000
AWUS85 KBYZ 151053
RWSMT

MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
353 AM MST THU JAN 15 2009

AN ARCTIC FRONT STRETCHED NORTH/SOUTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS
OF THE STATE DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW WAS REPORTED ALONG THIS FRONT DURING THE EVENING
BUT BEGAN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT...TEMPERATURES WEST OF THIS BOUNDARY WERE MILD WITH
READINGS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S. HOWEVER...EAST OF THE
FRONT...TEMPERATURES WERE VERY COLD WITH MOST LOCATIONS ACROSS
THE FAR EAST AND NORTHEAST AREAS REPORTING TEENS BELOW ZERO TO
AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO. WINDS WERE NOT MUCH OF A FACTOR OVERNIGHT
WITH MOST LOCATIONS REPORTING IN THE 5 TO 15 MPH RANGE.

FOR TODAY...SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY WEST WITH A CHANCE FOR
SOME MORNING FREEZING FOG. SKIES WILL BE CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR VERY LIGHT SNOW FOR THE EAST. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 30S
AND 40S WEST...WITH TEENS AND 20S ACROSS THE EAST.


$$
WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS

000
AWUS85 KBYZ 151053
RWSMT

MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
353 AM MST THU JAN 15 2009

AN ARCTIC FRONT STRETCHED NORTH/SOUTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS
OF THE STATE DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW WAS REPORTED ALONG THIS FRONT DURING THE EVENING
BUT BEGAN TO DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT...TEMPERATURES WEST OF THIS BOUNDARY WERE MILD WITH
READINGS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S. HOWEVER...EAST OF THE
FRONT...TEMPERATURES WERE VERY COLD WITH MOST LOCATIONS ACROSS
THE FAR EAST AND NORTHEAST AREAS REPORTING TEENS BELOW ZERO TO
AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO. WINDS WERE NOT MUCH OF A FACTOR OVERNIGHT
WITH MOST LOCATIONS REPORTING IN THE 5 TO 15 MPH RANGE.

FOR TODAY...SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY WEST WITH A CHANCE FOR
SOME MORNING FREEZING FOG. SKIES WILL BE CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR VERY LIGHT SNOW FOR THE EAST. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 30S
AND 40S WEST...WITH TEENS AND 20S ACROSS THE EAST.


$$
WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS

000
AWUS85 KGGW 150940
RWSGGW

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
330 AM MST THURS JAN 15 2009

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

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MONTANA WILL REMAIN
STATIONARY NEAR CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS AND LIVINGSTON THROUGH EARLY
MORNING. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW OVER CENTRAL MONTANA EAST OF
THE FRONT. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE DAKOTAS WILL BRING BITTER
COLD TEMPERATURES TO EASTERN MONTANA...SASKATCHEWAN AND NORTH
DAKOTA.

FOR TODAY...THE FRONT WILL MOVE EAST PRODUCING SLIGHTLY WARMER
TEMPERATURES WITH VALUES RANGING FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS IN THE
NORTHEAST TO MID 40S SOUTHWEST. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A
CHANCE OF SNOW IN EASTERN MONTANA AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

FOR TONIGHT...SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR FROM WEST TO
EAST. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTHEAST...TO THE
LOWER 30S SOUTHWEST.

$$

AES

000
AWUS85 KGGW 150333
RWSGGW

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
830 PM MST WED JAN 14 2009

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

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MONTANA WILL REMAIN
STATIONARY NEAR CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS AND LIVINGSTON OVERNIGHT.
LOOK FOR AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW OVER CENTRAL MONTANA EAST OF THE
FRONT. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE DAKOTAS WILL BITTER COLD
TEMPERATURES TO EASTERN MONTANA...SASKATCHEWAN AND NORTH DAKOTA
OVERNIGHT.

LOWS TONIGHT WILL FALL TO NEAR 40 BELOW OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN AND FAR NORTHEAST MONTANA. MEANWHILE...
CENTRAL MONTANA WILL BE 5 TO 15 ABOVE FOR LOWS.

FOR THURSDAY...THE FRONT WILL MOVE EAST AS A WARM FRONT. SKIES WILL
BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW IN EASTERN MONTANA AND
WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS
NORTHEAST...TO THE MIDDLE 40S SOUTHWEST.

FOR THURSDAY NIGHT...SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR FROM WEST TO
EAST. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTHEAST...TO THE
LOWER 30S SOUTHWEST.

$$

GFF

000
AWUS85 KTFX 142349
RWSMT

MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
455 PM MST TUE JAN 13 2009

A MODIFIED ARCTIC AIRMASS COVERED MUCH OF THE PLAINS...BUT THE COLD
AIR STALLED BEFORE MAKING ITS WAY TO THE MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF
WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA. SKIES WERE MOSTLY SUNNY OVER THE
WEST AND SOUTHWEST...MOSTLY CLOUDY ELSEWHERE. THERE WERE AREAS OF
LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES OVER MUCH OF THE PLAINS.

