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National Weather Service Missoula MT
230 PM MDT Sat May 18 2024

MTZ005-191000-
Missoula-Missoula MT
46.92N 114.08W Elev. 3205 ft
230 PM MDT Sat May 18 2024

Date           05/18/24      Sun 05/19/24            Mon 05/20/24            Tue
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          56          35          61          38
Temp          60 61 52 46 41 39 43 48 53 53 48 42 38 36 42 53 59 59 53 46 41 39
Dewpt         25 26 28 29 30 31 33 33 33 33 34 34 33 33 35 35 34 34 35 36 35 34
RH            26 26 39 51 65 73 67 56 46 46 58 73 82 89 76 50 39 39 50 68 79 82
Wind dir       W  W NW  N NW NW  W  W  W NW  W  W  W  S  W NW NW NW NW  W SW  S
Wind spd      14 17 10  3  2  2  8 12 12 12  6  2  1  1  2  5  9 11  5  2  1  1
Clouds        B1 FW B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          70          30          50          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.12           0        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S  S  C  C           C
Rain shwrs                          L  L  C                 C  C
Tstms                               C  C  C                 S  S


Date           05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24
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          66      44    60      41    57      40    63      42    64
Temp          58 64 50   44 53 55 47   41 49 55 45   40 54 61 48   42 57 61
Dewpt         36 35 38   39 43 41 41   39 40 42 40   37 40 41 40   38 41 38
PWind dir        SW       W    SW       W     W       W    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      30    80      60    60      40    40      30    50
Rain              S  S    C  C     L    C  L  L  C    S  C  C  C    S  C
Rain shwrs                      D                                         C
Tstms                           S                                         S

$$
MTZ003-191000-
Kalispell-Flathead MT
48.30N 114.27W Elev. 2977 ft
230 PM MDT Sat May 18 2024

Date           05/18/24      Sun 05/19/24            Mon 05/20/24            Tue
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          54          37          60          38
Temp          55 54 47 39 36 34 41 49 52 50 45 41 39 37 44 53 58 58 50 43 40 38
Dewpt         31 33 33 34 32 32 35 38 40 38 38 37 37 36 38 39 38 36 40 38 37 36
RH            40 45 58 82 85 92 79 66 63 63 76 85 92 96 79 59 47 44 68 82 89 92
Wind dir      SW  W NW  N SW  W  S  S SE  S  S  S SW  S  S SW  W  W  E  E  E  E
Wind spd      11 10  5  2  2  2  3  5  6  6  4  2  2  2  2  3  5  5  3  2  2  2
Clouds        B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV OV B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     40          90          40          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.15        0.04        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                 C  C     L              C
Rain shwrs     C  C        C     L  D  D  C                 C  C
Tstms          S  C        S     S  C  C  C                 S  S


Date           05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24
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          64      43    57      41    58      40    60      42    62
Temp          58 63 48   43 52 56 44   41 52 57 44   40 54 59 46   42 56 61
Dewpt         39 36 38   39 41 42 40   39 39 38 39   38 40 41 41   39 41 39
PWind dir         S      SW     S      NW    NE       E    SE       E     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 B1 B1   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B2 B1
PoP 12hr         20      30    80      70    60      40    40      40    50
Rain              S  S    C  C     L    C  C  L  C    C  S  C  C    C  C
Rain shwrs                      D                                         C
Tstms                           S                                         S

$$
MTZ007-191000-
Butte-Silver Bow MT
45.95N 112.50W Elev. 5550 ft
230 PM MDT Sat May 18 2024

Date           05/18/24      Sun 05/19/24            Mon 05/20/24            Tue
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          50          28          53          31
Temp          59 61 51 43 38 35 37 43 48 48 42 35 31 29 36 46 51 51 45 38 34 32
Dewpt         14 14 19 21 23 25 27 25 23 22 24 26 25 24 25 26 24 24 27 29 28 27
RH            17 16 28 41 54 66 67 49 37 35 48 69 78 81 64 45 34 34 49 70 78 81
Wind dir       W  W NW  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd      14 18 10  4  4  5  8 10 12 13  9  5  3  2  3  5  9 10  8  4  2  2
Wind gust     26
Clouds        SC B2 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr                     40          70          40          60          30
QPF 12hr                      0        0.07        0.01        0.02        0.01
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Rain                    C  C                 C           S
Rain shwrs                          L  L  C                 L  L  C  C
Snow                    C  C  L  L           C        S  S
Snowshwrs                           L
Tstms                               S  S  S                 S  S  S  S
Wind chill                      31 37       36
Min chill                    30    28    39    30    25    30          34    31


Date           05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24
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          59      36    55      35    49      32    56      35    58
Temp          51 58 43   36 52 52 41   36 44 48 38   33 47 55 42   35 53 55
Dewpt         27 26 31   29 33 34 35   32 31 31 31   29 32 33 33   30 33 33
PWind dir        NW       W    SW      NW    NW      NW     W      SW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   B1 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B1 B2 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         30      20    70      70    70      40    40      40    50
Rain                 S    S  C          C  L     C    C  S     C    C  C
Rain shwrs        C             L  L          L             C             C
Tstms             S             S  S          S             S             S

$$
IDZ010-191000-
Salmon-Lemhi ID
45.12N 113.88W Elev. 4045 ft
230 PM MDT Sat May 18 2024

