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FWUS45 KTFX 312202
AVGTFX
AVALANCHE WEATHER GUIDANCE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
300 PM MST WED DEC 31 2025
..GLACIER NATIONAL PARK/MARIAS PASS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC BK SC SC SC SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 50 50 40 35 40 45 65 80 90 90 80 75 75 70 70 70
TEMPERATURE 33 31 31 30 28 27 31 33 30 29 28 28 28 28 31 32 31
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 33 27 33
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 19 18 17 14 12 11 11 12 13 13 13 14 16 17 18 20 20
WIND GUST (MPH) 40 39 36 31 33 36 39 42 47 46
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 30 30 40 40 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.02 0.09 0.13
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.9
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.9 5.1 5.1
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 100 100 50 50 33 33 25 25 20 20 14 14 14 14 16
..BOB MARSHALL/SCAPEGOAT WILDERNESS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER BK BK BK BK SC SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 55 65 65 45 40 45 70 85 90 90 85 85 80 75 75 75
TEMPERATURE 34 32 31 31 29 28 34 36 33 31 30 30 30 31 33 35 34
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 37 28 35
WIND DIR W W W W W W W W W W W W W SW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 11 11 11 9 8 6 6 6 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 16 16
WIND GUST (MPH) 29 31 28 28 32 36 41 40
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 30 30 40 40 60 60 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.02 0.08 0.09
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.5
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.9 5.3 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.6 6.1 6.2 6.1
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 100 100 50 50 50 50 25 25 20 20 16 16 16 16 16
..NEVADA MOUNTAINS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER OV OV OV BK SC SC SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 75 75 75 65 45 40 40 70 85 90 90 90 85 85 75 75 75
TEMPERATURE 35 34 33 32 30 28 33 35 33 32 32 31 32 32 34 36 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 36 30 37
WIND DIR SW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 9 10 9 8 6 5 5 6 6 9 9 10 10 11 11 13 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 31 32
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S 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 0.02 0.07 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.8 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.5 5.9 6.2 6.4 6.5
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 50 33 33 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
..ELKHORN/BOULDER MOUNTAINS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER BK BK SC SC SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 60 50 45 40 45 50 75 85 90 90 90 85 80 75 75 70
TEMPERATURE 36 34 33 32 29 28 34 36 33 31 30 30 31 31 35 37 35
MIN/MAX TEMP 27 36 29 37
WIND DIR W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 6 8 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 9 9 10 11 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 10 20 20 5 5 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.03 0.06 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.6 6.4 6.3 5.9 5.5 5.2 5.3 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.3 6.7 6.9 6.8
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 100 100 50 50 33 33 25 25 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
..BIG BELT MOUNTAINS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER BK BK SC SC SC SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 60 65 45 30 25 45 50 65 80 80 85 90 90 85 80 70 75
TEMPERATURE 38 37 36 34 31 30 36 38 35 34 33 32 33 33 35 38 37
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 39 31 38
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 10 11 10 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 12
WIND GUST (MPH) 27 31 32 33 31
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 20 20 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.03 0.13 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.0 4.6 4.7 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.9 6.3 6.5 6.6
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 100 100 50 50 50 50 33 33 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
..LITTLE BELT MOUNTAINS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW SC SC SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 15 10 30 25 50 50 50 70 80 80 85 85 80 70 65 60
TEMPERATURE 40 39 37 35 33 32 40 42 37 34 34 33 33 34 38 40 38
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 42 31 40
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W
WIND (MPH) 11 11 11 9 8 6 6 8 9 9 9 10 10 11 13 16 16
WIND GUST (MPH) 29 31 28 29 31 34 39 41
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 20 20 20 20 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.01 0.10 0.04
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.3 6.2 6.1 5.8 5.5 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.8 6.1 6.5 6.6 6.6
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 50 33 33 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
..HIGHWOOD MOUNTAINS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 10 10 15 20 35 45 35 65 80 85 85 75 80 65 65 60
TEMPERATURE 47 45 43 39 36 35 42 45 40 38 37 36 35 36 41 43 42
MIN/MAX TEMP 34 45 33 43
WIND DIR W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW W W SW W W W
WIND (MPH) 12 14 13 11 9 6 4 5 6 9 10 11 13 14 18 23 24
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.05
