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National Weather Service Missoula MT
330 AM MST Thu Jan 2 2025

MTZ005-022300-
Missoula-Missoula MT
46.92N 114.08W Elev. 3205 ft
330 AM MST Thu Jan 2 2025

Date                Thu 01/02/25            Fri 01/03/25            Sat 01/04/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                      33          28          34          29          39
Temp             22 23 27 31 31 30 30 29 30 29 31 33 33 32 32 32 30 31 35 38 37
Dewpt            20 21 24 26 28 27 28 28 29 28 31 31 30 29 30 30 30 30 33 33 32
RH               92 92 88 81 88 88 92 96 96 96100 92 89 88 92 92100 96 92 82 82
Wind dir          N  N  N  W  E  E  E NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SW  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          0  0  0  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  4  5  5  4  2  2  2  2  3  5  5
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          70          90          90          40
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.05        0.16        0.10           0
Snow 12hr                     T           T           T
Frzg rain                                                C     C  S
Rain                                            D  D  D  D  L  L  C     S  S
Snow              L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D     D  L  L  C  C  S  S
Wind chill                                           27
Min chill        21    22    30    30    29    25    26    26    30    30    32


Date               Sun 01/05/25  Mon 01/06/25  Tue 01/07/25  Wed 01/08/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            29    38      30    38      23    35      21    37
Temp          34   32 34 38 35   31 34 35 29   25 29 33 26   25 32 36
Dewpt         30   30 32 34 32   30 31 30 26   22 26 26 21   22 28 28
PWind dir          SW     S      SW     W      NW    SW      SW     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 OV OV OV   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr           40    70      50    20      20     5      20    20
Rain                      L  C    C     S  S                        S
Snow                C  L  L  C    C  S  S  S                  S  S  S

$$
MTZ003-022300-
Kalispell-Flathead MT
48.30N 114.27W Elev. 2977 ft
330 AM MST Thu Jan 2 2025

Date                Thu 01/02/25            Fri 01/03/25            Sat 01/04/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                      30          24          32          23          34
Temp             22 21 25 30 29 27 26 26 26 26 30 32 30 27 26 24 25 25 30 33 32
Dewpt            21 20 24 26 26 27 26 26 25 25 27 28 28 26 25 23 23 24 29 31 30
RH               96 96 96 85 88100100100 96 96 88 85 92 96 96 96 92 96 96 92 92
Wind dir         NW NW  N  S  N  N  N NW  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          1  1  1  2  2  1  2  2  2  3  3  3  3  3  2  2  1  2  2  3  3
Clouds           B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                     20          50          90         100          60
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.02        0.17        0.19        0.01
Snow 12hr                     T           T           1
Snow              S  S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  D  D  D  D  L  L  L  L  C  C  S
Obvis            PF PF PF       PF


Date               Sun 01/05/25  Mon 01/06/25  Tue 01/07/25  Wed 01/08/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            27    36      25    34      18    31      22    33
Temp          30   29 33 34 31   27 31 32 26   20 28 30 26   26 31 33
Dewpt         30   28 32 32 31   26 30 28 25   20 26 27 24   25 29 30
PWind dir           S    SW       W     W      NW     W       S    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           50    50      40    20      10     5      20    20
Rain                      C  C
Snow           S    C  C  C  C    C  S  S                S    S  S

$$
MTZ007-022300-
Butte-Silver Bow MT
45.95N 112.50W Elev. 5550 ft
330 AM MST Thu Jan 2 2025

Date                Thu 01/02/25            Fri 01/03/25            Sat 01/04/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                      35          22          37          26          36
Temp             15 17 25 33 31 27 25 25 25 25 31 36 35 32 31 30 28 28 32 35 33
Dewpt            12 14 19 21 21 20 19 21 22 23 29 30 29 28 27 26 25 25 27 25 24
RH               88 88 78 61 66 74 78 84 88 92 92 79 78 85 85 85 88 88 81 66 69
Wind dir          E NE  W  W SW SE  E SE  E SE SE SE SE  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          1  1  1  5  3  2  2  2  2  2  3  6  5  5  4  3  2  2  4  6  5
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          50          70          50          70
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.01        0.06        0.06        0.07
Snow 12hr                     T           T           T
Snow              C  C        C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  S  S
Wind chill                27                            26                29
Min chill        13    15    27    24    23    25    29    26    24    27    28


Date               Sun 01/05/25  Mon 01/06/25  Tue 01/07/25  Wed 01/08/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            20    36      21    34      13    33      13    37
Temp          23   23 31 34 27   24 29 31 21   16 25 29 17   19 31 35
Dewpt         17   18 25 26 22   20 24 22 16   13 18 18 10   12 21 23
PWind dir           W    SW       W     W      NW     W      SW     W
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr            5    40      50    30      20     0      10    20
Snow                   C  C  C    C  C  C  S                     S  S

$$
IDZ010-022300-
Salmon-Lemhi ID
45.12N 113.88W Elev. 4045 ft
330 AM MST Thu Jan 2 2025

