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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
335 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

MTZ312-161000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
335 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            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                      43          62          42          72          50
Temp             62 55 50 46 43 46 54 61 62 52 47 45 42 47 64 71 70 59 54 52 50
Dewpt            42 43 43 42 43 43 43 43 43 43 41 42 41 41 47 46 48 48 48 48 48
RH               48 64 77 86100 89 66 51 50 71 79 89 96 79 54 41 45 67 80 86 93
Wind dir         NE NE  N  N NW NW  N NE NE NE SE  S  S  S  E NE NE  N SW SW SW
Wind spd         13 12  6  6  5  4  3  4  5  4  3  3  3  2  3 10 10  4  4  3  3
Clouds           B1 B2 B1 SC B2 B2 SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           0          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                              C  C  C  C  S


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          71      51    70      48    74      48    77      49    72
Temp          64 66 54   51 64 68 54   49 66 71 54   49 70 73 55   49 65 68
Dewpt         51 50 51   49 50 46 45   44 46 43 42   40 43 43 40   40 43 43
PWind dir         W       W    SW      SW    SW      SE    SW      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2   B1 B1 B1 FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         50      70    40      10     5       0     0       0     5
Rain           S          C  C  C
Rain shwrs        C  L
Tstms             S  C

$$
MTZ303-161000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
335 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            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                      43          58          39          68          47
Temp             53 48 46 43 43 45 51 56 58 48 45 41 39 43 57 66 67 54 51 48 47
Dewpt            42 43 44 43 43 44 43 42 42 42 42 40 39 41 45 46 48 47 46 46 45
RH               66 83 93100100 96 74 59 55 80 89 96100 93 64 48 50 77 83 93 93
Wind dir          E NE  N  N  N  N  N SE SE SE  S  S  S SE SE  E  E  E NW NW NW
Wind spd          9  8  6  6  6  5  3  2  5  6  6  4  2  2  4  6  8  2  2  2  3
Clouds           OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC FW FW FW FW SC OV FW FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     60          20           0           0          20
QPF 12hr                   0.06           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              S  C  C  C  S                                         S  S


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          68      47    68      47    71      45    72      46    66
Temp          62 65 52   48 62 66 51   47 64 68 51   46 66 69 51   46 60 63
Dewpt         49 48 47   45 48 46 45   43 46 45 42   40 44 44 41   40 44 44
PWind dir        NW      NW     W      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW CL   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10      20    10       5     0       0     0       0     0
Rain                 S    S

$$
MTZ319-161000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
335 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            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                      44          67          44          78          50
Temp             67 57 53 48 46 49 57 65 65 54 50 47 45 50 64 76 77 63 58 52 50
Dewpt            34 40 42 42 43 42 42 42 40 40 41 41 41 41 44 46 49 48 49 47 47
RH               29 53 66 80 89 77 57 43 40 59 71 79 86 71 48 34 37 58 72 83 89
Wind dir          N NW  W  W  W NW NW  N  N  W  N  N  N  N  E  E NE  W  W  N  N
Wind spd          8 13 11  8  6  8  6  8  9  6  0  0  0  0  3  5  6  8  3  0  0
Wind gust                                19
Clouds           SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW B2 B2 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      5           5           0           0          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                                 L        C
Rain shwrs                                                        L
Tstms                                                             S


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          74      50    72      48    76      47    77      48    75
Temp          66 67 56   50 65 69 55   48 67 73 55   47 69 74 55   48 67 71
Dewpt         51 49 49   47 48 43 43   42 44 38 39   39 41 37 38   39 40 37
PWind dir        NW       W     W       W     W      SW     S      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 FW   FW FW CL CL   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         80      70    40      10     5       0     0       0     5
Rain           C          C  C
Rain shwrs        D  L          C
Tstms             C  C          S

$$
MTZ326-161000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
335 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            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          71          40          77          47
Temp             69 55 47 42 39 45 57 68 70 56 48 44 42 49 66 76 74 61 55 50 48
Dewpt            39 38 40 40 38 40 43 43 44 44 43 44 42 43 49 51 51 52 50 48 47
RH               33 53 76 93 96 82 59 40 39 64 83100100 80 54 42 44 72 83 93 96
Wind dir          E SE  W  N  N  N NW NW  E  E  E  E SE  E  W  S SE SE SE SE  N
Wind spd          6 10  3  0  0  0  3  4  4  8  9  5  2  2  2  2  4  9  5  4  0
Clouds           SC SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0          20          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                        S        C        C
Rain shwrs                                                     S  C
Tstms                                                          S  S
Obvis                     PF  F  F


