281  
FPUS65 KTFX 221744  
AFPTFX  
 
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA AREA FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT  
1143 AM MDT WED APR 22 2026  
 
MTZ301>314-316>318-230000-  
CENTRAL MONTANA-  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT  
1143 AM MDT WED APR 22 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS  
EVENING TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR EAST GLACIER PARK  
REGION...NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS...  
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH  
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN TOOLE AND LIBERTY...HILL  
COUNTY...NORTHERN BLAINE COUNTY...WESTERN AND CENTRAL CHOUTEAU  
COUNTY...  
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS  
EVENING TO NOON MDT FRIDAY FOR SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN  
FRONT...GATES OF THE MOUNTAINS...  
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT  
TONIGHT TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR BEARS PAW MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN  
BLAINE...  
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH  
THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR JUDITH BASIN COUNTY AND JUDITH GAP...  
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO  
6 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR FERGUS COUNTY BELOW 4500FT...SNOWY AND  
JUDITH MOUNTAINS...  
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MDT THIS  
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR LITTLE BELT AND HIGHWOOD  
MOUNTAINS...  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
PARTLY CLOUDY LATE IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING  
MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
AFTERNOON. HIGHS 70 TO 80...55 TO 65 IN THE MOUNTAINS. WEST WINDS  
20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.    
TONIGHT
 
CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.  
RAIN AND SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. LOWS 25 TO 30...20 TO 25 IN THE MOUNTAINS. NORTHWEST  
WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.    
THURSDAY
 
MOSTLY CLOUDY. COOLER. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. CHANCE OF  
SNOW THROUGH THE DAY. HIGHS 35 TO 45...25 TO 35 IN THE MOUNTAINS.  
NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.    
FRIDAY
 
MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS 20 TO 25. HIGHS  
30 TO 40.    
SATURDAY
 
MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS 15 TO 25.  
HIGHS 35 TO 40.    
SUNDAY
 
MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS 15 TO 20.  
HIGHS 35 TO 45.  
 

 
 
MTZ315-319>330-230000-  
SOUTHWEST MONTANA-  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT  
1143 AM MDT WED APR 22 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS  
EVENING TO NOON MDT FRIDAY FOR UPPER BLACKFOOT AND MACDONALD  
PASS...ELKHORN AND BOULDER MOUNTAINS...NORTHWEST BEAVERHEAD  
COUNTY...RUBY MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN BEAVERHEAD MOUNTAINS...  
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO  
6 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR BIG BELT, BRIDGER AND CASTLE MOUNTAINS...  
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR  
MISSOURI HEADWATERS...BEAVERHEAD AND WESTERN MADISON BELOW  
6000FT...  
...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS  
EVENING FOR MADISON RIVER VALLEY...  
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING  
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR GALLATIN VALLEY...  
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM  
MDT THURSDAY FOR GALLATIN AND MADISON COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND  
CENTENNIAL MOUNTAINS...  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS LATE IN THE  
MORNING. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY. RAIN SHOWERS  
AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS 50 TO 60...40 TO 50 IN  
THE MOUNTAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.   
TONIGHT
 
CLOUDY. SNOW AND RAIN THROUGH THE NIGHT. PATCHY  
BLOWING SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS 25 TO 35...20 TO 30 IN THE  
MOUNTAINS. WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE  
EVENING.    
THURSDAY
 
MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. CHANCE OF SNOW IN  
THE MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN  
THE AFTERNOON, THEN SNOW IN THE EVENING. HIGHS 35 TO 40...25 TO  
35 IN THE MOUNTAINS. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO  
35 MPH.    
FRIDAY
 
SNOW LIKELY. LOWS 15 TO 25. HIGHS 30 TO 40.    
SATURDAY
 
PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS 10 TO 20.  
HIGHS 30 TO 40.    
SUNDAY
 
MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS 15 TO 25. HIGHS  
35 TO 45.  
 

 
 
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