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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
351 PM MDT Sun May 5 2024

MTZ312-061000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
351 PM MDT Sun May 5 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            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          56          40          47          38
Temp             59 52 48 48 46 48 52 55 53 48 43 42 41 44 46 46 44 40 40 39 39
Dewpt            36 40 40 41 37 35 31 29 26 26 25 25 24 23 23 25 27 29 33 32 33
RH               42 63 74 77 71 60 44 37 35 42 49 50 50 43 40 43 51 64 76 76 79
Wind dir          E  W  W  W SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd          9  6 11 13 16 19 25 26 26 20 21 20 21 26 26 27 25 23 25 25 26
Wind gust                       29 35 39 37 31 33 32 32 37 39 41 37 34 37 37 39
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     70          40          20          70          90
QPF 12hr                   0.14        0.04        0.01        0.25        0.70
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 L     L  C  C                 S        L  L  D  D  D  D  D
Rain shwrs        L     L
Snow                                               S  S  S                 D
Tstms             S     S


Date           05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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      35    57      36    64      40    72      44    73
Temp          39 40 38   37 49 56 42   37 58 64 47   41 66 70 51   45 65 71
Dewpt         34 34 34   33 37 39 37   31 39 39 38   33 42 41 38   36 42 42
PWind dir        NW      NW     W       S    SW       S    SW      SW     W
Wind char        WY      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         90      70    40      10     5       0     5      10    10
Rain           D  D  L    C  C  C

$$
MTZ303-061000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
351 PM MDT Sun May 5 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            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                      43          54          38          46          36
Temp             56 50 46 45 44 47 52 54 52 44 42 40 39 42 45 45 43 37 37 37 37
Dewpt            34 35 37 38 36 33 31 29 26 26 27 26 26 25 26 28 29 31 31 32 32
RH               43 56 71 76 73 58 44 38 36 49 55 57 59 50 47 51 57 79 79 82 82
Wind dir          E NW NW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd          8  9 11 14 18 24 33 36 37 32 32 33 33 34 35 35 34 29 27 31 34
Wind gust                       37 54 58 60 47 47 50 50 52 55 54 54 46 41 47 52
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     40          20          30          80          90
QPF 12hr                   0.13           0        0.01        0.33        0.60
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              C  C  C  C  S  S              S  S        D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Snow                                            S  S  C  C                 D  D
High Wind                           W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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      33    59      35    68      41    72      44    71
Temp          40 41 37   35 52 58 42   36 61 67 48   42 69 70 51   45 62 69
Dewpt         30 30 32   30 32 34 35   30 34 35 37   33 38 36 38   36 37 41
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW       W    SW      SW     W       W    NW
Wind char        VW      BZ    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV B2   B2 B1 SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW SC SC
PoP 12hr         90      50    20       5     0       0     0       5    10
Rain           D  D  C    C  S
Snow           D

$$
MTZ319-061000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
351 PM MDT Sun May 5 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            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                      43          56          38          49          38
Temp             59 52 48 47 45 46 51 55 54 49 43 41 39 42 46 48 46 42 41 39 39
Dewpt            38 38 37 35 33 31 32 29 26 25 25 23 23 21 20 21 22 24 27 26 28
RH               45 59 65 63 62 55 48 37 34 39 49 48 52 43 35 34 38 48 57 59 64
Wind dir          W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         10 11 14 18 18 27 28 33 29 24 25 25 24 36 36 35 33 31 27 24 21
Wind gust                 29 31 46 43 49 43 35 37 37 36 57 57 56 50 47 42 35 33
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     80          40          10          40          70
QPF 12hr                   0.10           0           0           0        0.16
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 D     L  C  C  S                          C  L  L  L  L  D
Rain shwrs        D     L
Snow                                                        C     L  L  L  L  D
Tstms             C     S