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.4 5.0 4.8 5.0 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.6 6.2 6.3 6.3
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 50 50 50 33 33 33 33 33 33 33
..SNOWY/JUDITH MOUNTAINS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW SC FW SC SC SC SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 25 20 30 35 40 40 45 65 80 85 85 85 85 70 60 65
TEMPERATURE 46 43 42 40 36 35 43 45 39 37 36 35 35 36 42 46 43
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 45 32 47
WIND DIR W W W W W W W SW SW SW W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 6 9 10 9 8 5 4 4 4 6 6 8 8 9 10 12 12
WIND GUST (MPH) 27 31 32
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 5 5 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE
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 0.00 0.04 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.6 5.2 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.7 6.3 6.5 6.4
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 50 50 50 50 50 33 33 33 33 33
..BEARS PAW MOUNTAINS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC BK OV OV OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 10 10 15 20 20 10 20 20 30 60 80 90 80 70 60 55 65
TEMPERATURE 41 39 38 35 31 30 37 39 34 31 31 30 30 30 37 39 37
MIN/MAX TEMP 28 40 26 39
WIND DIR W W W W W NW W SW SW S SW W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 5 5 8 8 5 3 3 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 9 11 11
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5
PRECIP TYPE
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 0.00 0.02 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.1 5.0 4.6 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.8 4.0 3.1 3.6 4.2 4.8 5.0
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 100 100 100 100 50 50 50 50 33 33 25 25 25 25 25
..CASTLE/CRAZY MOUNTAINS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW FW FW SC SC BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 15 20 20 30 35 55 65 60 80 90 85 90 90 85 75 60 65
TEMPERATURE 37 35 34 32 31 31 38 40 36 34 33 32 32 32 36 38 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 30 41 31 38
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 11 11 11 10 10 9 8 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 14 17 16
WIND GUST (MPH) 32 35 34 31 28 27 31 33 34 36 36 39 44 43
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 10 10 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.02 0.09 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.9 6.1 6.5 6.8 6.7
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 100 100 50 50 50 50 33 33 25 25 20 20 25 25 25
..BRIDGER RANGE
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC SC SC SC SC SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 50 30 40 35 45 60 70 75 90 90 90 90 85 80 65 65
TEMPERATURE 38 36 35 33 31 30 37 39 35 33 33 32 32 32 36 38 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 40 31 39
WIND DIR W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 8 9 9 10 12 11
WIND GUST (MPH) 29
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 20 30 30 10 10 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.03 0.13 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.4 6.3 5.9 5.6 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.8 6.0 6.3 6.6 6.9 6.8
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 100 100 50 50 33 33 25 25 25 25 20 20 25 25 25
..MADISON RANGE/SPANISH PEAKS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC SC SC SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 40 40 40 40 55 55 70 85 90 95 90 85 90 85 80 75 70
TEMPERATURE 31 29 28 27 25 24 29 30 28 27 27 28 28 27 30 32 30
MIN/MAX TEMP 23 31 26 32
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 11 11 11 10 10 9 10 11 12 12
WIND GUST (MPH) 27 27 29 28 29 27 26 27 29 29
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 50 50 60 60 40 40 10 10 10
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.06 0.02
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.13 0.20 0.04
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.2
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 1.2 1.8 0.3
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.4 6.1 5.9 5.5 5.2 4.8 5.1 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.7 6.8 7.1 7.2 7.0
SNOW DENSITY (%) 50 50 33 33 20 20 14 14 11 11 10 10 11 11 12 12 12
..GALLATIN RANGE/HYALITE MOUNTAINS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC SC SC SC BK SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 40 45 40 50 50 70 80 90 95 90 90 90 85 75 70 60
TEMPERATURE 35 32 30 28 26 25 31 34 31 29 28 28 28 28 32 35 33
MIN/MAX TEMP 24 35 27 36
WIND DIR SW SW S S S S S SW SW S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 11 12 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 50 50 50 50 30 30 10 10 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.01
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.07 0.15 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.6 1.0 0.2
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.8 6.3 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.0 5.4 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.7 6.8 7.1 7.3 7.1
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 50 50 33 33 20 20 14 14 12 12 12 12 14 14 14
..LIONHEAD RANGE
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC SC SC SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 35 45 35 60 65 80 85 95 95 90 90 95 90 80 80 85
TEMPERATURE 31 27 23 21 19 19 27 29 28 27 27 27 27 27 29 31 30
MIN/MAX TEMP 17 30 25 31
WIND DIR SW S SW S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 5 4 5 6 6 6 6 8 9 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 80 80 80 80 80 80 60 60 30
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.08 0.06 0.03 0.02
