18 16 13  9  8  8 12 13 16 20
Wind gust                                                              24    31
Clouds        OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          90         100          70          80
QPF 12hr                   0.13        0.03        0.09        0.03        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T           T
Rain           C  C  L
Rain shwrs              L  D  L
Snow                             C  L  D  D  D  D  D        C  C  C  C  D  D  C
Snowshwrs                                             L  L
Tstms                   S  S  S                       S  S


Date               Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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    41      26    49      26    56      27    61
Temp          28   26 38 39 30   27 46 47 32   27 50 53 35   28 56 58
Dewpt         21   20 23 22 26   23 27 26 28   25 26 26 30   25 28 28
PWind dir           W     W      NW    NE      NE    NE      NE     E
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           60    80      50    40      10    10       5    10
Rain                                    C
Snow           C    L  L  D  C    C  C

$$
MTZ328-052200-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
220 AM MDT Sun May 5 2024

Date             Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24
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                      58          35          49          30          45
Temp          47 45 48 53 55 53 45 41 38 36 37 45 49 49 40 35 33 30 34 42 44 42
Dewpt         32 34 36 37 34 31 30 32 33 31 28 28 26 25 24 24 24 22 19 19 16 17
RH            56 65 63 54 45 43 55 70 82 82 70 51 40 39 52 64 69 72 54 39 32 36
Wind dir       E  E  S  S  S SW  S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      14 13 18 14 19 19 16 13 16 16 19 21 24 21 14  9 12 12 23 24 26 26
Wind gust           28    29                29 33 36 35             33 41 42 39
Clouds        OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     60         100          40          30          30
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.19        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           S  S  C           L  D  D  C     S  S  C  C
Rain shwrs              L  C  C
Snow                                   D  C  C           C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                   C  S  C


Date               Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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    47      34    52      33    61      36    69
Temp          34   32 43 45 36   34 46 52 39   34 51 60 43   37 59 67
Dewpt         22   23 24 25 28   30 32 31 33   31 33 29 34   32 34 30
PWind dir           W     W       N     N      NE    NE       E     W
Wind char          BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           40    40      30    20       0     5       0     5
Rain                      C  C    S  S
Snow           C    C  C  C       S  S

$$
MTZ305-052200-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
220 AM MDT Sun May 5 2024

Date             Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24
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                      69          44          57          40          47
Temp          45 41 47 61 67 68 58 51 49 46 48 52 56 54 49 46 43 41 43 44 46 44
Dewpt         26 27 30 35 39 40 41 42 42 41 41 42 43 41 36 36 35 34 35 35 37 36
RH            47 57 51 38 36 36 53 71 77 83 77 69 62 61 61 68 73 76 73 70 71 73
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E  E NE  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      20 20 21 19 16 13  8  5 10 13 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 29 34 33 34 31
Wind gust        31                               33                   51 44
Clouds        B1 SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     30          60          80          60          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.11        0.23        0.46
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                          C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  C  C  L  L  L  L  D  D  D


Date               Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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    51      40    61      39    68      41    74
Temp          41   39 46 50 44   41 54 60 47   41 60 65 49   43 65 70
Dewpt         37   36 38 43 41   39 42 44 42   38 42 39 41   38 43 41
PWind dir          NW    NW      NW    NW      NW     W      SW    SW
Wind char          WY    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV OV B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           90    90      70    50      20    10       0     5
Rain           D    D  D  D  L    C  C  C  S

$$
MTZ314-052200-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
220 AM MDT Sun May 5 2024

Date             Sun 05/05/24            Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24
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                      65          39          49          35          44
Temp          41 38 47 59 64 63 53 48 45 42 42 45 48 47 42 40 37 35 39 42 43 41
Dewpt         24 25 29 34 37 38 41 39 39 37 36 36 34 32 28 27 27 26 25 26 29 29
RH            50 59 49 39 37 39 64 71 79 82 79 70 58 56 57 59 67 69 57 53 57 62
Wind dir       E  E  E  E  E  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd      21 12 11 11 13 10  8 10 12 13 18 24 31 29 29 28 34 34 34 31 34 36
Wind gust     32                               34 46 47 47       46 50 48 50 52
Clouds        SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     40          60          70          30          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.10        0.12        0.05        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       C     C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C           L  L  L
Rain shwrs                    C
Snow                                                        C  C  C  C  L     L
Tstms                         S


Date               Wed 05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24
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    38      33    49      34    59      36    67
Temp          36   33 36 37 35   35 44 49 39   37 53 57 42   39 61 64
Dewpt         31   30 31 32 33   34 38 39 36   34 38 38 36   34 38 38
PWind dir           W    NW      NW    NW       W    NW       S    SW
Wind char          VW    WY      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV   OV OV OV OV   OV B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr           90    90      80    70      30    20       5     5
Rain           L    D  D  D  D    L  L  L  C          S
Snow           L    D  D  D

$$
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