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          74      44    71      42    74      41    77      43    76
Temp          64 66 50   47 63 69 50   44 66 72 50   44 68 75 52   46 67 73
Dewpt         50 49 49   47 49 44 44   41 44 39 40   36 40 39 38   36 39 39
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SE    SW       E    SW      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 SC   FW FW CL CL   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         70      80    40      20     5       0     0       0     5
Rain           C          C  C     S
Rain shwrs        L  D          C
Tstms             S  C          S

$$
MTZ330-161000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
335 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            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          74          37          71          38
Temp             62 48 38 32 28 41 65 72 70 54 45 41 39 46 66 70 65 54 47 43 39
Dewpt            24 28 28 28 26 30 35 34 37 39 40 40 39 43 51 51 49 48 47 43 39
RH               23 46 67 85 92 65 33 25 30 57 82 96100 89 58 51 56 80100100100
Wind dir         SW  N  N  N  N  N  N SW SW NE NE  N  N  N  S  S  S  S SE  N  N
Wind spd          9  0  0  0  0  0  0  4  1  1  1  0  0  0  1  8  4  2  1  0  0
Wind gust                                                     18 14
Clouds           CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      0           5          30          70          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.04        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                            C     C  C           L  C  C  L
Rain shwrs                                                  L  L  L
Tstms                                                       S  C  S
Obvis                        PF PF


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          66      32    64      30    68      29    71      31    70
Temp          61 57 40   35 59 61 40   31 62 65 40   29 64 67 42   32 65 66
Dewpt         48 41 40   35 42 36 37   31 38 30 32   29 35 28 30   28 34 29
PWind dir        SW      SW     W       W     N       N    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC FW CL FW   FW SC FW SC   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         70      40    40       5     5       0     0       0     5
Rain           L          C  S
Rain shwrs        L  C          C
Tstms             C  S          S

$$
MTZ328-161000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
335 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            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                      37          72          42          77          46
Temp             69 55 49 44 39 44 60 70 70 55 49 45 43 48 66 76 73 59 53 48 46
Dewpt            32 31 33 35 34 36 39 38 40 40 41 40 40 41 47 48 50 48 48 46 45
RH               25 40 54 70 82 73 46 31 33 57 74 82 89 77 50 37 44 67 83 93 96
Wind dir          E SE  N  S  S NE  N NE NE NE SE  S  S  S  N  S  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd          6  9  6  4  4  3  4  8 10  5  3  3  3  2  2  5 12  9  6  5  6
Wind gust                                21                      23
Clouds           CL B2 B2 B1 FW CL CL FW FW FW B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                      0           0          10          30          40
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                                  C  C  C        C  S  S  C
Rain shwrs                                                     C  C
Tstms                                                          S  S


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          72      42    71      41    74      41    77      42    75
Temp          64 64 48   43 64 68 50   42 66 72 50   42 68 74 51   43 68 72
Dewpt         48 45 45   43 45 41 40   38 41 35 35   34 37 34 34   33 37 35
PWind dir         S      SW     W       S    SW       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B1   B2 B1 SC FW   FW FW CL CL   FW SC FW FW   B1 SC FW
PoP 12hr         70      50    20       5     0       0     0       0     5
Rain           C          C  S  S
Rain shwrs        L  C
Tstms             S  S

$$
MTZ305-161000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
335 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            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                      44          65          42          75          49
Temp             61 53 50 47 44 49 59 64 63 51 46 44 42 49 67 74 72 59 54 51 49
Dewpt            42 40 43 44 44 45 45 42 44 43 43 43 42 43 48 48 50 48 50 49 49
RH               49 61 77 89100 86 60 45 50 74 89 96100 80 50 40 46 67 86 93100
Wind dir          E  E  E NE NE NE  N  N NE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E SE  N
Wind spd         16 16 14 12 10  8  5  4  3  5  6  6  6  6  8  9 12 11  5  2  0
Clouds           OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC B1 FW FW CL FW SC SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     40           5           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                   0.02           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 S  C  C


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          74      49    71      48    74      47    78      48    74
Temp          68 69 54   51 67 68 52   48 68 71 52   48 70 73 55   48 67 70
Dewpt         53 52 53   51 53 50 49   48 50 48 47   45 47 47 44   43 46 47
PWind dir        NW      NE     N      SE    SW      SE    SW       S    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B2 B2 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20      50    40      20     5       5     0       0     5
Rain              S          C  C  S
Rain shwrs           C    C
Tstms                S    S

$$
MTZ314-161000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
335 PM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/15/26      Wed 09/16/26            Thu 09/17/26            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                      40          64          42          76          50
Temp             63 53 49 43 40 45 54 62 62 50 46 44 42 50 68 75 73 59 55 53 51
Dewpt            38 39 39 38 38 40 42 42 42 42 42 42 41 43 48 47 47 46 47 46 45
RH               39 59 68 82 92 82 64 48 48 74 86 93 96 77 49 37 40 62 74 77 80
Wind dir         SE  E  E  E  W  W NW NW NE  E SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE  S SW
Wind spd         11 16 13  2  2  5  6  6  5  9  8  8  5  4  4  5  5  6  3  2  1
Wind gust           26 24
Clouds           FW SC B1 B2 SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW SC FW FW FW SC B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      0           0           0           0          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26  Tue 09/22/26
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          73      48    67      47    71      47    76      48    73
Temp          67 61 51   50 61 65 51   48 65 69 50   49 71 72 53   50 69 69
Dewpt         51 51 51   48 50 46 46   43 45 42 42   39 40 41 39   37 40 41
PWind dir        NW       W     W       S     W      SE    SW       S     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B2 OV   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC SC FW CL   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         60      80    60      30    20       5     0       0     5
Rain                         L     C       S
Rain shwrs        L  D    L     L
Tstms             S  C    S     S

$$
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