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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
826 PM MDT Sun Jul 13 2025

MTZ312-141000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
826 PM MDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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                      60          91          52          56          48
Temp                78 69 63 61 72 86 90 86 69 60 57 54 52 54 55 54 52 50 49 49
Dewpt               44 45 45 46 47 48 50 49 55 53 52 51 50 50 49 47 47 46 45 45
RH                  30 42 52 58 41 27 25 28 61 78 83 90 93 86 80 77 83 86 86 86
Wind dir             N SW SW SW SW  W  W  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  N  N
Wind spd             6  6  8  8 11 13 17 18 21 19 18 18 19 18 19 17 16 13 11 10
Clouds              FW FW FW FW CL FW FW B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          20          90          90          60
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.20        0.45        0.35
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                                     C  C  S     S  S  S  S  S  S


Date           07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          66      46    76      52    80      55    87      57    88
Temp          57 66 53   47 67 76 59   53 71 79 63   56 78 86 66   57 82 84
Dewpt         48 47 47   43 49 49 49   46 50 47 48   46 47 43 44   42 46 42
PWind dir        NE       E    SE       N     W      SE    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         30       5     5      10     5       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     C

$$
MTZ303-141000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
826 PM MDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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          76          47          52          42
Temp                78 67 60 55 62 72 73 63 55 52 50 49 47 49 51 50 48 45 44 43
Dewpt               52 53 52 52 54 56 58 56 54 51 50 47 47 47 47 46 46 44 43 42
RH                  40 61 75 90 75 57 59 78 96 96100 93100 93 86 86 93 96 96 96
Wind dir             W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  N NW NW
Wind spd            10  9  6  6 11 13 20 24 23 19 17 17 17 17 14 13 10  6  5  5
Wind gust                             32 34 34             27 26
Clouds              FW SC SC SC B1 FW B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     10          40          90          90          40
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.40        0.42        0.12
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             C  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  S  S
Tstms                                  C  C  S


Date           07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          64      43    70      48    75      50    82      53    81
Temp          55 64 50   44 63 69 54   48 68 74 58   51 75 81 61   54 74 79
Dewpt         46 49 49   43 51 52 50   47 50 48 49   45 46 46 46   43 45 45
PWind dir        SE      SE     E       N     W       S    SW      SW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0    10      10     5       5     5       5     5

$$
MTZ319-141000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
826 PM MDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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                      61          93          55          62          47
Temp                85 74 67 61 70 85 92 91 79 66 62 57 55 58 60 58 56 53 51 48
Dewpt               44 45 45 46 46 45 44 43 47 52 51 50 49 49 49 45 45 46 45 42
RH                  24 35 45 58 42 25 19 19 32 61 67 77 80 72 67 62 66 77 80 80
Wind dir            NW  W  W  W  E  W  W NW  N NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd            10  6  5  4  5 10 16 17 18 16 12 11 12 13 18 17 14 10  8  5
Wind gust                          20 26 27 31 28 23 21 23 24 28 28 25
Clouds              FW FW FW CL CL CL CL B1 B1 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      5          10          50          80          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.24        0.39
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                                     C  S              S  S  C  S  S


Date           07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          73      48    82      52    86      55    90      57    89
Temp          59 73 58   49 71 81 63   53 74 85 66   56 78 88 68   58 81 85
Dewpt         46 43 44   42 47 43 47   44 48 43 45   43 46 41 43   42 45 39
PWind dir         N      SE     E      NW     N      SW    SW       W    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         30       5     5       5     5       5     5       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  S

$$
MTZ326-141000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
826 PM MDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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          95          53          69          47
Temp                77 67 59 55 69 83 93 91 78 68 59 54 60 65 68 63 58 55 51 48
Dewpt               42 45 46 46 46 46 43 42 47 51 52 50 51 51 52 50 47 49 48 46
RH                  29 45 62 72 44 27 18 18 33 54 78 86 72 60 57 62 67 80 89 93
Wind dir            NE  S  S  S  S  W  W NW  E NW  W  N NE NE NE NE NE  N  N NW
Wind spd             5  4  3  5  3  5 10 11 10  6  5  5  6  9 12 13 13 10  9  5
Wind gust                                                     23
Clouds              FW FW CL CL CL CL FW B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          10          40          80          70
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.17        0.18
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                C  C  C  C  C  C  D  D  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                                     C  S                 S  C  C  S  S


Date           07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          73      45    84      49    87      51    91      52    91
Temp          60 72 55   46 75 81 61   49 76 85 63   52 82 86 65   53 83 86
Dewpt         47 46 47   43 48 43 48   45 47 42 47   45 47 40 45   43 44 40
PWind dir         N       E    NW       E    NW       E     W      SE    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC FW FW
PoP 12hr         40       5    10       5    10       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs     C  C
Tstms             S

$$
MTZ330-141000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
826 PM MDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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          84          43          76          40
Temp                70 58 48 44 59 79 82 78 68 57 47 43 57 73 74 68 56 49 44 41
Dewpt               40 43 41 41 42 44 40 40 45 47 45 43 47 44 44 46 48 47 43 41
RH                  33 57 77 89 53 29 22 26 43 69 93100 69 35 34 45 74 93 96100
Wind dir            NW  E  N  N  N SW SW SW  W NE NE NE NE SW SW  N NE  N  N  N
Wind spd             3  1  0  0  0  6 10  9  4  2  2  1  2  9 11  9  8  5  3  2
Clouds              SC B1 SC FW FW CL SC B1 B2 SC SC SC SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20          70          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.01        0.03        0.08
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                             S  S  S              L  L  L  L  C  C  C
Tstms                                  S  S                 C  C  C  C  S  S


