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FWUS45 KTFX 152201
AVGTFX
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
400 PM MDT SUN MAR 15 2026
..GLACIER NATIONAL PARK/MARIAS PASS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 80 90 85 80 85 85 85 85 80 80 65 55 60 65 70 75
TEMPERATURE 19 16 17 19 22 25 30 33 34 35 35 36 37 36 38 40 39
MIN/MAX TEMP 16 36 34 40
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 14 14 16 20 27 32 34 36 36 36 39 43 42 37 34 32 29
WIND GUST (MPH) 33 32 35 46 62 70 73 78 81 82 89 97 95 87 74 70 64
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 50 50 20 20 20 20 30 30 50
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S S S S R S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.01 0.01
12 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.05 0.05 0.02
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.06 0.12 0.07 0.14
6 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.2 0.2 0.8 1.5 2.2 3.2 4.8 6.2 7.5 7.4 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.7 7.2 7.4
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 7 9 14 20 25 33 33 33 50 33 25 25 25 33
..BOB MARSHALL/SCAPEGOAT WILDERNESS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV SC SC SC BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 75 85 85 75 75 75 80 85 80 70 50 50 50 55 60 65
TEMPERATURE 20 16 17 19 23 28 33 36 36 36 35 36 37 37 40 42 40
MIN/MAX TEMP 15 37 35 42
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W SW W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 10 10 13 18 21 25 27 28 28 28 34 36 33 28 26 24
WIND GUST (MPH) 31 27 33 46 57 67 74 79 80 78 80 82 78 67 63 57
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 10 50 40 40 50 40 40 60 60 20 20 30 30 40 40 40
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S R S S S S S S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01
12 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.02
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.05 0.07 0.03 0.08
6 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.4 0.3 1.3 2.1 3.1 4.3 5.8 7.1 8.2 8.3 6.8 6.2 6.7 7.1 7.4 7.9 7.8
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 6 8 11 20 33 33 50 33 50 50 50 33 33 33
..NEVADA MOUNTAINS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC SC BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 80 90 90 90 90 80 85 90 85 80 55 50 45 50 50 60
TEMPERATURE 23 19 20 21 25 29 33 36 38 38 37 38 38 40 42 45 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 19 38 37 46
WIND DIR W W SW W W W W W W SW SW SW W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 8 10 12 17 19 21 23 23 23 23 26 29 27 25 24 21
WIND GUST (MPH) 28 29 39 43 46 48 49 48 47 56 61 61 54 49 46
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 40 40 30 40 40 40 50 50 10 10 20 20 20 20 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S R R S S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.01
12 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.02
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.05 0.07 0.03 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.9 0.9 1.5 2.2 3.2 4.3 5.8 7.2 8.5 8.5 7.1 6.1 6.5 7.2 7.7 8.2 8.1
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 6 7 10 20 33 50 50 33 33 50 50 50 50 50
..ELKHORN/BOULDER MOUNTAINS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK SC SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 80 90 90 85 90 80 80 85 85 75 65 55 50 50 50 60
TEMPERATURE 23 19 19 21 25 29 36 40 40 38 35 36 36 39 46 49 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 18 41 35 49
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 5 6 9 11 13 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 19 20 19 17
WIND GUST (MPH) 26 28 33 37 41 40 39 41 42 46 44 46 41 39
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 30 30 30 30 30 20 30 30 5 5 5 5 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.06 0.05 0.01 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.3 1.5 2.0 2.9 3.9 5.1 6.6 7.6 8.6 8.5 7.6 6.3 6.3 6.6 7.7 8.2 8.3
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 6 7 9 14 25 33 33 33 33 33 50 50 50 50
..BIG BELT MOUNTAINS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 75 85 90 85 85 80 80 85 90 85 80 75 75 75 75 75
TEMPERATURE 23 19 20 21 24 28 34 38 39 39 38 39 39 40 45 47 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 18 40 38 48
WIND DIR W W SW SW SW SW SW W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W
WIND (MPH) 9 6 9 11 14 17 18 20 20 20 21 23 21 20 20 20 19
WIND GUST (MPH) 27 28 34 41 46 49 49 51 50 52 51 47 48 46 41
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 30 40 30 30 40 40 60 60 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S R R R S S S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.07 0.08 0.05 0.06 0.01 0.01 0.01
12 HOUR QPF 0.07 0.13 0.07 0.02
