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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
1231 AM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

MTZ312-161000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
1231 AM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/14/26      Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu
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          64          44          60          42
Temp                      41 41 45 57 64 62 55 49 46 44 46 53 59 60 51 46 44 42
Dewpt                     38 39 40 43 43 42 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 42 41 40
RH                        89 92 82 59 46 48 64 80 89 96 89 69 55 53 74 86 89 93
Wind dir                   S SE  E  E NE NE NE NW NW  N  N  N NE  E  E SE  S  S
Wind spd                   3  3  2  4  9 13 13  8  8  5  4  4  5  5  5  3  3  3
Clouds                    SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 B2 SC SC B2 B2 B2 SC FW FW CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           5          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs


Date           09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
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          70      49    69      48    73      48    75      49    77
Temp          62 68 53   49 63 66 52   48 66 70 53   48 67 72 53   49 70 73
Dewpt         45 48 49   47 50 46 46   44 46 44 42   41 44 42 41   39 43 43
PWind dir        SE      NW     W       W    SW       S    SW      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW B2   B1 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          5      60    50      40    10       5     0       0     0
Rain                               C    S
Rain shwrs           L    C  C  C
Tstms                S          S

$$
MTZ303-161000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
1231 AM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/14/26      Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu
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          56          43          57          40
Temp                      41 41 44 51 55 54 48 47 43 43 45 51 56 55 48 45 41 40
Dewpt                     40 40 41 42 42 42 43 44 43 43 43 42 42 42 42 41 39 39
RH                        96 96 89 71 61 64 83 89100100 93 71 59 61 80 86 92 96
Wind dir                   N  E  E SE  E  E  E  N  N  N  N  E SE SE SE  S  S  S
Wind spd                   2  1  3 11  9  9  8  6  8  6  4  3  3  5  6  8  5  2
Clouds                    B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 SC SC FW CL CL FW
PoP 12hr                     20           5          80          10           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.06        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      C  L  L  C
Rain shwrs                 S
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
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      45    67      45    70      45    71      45    72
Temp          59 64 51   45 62 65 51   46 64 67 51   46 65 68 51   45 64 68
Dewpt         45 46 45   42 47 44 44   42 45 44 42   41 44 44 41   40 44 44
PWind dir        SE       E    NW      NW    SW      SW    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL SC   SC SC FW SC   SC SC SC FW   SC SC FW FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0      20    20       5     5       5     0       0     0
Rain shwrs                S  S
Tstms                        S

$$
MTZ319-161000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
1231 AM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/14/26      Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu
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          69          45          65          44
Temp                      42 40 47 60 67 67 56 53 49 46 49 57 63 63 52 49 46 44
Dewpt                     37 38 38 40 37 36 39 42 42 42 41 43 41 41 40 41 40 40
RH                        82 92 71 47 33 32 53 66 77 86 74 59 44 44 63 74 79 86
Wind dir                   S  N  N  E NE  N  W  W  W  W NW  N  N  N NW  N  N  N
Wind spd                   3  0  0  4  8  8 13 10  8  6  9  8 10  9  9  0  0  0
Wind gust                                   24
Clouds                    FW FW SC FW SC B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 SC FW CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     10           0           5           5           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Obvis                        PF


Date           09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
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          76      50    71      47    73      47    76      46    77
Temp          66 72 56   50 65 67 54   47 65 70 54   47 68 73 54   46 68 74
Dewpt         46 47 48   47 49 45 44   43 45 40 40   40 42 37 38   38 41 38
PWind dir         E      NW     W       W    NW      SW     S      SW     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW SC B2   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW CL FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr         20      70    60      40    10      10     5       5     0
Rain                               C    S
Rain shwrs        S  L    C  C  L
Tstms             S  S          S

$$
MTZ326-161000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
1231 AM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/14/26      Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu
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                      36          71          37          69          39
Temp                      39 37 44 60 69 68 55 46 42 39 44 57 67 67 55 47 43 40
Dewpt                     39 37 38 39 39 39 40 40 40 39 39 43 43 42 43 43 42 40
RH                       100100 79 46 33 34 57 79 93100 82 59 42 40 64 86 96100
Wind dir                  SE  S  N  N NE  E  E SW  N  N NW NW NW NE  E  E  E  E
Wind spd                   5  3  0  2  3  6  9  4  0  0  1  3  5  5  8  9  8  4
Clouds                    SC FW CL CL CL SC B1 SC FW SC FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00


