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AWUS85 KGGW 231619
RWSMT

MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
11 AM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

PRECIPITATION OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MONTANA CONTINUED
THIS MORNING... ELSEWHERE MILD AND WINDY CONDITIONS WERE OBSERVED.
AS OF 10AM THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 1.28 INCHES WAS
REPORTED NEAR KALISPELL. BUTTE AND OLNEY WERE THE COLDEST SPOTS IN
THE STATE OVERNIGHT WITH A LOW READING OF 31 DEGREES.

FOR TODAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST
THROUGH CENTRAL MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON... AND INTO EASTERN MONTANA
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE
FROM THE MID 50S WEST OF THE DIVIDE TO MID 70S IN EASTERN MONTANA.

$$
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW

000
AWUS85 KBYZ 231017
RWSMT

MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
417 AM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

PRECIPITATION IMPACTED MUCH WEST AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE
TREASURE STATE OVERNIGHT. PRECIP AMOUNTS RANGED FROM A TRACE IN
BILLINGS TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH IN THE BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS...TO
ABOUT A THIRD OF AN INCH IN HELENA...TO OVER HALF AN INCH OF RAIN
AND/OR MELTED SNOW IN BUTTE AND KALISPELL HEAVY SNOW WAS ALSO
REPORTED IN ANACONDA AND BUTTE. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS IMPACTED
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA THROUGH THE NIGHT AS WELL...WITH
GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH IN LEWISTOWN AND AROUND 35 MPH IN LIVINGSTON

AT 4 AM MDT...PRECIPITATION WAS STILL OCCURRING ACROSS WESTERN
MONTANA...INCLUDING SNOW IN HIGHER TERRAIN. MEANWHILE THE EASTERN
HALF OF THE BIG SKY STATE WAS CLEAR. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 55
DEGREES AT HAVRE TO 32 AT BUTTE.

FOR TODAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON...AND IND MOVE INTO
EASTERN MONTANA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM
MID 50S WEST TO MID 70S EAST.

$$
WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS

000
AWUS85 KGGW 230905
RWSGGW

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
3 AM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

THIS IS THE REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF
MONTANA...SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

A LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE
REGION...WITH GUSTY WINDS...RAIN SHOWERS...AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.

TODAY...SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY...WITH
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE
SOUTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM
THE LOW 60S TO THE MID 70S.

TONIGHT...EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT.
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 40S TO THE MID 50S.

FRIDAY...LOOK FOR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 60S TO THE UPPER 70S.

$$

RAM

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AWUS85 KTFX 222215
RWSMT

MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
415 PM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUED TO DRIFT THROUGH THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST TODAY RESULTING IN UNSETTLED WEATHER ACROSS WESTERN
MONTANA. AREAS OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH
WESTERN MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON...NICKLE SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH
A THUNDERSTORM EAST OF MISSOULA. TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WERE IN
THE 60S TO AROUND 70 ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE WITH COOLER 40S WHERE
IT WAS RAINING. BREEZY EASTERLY WINDS CONTINUED EAST OF THE DIVIDE
WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES.

AT 4 PM...TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 45 IN MISSOULA TO 71 IN GLASGOW.

TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE
OVER WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MONTANA. HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS OF WESTERN MONTANA AND ALONG THE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT. PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN FOR THE LOWER
ELEVATION BUT WILL CHANGE TO SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS. LOW TEMPERATURES
WILL BE IN THE 30S IN THE WEST AND THE 50S IN THE EAST.

$$

WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS

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AWUS85 KGGW 222129
RWSGGW

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
330 PM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

THIS IS THE REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF
MONTANA...SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

MOSTLY DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
THROUGH THURSDAY. AN APPROACHING UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH WILL BRING
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MEMORIAL DAY.

OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE 40S AND LOWER 50S. FOR THURSDAY...LOOK
FOR AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES TO BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S.
SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BE STRONG ALL DAY... MOST AREAS WILL HAVE WINDS
NEAR 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT WILL
BE IN THE 40S AND 50S.

$$

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000
AWUS85 KGGW 221706
RWSMT

MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
11 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

LIGHT SHOWERS WERE OBSERVED EAST AND WEST OF THE DIVIDE THIS
MORNING... ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION WAS GENERALLY LIGHT. AS OF 10 AM
THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTAL REPORTED WAS  INCH IN ALBERTON. THE
COLDEST SPOT IN THE STATE OVERNIGHT WAS 29 DEGREES IN WEST
YELLOWSTONE.

FOR TODAY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS
WEST AND CENTRAL MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH CLEARING
AND WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE EAST. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM LOW 70S WEST
TO LOWER 60S EAST.

$$
WEATHER.GOV/GLASGOW

000
AWUS85 KBYZ 221006
RWSMT

MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
406 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

THE COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUED TO DIMINISH
STATEWIDE...WITH VERY LIGHT SHOWERS BOTH EAST AND WEST OF THE
DIVIDE OVERNIGHT. A FEW SHOWERS PERSISTED AROUND GLASGOW MUCH OF
THE NIGHT AND AROUND KALISPELL FOR A PORTION OF THE NIGHT...BUT
ONLY TRACE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WERE REPORTED.

AT 4 AM MDT...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE INCREASING IN
COVERAGE OVER WESTERN MONTANA...WHILE THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
TREASURE STATE WAS PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW PERSISTENT
SHOWERS IN NORTHEAST MONTANA AROUND GLASGOW. TEMPERATURES RANGED
FROM 57 DEGREES AT KALISPELL TO 44 AT BILLINGS.

FOR TODAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH
CLEARING AND WINDY CONDITIONS IN THE EAST. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM
LOW 70S WEST TO LOWER 60S EAST.

$$
WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS

000
AWUS85 KGGW 220937
RWSGGW

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
330 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

THIS IS THE REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF
MONTANA...SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

DRY AND WARMER WEATHER WILL PREVAIL TODAY AS AN UPPER RIDGE
DOMINATES OVER THE REGION. WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO
THURSDAY...BEFORE AN APPROACHING UPPER TROUGH BRINGS A CHANCE FOR
RAIN BY THURSDAY NIGHT.

HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL MAINLY BE IN THE 60S...WITH LOWS
TONIGHT IN THE 40S TO LOW 50S.

WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...WITH HIGHS RANGING
FROM THE MID 60S TO THE MID 70S.

$$

MM

000
AWUS85 KTFX 212212
RWSMT

MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
345 PM MDT TUE MAY 21 2013

ASIDE FROM GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS OVER THE PLAINS OF NORTHCENTRAL
MONTANA TO NEAR 30 MPH...IT WAS A RELATIVELY QUITE DAY ACROSS THE
TREASURE STATE. HIGH PRESSURE BROUGHT MAINLY CLEAR SKIES TO CENTRAL
MONTANA TODAY WITH PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS OVER THE WEST AND
SOUTHWEST.

AS OF 345 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE AFFECTING
PORTIONS OF THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS.
BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS ACTIVITY AS IT MOVES FROM
SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST. STATEWIDE TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 72 IN
RONAN AND DEER LODGE...TO 48 IN BAKER.

THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY WEST OF THE DIVIDE. LITTLE TO NO RAINFALL
IS FORECASTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE AS A HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM SLIDES SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH SASKATCHEWAN. LOWS WILL BE IN
THE 40S AND 30S WITH 20S FOR THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.

$$
WEATHER.GOV/GREATFALLS

000
AWUS85 KGGW 212127
RWSGGW

REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
330 PM MDT TUE MAY 21 2013

THIS IS THE REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF
MONTANA...SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY BUILD INTO THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING
MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ON THE COOL
SIDE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

THE HIGH PRESSURE THAT IS OVER THE REGION WILL BE SHORT-LIVED. WET
AND UNSETTLED WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED LATER IN THE WEEK AS A LARGE
UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH MOVES FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST OVER THE ROCKIES.

LOWS TONIGHT WILL MAINLY IN THE 40S UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.

WEDNESDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER... MOST LOCATIONS WILL HAVE HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND LOWER 70S. WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
REGION WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE
EAST. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 40S

$$

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