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MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
445 PM MDT TUE OCT 7 2008
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT HAS MOVED EAST OF THE STATE...FOLLOWED BY A
SERIES OF WEATHER DISTURBANCES IN A STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT.
MOISTURE IN THIS FLOW RESULTED IN PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND
ISOLATED SHOWERS FOR MUCH OF THE STATE. HOWEVER...DOWNSLOPE WINDS
PRODUCED DRIER AIR RESPONSIBLE FOR PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES OVER
SOUTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL AREAS.
PRECIPITATION WAS GENERALLY LIGHT WITH REPORTS UNDER A TENTH OF AN
INCH /0.10/ OF MOISTURE. AFTERNOON WINDS WERE FAIRLY LIGHT OVER THE
NORTHEAST...BUT GUSTY ELSEWHERE. THE STRONGEST GUSTS WERE ALONG THE
EAST SLOPES OF THE ROCKIES WHERE GUSTS REACHED 50 TO 80 MPH...TOPPED
BY A GUST OF 83 MPH AT CUT BANK. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES MADE IT INTO
THE MID 50S TO LOW 70S AT MOST LOCATIONS.
AT 4 PM...IT WAS MOSTLY SUNNY OVER SOUTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
AREAS...BUT GENERALLY PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY ELSEWHERE. ISOLATED
SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER SOME AREAS. IT REMAINED QUITE GUSTY OVER MUCH
OF THE STATE WITH GUSTS OF 48 MPH AT HAVRE AND LIVINGSTON.
TEMPERATURE REPORTS AT 4 PM RANGED FROM A SHOWER COOLED 53 DEGREES
AT HELENA UP TO 74 AT MILES CITY.
OVERNIGHT...EXPECT PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH ISOLATED RAIN OR SNOW
SHOWERS. SHOWERS AND CLOUDS WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD WEST OF THE
DIVIDE. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTER SUNSET OVER MOST AREAS.
LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 30S AND 40S WITH 20S OVER PARTS OF
THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS
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