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AWUS85 KBYZ 111026
RWSMT
MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
426 AM MDT SAT OCT 11 2008
AN INTENSE FALL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUED TO IMPACT SOUTHERN MONTANA
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. SNOW TOTALS IN THE MOUNTAINS WERE
BETWEEN A FOOT AND A FOOT AND A HALF...WHILE THE PLAINS RANGED
FROM A TRACE TO OVER A FOOT. AREAS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
BEARTOOTH AND ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS PICKED UP ANOTHER HALF A FOOT OF
SNOW. MILES CITY HAS SEEN PRIMARILY RAIN FROM THIS
SYSTEM...REPORTING HALF AN INCH /0.50/ OF RAIN TODAY.
ADDITIONALLY...BILLINGS SET A RECORD FOR DAILY SNOWFALL WITH A
REPORT OF 3.1 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED AT THE AIRPORT. NORTHWEST
WINDS WERE GENERALLY LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT ACROSS THE STATE.
TEMPERATURES AT 4 AM RANGED FROM A LOW OF 25 DEGREES AT BUTTE AND
DILLON TO A HIGH OF 37 DEGREES AT SIDNEY. NORTHWEST WINDS WERE
GENERALLY LIGHT ACROSS THE STATE...BUT WINDS IN
BILLINGS...LIVINGSTON...AND DILLON HAVE RECENTLY INCREASED WITH
SPEEDS OF 18 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS AT 35-40 MPH.
THE STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
SPREADING ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MONTANA. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE IN THE 30S. STRONG GUSTY
NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PEAK GUSTS
AROUND 25-30 MPH...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LIVINGSTON WHICH WILL SEE
EAST WINDS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH.
$$
WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS
000
AWUS85 KGGW 110912
RWSGGW
REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
330 AM MDT SAT OCT 11 2008
THIS IS THE REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF
MONTANA...SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
WINTERY WEATHER OVER SOUTHEAST MONTANA THIS MORNING...WILL CONTINUE
TO SPREAD TO THE NORTH AND EAST TODAY...LINGERING THROUGH SUNDAY.
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE
REGION...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SOME AREAS NEAR AND NORTH
OF THE MISSOURI RIVER...WILL SEE MIXED RAIN AND SNOW TODAY...BEFORE
CHANGING TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT.
HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE 30S FOR MOST
AREAS...WITH LOWS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE 20S.
$$
MM
000
AWUS85 KTFX 102227
RWSMT
MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
425 PM MDT FRI OCT 10 2008
THIS AFTERNOON...OVERCAST SKIES HAVE PREVAILED ACROSS THE TREASURE
STATE...ALTHOUGH THE NORTH CENTRAL PLAINS SAW PARTIAL SUNSHINE. SNOW
WAS FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MONTANA WITH RAIN MIXING IN OVER
PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST. MORE ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WERE FALLING OVER
CENTRAL MONTANA. THE SNOW WAS MAINLY ACCUMULATING ON GRASSY SURFACES
ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA...BUT ACCUMULATING ON ROADS ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL MONTANA. TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE 30S ACROSS SOUTHERN
MONTANA AND 40S ACROSS NORTHERN MONTANA...WITH 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS.
WINDS GENERALLY FROM THE NORTH-NORTHEAST WERE BLOWING AT 10 TO 15
MILES AN HOUR ACROSS THE STATE...ALTHOUGH GUSTS OVER 30 MILES AN
HOUR WERE REPORTED AT DILLON.
AT 4PM...BILLINGS AND LIVINGSTON WERE BOTH REPORTING LIGHT SNOW WITH
TEMPERATURES NEAR 30 DEGREES WHILE LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING IN MILES
CITY AT 36 DEGREES. ELSEWHERE TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 30 IN DILLON
TO 51 IN THOMPSON FALLS. WINDS GENERALLY FROM THE NORTH WERE GUSTING
AT 20 TO 33 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA.
EXCEPT FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA...MOST OF THE STATE
IS UNDER A WINTER STORM WARNING OR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH
THIS WEEKEND. THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE ADVANCING ACROSS
THE STATE FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH SUNDAY. FOR
TONIGHT...ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN
MONTANA...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS.
