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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
227 PM MDT Wed May 8 2024

MTZ312-091000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
227 PM MDT Wed May 8 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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          56          34          64          40
Temp          35 36 34 36 36 37 41 47 53 55 47 41 37 35 43 56 62 63 52 45 42 41
Dewpt         34 34 33 34 35 34 39 40 43 44 41 37 33 30 35 41 41 42 42 38 34 33
RH            96 92 96 92 96 89 92 76 69 66 79 85 85 82 73 57 46 46 69 76 73 73
Wind dir      NW NW NW NW  W  W  W NW NW SW  S SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S SW SW
Wind spd      25 21 16 12  6  5  5  5  4  6  6  6  6  8  9 10  8  9  8  9  9 10
Wind gust     36 33
Clouds        B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW SC FW
PoP 12hr                     80          40           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.11        0.03           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           L  L  L  L  L  C  S


Date           05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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    77      49    74      47    68      43    64
Temp          67 71 53   46 70 73 56   50 70 71 54   48 63 62 48   44 57 63
Dewpt         44 42 42   37 47 43 42   38 39 39 37   35 37 38 39   36 35 34
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       W     W       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   FW SC SC SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       5    10      10    10      20    40      30    20
Rain                                             S    S  S     C    S  S  S
Rain shwrs                                                  C
Tstms                                                       S

$$
MTZ303-091000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
227 PM MDT Wed May 8 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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                      31          59          33          70          43
Temp          36 39 37 35 33 33 43 51 57 59 48 41 36 34 46 62 68 70 57 49 45 44
Dewpt         32 34 35 34 32 32 35 35 34 33 34 35 31 28 31 33 34 36 39 39 34 32
RH            85 82 92 96 96 96 73 54 42 37 58 79 82 78 55 33 28 29 51 68 65 62
Wind dir      NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NW  W  W  W SW  S  S  S  S SW  W  W
Wind spd      27 23 13  9  9  8  9  9  9  6  1  5  5  5  5  5  8 10  6  9 10 12
Wind gust     39 34
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 FW FW FW FW CL FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     10           5           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           S


Date           05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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      45    76      48    71      45    62      40    63
Temp          70 72 53   46 70 72 55   49 67 67 51   46 57 60 46   40 56 62
Dewpt         40 38 41   38 43 41 39   37 38 35 37   36 35 37 37   34 31 31
PWind dir        NW       W     W       W     W       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    BZ
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 SC SC   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      10    10      10    10      20    40      30    20
Rain                                             S    S  S  C  C    S     S

$$
MTZ319-091000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
227 PM MDT Wed May 8 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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          58          37          70          43
Temp          40 42 42 42 42 41 43 48 54 57 50 44 40 38 43 57 66 69 60 51 46 43
Dewpt         34 36 35 39 39 40 39 39 40 40 38 36 33 32 35 40 39 37 37 35 33 33
RH            79 79 76 89 89 96 86 71 59 53 63 73 76 79 73 53 37 31 42 54 60 67
Wind dir      NW NW  W  W  W  W NW  N  N  N NW SW  W SW  E  E  E  E  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      17 13 11 10  9  8  9  8 10 10  5  4  2  2  3  5  5  6  5  5  5  5
Clouds        B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B1 SC FW FW FW SC SC FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW
PoP 12hr                     60          30           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.04        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           C  C  C  C  C  C  S


Date           05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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          77      48    80      50    76      49    70      45    68
Temp          66 76 56   48 72 77 59   51 70 72 56   49 65 66 52   46 59 66
Dewpt         40 39 39   36 42 37 38   35 38 33 34   33 34 33 33   33 35 32
PWind dir         W      SW     W       W     W       W     W       W    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     5       5    10      10    30      20    20
Rain                                                           S       S  S
Rain shwrs                                                  C
Tstms                                                       S

$$
MTZ326-091000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
227 PM MDT Wed May 8 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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          55          31          64          35
Temp          41 43 39 38 37 36 40 45 50 54 44 40 36 32 41 53 61 64 51 45 39 36
Dewpt         38 38 36 34 35 34 38 40 43 42 39 36 33 30 35 39 39 38 38 35 32 30
RH            89 82 89 85 92 92 92 82 77 64 82 85 89 92 79 59 44 38 61 68 76 79
Wind dir       N NW NW NW  W SW NW SE  S  S  S SE  S  S SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE
Wind spd      13 14 10 10  8  4  4  5  8  8  6  5  5  3  3  4  4  5  6  5  5  4
Clouds        OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC SC SC FW FW CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     70          50           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.06        0.05           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C
Winter Weath   Y  Y  Y


Date           05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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      41    76      44    75      42    69      40    66
Temp          63 73 50   42 67 75 54   45 67 73 52   43 63 65 49   41 56 65
Dewpt         38 38 38   34 40 39 40   37 38 39 38   34 37 34 36   33 35 34
PWind dir        SW      SE    SW       S    SW       W     W       W     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW CL FW SC   SC FW SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0    10      10    20      10    30      20    30
Rain                                          S                S       S  C
Rain shwrs                                                  C
Tstms                                                       S

$$
MTZ330-091000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
227 PM MDT Wed May 8 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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                      30          53          26          61          27
Temp          43 43 36 33 32 32 41 48 51 50 40 34 29 26 36 54 61 59 47 37 30 27
Dewpt         26 28 29 29 29 29 30 31 31 31 31 31 27 25 26 30 26 26 32 31 27 25
RH            51 55 75 85 88 88 65 51 46 48 70 89 92 96 67 40 26 28 56 79 88 92
Wind dir       N  N  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE  N NE  E  E NE  E NE  N  N NE  E  E
Wind spd      13 14 13 10  9  6 13 13 11 12 10  5  3  3  3  3  4  5  5  2  2  2
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC B1 B1 SC FW FW FW SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     40          30           5           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           C  C  C     S        S  C
Snow           C  C  C  S  S
Winter Storm   W  W  W