Date           05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          47      39    60      38    67      42    75      47    77
Temp          41 43 42   41 50 59 45   39 58 67 50   43 65 74 55   47 69 73
Dewpt         30 32 33   33 36 37 34   30 37 34 35   31 37 36 37   35 40 36
PWind dir        NW      NW     N       W     E       S    SW      SW     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   CL FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         90      60    30       5     5       0     5       5    10
Rain           D  D  L    C  C  S
Snow           D

$$
MTZ326-061000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
351 PM MDT Sun May 5 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            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                      39          53          30          47          33
Temp             59 49 45 44 41 42 47 51 51 43 39 34 31 37 44 46 45 39 37 36 34
Dewpt            36 34 34 35 36 35 33 31 25 25 23 24 22 21 21 21 23 25 28 28 28
RH               42 56 65 70 82 76 58 46 36 49 52 66 69 52 39 37 41 57 70 72 78
Wind dir         SW  S  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         13 11 11 12 11 17 25 27 28 19 17 13 13 23 32 29 27 19 17 18 16
Wind gust                          36 41 43 29          35 48 44 42 31
Clouds           B1 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     90          70          20          50          70
QPF 12hr                   0.14        0.09           0        0.03        0.22
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C  D  D  L  L  C  C
Rain shwrs        C
Snow                                                  S  S  C  C  L  L  L  L  D
Tstms             C


Date           05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          45      34    56      33    63      35    72      40    74
Temp          40 42 38   35 46 55 40   34 53 62 45   36 62 71 50   41 65 72
Dewpt         31 33 33   32 36 38 34   30 37 36 35   29 37 37 38   33 39 40
PWind dir         W      NW    NW       E    NW      SE    SW      SE     W
Wind char        BZ      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    OV OV B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         90      70    40       5     5       0     5       5    20
Rain              D  L    C  C  S                                         S
Snow           D

$$
MTZ330-061000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
351 PM MDT Sun May 5 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            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                      30          45          25          39          24
Temp             44 36 33 33 31 35 42 45 42 35 30 28 25 29 36 38 36 28 27 26 26
Dewpt            32 31 29 29 27 27 27 25 22 24 25 23 20 16 16 15 15 17 19 20 21
RH               62 82 85 85 85 72 55 45 44 64 81 81 81 58 43 38 42 63 71 78 81
Wind dir         SW SW SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         13 12 11 10 10 13 14 18 17 12  9  6  8 12 14 14 18 13  8  8  9
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
PoP 12hr                     80          90          70          80          70
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.02        0.04        0.03        0.05
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00           T
Rain shwrs        L  L
Snow                    D  D  D  D  D        L  C  C  L  L        L  L  L  L  L
Snowshwrs            L                 D  L                 D  D
Tstms             C  S                 S  S                 S  S
Winter Weath         Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          41      22    52      24    58      27    62      31    65
Temp          37 39 28   23 46 50 33   25 53 56 37   28 58 60 41   32 60 62
Dewpt         21 23 23   20 27 27 28   22 29 27 30   24 30 26 33   27 32 31
PWind dir         W       N    NE      NE    NE      NE    SW       S     S
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr         80      50    30       5     5       5    10       5    20
Rain                            C                                         S
Snow           L  D  C    C  C

$$
MTZ328-061000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
351 PM MDT Sun May 5 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            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                      38          51          28          43          32
Temp             54 43 40 39 38 40 47 50 49 40 34 31 28 33 40 42 41 35 34 33 33
Dewpt            33 32 34 35 34 31 29 25 22 25 25 23 21 18 15 14 15 18 22 23 25
RH               45 65 79 85 85 70 49 37 34 55 69 72 75 53 36 31 34 49 61 66 72
Wind dir          S  S SW SW SW SW  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW
Wind spd         18 16 13 11 12 18 20 25 21 13 10 11 12 20 25 28 28 20 16 14 12
Wind gust                       29 31 36 33             31 36 42 42 31
Clouds           B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2
PoP 12hr                     90          50          30          40          50
QPF 12hr                   0.15        0.01           0           0        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 L  D  D  C     S     S  S
Rain shwrs        L
Snow                          C  C           S  C  C  C  C  S  S  C  C  C  C  C
Tstms             C


