Office: BYZ

AWUS85 KBYZ 231023
RWSMT

MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
423 AM MDT TUE SEP 23 2008

A DISTURBANCE WORKING ACROSS THE STATE GENERATED SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION
WAS NOT OVERLY HEAVY WITH REPORTS OF TWELVE HUNDREDTHS /0.12/ AT
LEWISTOWN AND BAKER...AND A TENTH OF AN INCH /0.10/ AT
LIVINGSTON. SOME OF THE SHOWERS PRODUCED STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS
NEAR 50 MPH REPORTED AT BILLINGS...44 MPH AT LIVINGSTON AND
JORDAN...ALONG WITH 40 MPH AT BOZEMAN. SOME COLD AIR SPILLED INTO
THE STATE WITH READINGS FALLING INTO THE 30S OVER PARTS OF WEST
AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA.

AT 4 AM MDT...A LINE OF SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM HAVRE TO NORTH OF
MILES CITY. SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE ALSO FORMING OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL MONTANA SOUTH AND EAST OF BILLINGS. THE PRECIPITATION WAS
MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 48 DEGREES AT
HAVRE...JORDAN AND SIDNEY TO 35 AT BUTTE...DILLON AND BOZEMAN.
WINDS WERE GENERALLY WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS
OF 44 MPH REPORTED AT BILLINGS AND 29 MPH AT JORDAN.

FOR TODAY...SHOWERS WILL WORK ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN MONTANA
THIS MORNING. THE SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE
DAY WEARS ON. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED.
TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY TOP OUT IN THE 60S.


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WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS






Office: GGW

AWUS85 KGGW 232128
RWSGGW

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
330 PM MDT TUE SEP 23 2008

THIS IS THE REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF
MONTANA...SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

A VERY SLOW MOVING DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER
OF THE REGION THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. OTHERWISE...CLEARING
SKIES WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE 30S AND 40S FOR MOST
LOCATIONS TONIGHT.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS
IN THE 40S...AND AFTERNOON HIGHS FROM THE MID 70S TO MID 80S.

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Office: TFX

AWUS85 KTFX 232123
RWSMT

MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
330 PM MDT TUE SEP 23 2008

AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS...CONTINUES
TO BRING CLOUDY SKIES ALONG WITH AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN ACROSS NORTH
EAST MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES WERE MOSTLY SUNNY ACROSS THE
SOUTH THROUGH THE WEST AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
WAS BUILDING OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.

TEMPERATURES WERE MOSTLY IN THE 50S ACROSS MONTANA. AS OF
3 PM...TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 44 AT EAST GLACIER TO 63 AT
BILLINGS.

WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WERE COMMON ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND
EASTERN MONTANA WITH LIGHTER SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS SOUTHWEST
MONTANA AND WEST OF THE DIVIDE.

TONIGHT WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR AND QUITE COOL WITH AREAS OF
SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES TOWARD MORNING. LOWS WILL BE MOSTLY
IN THE 30S AND LOWER 40S...EXCEPT FOR UPPER TEENS AND 20S
ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE ROCKIES AND SOME OF THE HIGHER
SOUTHWEST VALLEYS.

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WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS