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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
203 PM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025

MTZ312-291000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
203 PM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date           08/28/25      Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun
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                      57          74          53          83          53
Temp          72 71 65 62 60 59 59 66 71 70 62 59 55 53 59 73 80 81 69 62 56 53
Dewpt         54 56 58 58 57 57 57 57 56 56 56 56 54 52 54 51 47 42 46 47 45 44
RH            53 59 78 87 90 93 93 73 59 61 81 90 96 96 83 46 31 25 44 58 66 71
Wind dir      SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  N  N  N  N SW SW SW SW  W  W NW SE  S SW SW
Wind spd       5  6  5  5  5  5  5  5  8  9  5  5  4  4  4  5  5  6  5  5  5  5
Clouds        OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          60          30           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.15        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  C  L  C  C  C  C  L  C  C  C
Tstms          S  S  S  S           S  C  S  S


Date           08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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      53    88      54    82      53    81      51    84
Temp          79 85 63   53 78 87 64   55 75 79 61   53 71 78 59   51 74 82
Dewpt         45 40 45   43 46 42 46   46 49 46 47   46 46 44 45   43 45 43
PWind dir         W       E    SE       E    NW      NE    NE       E     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     5      10    10      10     5       5     5

$$
MTZ303-291000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
203 PM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date           08/28/25      Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun
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                      55          72          47          83          51
Temp          72 72 63 60 58 56 59 65 69 70 60 54 50 48 58 74 81 81 67 60 54 51
Dewpt         48 51 52 53 53 52 52 53 54 53 53 52 49 47 47 47 44 42 45 45 44 42
RH            42 48 67 78 83 86 78 65 59 55 78 93 96 96 67 38 27 25 45 58 69 71
Wind dir       S  W  W  W NW NW NW  N NE  N SE  W  W  W SW SW  W  W SW SW  W  W
Wind spd       8  8  5  5  4  4  5  8  9  8  5  4  4  4  4  6  8  9  6  6  5  5
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          50          10           5           0
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.05           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms             S                    S


Date           08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          86      51    88      52    79      49    80      48    82
Temp          79 83 60   51 79 86 61   52 71 77 58   49 69 78 57   48 73 80
Dewpt         43 39 43   41 43 40 44   43 47 47 46   44 46 43 42   41 42 39
PWind dir        NW       E     S      NE     N      NE    SE      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     5      10    10      10     5       5     5

$$
MTZ319-291000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
203 PM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date           08/28/25      Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun
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                      56          74          54          82          54
Temp          67 68 65 63 60 56 58 67 71 72 66 62 57 54 58 71 79 81 72 65 59 55
Dewpt         59 57 57 55 55 53 53 55 54 51 53 52 50 49 51 51 46 40 42 42 42 41
RH            75 68 75 75 84 90 83 65 55 48 63 70 77 83 77 49 31 23 34 43 53 59
Wind dir      SE  S  S SW  S  W  W NW  N  N NW SW SW SW  S NW NW NW SW  S SW  S
Wind spd       4  5  5  5  4  3  2  5  8  9  5  2  2  2  2  4  6  8  5  6  5  4
Clouds        OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     60          60          20          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.08        0.07        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  S  S  S  S  C  L  S  S
Tstms          C  C                    C  S  S


Date           08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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    87      56    84      54    83      53    84
Temp          74 85 67   55 76 86 68   57 73 83 65   55 71 81 64   54 72 83
Dewpt         45 39 41   40 46 39 41   42 47 45 45   44 47 43 43   41 44 40
PWind dir        SE       S    SE       S    NW      NW     N       W     E
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW SC   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5     5      10    10      10    10       5     5

$$
MTZ326-291000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
203 PM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date           08/28/25      Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun
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                      52          74          50          79          48
Temp          66 66 62 59 56 53 56 66 72 72 64 59 54 50 56 68 77 77 66 59 53 49
Dewpt         59 58 55 56 53 51 52 52 50 49 48 51 49 47 49 50 45 43 43 44 41 40
RH            78 75 78 90 90 93 86 61 46 44 56 75 83 89 77 52 32 30 43 57 64 71
Wind dir      SW SE  S  S  S  S  S NW NW NW  E SE  S  S  S  W NW NW SE SE SE SE
Wind spd       3  3  3  3  3  3  3  5  6  8  5  3  3  3  2  4  5  5  5  5  4  4
Clouds        OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL
PoP 12hr                     70          50          20          10           0
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     L  L  C  S     S  S  S  C  S  S
Tstms          C  C  S  S              C  S  S