Date           05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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          65      32    67      35    65      34    60      32    58
Temp          60 63 41   32 63 64 43   35 61 62 43   34 57 58 40   32 54 56
Dewpt         30 27 32   28 33 33 36   31 34 32 34   30 31 30 31   28 28 25
PWind dir        NW      NE    SW       S    SW       W     W      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC FW B1 SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       5    10      20    30      20    30      20    20
Rain                               S          C  S             S          S
Rain shwrs                                                  C
Tstms                                                       S

$$
MTZ328-091000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
227 PM MDT Wed May 8 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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          56          34          66          37
Temp          47 45 40 38 38 38 41 48 54 55 46 39 36 34 41 54 63 65 54 47 40 37
Dewpt         33 35 35 36 36 37 38 37 36 35 36 35 34 32 35 36 31 29 32 33 31 31
RH            58 68 82 92 92 96 89 65 50 47 68 85 92 92 79 50 30 26 43 58 70 79
Wind dir       N  N  N NE NE NE  N NE NE NE NE NE SE  S  W  N  N NE  E  S  S  S
Wind spd      19 18 13 10  9  8 10 12 17 14 10  5  5  5  3  4  5  5  6  5  6  5
Wind gust     29 28
Clouds        OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC FW CL CL CL FW FW FW
PoP 12hr                     50          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           L  C  C  C  C  S


Date           05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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      43    76      44    73      43    69      40    67
Temp          64 72 52   43 68 75 53   44 68 71 51   43 63 67 47   40 59 66
Dewpt         32 30 35   33 35 31 36   34 35 30 33   32 30 25 30   32 29 26
PWind dir         W      NW    SW      SW    SW       W     W      NW    NW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW CL FW FW   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          0       0     5       5    10       5    10      10    10

$$
MTZ305-091000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
227 PM MDT Wed May 8 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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          66          38          70          42
Temp          54 55 50 48 45 43 48 57 63 63 53 46 41 39 48 61 68 69 57 50 46 43
Dewpt         49 49 47 46 44 41 44 43 41 40 42 41 38 36 40 42 41 42 43 41 38 36
RH            83 80 89 93 96 93 86 59 44 43 66 83 89 89 74 49 37 37 59 71 73 76
Wind dir       N  N NW NW  W  W NW  N NW NW  W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S SW SW
Wind spd      17 13 10  9  5  5  8  9 10 10  6  6  6  8 11 10 10 10  9  6  8 11
Clouds        B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     40          20           0           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.04           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           C  C  C  S     S


Date           05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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          78      47    79      50    75      47    66      43    65
Temp          68 77 56   47 69 77 57   50 71 71 55   47 61 63 49   43 60 62
Dewpt         43 45 45   42 47 49 45   43 45 43 43   40 42 39 41   38 38 35
PWind dir        SW      SE     S      SW     W       W    NW      NW    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   SC FW FW SC   SC SC SC B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr          0      20    20      20    20      30    40      30    20
Rain                      S             S        C    C  S  C  C    S     S
Rain shwrs                      S  S          S
Tstms                           S  S          S

$$
MTZ314-091000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
227 PM MDT Wed May 8 2024

Date           05/08/24      Thu 05/09/24            Fri 05/10/24            Sat
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                      32          48          31          58          37
Temp          38 39 36 35 34 34 37 42 45 47 41 37 33 32 42 52 56 58 46 42 40 38
Dewpt         37 38 36 35 34 34 37 40 42 42 38 35 31 29 36 38 39 40 38 36 34 31
RH            96 96100100100100100 93 89 83 89 92 92 88 79 59 53 51 73 79 79 76
Wind dir      NW NW NW NW  W  W  W NW  W  W SW  S  S  S SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S
Wind spd      13 10 10  8  6  5  6  8  8  8  6  6  5  5  5  6  5  5  5  8  9  9
Clouds        OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC FW FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     90          50          10           0           0
QPF 12hr                   0.35        0.06           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain           L     D  L  C  C  C  C  C
Rain shwrs        D
Tstms             S
Obvis         PF PF PF PF PF PF


Date           05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24  Mon 05/13/24  Tue 05/14/24  Wed 05/15/24
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      42    72      47    70      44    63      40    59
Temp          65 66 49   43 68 69 52   48 67 67 51   45 60 60 45   41 54 58
Dewpt         42 44 40   35 45 45 42   37 40 40 39   34 38 40 38   35 37 36
PWind dir         W      SW     W      SW     W       W    NW       W    NW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    FW FW FW   FW FW SC SC   SC SC SC B1   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr          5      10    20      20    20      30    50      40    40
Rain                                             C    S  S     C    S  S
Rain shwrs                      S  S          S             C             C
Tstms                           S  S          S             S             S

$$
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