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.14 0.19 0.10 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 1.2 1.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 1.2 1.1 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 1.9 1.4 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.6 0.6 1.2 1.9 2.8 3.9 5.4 7.1 8.6 8.7 7.7 6.5 6.3 6.5 7.4 8.2 8.3
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 6 7 10 16 33 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 100 100
..LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 65 75 80 75 80 75 75 75 80 70 60 65 70 65 65 70
TEMPERATURE 20 15 16 18 22 28 35 39 40 39 38 40 40 41 44 46 46
MIN/MAX TEMP 14 41 38 47
WIND DIR W W SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 5 8 10 12 14 18 20 23 24 26 29 29 27 26 25 23
WIND GUST (MPH) 26 25 29 36 39 43 48 50 54 59 66 69 69 57 55 51
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 10 30 20 30 40 30 70 70 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S R S S S S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.03 0.05 0.02 0.06 0.01 0.01 0.01
12 HOUR QPF 0.03 0.07 0.07 0.02
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.06 0.15 0.09 0.05
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.5 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.3 0.2 0.7 1.7 2.8 4.2 5.7 6.9 8.4 8.7 8.0 6.7 6.6 6.9 7.8 8.3 8.3
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 5 6 8 14 25 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 100 100
..HIGHWOOD MOUNTAINS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC BK OV OV OV BK BK BK BK OV BK BK BK BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 65 80 75 80 70 65 60 65 70 60 65 65 70 65 65 65
TEMPERATURE 20 16 17 20 24 30 35 39 40 40 40 42 42 44 46 48 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 15 41 40 49
WIND DIR W SW W W W W W W W SW W W SW SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 8 9 10 12 16 18 21 26 29 33 37 40 39 37 34 33 31
WIND GUST (MPH) 40 46 50 55 62 66 66 65 58 54 49
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 20 10 20 20 20 50 50 30 30 20 20 20 20 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S R R R R S R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01
12 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.02
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.03 0.07 0.05 0.04
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.5 2.3 3.8 5.2 6.6 8.4 8.9 8.0 6.7 6.6 7.1 7.8 8.1 8.1
SNOW DENSITY (%) 6 5 5 5 7 11 20 50 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
..SNOWY/JUDITH MOUNTAINS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK SC BK BK SC SC SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 55 80 85 80 85 80 80 60 65 60 45 55 60 50 50 50
TEMPERATURE 20 13 14 16 20 26 36 40 42 40 39 41 43 44 49 51 49
MIN/MAX TEMP 10 43 38 51
WIND DIR NW W SW W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 4 5 8 8 9 9 10 13 17 21 25 28 33 33 28 27 24
WIND GUST (MPH) 26 29 36 46 50 57 64 67 69 59 56 54
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 5 5 5 10 10 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE S R R R R R R R R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.6 3.1 5.0 6.5 7.9 8.6 8.8 6.8 6.7 7.4 8.2 8.3 8.3
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 6 5 5 6 8 14 33 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
..BEARS PAW MOUNTAINS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC SC OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV BK SC SC BK SC SC BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 50 80 80 70 80 75 75 65 70 55 50 50 50 45 50 55
TEMPERATURE 19 13 14 15 17 23 32 37 39 38 37 40 42 43 48 51 50
MIN/MAX TEMP 10 41 36 51
WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 4 5 5 6 8 10 13 18 23 28 34 35 33 29 28 27
WIND GUST (MPH) 36 41 49 57 58 59 55 52 48
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 5 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 1.6 3.4 5.1 7.3 8.1 8.0 6.7 6.3 6.7 7.3 7.4 7.5
SNOW DENSITY (%) 6 6 5 5 6 7 11 25 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
..CASTLE/CRAZY MOUNTAINS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 70 80 85 85 85 80 80 75 85 75 55 60 65 65 65 75
TEMPERATURE 21 16 17 18 22 26 33 37 39 38 38 38 39 40 45 48 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 15 39 38 48
WIND DIR W W SW SW SW SW W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 12 8 9 11 13 17 21 24 24 24 24 27 27 27 28 28 25
WIND GUST (MPH) 32 32 41 48 56 59 62 63 64 69 71 70 66 65 61
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 10 30 30 40 40 30 60 60 20 20 20 20 20 20 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S R R S S S S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.04 0.10 0.05 0.11 0.01 0.00 0.01
12 HOUR QPF 0.04 0.15 0.12 0.01
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.09 0.27 0.15 0.05
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.7 1.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.7 1.7 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 1.2 2.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.3 0.3 0.8 1.8 2.7 3.9 5.5 6.9 8.2 8.4 8.1 6.8 6.5 6.7 7.5 8.4 8.4