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.04 0.14 0.05
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.02 0.06 0.02
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.21 0.26 0.12
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.2
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.4 1.4 0.4
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.2
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 1.9 2.5 1.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.2 4.6 5.3 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.8 6.4 6.4 6.6 6.8 6.8
SNOW DENSITY (%) 50 50 25 25 14 14 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 12 12 12
..TOBACCO ROOT MOUNTAINS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC SC SC SC BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 40 40 40 55 55 70 85 90 95 95 90 90 85 75 60 60
TEMPERATURE 35 34 33 32 30 29 33 34 31 30 30 30 30 30 33 35 33
MIN/MAX TEMP 28 35 29 35
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 10 11 10 10 10 9 9 10 11 11 11 12 12 13 14 14 14
WIND GUST (MPH) 32
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 20 20 30 30 10 10 0 0 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.01
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.09 0.19 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.7 1.5 0.2
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.7 6.0 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.6 6.7 7.0 7.1 7.0
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 50 50 33 33 20 20 16 16 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
..SNOWCREST/GRAVELLY/RUBY/BLACKTAIL RANGES
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC SC SC SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 40 45 45 50 60 80 90 95 95 90 90 90 80 70 60 70
TEMPERATURE 30 28 27 26 25 25 29 31 28 27 28 28 28 28 32 34 31
MIN/MAX TEMP 24 31 27 34
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S SW S S SW S
WIND (MPH) 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 12 11 11 10 9 9 9 11 12 12
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 50 50 40 40 20 20 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.00 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.05 0.00
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.13 0.14 0.01
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 1.1 1.1 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.0 5.8 5.4 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.7 5.4 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.3 6.6 6.7 7.0 7.1 6.9
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 50 50 25 25 16 16 12 12 12 12 12 12 14 14 14
..CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC SC SC SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 35 35 45 40 50 55 80 90 95 95 90 90 90 90 80 80 85
TEMPERATURE 26 26 24 23 23 22 26 27 25 26 26 26 27 27 29 30 28
MIN/MAX TEMP 21 28 25 30
WIND DIR S S S S S S S S S S S S SW S S S S
WIND (MPH) 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 6 6 9 10 10
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 30 80 80 70 70 60 60 40 40 20
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.06 0.05 0.01 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.04 0.11 0.01
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.01
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.22 0.18 0.05
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.4 1.1 0.1
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 2.2 1.8 0.5
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.1 4.3 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.7 6.4 6.5 6.7 6.8 6.8
SNOW DENSITY (%) 50 50 33 33 16 16 11 11 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 12
..ANACONDA/HIGHLAND RANGES
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC SC SC SC BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 50 40 45 45 60 55 65 80 90 95 90 90 90 85 75 75 75
TEMPERATURE 39 35 31 29 26 25 30 33 30 29 29 29 30 30 32 34 32
MIN/MAX TEMP 24 33 28 34
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 8 9 8
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 20 20 30 30 40 40 40 40 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.01
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.08 0.14 0.06
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.6 1.0 0.4
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.4 5.1 4.9 5.1 5.5 5.6 5.7 6.0 6.2 6.6 6.6 6.8 7.0 7.0
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 50 50 33 33 25 25 20 20 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
..PIONEER MOUNTAINS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC SC SC SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 45 45 45 60 60 75 80 90 95 90 90 85 85 75 70 75
TEMPERATURE 37 33 31 29 27 27 32 34 31 30 29 29 30 29 32 34 32
MIN/MAX TEMP 26 35 28 34
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 9 10 11 10
WIND GUST (MPH) 26
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 30 30 30 30 10 10 10 10 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.01
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.08 0.10 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.6 0.8 0.2
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.9 6.7 6.3 5.8 5.7 5.4 5.6 6.0 5.9 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.8 6.9 7.1 7.2 7.1
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 50 50 33 33 20 20 16 16 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
..BEAVERHEAD/TENDOY MOUNTAINS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC SC SC SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 45 40 40 50 65 65 80 90 95 90 85 85 85 80 65 60 65
TEMPERATURE 34 31 29 28 26 25 30 31 28 27 28 28 29 29 32 34 31
MIN/MAX TEMP 24 31 27 34
