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MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
445 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
SUPPORTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL
MONTANA ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE SPOTTED NEAR
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS AND BIG TIMBER. OTHER STORMS PRODUCED UP TO
HALF INCH SIZE HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
EVENING. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AS
THUNDERSTORMS ORGANIZE AND MOVE NORTH.

TEMPERATURES AT 3PM RANGED FROM THE LOWER 50S IN WESTERN MONTANA TO
THE UPPER 80S IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA. MISSOULA WAS 52 DEGREES WHILE
MILES CITY WAS UP TO 90 DEGREES. SOUTH EAST WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40
MPH WERE REPORTED ACROSS EASTERN MONTANA. IN WESTERN MONTANA WIND
GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH HAD SWITCHED TO WESTERLY BEHIND A PASSING
COLD FRONT.

THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT FROM WEST TO EAST THEN GRADUALLY
DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S IN WESTERN
MONTANA TO NEAR 60 OVER THE EASTERN PRAIRIES. A COOLER DAY IS IN
STORE FOR THURSDAY WITH TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 60S AND 70S. WEST
WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
NORTH CENTRAL PLAINS.

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