THE HEAVIEST SNOW WAS OVER CENTRAL MONTANA WITH A REPORT EARLIER
FROM THE MISSOURI RIVER BREAKS...NORTH OF ROY...OF SIX AND A HALF
INCHES OF SNOW SINCE LAST NIGHT. AFTERNOON WINDS WERE FAIRLY LIGHT
ACROSS THE STATE...BUT IT WAS GUSTY IN THE LIVINGSTON WHERE A GUST
OF 26 MPH WAS RECORDED. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM SINGLE
DIGITS BELOW ZERO OVER THE EAST UP TO THE 40S WEST.

AT 4 PM...SKIES WERE GENERALLY PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SOME SUN
IN THE FAR WEST AND SOUTHWEST. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW CONTINUED OVER
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA. WINDS WERE FAIRLY LIGHT.
TEMPERATURE REPORTS AT 4 PM RANGED FROM 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT
SCOBEY...UP TO 47 AT TWIN BRIDGES.

OVERNIGHT...EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW...
MAINLY OVER THE EAST HALF OF THE STATE...SNOW WILL BE MORE
WIDESPREAD OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MONTANA. LOW
TEMPERATURES WILL BE MOSTLY IN SINGLE DIGITS OR TEENS ABOVE OR BELOW
ZERO EAST OF THE DIVIDE WITH TEENS AND 20S ABOVE OVER THE WEST AND
SOUTHWEST.

$$
WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS

000
AWUS85 KGGW 142218
RWSGGW

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
320 PM MST WED JAN 14 2009

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

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST BY
TOMORROW MORNING...AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RESIDING IN THE DAKOTAS
WILL EVENTUALLY SLIDE EAST.

SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT...WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW IN
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MONTANA. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 25
BELOW NORTHEAST...TO THE MIDDLE 20S SOUTHWEST.

FOR THURSDAY...SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SNOW IN EASTERN MONTANA AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. HIGHS WILL RANGE
FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTHEAST...TO THE MIDDLE 40S SOUTHWEST.

FOR THURSDAY NIGHT...SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR FROM WEST TO
EAST. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTHEAST...TO THE
LOWER 30S SOUTHWEST.

$$

DJS

000
AWUS85 KBYZ 141749
RWSMT

MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
1100 AM MST WED JAN 14 2009

OVERNIGHT...A DISTURBANCE MOVED THROUGH THE STATE WITH A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS. SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY
AND MANY LOCATIONS REPORTED LIGHT SNOW. CHINOOK REPORTED 1 INCH OF
SNOW. LOW TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM MINUS 18 AT WESTBY...TO 38 AT
LIVINGSTON.

AT 10 AM...SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE STATE WITH SOME LIGHT
SNOW REPORTED AT LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN MONTANA.
TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 6 BELOW AT WOLF POINT...TO 36 AT BOZEMAN.

FOR TODAY...SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MONTANA...WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW. THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS WILL SEE
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S WEST...TO 5
BELOW EAST.

$$
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW

000
AWUS85 KBYZ 141105
RWSMT

MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
405 AM MST WED JAN 14 2009

SKIES ACROSS THE STATE OVERNIGHT WERE PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE
WEST AND MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE EAST. AN ARCTIC FRONT SLOWLY
DRIFTED SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE.
THE FRONT WAS SITUATED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AREAS DURING THE
EVENING HOURS AND WAS SITUATED ALONG THE NORTHEAST SLOPES OF THE
BEARTOOTH/ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. LIGHT
SNOW ALONG WITH A FEW EMBEDDED AREAS OF MODERATE SNOW WAS
ASSOCIATED ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. HOWEVER...WEST OF THE
DIVIDE...CONDITIONS WERE DRY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. WINDY
CONDITIONS WERE OBSERVED ACROSS THE EAST AND NORTHEAST DURING THE
EVENING HOURS AS NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTED TO AROUND 50 MPH IN
GLASGOW AND BAKER. BY MIDNIGHT...WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE
WERE MAINLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE BETWEEN 5 AND 15 MPH. TEMPERATURES
STARTED THE EVENING IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST...WITH 30S AND 40S ELSEWHERE. BY 4 AM...READINGS WERE IN
THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE EAST WITH 20S TO
LOWER 30S ELSEWHERE.

