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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
647 PM MDT Mon Apr 15 2024

MTZ312-161000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
647 PM MDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date           04/15/24      Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            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          53          29          39          24
Temp                56 49 44 40 46 50 51 49 40 36 32 30 31 34 37 39 33 30 27 25
Dewpt               32 31 28 26 24 17 16 15 21 25 24 20 21 19 16 15 16 17 16 14
RH                  40 50 53 57 42 27 24 25 46 64 72 66 66 54 42 37 49 58 63 62
Wind dir             W  W  W SW SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NW  W  W
Wind spd            16 13 16 13 20 23 21 21 14 13 14 17 19 19 18 16 10  6  5  8
Clouds              B2 SC SC FW B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          10          80          60          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.13        0.06           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Rain
Snow                                      C  C  D  D  L  L  S  S  S  S  S  S  C
Obvis                                                BS BS BS


Date           04/18/24  Fri 04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24
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          40      21    38      22    50      30    59      33    62
Temp          36 39 27   22 33 38 27   23 39 50 35   31 54 57 41   34 54 61
Dewpt         10 10 13   12 10 11 14   14 16 20 23   22 26 23 25   23 26 25
PWind dir        NW       N     N      NE    SE      SE    SW       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         30      10    10       5     0       5    10      10    10
Snow           C  S

$$
MTZ303-161000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
647 PM MDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date           04/15/24      Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            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          46          25          38          21
Temp                51 45 42 38 39 43 45 40 34 31 27 25 27 33 36 37 30 26 23 22
Dewpt               30 30 27 24 21 19 20 22 25 24 20 18 17 16 14 13 14 14 13 12
RH                  44 55 55 57 48 38 36 48 69 75 74 74 65 49 40 37 51 60 65 65
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW  N  N  N NW NW NW  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd            20 21 24 19 23 29 27 23 19 20 25 27 27 29 27 23 12 10 11 12
Wind gust           32 34 37 29 34                35 37
Clouds              FW SC B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                      0          50          60          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.03           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Snow                                   C  L  L  C  C  S  S                    S


Date           04/18/24  Fri 04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24
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          37      19    36      19    48      27    55      31    59
Temp          34 36 24   20 32 36 24   20 37 47 32   28 50 53 37   32 51 58
Dewpt         10  9 12   11  9 10 12   13 13 17 20   21 23 21 25   23 24 23
PWind dir        NW       N     N      NE    SE       S     W       W     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       0     0       5    10       5     5
Snow           S

$$
MTZ319-161000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
647 PM MDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date           04/15/24      Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            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          56          31          41          25
Temp                55 49 44 39 44 51 53 51 43 37 34 31 32 35 39 40 35 30 27 25
Dewpt               30 29 28 27 26 25 22 19 19 20 22 21 21 18 17 16 17 17 15 15
RH                  38 46 53 62 49 36 29 28 38 50 61 66 63 49 40 37 47 58 60 65
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW  W NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd            19 17 13 13 16 18 23 23 17 13 13 14 18 18 17 14  9  5  5  5
Wind gust           29                                  28
Clouds              B1 FW FW SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          10          70          70          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.09        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Rain                                      C
Snow                                         C  L  L  L  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  C
Obvis                                                   BS


Date           04/18/24  Fri 04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24
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          43      24    43      23    55      32    61      36    65
Temp          36 42 29   25 35 41 29   24 41 54 38   33 53 57 43   36 53 63
Dewpt         13 14 14   12 13 14 15   14 17 22 24   23 29 25 26   25 27 29
PWind dir         N       N     N       N     E       S     W       W     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      10     5       5     5       5    20      10    20
Rain                                                        S             S
Snow           C  C

$$
MTZ326-161000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
647 PM MDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date           04/15/24      Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            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                      33          57          27          41          19
Temp                48 42 38 34 40 52 54 48 40 35 32 28 30 35 39 40 31 27 23 20
Dewpt               35 32 30 29 30 30 28 29 26 25 24 23 22 20 18 18 18 18 16 14
RH                  60 67 73 82 67 43 36 47 57 66 72 81 72 54 42 41 58 68 74 77
Wind dir            NW  W  W SW  W  W NW NW  N  W NW NW NW NW NW  N  N NW NW SW
Wind spd             9  8  6  4  5 12 16 16 12 10 10 10 13 17 14 13  6  5  4  4
Clouds              B1 SC FW SC SC SC B2 OV OV B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          40          80          70          20
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01        0.26        0.15           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Rain                                   C  L
Rain shwrs
Snow                                         L  D  D  L  L  C  C  S  S        S
Tstms


