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MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
450 PM MST MON DEC 1 2008

TODAY...PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED ACROSS 
MONTANA...EXCEPT IN THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS WHERE AMPLE SUNSHINE WAS 
SEEN...AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT WHERE A DISTINCT CHINOOK ARCH 
WAS FOUND.  A STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT BROUGHT ACTIVE BREEZES TO 
THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AND SEVERE WINDS TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...WITH 
GUSTS NEAR 80 MILES AN HOUR REPORTED IN GLACIER COUNTY. TEMPERATURES 
WERE UNSEASONABLY HIGH ACROSS THE PLAINS...AND NEAR SEASONAL 
AVERAGES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

AT 4PM...CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS PERSISTED AS AN UPPER LEVEL 
DISTURBANCE CROSSED THE TREASURE STATE. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 35 
AT WEST YELLOWSTONE TO 61 IN THE CITY OF GREAT FALLS. 
WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WERE STILL STRONG ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN 
FRONT AND CENTRAL PLAINS...WITH LIGHT BREEZES FOUND IN MOST OTHER 
PLACES.

FOR TONIGHT...A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER MONTANA FROM ALBERTA 
TONIGHT...BRINGING SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND CHILLY NORTHERLY 
BREEZES. THE SNOW MAY START AS RAIN OVER SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES AND 
WESTERN VALLEYS. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 
30S IN MOST PLACES.

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