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER TEENS AND 20S ACROSS
SOUTHERN MONTANA...AND INTO THE 20S ALONG NORTHERN MONTANA.
$$
WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS
000
AWUS85 KGGW 102123
RWSGGW
REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
320 PM MDT FRI OCT 10 2008
THIS IS THE REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF
MONTANA...SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES...WILL STRENGTHEN...TAP INTO TROPICAL MOISTURE AND MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEM ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MONTANA SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL PLANS FOR THIS PERIOD SHOULD BE
RECONSIDERED.
A RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER THIS
EVENING...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW AFTER 10 PM. LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE
MIDDLE 20S. THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOW WILL BE FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA AND
THE WESTERN DAKOTA...INTO MANITOBA. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AND SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG SHEEP
MOUNTAINS. HIGHS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE 30S...WITH
OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 20S. AGAIN...SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MONTANA SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL PLANS FOR THIS PERIOD SHOULD BE
RECONSIDERED.
$$
RAS
000
AWUS85 KGGW 101705
RWSMT
MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
1100 PM MDT THU OCT 10 2008
THE TREASURE STATE HAD A CLOUDY SKY THIS MORNING WITH A FEW AREAS OF
CLEARING IN THE FAR NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE STATE. THE LOWS RANGED
FROM THE MID TEENS WEST...TO THE UPPER 20S ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA.
SNOW WAS FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF MONTANA WITH A
LITTLE RAIN MIXING IN A FEW SPOTS. THE SNOW WAS ACCUMULATING ON
GRASSY SURFACES BUT NOT ON THE ROADWAYS ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA.
HOWEVER...ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE THE SNOW WAS
ACCUMULATING MAKING ROADWAYS SLUSHY. ROGERS PASS HAD 4 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT. THE COLDEST READINGS ACROSS THE STATE WERE FOUND
IN LOGAN AND POLEBRIDGE WITH A READING OF 16 ABOVE.
MOST OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MONTANA IS UNDER A WINTER WEATHER WATCH
OR WARNING. THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE ADVANCING ACROSS
THE STATE FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HIGH TEMPERATURES
TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S AND LOWER 50S ACROSS NORTHWEST
MONTANA. SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MONTANA HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
IN THE 30S AND LOWER 40S. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL REMAIN
NORTHEASTERLY TODAY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE
STATE...GUST BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
$$
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW
000
AWUS85 KBYZ 101036
RWSMT
MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
436 AM MDT FRI OCT 10 2008
AN EARLY WINTER STORM SYSTEM BEGAN TO IMPACT SOUTHERN MONTANA LATE
THURSDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...SPREADING RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. PRECIPITATION TOTALS RANGED FROM A
TRACE ALONG THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE SYSTEM...AROUND
LEWISTOWN...TO 3 TENTHS OF AN INCH /0.30/ AT THE BILLINGS WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE. SNOW TOTALS ALSO VARIED GREATLY FROM SEVERAL
INCHES IN THE HIGH COUNTRY TO A TRACE IN THE PLAINS.
TEMPERATURES AT 4 AM RANGED FROM A LOW OF 23 DEGREES AT CUT BANK TO
A HIGH OF 39 DEGREES AT SIDNEY AND GLENDIVE.
THE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST RESULTING SPREADING SNOW CENTRAL AND EASTERN
MONTANA. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE IN THE 30S. STRONG GUSTY
EAST WINDS WILL WILL BECOME NORTHERLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PEAK
GUSTS AROUND 25-30 MPH.
$$
WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS
000
AWUS85 KGGW 101004
RWSGGW
REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
400 AM MDT FRI OCT 10 2008
THIS IS THE REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF
MONTANA...SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES...WILL STRENGTHEN AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND.
A RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER
TODAY...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW NORTH OF THE RIVER.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY REACH THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S...COLDEST
SOUTH OF THE RIVER. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW
TODAY NIGHT...WITH LOWS FROM THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S.
THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOW WILL BE FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA AND THE
WESTERN DAKOTA...INTO MANITOBA. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AND SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG SHEEP
MOUNTAINS. HIGHS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE 30S...WITH
OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 20S.
$$
BB
000
AWUS85 KGGW 100534 AAA
RWSGGW
REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
1130 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2008
THIS IS THE REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF
MONTANA...SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
THURSDAY NIGHT...AND STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION THIS
WEEKEND.
TONIGHT WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY SOUTH OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER...CHANGING OVER TO MAINLY SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS
WILL RANGE FROM THE 20S TO LOWER 30S.
THE RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL CONTINUE SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER
FRIDAY...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW NORTH OF THE RIVER.
