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MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
450 PM MST SUN NOV 22 2009
AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE DAKOTAS THIS
AFTERNOON WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES OVER THE
EASTERN TIER OF MONTANA TODAY. A PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM OVER WESTERN
MONTANA WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND AREAS OF LIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES. NEARLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OF MOISTURE WAS
RECORDED AT GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONAL AND BOZEMAN AIRPORTS.
TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOWFALL WAS REPORTED SOUTH OF ENNIS.
AFTERNOON WINDS WERE LIGHT WEST OF THE DIVIDE BUT PRETTY BREEZY AT
MOST OTHER LOCATIONS...STRONGEST ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
ROCKIES AND OVER THE SOUTHWEST...TOPPED BY A GUST OF 49 MPH AT THREE
FORKS. TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON RANGED FROM THE 40S EAST...TO THE
20S AND 30S WEST.
AT 4 PM...SKIES WERE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED LIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES OVER ALL BUT FAR EASTERN MONTANA. WINDS
WERE DIMINISHING OVER MOST OF THE STATE...BUT IT WAS STILL PRETTY
BREEZY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES...TOPPED BY A GUST OF 25 MPH AT
LIVINGSTON. TEMPERATURE REPORTS AT 4 PM RANGED FROM RANGED FROM 22
DEGREES AT WEST YELLOWSTONE UP TO 45 AT MILES CITY AND GLENDIVE.
OVERNIGHT...EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS OVER THE SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING.
IT WILL REMAIN GUSTY AT TIMES OVER SOME CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
LOCATIONS. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE TEENS OR 20S.
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