FOR TODAY...SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SNOW LIKELY ACROSS
THE EAST WITH A CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE WEST. HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO
EAST...WITH 30S TO UPPER 40S WEST.


$$
WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS

000
AWUS85 KGGW 140954
RWSGGW

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
330 AM MST TUE JAN 14 2009

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

A UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO
CONTROL THE WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION. A COLD FRONT MOVED SOUTH
THROUGH THE AREA BRINGING COLDER TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA.
SNOW IS EXPECTED IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION...EAST WILL
REMAIN DRY BUT CLOUDY.

MAX TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE TEENS IN THE WEST TO THE SINGLE
DIGITS BELOW ZERO NORTH AND EAST. EXPECT WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS
FOR THURSDAY...HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM NEAR ZERO NORTHEAST...TO THE
MID 30S ACROSS CENTRAL MONTANA.

$$

AES

000
AWUS85 KTFX 140007
RWSMT

MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
455 PM MST TUE JAN 13 2009

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE WEST COAST RESULTED IN
A NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER THE TREASURE STATE. WEAK
DISTURBANCES IN THIS FLOW RESULTED IN PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES
WITH ISOLATED SNOW FLURRIES...MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND
THE EAST HALF OF THE STATE. A WEAK CANADIAN COLD FRONT WAS BACKING
WESTWARD...EXTENDING FROM NEAR HAVRE TO NEAR BILLINGS.

NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN REPORTED TODAY. AFTERNOON
WINDS WERE FAIRLY LIGHT WEST OF THE DIVIDE...BUT IT WAS GUSTY OVER
MUCH OF THE REST OF THE STATE...TOPPED BY A GUST OF 60 MPH AT
LIVINGSTON. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 20S OR 30S EAST OF
THE FRONT...AND 40S OR 50S WEST.

AT 4 PM...MONTANA SKIES WERE GENERALLY PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH
AREAS OF SUN IN THE WEST. NO PRECIPITATION WAS BEING REPORTED. IT
REMAINED GUSTY OVER MUCH OF THE STATE EAST OF THE DIVIDE. WOLF POINT
HAD A GUST TO 47 MPH. TEMPERATURE REPORTS AT 4 PM RANGED FROM 16
DEGREES AT SCOBEY...UP TO 52 AT THREE FORKS.

OVERNIGHT...EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW
OVER SOME AREAS...SNOW WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD LATER OVER NORTH
CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF MONTANA. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE
TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST. LOW
TEMPERATURES WILL BE MOSTLY IN SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE OF BELOW ZERO
OVER EASTERN AND FAR NORTH CENTRAL AREAS OF THE STATE WITH TEENS AND
20S ELSEWHERE.

$$
WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS

000
AWUS85 KGGW 132226
RWSGGW

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
325 PM MST TUE JAN 13 2009

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

A UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO
CONTROL THE WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE AREA AND PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA BY MORNING. EXPECT A
CHANCE OF SNOW THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...THE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. LOWS WILL
RANGE FROM THE MID TEENS BELOW ZERO NORTHEAST...TO THE MID TEENS
ABOVE ZERO ACROSS CENTRAL MONTANA.

THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER CENTRAL MONTANA TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE OF SNOW ACROSS WESTERN PHILLIPS
AS WELL AS WESTERN GARFIELD AND PETROLEUM COUNTIES. THE REST OF THE
REGION WILL REMAIN DRY AND MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH
COOLER WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE LOWER TEENS BELOW NORTHEAST...TO
THE UPPER TEENS ABOVE ACROSS CENTRAL MONTANA. EXPECT WARMER AND
DRIER CONDITIONS FOR THURSDAY...HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM NEAR ZERO
NORTHEAST...TO THE MID 30S ACROSS CENTRAL MONTANA.

$$

RAS

000
AWUS85 KGGW 131727
RWSMT

MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
1030 AM MST TUE JAN 13 2009

A COLD FRONT WAS STRETCHED ACROSS NORTHEAST MONTANA THIS MORNING. IT
WAS SEPARATING TEMPERATURES AROUND ZERO IN NORTHEAST MONTANA...TO
TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S AND LOWER 40S ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN
MONTANA. CLOUDS COVERED THE SKY IN EASTERN...WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
MONTANA. THERE WERE PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA. SOME LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WAS FALLING
ACROSS NORTHEAST MONTANA NEAR THE FRONT. THE STATE WIDE LOW WAS 2
BELOW AT WESTBY.

THE SKY WILL BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY. THERE WILL BE A
CHANCE OF A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE EAST DURING THE
DAY AS WELL. RAIN...SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET ARE ALL POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. LIGHT
FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHWEST MONTANA.
WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT
RANGE WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM
THE 40S WEST...TO THE THE LOWER 30S ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA.

$$
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW