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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
215 AM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

MTZ312-262200-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
215 AM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date             Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      59          41          56          39          61
Temp          44 41 46 54 57 57 52 49 46 43 47 53 55 54 48 46 42 40 47 57 61 59
Dewpt         30 31 32 31 30 30 32 35 36 33 33 35 38 38 40 41 38 35 36 33 31 29
RH            57 67 58 41 35 35 46 58 68 67 58 50 53 54 74 83 86 82 65 40 32 32
Wind dir       W  W NW NW  N  N  N NE  N  N  E  E NW NW  W SW SW SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd       5  6  9 10 10 10  8  9  6  5  5  5  8  8  5  5  5  8 12 14 17 16
Clouds        B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          70          60          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.03        0.04        0.07           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  C  C  L  C  C  C  L  L  C  C  S  S


Date               Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            40    58      36    56      33    60      35    68
Temp          45   41 55 53 40   37 51 54 40   34 52 59 44   36 60 64
Dewpt         28   28 30 22 20   17 17 19 22   21 24 26 29   27 32 32
PWind dir          SW    SW       W     W       W     W      SE    SW
Wind char          GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B1 B1 B1 SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            5    40      10    20      20    20      20    20
Rain shwrs             S  C             S  S    S  S  S  S          S
Snowshwrs                                  S    S  S

$$
MTZ303-262200-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
215 AM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date             Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      53          38          53          35          58
Temp          39 37 42 50 53 53 46 43 41 39 42 48 51 52 45 41 37 36 45 55 58 56
Dewpt         31 31 28 27 28 27 26 29 31 32 31 32 35 36 36 37 33 31 31 28 28 25
RH            73 79 57 41 38 36 45 57 67 76 65 54 54 54 70 85 85 82 58 35 32 30
Wind dir      NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NE SE SE  S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W
Wind spd      10 14 19 19 18 18 10 10 10  9  8  8 11 10  8  6 10 11 18 25 25 25
Clouds        SC B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B1 SC B1 SC FW FW SC
PoP 12hr                     20          40          50          20           0
QPF 12hr                      0        0.04        0.06        0.02           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 S  S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S


Date               Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            37    54      33    52      29    55      32    63
Temp          42   38 51 50 36   33 47 51 35   30 48 54 40   33 56 60
Dewpt         27   26 22 18 19   19 19 20 23   22 24 23 27   24 29 28
PWind dir          SW     W       W     W       W    NW      SW     S
Wind char          BZ    BZ      BZ    WY      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   B2 B1 SC SC   SC B1 SC SC   SC B1 B1 SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr            0    10      10    20      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs                              S  S    S     S             S
Snowshwrs                            S     S    S  S

$$
MTZ319-262200-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
215 AM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date             Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      57          42          53          39          61
Temp          46 43 48 54 56 55 51 48 46 44 44 50 53 52 49 46 42 39 45 55 59 61
Dewpt         30 32 33 34 34 35 34 36 37 36 36 39 39 39 39 39 36 35 36 36 32 30
RH            53 65 56 46 43 47 52 63 71 73 73 66 59 61 68 76 79 85 70 49 36 31
Wind dir       W  W NW  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  N NW  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd       5  5  5 10 13 12  9 10  9  6  5  5  6  9  5  5  5  5  5 12 18 18
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          80          80          50          20
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.14        0.07        0.14           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                 C  L  L  D  L  L  L  D  D  C  C  S  S        S  S


Date               Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            39    56      33    56      33    61      36    68
Temp          47   39 52 52 40   33 48 55 41   33 52 60 44   36 60 64
Dewpt         30   30 34 25 21   20 21 21 24   23 27 29 29   28 34 31
PWind dir           W     W       W     W       W     W       W    SE
Wind char          GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 B2 SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           10    60      20    30      20    20      10    30
Rain shwrs             C  L  S          C  S    S     S             C
Snowshwrs                    S             S    S
Tstms                     S

$$
MTZ326-262200-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
215 AM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date             Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      54          36          56          37          60
Temp          46 42 45 49 51 50 46 44 42 38 42 51 56 54 47 44 41 38 43 52 57 59
Dewpt         39 38 39 40 41 41 40 39 38 36 37 39 37 38 40 40 38 35 38 38 36 35
RH            76 86 79 71 68 71 79 82 86 92 82 63 49 54 76 86 89 89 82 59 45 40
Wind dir       W  S  W SE  N  N  N  N NW SW  E  E  E  E  W SW  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd       5  4  3  5  8 11 10  8  6  4  6 11 12 12  6  5  4  3  4  8 10 13
Clouds        OV OV OV OV B2 OV B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     90          60          70          60          50
QPF 12hr                   0.17        0.04        0.03        0.09        0.02
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  C  L  D  L  L  L  C  C  L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  S
Tstms                   S  S  S


Date               Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            37    57      28    55      28    59      31    66
Temp          44   37 52 50 36   29 46 53 37   29 49 57 41   32 58 64
Dewpt         35   33 35 33 26   21 22 25 27   23 29 31 30   26 34 34
PWind dir           W    SW       W     W       W    SW      SE    SE
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B1 B2 B2   B1 SC B1 B1   B1 SC SC B1   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           30    80      50    30      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     S    C  C  D  C          C  S    S  S  S             S
Snowshwrs                         S  S     S    S  S
Tstms                     S

$$
MTZ330-262200-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
215 AM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date             Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      50          33          52          32          50
Temp          36 35 37 46 50 47 39 36 36 35 38 49 51 47 40 37 35 32 37 47 50 46
Dewpt         35 33 34 35 35 34 34 33 33 31 31 34 34 36 36 35 33 31 32 31 31 31
RH            96 92 89 65 56 60 82 89 89 85 76 56 52 65 85 92 92 96 82 53 48 55
Wind dir       N  N NW  S NW  N NE NE  N  N NE  E  S SE SW SW SW  W  W  W SW SW
Wind spd       0  0  3  3  4  9 10  8  6  5  6  6  5  8  5  5  3  3  5  8 10 13
Clouds        OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
PoP 12hr                     80          70          80          70          60
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.04        0.14        0.23        0.03
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     L  D  L  C  C  L  C  C  C  C  C  D  D  L  L  C  C  C  C  L  L  C
Snowshwrs                              C  C  C                    C  C
Tstms                   C  C  C                 S  S  S  S              S  S
Obvis         PF
Winter Storm      W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date               Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            29    48      21    47      23    53      24    58
Temp          35   29 46 44 30   22 43 45 30   23 48 49 32   25 55 55
Dewpt         31   27 30 27 23   16 18 19 23   18 23 22 24   20 25 26
PWind dir          SW    SW      SW    SW      SW    SW       S     S
Wind char          GN    BZ      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B2 B2 B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC SC SC   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr           30    70      50    40      20    20      10    20
Rain shwrs     C    S  C  L  C                        S             S
Snowshwrs           S  C     C    S  C  C  S
Tstms                     S                           S

$$
MTZ328-262200-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
215 AM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date             Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      53          38          50          36          57
Temp          44 40 42 47 51 49 43 41 40 39 40 44 48 50 44 41 38 36 40 50 55 56
Dewpt         37 36 37 38 39 38 38 37 38 37 38 39 39 39 39 37 36 34 33 33 32 30
RH            76 85 82 71 63 66 82 85 92 92 92 82 71 66 82 85 92 92 76 52 41 37
Wind dir      SW  N  N NE NE  N  N  N NE  N NE  N  N  N  N  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd       6  6  6  8 11 17 13 11 10  8  8  8  5  5  6  5  5  6  5  6 11 13
Clouds        OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC B1
PoP 12hr                     80          80          80          30          20
QPF 12hr                   0.17        0.08        0.17        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs     C  L  C  L  L  D  D  L  D  D  D  L  L  C  C  S  S  S  S  S  S
Tstms                   S  S  C


Date               Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            36    55      28    54      28    59      33    66
Temp          43   36 52 49 34   28 46 53 36   29 48 58 41   33 59 63
Dewpt         32   30 29 25 22   19 18 19 24   22 24 24 27   25 29 26
PWind dir          SW    SW       W    SW       W     W       S     S
Wind char          GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2   B2 B1 B2 B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           10    60      20    20      10    10      10    20
Rain shwrs             C  L  S          S                           S
Snowshwrs                    S       S  S
Tstms                     S

$$
MTZ305-262200-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
215 AM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date             Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      66          39          65          42          67
Temp          47 41 48 61 64 63 55 49 47 41 48 61 64 63 55 51 47 43 48 60 65 66
Dewpt         31 31 32 32 32 33 31 29 27 25 25 30 30 31 34 33 34 34 37 36 33 32
RH            53 67 54 33 30 32 40 46 45 52 40 31 28 30 45 50 60 70 65 41 30 28
Wind dir      SW SW NW  N  N NE NE  E  E  E  E  E SE SE SE SE  S  S SW SW  W  W
Wind spd       5  5  8  8 10 12 10 11 11  9 12 12 12 14 10 12  9  8 10 12 12 13
Clouds        B1 SC FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          20          10          30          20
QPF 12hr                      0           0           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs                    S  S                    C  C  S  S  S  S


Date               Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            40    63      36    56      33    60      36    67
Temp          48   41 60 60 43   37 51 54 40   34 52 59 42   37 59 66
Dewpt         30   29 28 25 22   22 28 24 26   25 28 28 29   26 30 32
PWind dir           W     W       W     W       W     W       E    SE
Wind char          GN    BZ      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC B1   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr            5    20      20    20      30    20      10    20
Rain shwrs                S  S    S     S  C    C  S  S             S
Snowshwrs                         S

$$
MTZ314-262200-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
215 AM MDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Date             Fri 04/26/24            Sat 04/27/24            Sun 04/28/24
MDT 3hrly     03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
UTC 3hrly     09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00

Max/Min                      57          38          58          38          58
Temp          45 41 48 53 55 54 48 46 41 38 46 55 58 57 49 46 41 39 45 54 58 56
Dewpt         34 32 32 33 34 34 34 34 30 27 30 33 31 30 30 30 31 33 36 37 34 33
RH            65 70 54 46 45 46 58 63 65 64 53 43 36 35 48 53 67 79 70 52 40 42
Wind dir       W SW  W NW  N NE  W  E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  S  W NW NW NW
Wind spd       8  6  6  8  9  9  6  6 11 10 11 13 14 14 10 10  5  4  6 10  9 10
Clouds        B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     50          40          30          30          50
QPF 12hr                   0.03           0           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain shwrs              S  C  C  S  S     S  S  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  C  S


Date               Mon 04/29/24  Tue 04/30/24  Wed 05/01/24  Thu 05/02/24
MDT 6hrly     00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Min/Max            37    56      31    52      30    56      33    65
Temp          43   37 55 48 38   32 48 50 36   31 51 54 40   34 61 63
Dewpt         32   29 32 30 23   17 19 19 23   21 25 26 28   25 32 33
PWind dir           W     W       W     W       W     W      SW     S
Wind char          GN    GN      BZ    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1   B1 B1 B2 B1   SC SC B1 B1   SC SC B1 SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr           20    70      40    30      30    30      20    20
Rain shwrs     S    S  S  L  C          C  C          C  S          S
Snowshwrs                                  C    S  S
Tstms                     S

$$
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