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 5 6 7 11 20 33 33 50 50 33 50 50 50 100
..BRIDGER RANGE
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 65 80 90 90 85 75 80 75 85 80 70 75 75 75 80 80
TEMPERATURE 23 18 19 20 23 27 33 39 40 39 39 39 40 41 46 50 49
MIN/MAX TEMP 18 41 38 51
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W SW W W SW SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 10 5 6 9 12 14 18 18 18 19 20 23 21 20 23 23 20
WIND GUST (MPH) 29 26 33 36 42 44 44 44 49 56 54 49 49 50 47
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 20 40 30 40 40 50 60 60 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S R R S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.06 0.10 0.05 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.06 0.15 0.12 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.03 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.14 0.24 0.14 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 1.0 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 1.0 1.5 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 2.0 1.7 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.6 0.5 1.1 2.1 3.1 4.2 5.6 7.0 8.4 8.5 8.2 6.9 6.5 6.6 7.4 8.3 8.5
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 5 6 7 12 25 33 33 50 50 50 50 50 100 100
..MADISON RANGE/SPANISH PEAKS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 70 80 90 90 85 80 75 85 85 80 70 65 50 55 65 70
TEMPERATURE 20 16 16 17 21 24 30 35 36 34 32 33 33 35 42 45 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 14 36 31 46
WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 9 6 8 10 12 12 13 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 14 14 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 26 31 33 35 35 34 35 34 36 36 39 40 37 33
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 20 40 50 40 40 40 50 50 5 5 0 0 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.04 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.06 0.10 0.06 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.12 0.20 0.07 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 1.1 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 1.1 1.2 0.2 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 1.9 1.5 0.3 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.3 1.4 2.4 3.3 4.1 5.0 6.3 7.5 8.4 8.6 8.4 7.1 6.8 7.0 7.7 8.3 8.7
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 12 16 20 25 25 25 25 33 50 50
..GALLATIN RANGE/HYALITE MOUNTAINS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 65 85 95 90 90 85 80 85 85 80 75 70 60 65 75 75
TEMPERATURE 20 15 15 17 21 25 32 37 38 36 35 35 35 37 44 47 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 13 38 34 47
WIND DIR W SW SW SW W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 9 6 8 10 12 13 14 16 16 14 16 17 17 16 17 17 14
WIND GUST (MPH) 32 35 36 35 34 34 37 37 37 41 40 34
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 20 40 50 40 50 40 60 60 10 10 5 5 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.07 0.10 0.07 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.07 0.17 0.07 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.14 0.25 0.08 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 1.2 1.5 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 1.2 2.0 0.2 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 1.9 2.3 0.2 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.9 0.9 2.0 3.2 4.2 5.2 6.5 7.6 8.5 8.7 8.5 7.0 6.7 6.9 7.8 8.3 8.7
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 5 6 7 9 14 20 25 33 33 33 33 50 50 50
..LIONHEAD RANGE
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER FW BK OV OV OV OV BK BK OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 60 75 85 85 80 70 60 70 80 85 65 65 60 55 55 70
TEMPERATURE 25 20 19 19 20 21 28 34 36 34 31 32 32 33 42 47 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 17 37 29 48
WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 11 8 8 8 10 11 12 12 13 11 10 10 10 10 11 12 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 29
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 20 40 50 40 40 30 60 60 10 10 5 5 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.04 0.05 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.04 0.07 0.02 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.10 0.11 0.02 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.8 0.9 0.1 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 1.6 1.2 0.1 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.9 1.9 2.2 2.7 2.9 3.2 4.3 5.7 7.0 7.8 8.3 7.4 7.2 7.1 7.6 8.3 8.7
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 10 14 25 33 33 33 33 33 50 100
..TOBACCO ROOT MOUNTAINS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 70 85 95 85 85 70 75 90 90 80 70 60 45 60 65 70
TEMPERATURE 22 19 20 21 25 28 35 40 39 37 35 35 35 38 46 49 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 18 41 34 49
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 10 8 10 12 16 18 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 23 23 21
WIND GUST (MPH) 29 36 40 43 43 44 43 42 43 43 44 50 48 44
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 30 30 20 10 10 30 30 30 5 5 0 0 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.06 0.05 0.03 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.5 1.7 2.5 3.4 4.4 5.3 6.8 8.0 8.8 8.9 8.2 7.0 6.6 6.8 7.6 8.2 8.5
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 6 7 8 12 16 25 33 25 25 25 33 50 50 50
..SNOWCREST/GRAVELLY/RUBY/BLACKTAIL RANGES
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 70 85 85 85 75 75 75 85 85 70 55 40 40 55 60 65
TEMPERATURE 25 21 21 22 24 28 36 40 40 37 34 34 34 37 47 50 48
MIN/MAX TEMP 20 41 32 51
WIND DIR W W SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 11 6 6 8 10 12 16 17 14 12 11 12 12 13 17 18 14
WIND GUST (MPH) 34 35 33 31 29 29 29 32 39 39 34
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 10 20 20 20 10 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.05 0.07 0.02 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.9 2.2 2.9 3.6 4.4 5.2 6.6 7.9 8.8 9.0 8.4 7.3 6.9 7.0 7.7 8.3 8.7
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 6 7 8 11 20 25 33 33 33 33 50 50 100 100
..CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC SC BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 60 75 85 80 75 75 70 75 80 70 55 45 50 50 60 70
TEMPERATURE 24 21 20 20 22 24 30 35 36 34 31 32 31 33 41 45 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 18 37 29 47
WIND DIR W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W SW S S S SW SW
WIND (MPH) 14 9 8 8 9 10 14 14 13 11 10 10 9 10 13 13 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 5 20 30 30 30 20 30 30 30 5 5 0 0 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.04 0.05 0.01 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.1 2.1 2.7 3.0 3.6 4.2 5.3 6.6 8.1 8.8 8.6 7.6 7.1 7.0 7.6 8.3 8.8
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 5 6 7 8 12 20 33 33 33 33 33 50 50 100
..ANACONDA/HIGHLAND RANGES
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK SC SC SC BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 80 85 85 75 80 70 70 85 75 50 45 45 35 50 60 55
TEMPERATURE 25 21 21 23 25 29 36 39 39 36 34 34 34 37 45 47 45
MIN/MAX TEMP 20 40 32 47
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W SW SW W SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 9 5 5 6 9 11 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 17 17 14
WIND GUST (MPH) 29 39 39 37 36 36 39 40 43 50 46 41
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 40 50 70 50 40 30 50 40 40 5 5 0 0 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.02 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.07 0.07 0.01 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.13 0.09 0.01 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 1.0 0.6 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 1.9 0.6 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.3 2.5 3.0 3.7 4.6 5.5 6.9 7.8 8.4 8.3 7.5 6.6 6.3 6.6 7.6 8.1 8.3
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 6 7 10 14 25 25 33 33 33 33 33 33 50 50
..PIONEER MOUNTAINS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC OV OV OV OV OV BK BK OV OV SC SC SC SC SC BK SC
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 80 85 85 75 75 65 65 75 80 50 45 35 30 50 60 50
TEMPERATURE 23 20 20 21 25 28 34 38 38 36 33 34 34 36 43 46 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 19 39 32 46
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 8 8 10 13 16 18 19 19 18 17 18 19 20 21 20 18
WIND GUST (MPH) 31 25 27 31 39 46 54 54 51 49 48 52 56 63 65 56 47
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 30 40 50 20 20 10 20 30 30 5 5 0 0 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.07 0.06 0.01 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.8 0.3 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.4 2.5 3.2 3.9 4.8 5.8 7.0 7.9 8.6 8.5 7.6 6.7 6.5 6.8 7.6 8.2 8.4
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 6 7 9 12 20 25 25 25 25 33 33 33 50 50
..BEAVERHEAD/TENDOY MOUNTAINS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC OV OV OV OV BK BK BK OV OV BK SC SC SC SC BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 80 85 80 75 70 60 65 75 75 50 45 30 30 45 50 50
TEMPERATURE 25 22 22 23 25 28 36 40 40 36 33 34 34 36 46 49 47
MIN/MAX TEMP 21 41 32 49
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 11 6 8 8 10 11 14 17 16 14 13 13 13 13 17 19 17
WIND GUST (MPH) 28 28 29 35 36 37 34 32 32 32 33 40 41 37
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 0 0 0 0 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.04 0.04 0.01 0.00
6 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 2.6 2.9 3.5 4.1 4.9 5.7 7.1 8.1 9.0 8.9 8.1 7.2 6.9 7.0 7.6 8.3 8.6
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 6 6 7 9 14 25 25 33 33 33 33 50 50 50 100
