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AWUS85 KBYZ 070954
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MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
354 AM MDT TUE OCT 7 2008
THE BIG SKY STATE WAS DOMINATED BY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY
CONDITIONS STATEWIDE THROUGHOUT THE MOST OF THE NIGHT...WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE EXTREME WEST WHERE THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT
BEGAN FORCING SHOWER DEVELOPMENT EARLY THIS MORNING. STRONG GUSTY
WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KTS...WITH 25 KT GUSTS...SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL
AND EASTERN MONTANA THIS EVENING...BUT TAILED OFF AFTER SUNSET
ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE.
TEMPERATURES AT 3 AM RANGED FROM THE 30 DEGREES TO THE LOWER 50S.
IT WAS 30 DEGREES AT JORDAN AND 51 DEGREES AT GREAT FALLS...WITH
GENERALLY VARIABLE WINDS ACROSS MONTANA. SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING
NEAR KALISPELL...BUT LITTLE ACCUMULATION HAS OCCURRED THUS FAR.
A WEAK COLD FRONT IS MOVING ACROSS THE STATE AND WILL CAUSE SOME
SHOWER ACTIVITY IN EASTERN MONTANA THIS EVENING. PRIOR TO COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE...TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOW 70S.
ADDITIONALLY...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT THE LIVINGSTON AREA
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...WITH PEAK GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH.
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