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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
816 PM MST Wed Dec 3 2025

MTZ312-041100-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
816 PM MST Wed Dec 3 2025

Date          Wed 12/03/25      Thu 12/04/25            Fri 12/05/25         Sat
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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                      23          38          24          35          14
Temp                   28 27 28 29 34 37 36 33 32 30 26 27 33 33 29 28 27 25 20
Dewpt                  19 19 20 21 26 29 27 26 25 23 21 23 29 28 26 25 23 19 15
RH                     68 71 71 72 72 72 69 75 75 75 81 85 85 82 88 88 85 78 81
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W SW SW SW  S  W NW NW NW
Wind spd               18 19 19 21 20 18 14 13 12 11 10  9 10 11 11 12 12 10 10
Wind gust                          31 28
Clouds                 B1 B1 SC B1 B2 OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2
PoP 12hr                      5          30          30          50          70
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.04        0.08        0.14
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Snow                                C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  L  L  C
Obvis                  BS BS BS BS BS


Date           12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25  Tue 12/09/25  Wed 12/10/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          29      18    41      33    44      36    50      32    42
Temp          23 24 24   29 38 39 37   38 41 41 38   44 48 46 40   37 38 37
Dewpt         19 20 18   21 29 29 28   28 32 30 26   31 35 32 27   25 28 27
PWind dir         W      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       W    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 SC B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         40      20    10      10    10      20    40      50    50
Rain                                                  S  C  C  C    C  C  C
Snow           C  S  S                                S  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ303-041100-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
816 PM MST Wed Dec 3 2025

Date          Wed 12/03/25      Thu 12/04/25            Fri 12/05/25         Sat
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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                      21          35          20          30           6
Temp                   26 26 27 29 33 35 31 28 27 25 22 22 27 28 22 19 17 14 10
Dewpt                  18 18 20 21 26 27 25 23 21 20 18 21 24 25 21 18 14 11  7
RH                     71 71 74 72 75 72 78 81 78 81 84 96 88 88 96 96 88 88 87
Wind dir                W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  W  W  E  N NW  N  N
Wind spd               26 23 24 25 23 21 18 17 14 13 11  9  9 10 10 11 11 10  9
Wind gust              41 37 39 42 39 37 32 31 26
Clouds                 FW FW SC B2 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          20          10          40          50
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0        0.01        0.04
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                             S                    S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C
Wind chill                                                                   -3
Min chill                                                                    -3


Date           12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25  Tue 12/09/25  Wed 12/10/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          23      10    39      28    41      30    44      25    37
Temp          15 18 20   28 34 37 34   33 37 37 32   36 41 38 33   29 33 31
Dewpt         13 15 13   21 28 30 26   26 31 30 25   29 33 30 24   22 26 26
PWind dir         S      SW     W       W     W      SW     W       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      BZ    WY      BZ    BZ
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B1 B2
PoP 12hr         30      10    10      10    10      20    40      40    30
Rain                                                  S  C  C  C
Snow           C  C                                   S  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ319-041100-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
816 PM MST Wed Dec 3 2025

Date          Wed 12/03/25      Thu 12/04/25            Fri 12/05/25         Sat
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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                      21          36          26          38          24
Temp                   27 26 26 25 31 34 35 34 33 31 27 29 32 35 35 34 32 31 28
Dewpt                  18 17 19 19 24 27 25 26 27 25 24 26 29 30 28 26 26 25 24
RH                     68 68 74 78 75 75 66 72 78 78 88 88 88 82 75 72 78 78 85
Wind dir                W SW SW  S  S SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W
Wind spd               10  9  8  8  8 10 10 10  9  6  5  4  5  8 10 11 10  9  5
Wind gust                             21
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5          40          40          60          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.03        0.05        0.06
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Rain                                      C                    L  D
Snow                                C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  L  L  D  D  C  C  L