HIGHS WILL ONLY REACH THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S...COLDEST SOUTH OF
THE RIVER. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY
NIGHT...WITH LOWS FROM THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S.
THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOW WILL BE FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA AND THE
WESTERN DAKOTA...INTO MANITOBA. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS AND SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG SHEEP
MOUNTAINS. HIGHS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL BE IN THE 30S...WITH
OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 20S.
$$
BB
000
AWUS85 KTFX 092247
RWSMT
MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
445 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2008
THIS AFTERNOON...CLOUDS HAVE THICKENED ACROSS THE TREASURE STATE AS
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW STRENGTHENED OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST...ALTHOUGH SKIES HAVE REMAINED CLEAR NORTH AND EAST OF
GLASGOW. TEMPERATURES WERE BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES...RANGING
FROM NEAR 40 DEGREES OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS TO THE LOWER
50S IN THE NORTHEAST. WINDS WERE GENERALLY UNDER 15 MILES AN HOUR
FROM THE NORTHEAST...BUT HAVE BEEN GUSTING AS HIGH AS 33 MILES AN
HOUR AT LIVINGSTON.
AT 4PM...THE SKY WAS PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY OVER MUCH OF THE
STATE...BUT DILLON AND WOLF POINT WERE SUNNY. TEMPERATURES RANGED
FROM 39 IN BILLINGS AND BUTTE TO 54 IN BOZEMAN...SIDNEY...AND WOLF
POINT.
PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE THIS
EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...AS SNOW OVER THE
ROCKY MOUNTAINS...RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE PLAINS. ONLY ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS. LOW
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 20S.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...FOR
ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GREAT FALLS TO SIDNEY...AND FOR THE
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. THE SAME UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING
SNOW TO THE STATE THROUGH SUNDAY...RESULTING IN ACCUMULATING SNOWS
IN THE WARNING AREA...INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT TOTALS IN THE MOUNTAINS.
$$
WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS
000
AWUS85 KGGW 092104 AAA
RWSGGW
REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
300 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2008
THIS IS THE REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF
MONTANA...SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES THURSDAY NIGHT...AND STRENGTHEN INTO THE WEEKEND. TONIGHT
WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY SOUTH OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER...CHANGING TO MOSTLY ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS
WILL RANGE FROM THE 20S TO LOWER 30S. THE RAIN SNOW MIX WILL
CONTINUE SOUTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER FRIDAY...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE NORTH OF THE MISSOURI RIVER DURING THE DAY
ON FRIDAY. HIGHS WILL STAY IN THE LOWER 40S. FRIDAY NIGHT THE
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AND LOWS WILL RANGE FROM
THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S.
THE BEST CHANCE OF SNOW WILL BE FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE MAIN PORTION OF THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM CROSSES
THE REGION FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE BIG SHEEP
MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST OF THE BIG SHEEP. HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL BE IN
THE MID TO UPPER 30S WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 20S.
$$
RAS
000
AWUS85 KGGW 091654
RWSMT
MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
1055 AM MDT THU OCT 9 2008
THE SKY ACROSS THE TREASURE STATE WAS A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS THIS
MORNING. THE CLOUDS WERE THICKER ACROSS SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. THE LOWS RANGED FROM THE LOWER TEENS
WEST...TO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA. THE COLDEST READING
ACROSS THE STATE WAS FOUND IN UTICA 11SW WITH A READING OF 11 ABOVE.
THE SKY REMAINED PARTLY CLOUDY WITH JUST A FEW AREAS OF THICKER
CLOUDINESS AT 10 AM. EXPECT INCREASING CLOUDINESS DURING THE DAY
FOR EASTERN AND CENTRAL MONTANA...PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS FOR THE
WESTERN THIRD OF THE STATE. THE INCREASING CLOUD COVER WILL BRING
RAIN SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN
MONTANA...BECOMING WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. HIGHER
ELEVATIONS WILL LIKELY SEE SNOW SHOWERS WHEN THE PRECIPITATION
STARTS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
MONTANA STARTING TONIGHT. THE SHOWERS THAT MOVE IN LATER TODAY ARE
THE START OF AN EARLY WINTER STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL IMPACT MUCH
OF THE STATE THIS WEEKEND. THE HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE
FROM THE MID 30S TO THE UPPER 40S IN THE WEST...WHILE HIGHS ACROSS
CENTRAL AND EASTERN MONTANA WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 40S TO THE MID
50S.
$$
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW
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