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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
839 PM MDT Tue Jul 15 2025

MTZ312-161000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
839 PM MDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            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                      48          70          46          80          52
Temp                49 49 49 49 51 58 66 70 61 53 49 46 56 69 78 79 69 61 56 53
Dewpt               48 49 48 47 50 48 48 48 49 47 44 43 46 48 46 47 49 51 49 47
RH                  96100 96 93 96 69 52 45 65 80 83 89 69 47 32 32 49 70 77 80
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE  S  S SW NW  N  N NE  N NW  W
Wind spd            12 11  9  6  6  5  6 10  9  6  5  4  4  5  9 12 10  6  5  4
Clouds              OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     80           5           0          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain
Rain shwrs           L  C
Obvis                  PF PF PF


Date           07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          80      55    89      57    86      56    84      53    73
Temp          69 80 64   56 82 86 65   57 80 84 65   57 76 83 62   54 66 72
Dewpt         51 48 50   48 50 44 46   43 45 41 46   44 45 42 46   44 47 46
PWind dir        NW       E    SW       W     W       W     W       N    NW
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   FW FW SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          0       0     5      10    10      10    10      20    30
Rain shwrs                                                     S    S  S  C

$$
MTZ303-161000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
839 PM MDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            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                      41          67          45          73          48
Temp                50 47 44 41 49 58 63 66 59 52 47 45 54 67 72 69 61 53 50 48
Dewpt               47 46 44 41 46 45 44 46 49 49 47 45 49 50 51 52 53 51 50 48
RH                  89 96100100 89 62 50 48 69 89100100 83 54 48 55 75 93100100
Wind dir             E NW  W  W SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE  E NW  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd             6  4  3  3  8 14 16 17 13 10  5  3  5  8 10 11 10  8  5  5
Wind gust                             26
Clouds              OV B2 SC SC SC B1 SC FW SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           0           5          30          10
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C
Tstms                                                       S  C
Obvis               PF PF  F  F


Date           07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          75      51    82      52    78      50    76      47    66
Temp          65 74 59   51 75 80 60   53 74 76 58   51 72 73 56   48 60 64
Dewpt         51 52 51   49 49 44 47   43 47 45 48   46 47 47 48   46 47 48
PWind dir         N      SE    SW       W     W       W     W      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr          0       5    10      10    10      10    30      30    40
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ319-161000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
839 PM MDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            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                      48          75          47          87          54
Temp                54 53 51 48 51 62 71 74 69 59 51 47 57 75 84 87 77 66 59 55
Dewpt               45 47 47 46 47 47 46 43 45 47 44 43 46 44 39 39 41 45 45 45
RH                  71 80 86 93 86 58 41 33 42 64 77 86 67 33 20 18 28 47 60 69
Wind dir            NW NW NW  W NW NE  E  E  E SE  S  S SE NW NW NW NW NW NW  W
Wind spd            13 10  6  4  3  3  6 10  6  5  5  4  3  6 11 13 10  5  2  1
Wind gust           24                                        23
Clouds              OV OV OV B2 B2 SC FW CL FW FW CL FW CL FW CL FW CL CL FW SC
PoP 12hr                     50          10           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C
Tstms


Date           07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          87      54    91      56    89      56    86      54    79
Temp          73 86 66   55 82 87 68   57 78 87 67   57 77 85 66   55 71 78
Dewpt         47 42 47   44 47 38 41   40 41 40 42   41 41 38 42   41 44 43
PWind dir         N       W     S       W     W       W     W      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC FW SC SC   SC FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5       0     5       5     5       5    10      20    30
Rain shwrs                                                     S          C
Tstms                                                          S          S

$$
MTZ326-161000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
839 PM MDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            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                      49          74          43          89          49
Temp                54 53 50 49 54 62 71 72 62 53 46 43 57 75 85 88 75 64 54 50
Dewpt               46 48 49 48 48 46 46 42 44 45 43 41 42 45 42 41 42 45 44 43
RH                  74 83 96 96 80 56 41 34 52 74 89 93 57 34 22 19 31 50 69 77
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W NW  E SE  E  E  E SE SW  W  W NW  N  E SE  S
Wind spd            10  9  8  5  4  3  5  8 10 10  5  4  2  5 10 13  9  5  3  2
Clouds              B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 FW FW FW CL FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          10           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.07           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  S
Tstms