Date           04/18/24  Fri 04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24
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          43      19    42      18    52      27    62      31    64
Temp          34 42 27   20 33 41 26   19 39 51 35   28 54 59 40   32 52 63
Dewpt         15 14 17   13 14 16 17   13 19 24 25   21 31 29 26   24 28 29
PWind dir         W      NE     N       E    SE      SE    SW       W    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC FW FW SC   SC B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      10    10       5     5       5    20      20    20
Rain                                                        S  S          S
Snow           S  S

$$
MTZ330-161000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
647 PM MDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date           04/15/24      Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            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          47          23          37          11
Temp                40 35 30 27 33 46 47 45 37 32 28 24 26 35 37 34 25 20 15 12
Dewpt               33 31 27 25 26 29 29 30 29 27 22 18 17 17 17 15 14 12  9  6
RH                  76 85 88 92 75 51 49 55 72 81 78 77 68 47 44 45 62 71 77 76
Wind dir             N  W  S SW SW SW SW SW SW NW  N  N  N NW  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd             6  5  3  2  6 13 16 18 14 10  8  6  9 10 10 12  6  5  4  4
Clouds              SC SC FW FW FW B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          40          80          70          30
QPF 12hr                   0.05        0.02        0.21        0.21        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Rain                                   S  D
Rain shwrs
Snow                                         D  D  D  L  L  L  L  C  C
Tstms
Winter Storm                              W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           04/18/24  Fri 04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24
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          39      13    42      13    51      22    54      26    56
Temp          35 37 22   14 37 40 21   14 44 48 30   23 51 52 34   27 51 53
Dewpt         11 13 14    8 14 15 13    8 18 20 22   17 27 28 26   21 24 25
PWind dir        NW       N     N      NE    SE       S    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC FW FW FW   SC B1 B1 B1   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         20      10    20      10     5       5    20      20    20
Rain                                                        S  S          S
Snow              S             S

$$
MTZ328-161000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
647 PM MDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date           04/15/24      Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            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                      32          56          27          39          21
Temp                45 40 35 33 38 50 55 52 41 35 30 27 30 36 39 37 31 27 24 22
Dewpt               32 30 29 28 27 27 26 27 27 25 22 19 18 18 17 15 18 18 17 15
RH                  60 67 78 82 64 41 32 38 57 66 72 71 60 47 40 40 58 68 74 74
Wind dir             N  S  S SW SW SW  W  W  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE
Wind spd            10  8  9  8 10 12 18 17 13 10  9  9 11 13 13 13 10  6  6  5
Clouds              B1 SC SC FW SC B1 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     10          20          60          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.12        0.10           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Rain                                      C
Rain shwrs
Snow                                         C  L  L  C  C  C  C
Tstms


Date           04/18/24  Fri 04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24
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          42      21    42      22    54      32    62      33    64
Temp          35 41 27   22 35 41 28   23 41 53 37   32 54 59 40   33 55 61
Dewpt         15 13 17   14 14 13 17   15 18 21 24   23 27 24 26   24 27 24
PWind dir         N      NE    NE      NE     S       S    SW       W    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B1 SC SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     5       0     0       5    10      10    10

$$
MTZ305-161000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
647 PM MDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date           04/15/24      Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            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                      42          54          29          42          24
Temp                58 52 48 44 47 52 54 49 40 36 33 30 32 39 41 40 33 29 26 24
Dewpt               36 33 33 31 28 23 22 25 28 28 25 23 22 21 19 17 17 18 17 16
RH                  44 48 56 60 47 32 28 39 62 72 72 75 66 48 41 39 51 63 68 71
Wind dir             W  W  W SW  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W NW
Wind spd            10 14 13 12 21 24 25 26 18 16 18 19 25 25 26 25 17 13 12 16
Clouds              B2 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          20          30          20          10
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                                      S  S
Snow                                         S  C  C  S  S  S  S


Date           04/18/24  Fri 04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24
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          40      21    40      20    51      29    61      35    63
Temp          37 38 26   21 34 39 27   20 41 49 33   29 53 57 41   35 55 60
Dewpt         15 14 15   13 12 14 16   13 16 18 21   21 27 25 28   27 29 26
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NE    SE      SE    SW       W     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   SC B1 B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr         20       5     5       0     0       0     5      10     5
Snow              S

$$
MTZ314-161000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
647 PM MDT Mon Apr 15 2024

Date           04/15/24      Tue 04/16/24            Wed 04/17/24            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                      37          53          26          34          21
Temp                43 41 39 38 43 50 51 47 39 33 30 27 28 30 33 34 28 26 23 22
Dewpt               34 30 30 29 27 21 19 18 19 24 24 23 21 20 19 16 16 15 13 12
RH                  70 65 70 70 53 31 28 31 44 69 78 85 75 66 56 47 60 62 65 65
Wind dir             W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W  W  W
Wind spd            10 14 14 13 17 21 23 21 18 14 17 18 19 23 23 20 17 12 13 16
Wind gust                       27    34 32                   34
Clouds              B2 SC SC FW FW FW SC B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     40          10          60          50          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0        0.10        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           1
Rain                 C                    C
Rain shwrs
Snow                                      C  C  L  L  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms
Obvis                                                BS BS BS BS BS BS


Date           04/18/24  Fri 04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24
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          36      17    35      17    45      26    57      31    58
Temp          33 34 22   18 30 34 23   18 37 44 29   29 53 54 37   32 52 57
Dewpt         12 11 11   10 10 12 12   10 14 18 18   20 28 27 24   22 26 28
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW      NE     S      SE    SW       W     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B1 SC   SC SC B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      10    20       5     5       5    10      20    20
Rain                                                           S          S
Snow           S  C             S

$$
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