Date           12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25  Tue 12/09/25  Wed 12/10/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          37      25    40      30    44      34    48      32    41
Temp          30 34 31   29 34 38 36   37 39 42 36   42 44 46 39   35 36 39
Dewpt         27 25 22   23 28 26 26   29 32 30 26   32 36 32 30   28 30 29
PWind dir         W      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B1 B2   B1 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         60      20    20      20    20      20    50      60    60
Rain              C  S          S  S    S  S          S  C  C  L    L  L  C
Snow           L  C  S    S     S  S    S  S          S  C     S    L  L  C

$$
MTZ326-041100-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
816 PM MST Wed Dec 3 2025

Date          Wed 12/03/25      Thu 12/04/25            Fri 12/05/25         Sat
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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                      14          33          23          36          24
Temp                   19 20 21 20 27 32 32 31 29 28 25 26 32 34 33 32 30 31 29
Dewpt                  16 16 17 16 22 25 26 27 27 26 23 25 30 29 28 28 27 26 25
RH                     88 84 84 84 81 75 78 85 92 92 92 96 92 82 82 85 88 81 85
Wind dir                S SE  E SE NE SW  E SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd                8  8  6  8  5  5  8  6  5  5  5  5  4  6  9 10  9  8  6
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5          50          50          50          80
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.20        0.06        0.16
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Snow                                C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  D  D  C  C  C
Obvis                  PF


Date           12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25  Tue 12/09/25  Wed 12/10/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          36      20    39      27    44      28    48      30    42
Temp          32 34 26   25 31 38 32   33 38 40 30   37 44 46 37   34 38 40
Dewpt         29 27 21   21 25 26 25   26 31 28 24   28 33 31 29   29 33 30
PWind dir         W      SW     S      SW    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B2 B1 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         50      20    10      20    10      20    40      40    50
Rain                               S    S             S  C  C  C    C  C  C
Snow           C  C  S    S        S    S             S  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ330-041100-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
816 PM MST Wed Dec 3 2025

Date          Wed 12/03/25      Thu 12/04/25            Fri 12/05/25         Sat
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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                       9          24          15          30          18
Temp                   14 14 14 15 20 23 22 19 19 18 16 18 25 28 27 26 24 22 20
Dewpt                  12 13 12 14 16 17 16 16 17 16 15 16 22 22 23 23 23 21 19
RH                     92 96 92 96 84 77 77 88 92 92 96 92 88 78 85 88 96 96 96
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W
Wind spd                6  6  6  6 11 12 11 10  8  5  4  6  6 12 11 12 10  6  5
Wind gust                             24 23 21 18                23 24 20
Clouds                 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV
PoP 12hr                     30          80          80          80          90
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.03        0.11        0.12        0.14
Snow 12hr                     T           T           2
Snow                                C  L  D  D  L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  L  L  D
Obvis                  PF PF PF PF
Winter Storm                              A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date           12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25  Tue 12/09/25  Wed 12/10/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          32      14    30      21    35      24    38      22    37
Temp          28 29 18   17 26 28 24   24 31 32 25   27 33 36 27   24 32 35
Dewpt         24 23 15   15 22 22 21   23 27 25 23   26 30 27 24   22 28 27
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         80      50    50      40    40      30    50      50    60
Snow           D  D  C    C  C  C  C    C  C  C  S    C  C  C  C    C  L  L

$$
MTZ328-041100-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
816 PM MST Wed Dec 3 2025

Date          Wed 12/03/25      Thu 12/04/25            Fri 12/05/25         Sat
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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                      18          36          23          40          26
Temp                   22 22 22 22 31 35 34 30 29 27 25 26 35 39 35 32 32 31 30
Dewpt                  15 14 15 15 21 22 24 23 23 21 20 23 29 30 29 27 27 26 24
RH                     74 71 74 74 66 59 66 75 78 78 81 88 78 70 78 81 81 81 78
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW SW  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Wind spd               11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 10 10 10 12 11 13 12 12 12
Clouds                 B1 SC SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                      5          20          30          40          60
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Snow                                S  S  C  C              C  C  L  L  S  S  S