Date           05/18/24      Sun 05/19/24            Mon 05/20/24            Tue
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          57          34          59          35
Temp          67 67 57 49 43 38 42 50 55 55 48 42 37 34 41 52 57 57 50 44 39 35
Dewpt         20 21 22 25 27 28 29 26 23 22 24 27 29 29 28 28 26 29 32 33 32 31
RH            16 17 25 39 53 67 60 39 29 27 39 55 72 82 59 39 30 34 50 65 76 85
Wind dir       W  W SW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW
Wind spd      14 18 10  2  3  3  6 10 12 12 10  4  2  1  2  6 10 13 10  3  2  1
Wind gust     33 35 23                25 24 20                21 24
Clouds        B1 B1 B1 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     20          30          10          40          10
QPF 12hr                      0        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    S  S  C  C
Rain shwrs                                                  C  C
Tstms                                                       S  S


Date           05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24
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      42    61      40    57      37    63      40    65
Temp          56 64 49   42 55 57 45   40 50 56 44   37 54 62 48   40 59 62
Dewpt         31 29 34   35 37 38 37   37 34 34 35   34 35 35 36   35 37 35
PWind dir        NW       W    SW      NW    NW      NW     W      SW    SW
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B2   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10      10    70      50    40      20    20      20    40
Rain                         C     C    C  C     S    S  S     S    S  S
Rain shwrs                      L             C             S             C
Tstms                           S             S             S             S

$$
MTZ004-191000-
Lookout Pass-Mineral MT
47.45N 115.67W Elev. 6027 ft
230 PM MDT Sat May 18 2024

Date           05/18/24      Sun 05/19/24            Mon 05/20/24            Tue
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                      28          35          29          43          32
Temp          36 38 35 31 30 29 28 29 30 33 33 32 31 29 34 37 40 41 38 36 34 32
Dewpt         22 22 24 24 26 27 27 27 28 29 29 29 28 27 28 29 30 30 30 29 28 27
RH            56 52 64 75 85 92 96 92 92 85 85 88 88 92 78 72 67 65 73 75 78 81
Wind dir       W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W  W SW SW SW  W  W  W  W  W  S  S  S
Wind spd      13 12  9  6  9 11 12 11 10  9  8  6  6  6  6  9  9  9  8  8  9  9
Clouds        B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC SC
PoP 12hr                     50          80          30          60          10
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.15        0.03        0.01           0
Snow 12hr                     T           2           T
Rain shwrs                                                  L  L
Snow           C     C  C  C  L  L           C
Snowshwrs         C                 D  D  C                 L  L
Tstms             S                 S  S  S                 S  S
Wind chill    27 30 28 24 22 19 18 19 21 26 26 26 24 22 28 30 34 35 32 30 26 25
Min chill        27    24    19    17    21    25    22    24    32    30    24


Date           05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24
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      33    38      33    39      34    44      35    44
Temp          43 43 38   36 34 34 34   35 33 38 36   34 38 43 39   35 41 41
Dewpt         30 30 32   33 34 33 32   32 32 34 33   31 33 34 33   32 33 32
PWind dir        SW      SW    SW       W     W      SW    SW      SW    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      LT    GN      LT    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B2   B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B2
PoP 12hr         20      60    90      70    70      40    60      40    60
Rain              S  C    L  D  D  L    C     L  C    C  C  L  C    C  C  L
Snow                 C    L  D  D  L    C  L  L  C    C  C  L       C  C

$$
IDZ006-191000-
Lowell-Idaho ID
46.15N 115.60W Elev. 1575 ft
130 PM PDT Sat May 18 2024

Date          Sat 05/18/24      Sun 05/19/24            Mon 05/20/24         Tue
PDT 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                      42          61          41          67          43
Temp          68 67 55 50 47 44 44 50 58 59 50 45 43 42 47 57 65 64 54 49 45 43
Dewpt         32 37 39 38 39 40 40 42 42 43 42 40 39 38 41 42 43 45 44 43 40 39
RH            26 33 55 63 74 86 86 74 55 55 74 82 86 86 79 57 45 50 69 80 82 86
Wind dir       W  W NW  W SW  N  W  W NW  W NW  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  W  S  N  N
Wind spd       6  5  2  1  1  0  1  2  4  3  1  0  0  0  0  2  4  3  1  1  0  0
Wind gust     18 16
Clouds        FW SC B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 SC SC FW SC SC
PoP 12hr                     60          60          20          60          10
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.08        0.01        0.05           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00       00-00       00-00
Rain                    L  L  L  L           S
Rain shwrs                          C  C  S                 L  L
Tstms                               S  S  S                 S  S


Date           05/21/24  Wed 05/22/24  Thu 05/23/24  Fri 05/24/24  Sat 05/25/24
PDT 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          74      49    62      45    61      44    70      47    70
Temp          66 69 53   50 55 58 48   45 53 58 49   44 61 66 52   47 62 66
Dewpt         43 43 46   46 48 49 45   43 46 46 45   42 49 49 47   44 48 47
PWind dir         W      NW     W       W     W       W    SW      NW     W
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    SC SC B1   B2 B2 OV B2   B2 B2 B2 B1   B1 B1 B1 B1   B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr         20      60    90      70    60      40    50      40    50
Rain              S  C    L  D     L    L  L  L  C    C  C     C    C  C  C
Rain shwrs                      D                           C
Tstms                           S                           S

$$