WIND DIR SW S S SW SW SW S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 6 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 10 9
WIND GUST (MPH)
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 40 40 30 30 20 20 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.01
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.11 0.10 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.9 0.8 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.8 6.4 5.9 5.6 5.5 5.1 5.3 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.4 6.7 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.2 7.1
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 50 50 25 25 16 16 12 12 12 12 12 12 14 14 14
..ABSORAKA-BEARTOOTH/COOKE CITY MOUNTAINS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW SC SC SC SC SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 30 40 35 40 40 75 80 90 95 90 90 90 90 90 85 85
TEMPERATURE 25 23 21 20 19 19 26 28 25 24 24 24 24 24 27 29 27
MIN/MAX TEMP 19 29 23 29
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W SW
WIND (MPH) 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 11 13 13
WIND GUST (MPH) 32 33
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60 60 60 60 40 40 20 20 10
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.02
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.04
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.01
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.13 0.15 0.10
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.5
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 1.3 1.7 1.0
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.6 6.1 5.8 5.5 5.1 4.8 5.2 5.8 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.6 6.6 7.0 7.2 7.1
SNOW DENSITY (%) 25 25 16 16 12 12 10 10 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
..ABSORAKA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000FT NORTHEAST FACING
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW SC SC SC SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 25 40 40 40 40 50 65 75 90 95 90 90 90 85 70 55 55
TEMPERATURE 36 35 33 32 30 29 34 35 32 31 30 30 30 30 33 35 32
MIN/MAX TEMP 29 36 29 35
WIND DIR SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W SW
WIND (MPH) 16 17 17 16 16 14 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 16 18 18
WIND GUST (MPH) 35 35 35 33 31 35 33 32 32 33 32 34 39 42
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 40 40 40 40 20 20 10 10 5
PRECIP TYPE
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.01
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.06 0.09 0.03
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.5 0.7 0.3
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 7.5 7.2 6.9 6.6 6.1 5.7 5.9 6.3 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.5 6.8 6.9 7.2 7.3 7.1
SNOW DENSITY (%) 50 50 33 33 25 25 16 16 14 14 12 12 12 12 14 14 14
..ABSORAKA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6000FT WEST FACING
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER SC SC SC SC SC BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CLOUD COVER (%) 30 35 40 40 45 50 75 85 90 95 90 90 90 85 80 80 75
TEMPERATURE 30 27 25 24 23 22 29 32 29 28 27 27 27 27 31 33 31
MIN/MAX TEMP 22 32 26 33
WIND DIR SW SW S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
WIND (MPH) 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 10 12 12
WIND GUST (MPH) 33 35 35 33 33 29 27 29 31 29 29 29 31 31 33 35 40
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 50 50 50 50 40 40 20 20 5
PRECIP TYPE S S S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.01
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.01 0.05 0.03
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.01
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.12 0.16 0.06
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.3
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 1.0 1.4 0.5
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.4 5.9 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.7 5.1 5.8 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.6 6.7 7.0 7.1 7.0
SNOW DENSITY (%) 50 50 25 25 16 16 12 12 11 11 10 10 10 10 11 11 11
..CRAZY MOUNTAINS
DATE THURSDAY 01/01/26 FRIDAY 01/02/26
TIME (LT) 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17
5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P 8P 11P 2A 5A 8A 11A 2P 5P
CLOUD COVER FW SC SC SC SC BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK BK
CLOUD COVER (%) 20 30 35 40 45 60 60 60 80 90 90 90 90 85 75 60 55
TEMPERATURE 37 36 35 34 33 34 39 41 37 35 34 32 32 32 35 37 36
MIN/MAX TEMP 32 42 31 38
WIND DIR W W W W W W SW SW SW W W W W W W W W
WIND (MPH) 14 16 16 14 13 11 10 11 12 13 14 16 16 16 17 19 18
WIND GUST (MPH) 33 36 36 33 31 32 35 35 39 39 40 46 44
PRECIP PROB (%) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 20 20 20 10 10 5 5 0
PRECIP TYPE S S S S
6 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.00
12 HOUR QPF 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01
LOW END QPF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
HIGH END QPF 0.00 0.02 0.08 0.02
6 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0
12 HOUR SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
LOW END SNOW 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HIGH END SNOW 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.1
SNOW LEVEL (KFT) 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.3 6.3 5.9 5.7 6.0 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.8 7.0 6.9
SNOW DENSITY (%) 100 100 100 100 50 50 33 33 25 25 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
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CODE TYPE
T THUNDERSTORMS
R RAIN
S SNOW
I SLEET
Z FREEZING RAIN
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