Date           07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          88      51    93      52    91      51    88      50    85
Temp          78 84 63   52 84 88 64   52 82 86 64   51 79 84 64   51 77 80
Dewpt         47 42 48   46 46 39 44   42 43 38 44   42 43 37 44   42 45 42
PWind dir         W      SE    SW      SE     W       W     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   FW FW FW SC   FW FW SC SC   SC FW SC B1   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5       5    10      10    10      10    10      20    20
Rain shwrs                                                     S          S
Tstms                                                          S          S

$$
MTZ330-161000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
839 PM MDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            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                      41          74          37          81          40
Temp                57 51 45 42 50 64 72 74 62 50 41 37 52 72 79 81 68 55 44 41
Dewpt               52 50 45 42 45 44 36 36 40 42 39 37 35 32 26 29 38 40 37 37
RH                  83 96100100 83 48 27 25 44 74 92100 52 23 14 15 33 57 76 85
Wind dir             N  N  N  N NE NE  W  W SW SE SE SE SW SW SW  W  W NE  E  N
Wind spd             8  6  5  3  3  2  6  6  3  2  2  2  4 11 13 12  5  2  1  0
Wind gust              17                                     24 23
Clouds              B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40           5           0           5           5
QPF 12hr                   0.06           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           C  C  S
Tstms                S  S
Obvis                        PF


Date           07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          81      41    82      42    81      41    79      42    78
Temp          76 77 54   41 76 79 55   42 75 79 55   41 73 77 55   42 72 75
Dewpt         38 40 44   40 40 37 40   38 39 32 37   35 36 31 38   36 37 35
PWind dir        SW       S    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    FW SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5    10      10    10      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs                                                                S
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
MTZ328-161000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
839 PM MDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            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                      47          76          42          87          48
Temp                52 48 47 47 51 60 70 76 64 53 46 42 56 76 84 86 73 60 52 48
Dewpt               49 47 47 46 48 47 44 43 45 44 42 39 42 41 36 38 38 38 37 37
RH                  89 96100 96 89 62 39 31 50 71 86 89 59 28 18 18 28 44 56 65
Wind dir            NE NE NE NE NE  N  N NE NE  E  S  S SW SW  W  W NW NW SW  S
Wind spd            18 16 12 10  6  3  5  5  5  5  5  5  4  8 14 14 10  5  5  4
Wind gust           28
Clouds              B2 B1 OV B2 B1 FW FW FW FW FW CL FW CL CL FW FW CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           0           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs
Tstms


Date           07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          87      50    88      49    86      49    84      49    82
Temp          79 82 59   50 82 86 60   49 78 85 60   49 76 83 60   49 76 80
Dewpt         44 45 44   41 42 40 39   35 38 38 40   39 41 40 41   39 43 43
PWind dir        SW       S    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       W    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   FW CL FW SC   FW FW SC SC   FW FW SC B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0    10       5     5       5     5      10    10

$$
MTZ305-161000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
839 PM MDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            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                      46          71          48          78          51
Temp                57 53 49 47 54 65 69 70 63 55 51 48 59 72 76 77 69 59 54 52
Dewpt               51 52 49 46 49 50 49 50 49 49 48 46 49 52 52 53 54 54 52 51
RH                  80 96100 96 83 58 49 49 60 80 89 93 69 49 43 43 59 83 93 96
Wind dir            SW NE  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE  E  E SE SE  E  N  E NE NW  W
Wind spd             6  4  4  3  5  9 10 12 12 11 10  9  9  6  6  9  8  5  5  5
Clouds              OV OV SC B1 SC B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     60           5           0          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain
Rain shwrs           C  S                                         S  S
Tstms                                                             S  S
Obvis                  PF    PF


Date           07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          80      53    88      55    86      54    83      51    76
Temp          71 79 61   54 80 87 65   56 80 84 64   55 78 80 61   52 68 74
Dewpt         53 54 52   50 55 54 53   51 52 49 51   49 52 51 52   49 51 51
PWind dir        NW       E    SE      SW     W       W     W       N    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5       5    10      20    10      10    20      30    40
Rain shwrs                         S                        S  S    C  C  C
Tstms                              S                                      S

$$
MTZ314-161000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
839 PM MDT Tue Jul 15 2025

Date           07/15/25      Wed 07/16/25            Thu 07/17/25            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                      45          63          41          78          49
Temp                50 49 48 46 49 54 59 62 55 48 44 41 55 71 77 76 65 57 52 50
Dewpt               50 49 47 46 48 48 47 46 48 46 43 41 46 51 52 50 54 53 50 49
RH                 100100 96100 96 80 64 56 77 93 96100 72 49 42 40 68 86 93 96
Wind dir            NE NE NE  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E NW  N  E  S SW  W
Wind spd             9  8  6  6  6  6  9 10  9  8  6  5  4  4  6  8  5  3  3  3
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW CL FW FW SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                    100          50           5          10          20
QPF 12hr                   0.15        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs           D  D  L  C  S                                S  S
Tstms                                                             S  S
Obvis                  PF PF PF PF


Date           07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25  Mon 07/21/25  Tue 07/22/25
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          76      51    85      53    82      52    79      50    72
Temp          68 76 59   52 80 79 63   54 77 79 60   53 75 78 60   51 66 71
Dewpt         53 51 53   49 52 53 51   46 47 46 49   45 47 48 50   45 49 50
PWind dir        NW      SE     S       S     W      SE     W      SW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC FW SC B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5       5    10      20    20      20    20      30    30
Rain shwrs                         S          S  S          S  C    C     C
Tstms                              S          S                           S

$$
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