452  
FOUS55 KMSO 020802  
PFMMSO  
 
POINT FORECAST MATRICES  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT  
102 AM MST FRI JAN 2 2026  
 
MTZ005-022300-  
MISSOULA-MISSOULA MT  
46.92N 114.08W ELEV. 3205 FT  
102 AM MST FRI JAN 2 2026  
 
DATE FRI 01/02/26 SAT 01/03/26 SUN 01/04/26  
MST 3HRLY 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17  
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 38 31 44 31 44  
TEMP 30 30 31 32 37 37 36 38 35 32 33 37 43 41 37 37 35 33 34 39 42 39  
DEWPT 30 30 31 31 34 35 34 36 34 31 31 35 37 35 32 33 33 32 32 36 35 33  
RH 100100100 96 89 92 92 92 96 96 92 92 79 79 82 85 92 96 92 89 76 79  
WIND DIR N NE N E SE SE E E E E SE SE SE SE SE S SE S S S SW S  
WIND SPD 0 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4  
CLOUDS OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV SC SC B1 SC B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 70 10 10 30 50  
QPF 12HR 0.02 0 0 0.01 0.02  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN L L C L C S S C C C C C C C  
SNOW L C L  
OBVIS PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF  
WINTER WEATH Y Y Y Y  
 
DATE MON 01/05/26 TUE 01/06/26 WED 01/07/26 THU 01/08/26  
MST 6HRLY 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 29 39 29 39 29 37 23 33  
TEMP 36 32 35 37 33 31 34 37 34 31 33 33 29 25 28 31  
DEWPT 33 30 32 29 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 24 23 20 22 22  
PWIND DIR S S SW SW SW SW SW SW  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT GN LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 50 50 30 40 50 70 40 40  
RAIN C C C C C  
SNOW C C C S S C C C L C C C C C  
 

 
MTZ003-022300-  
KALISPELL-FLATHEAD MT  
48.30N 114.27W ELEV. 2977 FT  
102 AM MST FRI JAN 2 2026  
 
DATE FRI 01/02/26 SAT 01/03/26 SUN 01/04/26  
MST 3HRLY 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17  
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 35 32 39 32 40  
TEMP 25 27 28 32 34 34 34 34 34 33 34 36 39 37 34 34 34 34 34 38 40 38  
DEWPT 25 26 28 31 34 34 33 34 34 32 33 36 38 36 34 34 34 34 34 37 38 36  
RH 100 96100 96100100 96100100 96 96100 96 96100100100100100 96 92 92  
WIND DIR S SW SW S S S S S S W S SE SE SE S S S S S S S S  
WIND SPD 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 4 4 5 6 6 6 6  
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV B2  
POP 12HR 60 30 20 60 80  
QPF 12HR 0.03 0.01 0 0.05 0.06  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN C C C S S C S S C C L L D D L L C  
SNOW L S C C  
OBVIS PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF  
WIND CHILL 28 28 32  
MIN CHILL 25 27 31 31 33 34 34 30 28 28 33  
WINTER WEATH Y Y Y Y  
 
DATE MON 01/05/26 TUE 01/06/26 WED 01/07/26 THU 01/08/26  
MST 6HRLY 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 31 39 29 36 29 35 22 32  
TEMP 34 33 35 36 31 30 33 34 32 31 33 32 27 24 28 30  
DEWPT 33 31 33 31 28 26 27 28 29 28 28 25 24 22 24 23  
PWIND DIR S S S SW S SW S SW  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT GN GN GN LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 50 60 20 50 60 70 40 40  
RAIN C C L C S  
SNOW C L C S S C C C L L C C C C C  
 

 
MTZ007-022300-  
BUTTE-SILVER BOW MT  
45.95N 112.50W ELEV. 5550 FT  
102 AM MST FRI JAN 2 2026  
 
DATE FRI 01/02/26 SAT 01/03/26 SUN 01/04/26  
MST 3HRLY 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17  
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 43 29 43 29 43  
TEMP 30 32 32 37 41 41 36 35 32 30 31 38 43 41 37 35 34 31 31 39 42 38  
DEWPT 28 29 30 33 34 33 30 30 28 26 27 32 31 30 29 29 29 26 26 29 28 26  
RH 92 88 92 85 76 73 79 82 85 85 85 79 62 65 72 78 82 81 81 67 57 62  
WIND DIR E NW W W W W W SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S SW S  
WIND SPD 2 1 2 4 9 6 5 3 3 3 3 5 9 8 8 6 5 4 5 6 10 8  
CLOUDS OV B2 B2 B1 B2 SC B1 B1 B2 B1 FW FW SC B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1  
POP 12HR 10 0 0 10 10  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN C  
SNOW C  
OBVIS PF PF PF PF  
WIND CHILL 37 35 31 29 36 32  
MIN CHILL 30 31 36 31 27 26 35 29 27 26 32  
WINTER WEATH Y Y Y Y  
 
DATE MON 01/05/26 TUE 01/06/26 WED 01/07/26 THU 01/08/26  
MST 6HRLY 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 24 39 22 36 24 35 16 30  
TEMP 31 27 34 36 28 25 32 34 31 28 32 31 24 19 25 27  
DEWPT 24 23 26 22 19 18 20 19 19 19 21 16 15 13 15 13  
PWIND DIR S SW SW SW SW SW W W  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT GN GN GN LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 10 20 10 5 10 20 20 20  
SNOW S S S S S S S  
 

