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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
205 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

MTZ312-152200-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
205 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
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          33          54          37          57
Temp          30 30 33 39 44 44 40 38 38 36 37 44 52 53 44 43 41 38 42 52 56 52
Dewpt         29 28 32 34 35 37 36 35 36 33 35 34 36 37 31 30 28 25 30 32 31 30
RH            96 92 96 82 70 76 85 89 92 89 92 68 54 54 60 60 59 59 62 46 38 43
Wind dir      NE  E NW NE NE NE NW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd       2  2  2  2  3  2  2  3  5  6  6  6  9 10 12 17 19 18 17 16 16 12
Wind gust                                                                 26
Clouds        B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     30          50          60          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.06        0.07           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 S  S  S  C  C  S  C  L  L  S  S              S  S  C  C  C
Obvis         PF PF


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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            31    57      42    64      38    53      32    52
Temp          40   36 50 54 48   48 58 56 45   41 48 47 38   34 45 48
Dewpt         30   28 31 29 30   31 34 30 29   30 30 27 27   26 26 28
PWind dir           W    SW      SW    SW      SW     W       W    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   SC SC FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr           40     0      20    30      40    40      20     5
Rain           C    S             S  C  C  C    C  C  C  S

$$
MTZ303-152200-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
205 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
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                      49          29          58          36          53
Temp          29 28 31 41 47 46 36 32 32 31 33 50 57 53 43 42 40 37 39 48 52 48
Dewpt         28 27 30 34 35 35 33 30 28 25 26 30 31 31 29 27 25 25 29 30 28 28
RH            96 96 96 76 63 65 89 92 85 78 75 46 37 43 57 55 55 61 67 49 39 46
Wind dir      SE  S  S  S SE  S  S NW NW NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd       2  2  4  5  5  4  4  5  9 10 10 10 11 11 16 21 23 21 19 18 19 16
Wind gust                                               27 35 35 33 31 29 29 26
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW SC FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          20           5          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                       S  S  S  S     S  S                    C  C  C  C  S
Snow                                S     S  S
Obvis         PF  F PF


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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            28    54      37    59      33    49      28    49
Temp          36   32 47 50 42   41 55 51 40   36 43 43 34   30 43 45
Dewpt         27   25 28 29 29   31 33 30 28   28 30 27 26   24 27 25
PWind dir           W     W      SW    SW       W    NW       W    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      BZ    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC FW B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr           20     0      20    30      30    30      10     5
Rain           S                  S  C  C  S    C  C  S
Snow                                               C

$$
MTZ319-152200-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
205 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
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          34          53          35          58
Temp          30 29 30 37 44 46 42 40 39 36 36 44 52 51 46 43 40 36 38 49 56 53
Dewpt         28 28 29 34 37 37 35 34 35 34 34 36 36 32 29 29 28 27 29 33 33 30
RH            92 96 96 89 76 71 76 79 85 92 92 73 54 48 51 57 62 69 70 54 42 41
Wind dir       W  W  W NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd       1  1  1  2  2  2  3  2  3  2  3  4  6  9 11 13 10  9 10 13 16 13
Wind gust                                                  24 20          26 25
Clouds        SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          50          60          10          30
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.09        0.05           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              S  C  C  C  C  S     C  L  L  C  C              S  S  C  C  C
Snow              S  C
Obvis         PF PF PF


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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            33    56      38    60      35    53      30    53
Temp          44   37 46 53 47   41 50 52 45   38 44 47 39   32 43 48
Dewpt         30   30 30 29 30   31 36 31 29   29 30 26 27   26 28 27
PWind dir           W    SW       S    SW       W     W       W    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr           40     5      20    50      60    50      20    10
Rain           C    C             S  C  C  L    C  C  C  S
Snow                                               C

$$
MTZ326-152200-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
205 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
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                      49          33          48          29          57
Temp          33 33 35 40 45 45 41 39 38 36 37 40 46 47 41 36 34 30 35 49 56 53
Dewpt         33 33 34 38 40 40 40 39 38 36 37 38 37 36 35 33 31 27 31 34 33 31
RH           100100 96 92 82 82 96100100100100 92 71 65 79 89 89 88 85 56 42 43
Wind dir       S  N  W NW  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd       3  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  2  3  4  4  5  5  8  9  9  8  9  9 11 11
Wind gust                                                                 21
Clouds        OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     70          70          70          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.18        0.07           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           C  C  C  C  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S                    C
Obvis         PF PF PF


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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            27    54      33    60      30    52      24    51
Temp          38   33 44 51 41   38 51 53 40   34 43 47 34   28 41 47
Dewpt         32   29 30 29 31   31 36 35 32   29 29 28 28   25 29 30
PWind dir           W    SW       S    SW      SW     W      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr           40     0      10    40      60    40      20    10
Rain           C    C                S  C  L    C  C  C  S
Snow                                               C     S

$$
MTZ330-152200-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
205 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
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                      49          28          43          23          45
Temp          33 32 36 42 46 45 38 36 33 32 34 40 43 41 35 31 28 25 30 39 45 42
Dewpt         33 32 36 41 39 40 37 36 33 32 34 36 32 31 32 31 28 25 28 31 29 29
RH           100100100 96 76 82 96100100100100 85 65 67 89100100100 92 73 53 60
Wind dir      NE  N SE SW SW SE  S  W SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd       2  1  1  2  4  2  2  2  1  1  2  5  9  6  9 11  9  6  9 12 14 12
Wind gust                                                                 25
Clouds        OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                     80          60          80          50          20
QPF 12hr                   0.22        0.09        0.04        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           L  L  L           C  C  C  D  D  D  D  C  C  C  C        S  S  C
Rain shwrs              L  L  C
Snow              L                       D  D              C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                   S  S  C
Obvis         PF  F PF