Date           05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          46      30    55      33    63      37    71      41    74
Temp          43 43 35   31 45 55 39   33 53 62 45   37 62 70 51   41 67 72
Dewpt         26 27 29   27 30 32 32   29 32 30 32   30 33 31 34   32 35 31
PWind dir         W       N     N      NE    NE       E    SW      SW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B2 B2 B2   B2 B1 B1 SC   FW SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr         50      30    10       0     0       0     5       5    10
Rain              C  C    S
Snow           C  C       S

$$
MTZ305-061000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
351 PM MDT Sun May 5 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            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                      46          58          41          48          38
Temp             64 56 51 50 48 50 54 57 54 49 48 45 42 43 46 46 44 41 41 42 40
Dewpt            40 40 41 44 42 44 41 39 39 36 36 34 34 35 35 37 36 36 38 38 38
RH               41 55 68 80 80 80 61 51 57 61 63 65 73 73 65 71 73 82 89 86 92
Wind dir          E  E  S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd         14  8  5 10 13 18 20 21 25 24 26 25 28 34 35 33 29 26 25 24 25
Wind gust                             33 37 35 39 36 43 47 52 47 42 39 36 34 36
Clouds           B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     50          80          70          90         100
QPF 12hr                   0.01        0.06        0.14        0.53        0.60
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              C  C  C  C  D  D  L  L  C  L  L  L  L  L  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
High Wind                                 A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date           05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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          49      37    64      39    69      42    75      45    74
Temp          46 48 42   39 55 63 47   39 62 68 50   43 68 73 54   46 65 72
Dewpt         38 39 39   37 40 42 40   36 41 40 40   37 44 42 42   38 41 42
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW       W     W      SW    SW      SW     W
Wind char        WY      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV B2   B2 B2 B1 SC   SC SC FW FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW FW
PoP 12hr        100      60    30      10     5       0     0      10    10
Rain           D  D  L    C  S  C

$$
MTZ314-061000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
351 PM MDT Sun May 5 2024

Date           05/05/24      Mon 05/06/24            Tue 05/07/24            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                      42          51          36          42          33
Temp             61 52 48 46 44 45 48 50 49 45 42 39 37 40 42 42 40 36 35 34 34
Dewpt            36 39 41 41 40 39 36 33 30 28 27 25 24 24 24 26 27 30 31 32 32
RH               39 61 77 83 86 79 63 52 48 51 55 57 59 52 48 53 59 79 85 92 92
Wind dir          S SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W
Wind spd         11  8  9 13 17 19 25 31 33 28 28 32 32 32 34 36 34 29 28 35 34
Wind gust                       29 36 46 49 42 43 47 49 49 50 56 51 44 42 54 51
Clouds           OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV
PoP 12hr                     70          70          30          80          90
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.06           0        0.15        0.54
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain              L  L  L  L  L  L  C  C  C  S  S           D  D  D  D  D  D  D
Snow                                            S  C  C  C  D  D  D  D  D  D  D
High Wind                                 A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A


Date           05/08/24  Thu 05/09/24  Fri 05/10/24  Sat 05/11/24  Sun 05/12/24
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      35    52      34    61      38    70      43    70
Temp          36 36 36   36 45 51 39   35 56 60 43   39 65 68 48   44 65 66
Dewpt         33 32 34   35 38 40 35   31 38 38 35   31 38 39 38   34 41 41
PWind dir        NW      NW    NW       W     W       S     W      SW     W
Wind char        WY      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    OV OV OV   OV B2 B2 SC   SC SC SC FW   FW FW FW FW   FW FW SC
PoP 12hr        100      80    60      20    10       5     5      10    20
Rain           D  D  D    L  C  L  S
Rain shwrs                                                                S
Snow           D  D
Tstms                                                                     S

$$
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