Date           09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
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          75      44    69      41    71      40    74      41    76
Temp          65 70 52   45 62 66 49   44 64 69 49   43 66 72 49   43 68 74
Dewpt         48 51 49   45 50 46 46   43 45 41 41   38 42 39 39   36 39 39
PWind dir        SE      SE    SW      SE    SW      SE    SW      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2   B1 B2 B2 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW FW CL CL   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         40      60    70      40    20       5     5       0     0
Rain                               C    C  S  S
Rain shwrs        C  L    C  L  L
Tstms             S  S          S

$$
MTZ330-161000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
1231 AM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/14/26      Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu
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                      26          65          26          72          36
Temp                      30 26 36 57 64 62 47 39 32 26 39 64 71 69 53 44 39 37
Dewpt                     29 26 30 30 22 24 26 27 27 25 28 35 32 35 38 39 38 37
RH                        96100 79 35 20 23 43 62 81 96 64 34 24 28 57 82 96100
Wind dir                   N  N  N SW SW SW  N  N  N  N  N SW SW SW NE NE  E  N
Wind spd                   0  0  0  5 11  9  0  0  0  0  0  1  3  1  3  3  1  0
Wind gust                             21 19                12
Clouds                    FW B1 FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           5          30
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                              C  C  C
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
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          69      35    62      29    65      28    69      28    70
Temp          63 63 45   36 57 58 39   30 58 62 39   29 62 65 40   28 64 66
Dewpt         50 49 45   36 45 38 38   30 40 32 34   29 36 28 30   27 33 28
PWind dir         S      SE    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B2 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         70      80    60      20    20       5     5       0     0
Rain                               S    S     S
Rain shwrs     C  L  D    C  C  L
Tstms             C  C          S

$$
MTZ328-161000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
1231 AM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/14/26      Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu
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                      34          71          36          71          41
Temp                      36 34 41 58 70 69 55 48 42 37 43 59 69 69 54 48 43 41
Dewpt                     34 33 34 34 33 31 31 33 34 33 35 39 38 40 39 40 40 40
RH                        92 96 76 40 25 24 40 56 73 85 73 47 32 35 57 74 89 96
Wind dir                   S  S SW  N NE NE SE  E  S SE  N  N  N NE NE NE  E  S
Wind spd                   4  4  3  3  3  6  9  6  4  3  3  6 11 12  8  4  3  3
Wind gust                                                  17 21 23
Clouds                    SC CL CL CL FW SC B2 SC SC FW CL FW FW FW FW SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                      5           0           0           0           5
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                                                    S


Date           09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
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    68      40    71      40    75      41    76
Temp          65 68 51   44 63 65 48   40 64 69 49   40 66 72 49   41 68 72
Dewpt         46 49 47   44 47 43 42   39 43 38 38   36 39 35 35   33 37 34
PWind dir         S       S    SW       W     W       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW CL   FW FW CL FW   SC SC FW
PoP 12hr         60      70    50      30    10       5     5       0     0
Rain                               C
Rain shwrs     S  L  L    L  C  C
Tstms             S  S          S

$$
MTZ305-161000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
1231 AM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/14/26      Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu
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          65          43          64          41
Temp                      41 41 45 57 63 62 52 49 46 44 47 57 62 61 50 45 43 41
Dewpt                     41 41 43 43 41 42 41 43 44 43 43 44 42 43 43 41 41 40
RH                       100100 93 59 44 48 66 80 93 96 86 62 48 51 77 86 93 96
Wind dir                  SW  N  E  E  E  E  E  E NE NE NE  N  N NE  E SE SE SE
Wind spd                   4  0  4  9 12 14 17 14 12  9  6  5  4  2  5  6  6  6
Clouds                    B1 B1 B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0          70          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.07        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                         C  L  C  S
Rain shwrs
Obvis                     PF PF


Date           09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
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      46    72      45    74      45    76      46    79
Temp          66 71 53   47 64 68 52   48 67 71 52   47 68 72 53   49 70 75
Dewpt         47 49 48   46 51 49 48   46 49 47 45   44 47 46 44   42 45 46
PWind dir         E       E    NW      SW    SE       S    SW      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW CL FW   SC B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr          0      20    40      20    20       5     0       0    20
Rain                                    S  S                              S
Rain shwrs                S  C  C  S
Tstms                           S  S

$$
MTZ314-161000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
1231 AM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026

Date           09/14/26      Tue 09/15/26            Wed 09/16/26            Thu
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                      39          65          41          61          41
Temp                      41 39 46 57 63 63 52 48 44 41 44 52 59 59 48 45 43 42
Dewpt                     40 38 41 41 38 38 39 39 39 39 41 42 42 41 41 42 41 40
RH                        96 96 83 55 39 39 61 71 82 92 89 69 53 51 77 89 93 93
Wind dir                  SW  S  E  E SE SE  E  E SE  W NW NW  N NE  E SE SE SE
Wind spd                   3  2  4  3  5 11 16 14  2  3  5  6  5  4  8  9  8  6
Wind gust                                   26 25
Clouds                    B1 SC FW SC SC SC B1 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     20           0           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs


Date           09/17/26  Fri 09/18/26  Sat 09/19/26  Sun 09/20/26  Mon 09/21/26
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    66      45    69      45    73      47    77
Temp          65 71 53   49 61 62 50   47 63 66 50   47 67 70 52   47 72 73
Dewpt         46 47 47   45 50 47 46   44 44 42 42   39 41 41 39   37 39 39
PWind dir        SE      SE    NW       W     W       S    SW      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    FW FW B1   B1 B1 B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 FW   SC SC CL FW   FW SC FW
PoP 12hr          0      30    70      60    30      10     5       5     0
Rain                                    C  C  C
Rain shwrs           C    C  C  L  L
Tstms                S          S  S

$$
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