Date           12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25  Tue 12/09/25  Wed 12/10/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          40      20    38      26    43      30    48      30    44
Temp          36 34 25   23 32 34 28   30 38 38 31   34 44 43 35   32 40 40
Dewpt         28 24 18   17 24 25 21   23 29 28 24   26 33 31 27   27 32 31
PWind dir        SW      SW     S       S    SW       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 SC B1   B2 B2 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr         20      10     5      10     5      10    30      30    30
Rain                                                     S  C  C    C  C  C
Snow           S                                         S  C  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ305-041100-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
816 PM MST Wed Dec 3 2025

Date          Wed 12/03/25      Thu 12/04/25            Fri 12/05/25         Sat
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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                      10          35          18          30           5
Temp                   18 19 23 23 28 33 32 28 26 24 21 21 27 27 23 20 17 13  9
Dewpt                  14 16 19 19 24 28 28 26 24 22 18 20 24 23 20 19 16 11  7
RH                     84 88 84 84 85 82 85 92 92 92 88 96 88 85 88 96 96 91 91
Wind dir               SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W NW  E  E  E  E NE NE
Wind spd               14 14 16 16 16 14 13 12 12 12 11  9  6  8  9 10 10  9  9
Wind gust                             25
Clouds                 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     10          20          20          40          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.03        0.09
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S
Snow                                      S  S              C  C  D  D  C  C  C
Wind chill                                                                   -4
Min chill                    -1                                              -4


Date           12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25  Tue 12/09/25  Wed 12/10/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          15       0    33      23    39      26    42      21    35
Temp          12 12  6   10 23 32 29   30 35 36 28   33 39 37 28   25 31 30
Dewpt         10  9  4    8 19 27 25   26 31 30 25   29 32 31 26   22 25 24
PWind dir         E      SE    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN      LT    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B1 B1 B1 B2   SC SC SC B1   B2 OV B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         40      30     5      10    10      20    40      50    40
Rain                                                  S  C  C  C          S
Snow           C  S  C                                S  C  C  C    C  C  C

$$
MTZ314-041100-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
816 PM MST Wed Dec 3 2025

Date          Wed 12/03/25      Thu 12/04/25            Fri 12/05/25         Sat
MST 3hrly     14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05
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                      18          36          21          34          14
Temp                   21 23 25 24 33 35 34 31 30 28 24 24 32 32 29 26 25 24 19
Dewpt                  15 16 19 18 26 29 28 27 26 24 20 22 27 27 25 25 22 21 17
RH                     77 74 78 77 75 78 78 85 85 85 84 92 81 81 85 96 88 88 92
Wind dir               SW  W  W SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  S  S SW  W NW
Wind spd                9 11 11 11 11 13 13 12 10 10 10  8  5  6  9 10 10  9  8
Wind gust                          23 25 25
Clouds                 B2 B2 B1 SC B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                      5          30          40          40          80
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.04        0.04        0.11
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Snow                                   C  C  C  S  S  S  S  C  C  D  D  L  L  C


Date           12/06/25  Sun 12/07/25  Mon 12/08/25  Tue 12/09/25  Wed 12/10/25
MST 6hrly     11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17 23   05 11 17
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          29      16    40      28    42      30    48      27    39
Temp          23 24 23   26 36 37 34   35 40 38 33   39 45 43 35   32 35 35
Dewpt         20 20 18   19 28 28 26   27 32 29 26   30 34 33 29   25 27 28
PWind dir         W      SW    SW      SW     W      SW     W       W     W
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN
Avg clouds    OV B2 B2   B1 SC B1 B2   B1 B1 SC B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         50      30    10      20     5      20    40      60    50
Rain                               S                  S  C  C  L    C
Snow           C  C  C             S                  S  C  C  L    C  C  C

$$
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