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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    47      24    51      22    43      17    43
Temp          31   24 39 43 32   27 45 47 33   25 38 39 25   19 36 40
Dewpt         28   24 26 27 28   27 32 33 30   25 25 23 23   18 27 27
PWind dir          SW    SW       S     S      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1   B1 SC FW FW   SC B1 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr           40     5       5    40      60    60      30    20
Rain           C    C                S  C  L    L
Snow           C    C                S          L  L  C  C    S  S

$$
MTZ328-152200-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
205 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
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          32          51          29          56
Temp          31 32 34 39 45 44 40 38 36 34 34 43 50 48 38 33 31 30 33 48 55 51
Dewpt         31 32 33 38 41 42 40 38 36 34 34 38 39 37 33 29 26 25 28 32 31 32
RH           100100 96 96 86 93100100100100100 82 66 65 82 85 81 81 82 54 40 48
Wind dir       E NE  E  N  N  N  N  N  W  W SW SW SW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W
Wind spd       4  4  3  2  2  3  3  4  5  5  5  4  4  5  6 10 10 10 11 10 12 10
Clouds        B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 SC SC FW
PoP 12hr                     60          60          40          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.09        0.04           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           C  C  C  C  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Snow           C  C
Obvis         PF PF PF


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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            27    56      33    59      30    51      24    47
Temp          35   31 46 52 39   36 52 50 36   31 43 44 29   27 38 43
Dewpt         29   26 29 32 31   30 37 35 29   26 29 28 25   23 27 30
PWind dir           W    SW       S     S      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW   SC FW FW SC   SC SC B1 B1   B1 B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           10     0       5    40      50    30      10     5
Rain                                 C  C  C    C     S
Snow                                            C  C

$$
MTZ305-152200-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
205 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
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                      49          33          54          34          55
Temp          29 29 33 42 47 46 40 38 38 36 37 47 53 51 44 41 39 36 41 50 54 50
Dewpt         29 29 32 35 39 40 39 38 38 36 36 39 39 38 36 34 31 27 32 34 32 32
RH           100100 96 76 74 79 96100100100 96 74 59 61 73 76 73 69 70 54 43 50
Wind dir       E  E  E  E NE NE  E SW  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  W  W NW NW  W
Wind spd       1  1  2  3  3  4  3  4  5  5  6  8  9  8 10 12 17 18 19 20 18 13
Wind gust                                                        31 31    31
Clouds        SC B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr                     70          60          60          20          30
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.06        0.07           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    C  L  L  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S        S  S  C  C  S
Obvis         PF  F


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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            29    57      35    63      35    55      28    56
Temp          37   33 49 52 43   43 56 57 44   39 48 49 36   32 47 50
Dewpt         30   27 29 28 30   32 34 33 33   30 33 30 29   27 30 29
PWind dir           W     W      SW    SW       W    NW       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           20     0      10    20      30    30      10     5
Rain           S                        S  S    C  C  S

$$
MTZ314-152200-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
205 AM MDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Date             Wed 10/15/25            Thu 10/16/25            Fri 10/17/25
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          32          46          33          53
Temp          31 31 36 42 45 44 39 38 37 35 37 39 44 45 39 38 37 35 40 49 51 47
Dewpt         31 31 35 39 40 40 39 38 37 35 37 38 39 39 33 32 29 26 29 32 33 32
RH           100100 96 89 82 86100100100100100 96 82 79 79 79 72 69 64 52 50 56
Wind dir      SE  E  E  E  E  E  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW
Wind spd       2  3  2  2  4  3  3  3  4  5  5  8 10  6  9 10 11 13 17 21 18 13
Wind gust                                                        24 27    28 24
Clouds        B2 OV OV B2 B1 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     60          50          80          30          30
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.12        0.08           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           C  L  C  C  S  C  C  C  C  D  D  L  L  C  C              C  C  C
Snow           C  L
Obvis         PF PF PF


Date               Sat 10/18/25  Sun 10/19/25  Mon 10/20/25  Tue 10/21/25
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            29    53      35    62      35    50      27    50
Temp          37   33 47 47 43   45 58 53 42   39 45 44 34   30 45 45
Dewpt         31   29 28 28 30   31 34 34 31   28 30 27 27   25 27 29
PWind dir           W     W      SW    SW       W     W       W     W
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B1 SC FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           50     5      20    30      50    50      20    10
Rain           C    C             S  S  C  C    C  C  C  S    S
Snow                C                              C     S    S

$$
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