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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
214 PM MDT Tue Apr 23 2024

MTZ312-241000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
214 PM MDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      39          77          47          66          41
Temp          62 63 53 46 42 40 53 69 76 76 64 59 53 49 56 61 65 65 55 50 46 42
Dewpt         22 23 24 25 23 22 26 27 28 30 32 36 36 36 35 31 31 30 30 31 31 32
RH            21 21 32 43 46 48 35 21 17 18 30 42 52 61 45 32 28 27 38 48 55 67
Wind dir       E  E  E  S SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd       8  9  8  5  9  9 11 16 18 13  6  6  5  6  8 10 10 10  9  6  5  6
Clouds        FW SC SC B1 B2 SC CL FW FW SC OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          20           5          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.01           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            S                       S  S  C


Date           04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          54      40    54      37    61      40    62      39    60
Temp          51 52 45   40 50 53 44   38 56 59 46   41 58 59 46   40 53 57
Dewpt         35 33 35   33 34 37 36   32 33 30 32   29 30 26 27   27 26 24
PWind dir         N       N    NE       S    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         50      60    60      40    20      10    30      20    20
Rain           C  C  L    L  L  L  C    S  S  S             C  S    S  S  S

$$
MTZ303-241000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
214 PM MDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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          72          39          64          36
Temp          60 61 50 43 38 34 47 65 69 69 57 50 44 41 50 60 63 61 50 44 40 37
Dewpt         17 17 21 22 22 22 25 25 25 26 27 28 27 28 32 30 29 28 30 32 32 32
RH            18 18 31 43 52 61 42 22 19 20 31 42 51 59 50 32 27 28 46 62 73 82
Wind dir       S  S SE  S SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW
Wind spd      11 13 10  8  5  6 10 19 24 24 12 12 11 11 13 17 19 18 11 12 11 12
Wind gust                             35 35
Clouds        FW SC SC SC B1 FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                          C


Date           04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          50      35    52      33    59      37    57      33    56
Temp          46 50 40   35 47 51 40   34 55 58 43   38 54 54 40   34 50 54
Dewpt         32 31 32   30 31 33 32   29 30 27 29   27 25 22 24   22 22 21
PWind dir         N       N     E       S    SW      SW     W       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         30      30    40      20    10       5    10      10    20
Rain           C  C  C    C  C  C  S                                      S

$$
MTZ319-241000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
214 PM MDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      39          77          46          67          43
Temp          64 65 56 48 42 39 47 65 75 75 65 57 51 47 53 62 66 64 56 49 46 43
Dewpt         20 18 21 20 21 24 26 31 33 34 34 35 34 34 35 34 34 32 32 33 33 33
RH            18 16 25 33 43 54 43 28 21 22 31 43 52 60 50 35 30 30 40 54 60 67
Wind dir       E  E  S SW  S SW  E  E  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  W NW
Wind spd       9  9  5  5  4  3  3  9 13 12  8  6  5  5  5 10 13 14 10  6  5  5
Clouds        SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 CL FW SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0          10          20          20          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.01        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            S           S  S  S  S  S  S  C


Date           04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          56      41    53      38    61      39    62      37    60
Temp          51 51 45   41 47 52 44   38 53 60 46   40 56 58 45   38 53 56
Dewpt         38 37 36   34 36 36 35   31 34 33 32   30 34 31 30   27 30 28
PWind dir        NW       N     N       W    SW       W    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   OV OV B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         70      70    70      30    30      10    40      30    30
Rain           C  L  L    L  L  L  C    S  S  C          S  C  C    S  S  C

$$
MTZ326-241000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
214 PM MDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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          74          45          64          39
Temp          59 61 50 43 38 35 46 62 71 74 62 56 50 46 52 59 63 61 51 47 44 40
Dewpt         20 21 24 26 25 24 28 31 31 32 34 39 38 39 41 42 42 39 39 38 37 35
RH            22 21 36 51 59 64 49 31 23 21 35 53 63 76 66 53 46 44 63 71 76 82
Wind dir       N  E SE SE SE  S  E NW  N NW SE  S  S SW  W NW  W NW  W NW  W NW
Wind spd       6  8  9  8  5  4  2  5 10 11  6  5  5  4  2  5  5 10  6  5  4  3
Clouds        B1 B1 FW SC B1 SC FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      0          10          20          60          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.05        0.14
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  S        C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  D


Date           04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          53      36    53      35    59      35    62      33    61
Temp          46 51 42   37 46 51 42   36 51 58 43   36 56 59 43   34 51 59
Dewpt         39 42 38   34 35 38 36   33 36 34 34   30 35 35 35   29 31 33
PWind dir         N       N    NE       W    SW       S    SW       W     W
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         90      80    80      50    40      20    50      30    30
Rain           D  D  D    L  D  D  C    S  C  C  S       S  C  C    S  C
Rain shwrs                                                                C
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
MTZ330-241000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
214 PM MDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      28          64          38          53          32
Temp          55 55 43 35 31 29 40 61 64 63 51 45 41 40 44 52 53 49 40 37 34 33
Dewpt         15 19 24 25 23 22 26 29 28 30 33 36 37 36 38 39 38 36 35 34 33 31
RH            20 24 47 66 72 75 57 29 25 29 50 70 85 85 79 61 57 61 82 89 96 92
Wind dir      SW SW  S NE  E  E NE SW SW  S  S SE SE SE  N SW SW SW SW  S NE  S
Wind spd       8 10  5  3  2  2  1  5 10 10  5  3  3  1  1  5  6  8  5  3  2  3
Clouds        B1 B1 FW SC SC SC FW FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                      0          20          30          90          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.02        0.09        0.42
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  S  S  S  C  C                    D
Rain shwrs                                                  D  D  D  D  L  L
Tstms                                                       C  C  C  C  S  S