 
IDZ010-022300-  
SALMON-LEMHI ID  
45.12N 113.88W ELEV. 4045 FT  
102 AM MST FRI JAN 2 2026  
 
DATE FRI 01/02/26 SAT 01/03/26 SUN 01/04/26  
MST 3HRLY 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17  
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 33 26 42 28 43  
TEMP 28 28 27 28 32 32 29 29 28 27 27 35 41 39 34 33 32 30 30 37 41 37  
DEWPT 27 28 27 28 28 27 26 26 26 26 26 34 35 33 30 29 29 28 27 33 31 29  
RH 96100100100 85 81 88 88 92 96 96 96 79 79 85 85 88 92 88 85 67 72  
WIND DIR E SE N E E S S SE SE SE S S S S S S S S S S S S  
WIND SPD 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 8 5  
CLOUDS OV OV B2 B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV SC SC SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 30 5 5 30 30  
QPF 12HR 0 0 0 0.01 0  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN C C S S S C C S S C C S  
SNOW C C S  
OBVIS PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF  
WIND CHILL 28 27 26 24 24 35  
MIN CHILL 28 27 30 25 22 22 34 27 24 23 32  
WINTER WEATH Y Y Y Y  
 
DATE MON 01/05/26 TUE 01/06/26 WED 01/07/26 THU 01/08/26  
MST 6HRLY 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 25 39 22 39 24 36 16 31  
TEMP 31 27 34 36 28 24 32 35 30 27 31 32 24 18 25 28  
DEWPT 26 25 29 26 23 21 26 24 23 23 25 21 18 15 18 16  
PWIND DIR S S SW SW S SW SW W  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B1 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1  
POP 12HR 20 20 5 5 20 40 20 20  
RAIN S S S S  
SNOW S S S S C C S S S  
 

 
MTZ004-022300-  
LOOKOUT PASS-MINERAL MT  
47.45N 115.67W ELEV. 6027 FT  
102 AM MST FRI JAN 2 2026  
 
DATE FRI 01/02/26 SAT 01/03/26 SUN 01/04/26  
MST 3HRLY 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17  
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 32 30 32 29 31  
TEMP 26 27 29 29 30 30 31 32 32 30 30 30 31 32 31 30 32 31 31 29 29 27  
DEWPT 26 27 29 28 29 30 31 32 32 30 29 30 31 31 30 29 30 29 31 29 29 27  
RH 100100100 96 96100100100100100 96100100 96 96 96 92 92100100100100  
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW  
WIND SPD 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 12 13 13 13 14 13 13 12  
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B2  
POP 12HR 100 50 60 80 90  
QPF 12HR 0.47 0.08 0.04 0.14 0.29  
SNOW 12HR 2 T T  
RAIN C C C C S C  
SNOW L L D D C C C C S C C L L L L D D D D D D D  
OBVIS F  
WIND CHILL 17 18 21 20 21 22 23 24 24 22 22 22 23 23 21 19 22 20 20 18 18 16  
MIN CHILL 17 20 21 23 22 22 22 19 20 18 16  
WINTER WEATH Y Y Y Y  
 
DATE MON 01/05/26 TUE 01/06/26 WED 01/07/26 THU 01/08/26  
MST 6HRLY 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17 23 05 11 17  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 25 27 21 26 22 25 17 20  
TEMP 28 27 25 24 25 24 23 22 26 26 22 20 21 19 17 19  
DEWPT 27 26 25 24 22 21 22 21 23 23 22 19 18 15 16 18  
PWIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  
WIND CHAR GN GN GN BZ BZ BZ GN GN  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 80 80 40 70 80 90 60 70  
SNOW D L D D C C L L D D D L L L L L  
 

 
IDZ006-022300-  
LOWELL-IDAHO ID  
46.15N 115.60W ELEV. 1575 FT  
1202 AM PST FRI JAN 2 2026  
 
DATE FRI 01/02/26 SAT 01/03/26 SUN 01/04/26  
PST 3HRLY 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16 19 22 01 04 07 10 13 16  
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 40 38 48 40 46  
TEMP 35 35 36 37 40 40 39 39 39 38 38 42 48 45 42 41 40 40 40 43 45 43  
DEWPT 35 35 36 37 39 40 39 39 39 38 38 41 44 43 41 40 40 40 40 42 42 42  
RH 100100100100 96100100100100100100 96 86 93 96 96100100100 96 89 96  
WIND DIR N N N SE E NE E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S  
WIND SPD 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 1  
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 100 20 30 50 80  
QPF 12HR 0.36 0.01 0 0.02 0.06  
SNOW 12HR 00-00 00-00 00-00  
RAIN D D D L C S C C C C C C C C D D D D L  
OBVIS F F F PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF PF  
WINTER WEATH Y Y Y Y  
 
DATE MON 01/05/26 TUE 01/06/26 WED 01/07/26 THU 01/08/26  
PST 6HRLY 22 04 10 16 22 04 10 16 22 04 10 16 22 04 10 16  
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00  
 
MIN/MAX 36 42 33 41 34 39 27 36  
TEMP 39 37 38 40 37 34 38 39 37 36 36 35 32 29 32 34  
DEWPT 38 37 38 39 36 33 35 37 36 35 34 32 30 27 29 31  
PWIND DIR S S SW S S SW S S  
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT  
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 OV B2 B1 B2 B2 B2  
POP 12HR 70 80 40 50 70 80 60 70  
RAIN L L L D C C C C C L D L C L  
SNOW C C D L C L L L  
 

 
 
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