Date           07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          71      37    78      39    80      41    81      42    81
Temp          61 70 48   37 72 76 53   39 75 78 54   41 76 79 55   42 75 79
Dewpt         44 38 41   37 39 35 41   38 39 36 42   38 40 37 42   39 40 37
PWind dir         N       N    SW       N    SW       S    SW       S    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC FW SC SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr         30       5    10       5    10       5    10      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C                                                       S
Tstms             S                                                       S

$$
MTZ328-141000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
826 PM MDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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          90          50          72          46
Temp                78 64 57 54 66 82 88 89 74 63 54 50 58 68 70 66 56 51 48 46
Dewpt               48 47 45 46 48 48 45 45 49 50 49 48 52 55 57 54 51 48 46 44
RH                  35 54 64 74 52 31 22 22 41 62 83 93 80 63 63 65 83 89 93 93
Wind dir             N  S  S  S SW SW  W  W  N  N NE NE NE  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             8  5  6  6  5  5 12 12 10  9  9 10 10 11 16 17 18 16 13 10
Clouds              FW FW FW CL CL CL FW SC SC SC FW SC SC OV OV B1 B1 B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr                      5           5          20          70          50
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.03        0.07        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                S  S              L  L  C  C  S  S  S
Tstms                                     S  S                    C  S


Date           07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          73      44    84      47    86      49    86      50    88
Temp          60 73 53   44 72 83 58   47 78 83 58   49 78 85 60   50 79 87
Dewpt         47 45 44   40 46 43 43   41 46 42 43   41 44 41 42   39 42 41
PWind dir         N      NE    SW       N    SW      SE    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC FW   FW FW CL FW   FW CL FW FW   FW CL FW SC   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         20       5    10       5    10       5    10       5    10
Rain shwrs     S  S

$$
MTZ305-141000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
826 PM MDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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                      58          89          52          62          47
Temp                79 68 63 59 68 83 85 82 66 58 54 53 55 58 60 59 57 52 49 48
Dewpt               50 52 52 52 54 56 57 58 55 56 53 51 52 52 52 50 49 49 47 46
RH                  36 57 67 78 61 40 39 44 68 93 96 93 90 80 75 72 75 89 93 93
Wind dir            NE  E  E  E  S  W NW  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E NE  E
Wind spd             9 10 11 10 11 11 16 19 19 16 13 13 13 14 13 12 10  6  6  5
Wind gust                                                     24
Clouds              SC SC SC SC FW FW FW OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          20          90          80          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.61        0.39        0.19
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S                 L  L  D  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms                   S                 C  C  C              S
Heat index                               82
Max heat               83          82    87


Date           07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          70      46    77      50    80      52    89      55    89
Temp          62 69 53   47 69 76 58   51 72 79 62   53 79 88 65   56 82 86
Dewpt         48 49 47   45 50 52 52   48 51 50 50   48 50 49 48   47 50 46
PWind dir         E      SE     E       E    NW       E    SW      SW     W
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         30       0    10      20    10       5     5      10    10
Rain shwrs     C                   S
Tstms                              S

$$
MTZ314-141000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
826 PM MDT Sun Jul 13 2025

Date           07/13/25      Mon 07/14/25            Tue 07/15/25            Wed
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          88          49          57          45
Temp                75 66 61 58 71 83 87 85 70 60 55 52 50 54 56 55 52 51 47 46
Dewpt               48 48 47 45 47 48 49 50 54 55 54 52 50 52 52 49 50 50 47 46
RH                  38 52 60 62 42 30 27 30 57 84 96100100 93 86 80 93 96100100
Wind dir            NE SE  S  S  W  W NW NW  N  N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE  E  E NE
Wind spd             5  6  5  5  6  9 10 11 11 10 10 10 10 11 12 11 10  8  6  5
Wind gust                             20                      23
Clouds              FW FW FW FW CL CL FW B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5          20          70          80          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.14        0.33        0.26
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                                L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  L  L  C
Tstms                                     C  C  S           S  C  C     S


Date           07/16/25  Thu 07/17/25  Fri 07/18/25  Sat 07/19/25  Sun 07/20/25
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          60      43    73      48    77      52    82      54    84
Temp          54 60 50   43 66 73 56   49 69 76 59   53 75 81 62   55 80 79
Dewpt         48 47 47   43 49 49 50   46 50 50 50   47 49 49 49   43 47 47
PWind dir         E      SE    SE      SE     W      SE    SW       S     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B1 SC   SC FW FW FW   SC SC FW FW   SC FW FW SC   SC FW SC
PoP 12hr         50      10    10      20    10      10    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C  C                S                        S             S
Tstms             S                S                                      S

$$
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