Date           04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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      31    45      28    48      27    52      28    52
Temp          44 44 35   31 43 43 34   29 45 46 33   28 48 49 36   29 48 50
Dewpt         34 34 33   29 32 31 31   27 31 29 28   25 30 29 30   25 27 26
PWind dir        SW       N    NW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV B2   OV OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         90      80    90      50    60      20    50      30    40
Rain           D     D    L  L  D  C    C     L  S       S  C  C    S     C
Rain shwrs        D
Snow           D          L  L     C    C  C     S       S          S  C
Tstms             S

$$
MTZ328-241000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
214 PM MDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      35          70          43          63          40
Temp          56 60 49 41 38 36 44 60 69 69 57 52 47 44 49 58 62 58 50 46 42 40
Dewpt         15 17 19 20 23 23 25 25 26 27 33 36 37 38 38 38 36 36 37 37 36 35
RH            19 18 30 42 54 59 47 26 20 21 40 54 68 79 66 47 38 44 61 71 79 82
Wind dir      NW  N NE  S  S  S SW SW  W  W SE  W SW SW NW NW NW NW  N  N NW  N
Wind spd       6  8  6  5  6  6  5  6 12 12  9  5  6  6  5  5 10 11  8  6  5  5
Clouds        B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      0          10          20          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.02        0.04        0.10
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S        S  S  S              C  C  L
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C  C  C
Tstms                                                       S  S  S  S


Date           04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          51      36    48      33    56      35    59      34    58
Temp          47 48 40   36 43 47 39   34 49 55 41   35 54 56 41   34 53 56
Dewpt         36 37 35   34 35 34 34   31 32 29 31   29 31 29 30   28 28 24
PWind dir         N       N     N       E    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         80      70    70      30    20      10    30      20    20
Rain           L     L    L  L  L  C    S  S  S          S  C  S    S  S  S
Rain shwrs        D
Snow                                                                   S
Tstms             S

$$
MTZ305-241000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
214 PM MDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      38          75          44          69          40
Temp          64 65 54 47 43 39 49 67 73 73 59 54 50 45 54 64 68 68 56 49 46 41
Dewpt         23 23 27 26 25 26 29 29 25 25 27 28 28 29 32 30 30 30 33 33 32 31
RH            21 20 35 43 49 59 46 24 17 17 29 36 42 53 43 28 24 24 42 54 58 67
Wind dir      SW  S SE SE  E  E  W SW  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  N
Wind spd       5  5  5  9  8  5  8 12 14 13  8  8 10  9 11 12 12 11  8  6  6  8
Clouds        FW FW FW FW B2 SC FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          62      38    61      39    66      40    67      39    62
Temp          58 60 46   39 56 59 46   40 58 65 48   40 61 63 47   40 56 60
Dewpt         34 31 31   29 33 30 32   31 34 33 34   30 30 28 28   27 30 26
PWind dir        NE      NE     E      SE    SW      SW     W       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 SC B1   B1 SC SC SC   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      20    30      30    20      10    20      20    20
Rain              S  S    S  S  C  C    C  S  S             S  S    S     S

$$
MTZ314-241000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
214 PM MDT Tue Apr 23 2024

Date           04/23/24      Wed 04/24/24            Thu 04/25/24            Fri
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                      35          72          43          63          39
Temp          57 58 48 42 38 36 51 66 71 70 59 52 47 45 54 59 62 60 52 47 43 40
Dewpt         16 18 23 22 22 22 25 25 25 28 32 31 30 31 35 35 36 36 36 36 34 31
RH            20 21 37 44 52 56 36 21 18 21 36 44 51 58 48 40 38 41 54 65 70 70
Wind dir       E  E SE SE SE SE SW  W NW NW SE SW  W  W NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd       6  8  9 10  9  6  9 11 11 10  6  6  8  5  8  9  8 10  6  5  9  8
Clouds        FW SC SC SC SC SC FW CL FW SC B1 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          10          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                        S  S  C  C  C  C  C


Date           04/26/24  Sat 04/27/24  Sun 04/28/24  Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24
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          53      36    53      35    57      36    60      35    57
Temp          50 53 43   37 49 51 41   36 53 55 42   37 57 56 43   36 53 54
Dewpt         37 35 33   30 32 32 32   31 34 32 33   28 32 33 32   26 28 28
PWind dir        NW      NE     E      SE    SW      SW     W       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   OV B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr         60      50    60      40    40      20    40      40    30
Rain           C  L  C    C  C  L  C    C  C  C  S          C  C    S  S  C

$$
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