Date           08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          85      49    86      50    84      49    81      47    83
Temp          73 82 61   50 77 84 62   51 76 81 61   50 71 78 59   48 73 79
Dewpt         44 38 41   38 44 38 42   40 45 42 46   43 45 41 43   40 44 38
PWind dir        SW       E    SW       E    SW       E    NE       E    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    CL CL FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW SC   SC FW FW SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     0       5    10      10    10       5     5

$$
MTZ330-291000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
203 PM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date           08/28/25      Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun
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                      40          71          37          71          35
Temp          60 59 54 49 45 42 47 63 69 68 57 49 41 37 47 65 71 69 58 48 39 35
Dewpt         52 52 51 48 45 42 45 43 37 38 41 42 40 37 40 41 34 34 38 38 35 33
RH            75 78 90 96100100 93 48 31 33 55 77 96100 76 41 26 27 47 68 85 92
Wind dir      SW SW SW  S SW  N  N  W  W  W  N NE  N  N  N NW NW NW  N  E  N  N
Wind spd       9  5  2  1  1  0  0  5 10  9  2  1  0  0  0  5  9  8  2  1  0  0
Clouds        OV B2 OV B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC SC B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     70          30          20          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     D  L  C  S  S  S  S  S  C  S  S
Tstms          L  C                    S  S
Obvis                  PF PF  F                   PF  F


Date           08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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      37    79      39    78      39    75      36    75
Temp          69 74 51   37 73 76 52   39 72 74 52   39 68 73 51   36 68 73
Dewpt         37 33 38   34 38 34 39   36 38 36 41   38 39 36 40   35 37 32
PWind dir         W      NE    SW      NE     N      NE     N       N     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW SC SC   SC FW FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     5       5    20      10    10      10    10
Rain shwrs                                    S
Tstms                                         S

$$
MTZ328-291000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
203 PM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date           08/28/25      Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun
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          75          46          77          46
Temp          67 67 59 55 50 47 53 67 74 73 62 55 49 46 53 67 75 75 64 55 49 46
Dewpt         59 58 56 53 49 45 48 49 46 46 45 45 42 41 45 47 45 44 43 41 39 37
RH            75 73 90 93 96 93 83 52 37 38 54 69 77 83 74 49 34 33 46 59 68 71
Wind dir       W  N NE  S  S  S SW  W NW NW  N SW  S  S SW  W NW NW SE  S  S  S
Wind spd       5  5  4  5  5  5  5  5  6  8  5  5  5  5  4  3  5  5  4  4  4  5
Clouds        OV B2 B2 SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL FW
PoP 12hr                     40          20           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     L  C  S
Tstms          C  S


Date           08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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      46    82      48    81      47    79      47    80
Temp          70 78 58   47 71 81 59   48 73 79 58   48 71 77 57   47 72 78
Dewpt         46 41 40   36 45 43 42   39 47 45 45   40 49 44 44   40 47 43
PWind dir        SW      SE     W      SE     W       E     W       E    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       0     5       5    10       5    10       5    10

$$
MTZ305-291000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
203 PM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date           08/28/25      Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun
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                      59          77          54          84          54
Temp          80 77 69 65 63 61 61 69 72 71 64 61 57 55 60 73 80 80 68 62 57 54
Dewpt         50 54 57 57 58 58 58 58 59 59 59 58 56 54 55 56 52 52 54 52 50 50
RH            35 45 66 75 84 90 90 68 64 66 84 90 96 96 84 55 38 38 61 70 77 86
Wind dir       E  E SE  S  N  E NE NE  E  E  E SE  S  S SW SW SW  S SE  S  S  S
Wind spd       8 10  6  4  4  3  4  5  5  6  5  4  3  3  3  5  5  5  5  5  4  3
Clouds        OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW FW SC FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          50          30          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.14        0.06           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs        C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  C  C  S  S
Tstms             S  S        S     S  S  S
Heat index                                                    80 80
Max heat         80                                              81


Date           08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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      54    88      54    80      48    78      48    81
Temp          78 85 63   54 80 85 65   55 73 74 58   49 68 74 57   49 73 78
Dewpt         52 49 51   48 53 49 52   49 54 50 49   45 47 45 47   44 49 46
PWind dir         W      SE     E       E    NE      NE     E      SE     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC FW SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     5      20    20      10     5       5     5
Rain shwrs                              S  S

$$
MTZ314-291000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
203 PM MDT Thu Aug 28 2025

Date           08/28/25      Fri 08/29/25            Sat 08/30/25            Sun
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                      54          70          51          76          52
Temp          75 71 62 60 57 56 58 64 67 65 59 56 54 52 58 69 74 74 62 56 54 53
Dewpt         53 56 58 57 56 55 57 57 58 58 57 55 54 52 54 53 51 50 51 49 47 45
RH            46 59 87 90 96 96 96 78 73 78 93 96100100 86 57 44 43 67 77 77 74
Wind dir       E  S SW  W SW  W NW NW NE  E SW SW SW SW SW  W NW  N SE  S  S  S
Wind spd       5  5  4  3  2  2  3  4  5  5  4  4  3  3  3  4  5  4  5  5  5  5
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     70          60          40          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.24        0.38        0.07           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  L  C  C  S  S        S  S
Tstms          C  C  S  S  S        S  C  S  C                 S


Date           08/31/25  Mon 09/01/25  Tue 09/02/25  Wed 09/03/25  Thu 09/04/25
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          83      52    83      53    77      49    75      49    78
Temp          77 80 59   53 79 81 60   54 74 74 56   50 67 71 54   49 71 74
Dewpt         47 47 46   42 47 48 47   44 50 51 49   45 48 47 45   42 44 45
PWind dir         W      SE     E      SE    NE       E     E      SE     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr          0       5     5      10    20      20    10       5     5
Rain shwrs                                    S  S

$$
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