..ABSORAKA-BEARTOOTH/COOKE CITY MOUNTAINS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 50 75 85 90 85 85 85 85 90 85 75 60 65 60 65 75
TEMPERATURE 13 7 8 10 14 17 25 30 31 29 28 29 29 30 36 39 38
MIN/MAX TEMP 6 31 27 39
WIND DIR NW W W W W SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 11 8 8 9 11 12 16 17 16 16 14 16 16 17 19 19 17
WIND GUST (MPH) 29 36 37 37 37 37 41 42 43 46 44 40
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 10 30 50 60 60 50 70 70 20 20 10 10 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.04 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.01 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.04 0.23 0.13 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.01 0.06 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.09 0.33 0.13 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.7 1.8 1.6 1.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.7 3.4 1.2 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 1.1 3.6 1.2 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.7 0.5 1.4 2.5 3.4 4.2 5.8 7.0 7.8 7.8 8.2 7.4 6.8 7.1 7.9 8.5 8.8
SNOW DENSITY (%) 6 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 9 10 12 12 12 14 20 25 33
..ABSORAKA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000FT NORTHEAST FACING
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 55 80 90 90 90 85 75 80 80 70 60 65 70 65 60 65
TEMPERATURE 15 10 12 14 19 24 30 35 35 34 34 35 35 37 41 44 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 9 36 33 44
WIND DIR NW W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 12 11 12 14 18 20 21 23 24 25 25 27 28 28 28 26 24
WIND GUST (MPH) 33 28 32 35 44 47 51 49 52 56 56 64 71 72 70 62 54
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 20 40 40 60 40 60 60 20 20 10 10 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.04 0.03 0.05 0.01 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.01 0.07 0.06 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.04 0.14 0.07 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.2 0.9 0.3 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.6 0.4 1.3 2.6 3.7 4.9 6.3 7.5 8.3 8.5 8.8 7.3 6.8 7.3 8.2 8.7 8.9
SNOW DENSITY (%) 6 5 5 5 6 7 9 12 16 20 25 25 33 33 50 50 50
..ABSORAKA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000FT WEST FACING
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 55 80 85 90 80 80 75 80 85 80 70 65 60 60 65 70
TEMPERATURE 20 15 15 16 19 22 29 34 35 34 32 33 33 34 42 45 44
MIN/MAX TEMP 12 36 31 45
WIND DIR W W SW SW SW SW SW W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 10 6 8 9 11 12 14 14 14 14 13 14 14 14 16 17 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 36 29 28 33 42 47 51 49 54 55 55 58 61 64 64 57 51
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 10 30 50 50 50 50 60 60 10 10 0 0 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.04 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.04 0.15 0.07 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.01 0.03 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.10 0.25 0.09 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.8 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.8 1.9 0.4 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 1.3 2.7 0.5 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 1.1 1.0 1.9 2.8 3.6 4.4 5.8 7.0 7.8 8.1 8.3 7.3 6.9 7.1 7.8 8.4 8.7
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 10 12 16 20 20 25 25 33 50 50
..CRAZY MOUNTAINS
DATE MONDAY 03/16/26 TUESDAY 03/17/26
TIME (LT) 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18
6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P 9P 12 3A 6A 9A 12 3P 6P
CLOUD COVER SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK BK BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 60 80 90 85 80 75 75 75 80 70 55 60 65 65 60 65
TEMPERATURE 19 14 16 17 22 26 32 36 38 38 37 38 38 40 43 46 46
MIN/MAX TEMP 14 39 36 47
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 13 9 11 13 19 23 26 29 31 32 33 36 37 36 36 35 32
WIND GUST (MPH) 35 26 34 43 51 59 63 67 71 74 79 82 82 74 70 65
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 5 30 30 40 40 30 60 60 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S R R S S S S R R R
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.03 0.09 0.07 0.12 0.01 0.01 0.01
12 HOUR QPF 0.03 0.16 0.13 0.02
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.07 0.30 0.14 0.04
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.6 1.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.6 1.7 0.2 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 1.2 1.8 0.3 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 0.3 0.4 0.9 2.0 3.0 4.2 5.7 7.0 8.4 8.6 8.4 6.9 6.7 7.0 7.9 8.5 8.6
SNOW DENSITY (%) 5 5 5 5 6 7 11 16 25 33 33 33 50 50 50 50 100
--- PRECIP TYPE CODES ---
CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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