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CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA AREA FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1252 PM MDT TUE MAY 12 2026
MTZ301>314-316>318-130000-
CENTRAL MONTANA-
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1252 PM MDT TUE MAY 12 2026
...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING FOR EAST GLACIER PARK REGION...NORTHERN HIGH
PLAINS...EASTERN GLACIER, WESTERN TOOLE, AND CENTRAL
PONDERA...SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT...SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS...
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN TOOLE AND
LIBERTY...CASCADE COUNTY BELOW 5000FT...JUDITH BASIN COUNTY AND
JUDITH GAP...
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR HILL COUNTY...NORTHERN BLAINE
COUNTY...WESTERN AND CENTRAL CHOUTEAU COUNTY...BEARS PAW
MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN BLAINE...FERGUS COUNTY BELOW
4500FT...SNOWY AND JUDITH MOUNTAINS...
REST OF TODAY...SUNNY. HIGHS 75 TO 80
60 TO 70 IN THE
MOUNTAINS.
TONIGHT
PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 45 TO 50.
WEDNESDAY
INCREASING CLOUDS. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. HIGHS 80 TO 90...65 TO 75 IN THE
MOUNTAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THURSDAY
PARTLY CLOUDY. COOLER. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS
35 TO 45. HIGHS 60 TO 70.
FRIDAY
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 35 TO 45. HIGHS 60 TO 70.
SATURDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS 35 TO 40.
HIGHS 55 TO 65.
MTZ315-319>330-130000-
SOUTHWEST MONTANA-
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1252 PM MDT TUE MAY 12 2026
...HIGH WIND WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING FOR UPPER BLACKFOOT AND MACDONALD PASS...
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR HELENA VALLEY...
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR CANYON FERRY AREA...MISSOURI
HEADWATERS...MADISON RIVER VALLEY...GALLATIN VALLEY...NORTHWEST
BEAVERHEAD COUNTY...BEAVERHEAD AND WESTERN MADISON BELOW
6000FT...RUBY MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN BEAVERHEAD
MOUNTAINS...GALLATIN AND MADISON COUNTY MOUNTAINS AND CENTENNIAL
MOUNTAINS...
REST OF TODAY...SUNNY. HIGHS 75 TO 85
65 TO 75 IN THE
MOUNTAINS.
TONIGHT
PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS
45 TO 50.
WEDNESDAY
INCREASING CLOUDS. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGHS
80 TO 90...65 TO 75 IN THE MOUNTAINS. SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO
30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THURSDAY
MOSTLY CLEAR. COOLER. LOWS 30 TO 40. HIGHS 55 TO 65.
FRIDAY
MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 35 TO 40. HIGHS 55 TO 65.
SATURDAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. LOWS
30 TO 40. HIGHS 50 TO 60.
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