Date                Thu 01/02/25            Fri 01/03/25            Sat 01/04/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                      35          26          41          27          38
Temp             21 23 29 33 33 28 28 28 29 30 36 40 39 34 32 31 30 30 35 37 35
Dewpt            20 22 25 24 25 25 25 27 28 29 35 35 34 31 30 29 28 27 30 28 27
RH               96 96 85 69 72 88 88 96 96 96 96 82 82 89 92 92 92 88 82 70 72
Wind dir          E  N  E  N  S SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SW  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          1  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  4  5  4  3  2  2  2  2  3  2
Clouds           OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     20          40          30          50          30
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.09        0.06        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                     T           T       00-00
Frzg rain                                                      S
Rain                                   C  C  C        S  S  C  C  C  C
Snow              S  S        C  C  C  C  C  C              C  C  C  C
Obvis            PF PF


Date               Sun 01/05/25  Mon 01/06/25  Tue 01/07/25  Wed 01/08/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            23    36      22    35      16    33      14    35
Temp          27   25 31 35 29   26 32 33 23   19 27 30 18   18 26 34
Dewpt         23   23 27 28 26   23 27 25 20   16 20 21 13   15 20 25
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW     W       W     N      SW    SW
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   OV OV OV B2   B2 OV B2 B1   B1 B2 SC SC   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr            5    20      30    10      20     0       5    10
Rain                      S  S
Snow                   S  S  S    C        S

$$
MTZ004-022300-
Lookout Pass-Mineral MT
47.45N 115.67W Elev. 6027 ft
330 AM MST Thu Jan 2 2025

Date                Thu 01/02/25            Fri 01/03/25            Sat 01/04/25
MST 3hrly     02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
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                      25          24          28          25          28
Temp             18 19 20 22 23 25 25 26 25 25 24 26 27 27 29 29 27 28 26 27 25
Dewpt            16 18 19 22 23 24 24 24 23 23 23 26 26 27 27 27 25 26 25 27 25
RH               92 96 96100100 96 96 92 92 92 96100 96100 92 92 92 92 96100100
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SE  E  E  E SE SE  S SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd          5  5  6  5  4  5  6  6  9 11 10  8  8  9  9 10 10 11 10  9  9
Clouds           B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          80         100         100          90
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.07        0.59        0.39        0.16
Snow 12hr                     1           1           4
Snow              C  C  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Wind chill       10 11 11 14 17 18 17 18 16 14 14 18 18 18 20 20 18 18 16 18 15
Min chill         9    10    13    17    16    12    14    18    18    16    15


Date               Sun 01/05/25  Mon 01/06/25  Tue 01/07/25  Wed 01/08/25
MST 6hrly     23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            25    28      24    27      18    25      20    25
Temp          28   27 26 25 27   26 24 23 23   20 20 23 22   23 23 23
Dewpt         26   25 25 24 25   23 24 21 19   16 17 22 18   20 21 21
PWind dir          SW    SW       W     W       W     S      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   OV OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           90    90      60    40      10    10      40    40
Snow           D    D  D  D  L    C  C  C                C    C  C  S

$$
IDZ006-022300-
Lowell-Idaho ID
46.15N 115.60W Elev. 1575 ft
230 AM PST Thu Jan 2 2025

Date                Thu 01/02/25            Fri 01/03/25            Sat 01/04/25
PST 3hrly     01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16
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                      40          37          44          37          42
Temp             31 32 34 38 39 38 38 38 39 39 40 44 43 41 41 39 38 37 39 42 39
Dewpt            31 32 33 38 38 38 37 38 39 39 40 44 43 41 40 39 38 37 39 41 39
RH              100100 96100 96100 96100100100100100100100 96100100100100 96100
Wind dir          N  N  N  N NE  N  N  N  E  E  E  E SE  S SW  N  N SW SW SW SW
Wind spd          0  0  0  1  1  0  0  0  1  1  2  2  1  1  1  0  0  1  1  1  1
Clouds           OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          90         100          90          90
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.16        0.20        0.31        0.11
Snow 12hr                     T       00-00       00-00
Rain              D  D  C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  D  L
Snow              D  D
Obvis             F  F PF PF PF  F PF  F PF PF       PF PF PF  F  F PF PF PF PF


Date               Sun 01/05/25  Mon 01/06/25  Tue 01/07/25  Wed 01/08/25
PST 6hrly     22   04 10 16 22   04 10 16 22   04 10 16 22   04 10 16
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            36    41      35    41      31    41      28    41
Temp          37   37 39 39 37   35 36 38 34   33 35 37 31   31 36 38
Dewpt         36   37 39 39 37   35 36 38 34   31 33 36 29   30 35 37
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW     W       N    SE      SE    SE
Wind char          LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2   OV OV OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B1 SC B1   B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr           90   100      80    40      20    10      30    40
Rain           L    D  D  D  D    C  C  C  S             S    C  C  C
Snow                                                     S    C  C

$$