Regional Weather Summary Issued by NWS
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MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
427 PM MDT FRI JUN 14 2013
SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED FRIDAY AFTERNOON
ACROSS ALL BUT FAR SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS PUSHED
THROUGH NORTHEAST MONTANA...PRODUCING A 69 MPH WIND GUST IN SHERIDAN
COUNTY.
IN ADDITION TO LOCALIZED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS...MOST STATIONS
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN MONTANA REPORTED WEST TO NORTHWEST
WIND GUSTS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH. AT 4PM...TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 45
AT BUTTE TO 70 AT MILES CITY AND GLASGOW. TEMPERATURES IN SOUTHWEST
MONTANA WERE MAINLY IN THE 50S...WITH 40S AT HIGHER ELEVATION. MOST
OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE REPORTED TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S.
HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD OVER MONTANA TONIGHT...BRINGING AN END
TO RAIN SHOWERS WITH CLEARING SKIES AND WEAKENING WIND. OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS WITH FROST POSSIBLE
IN SOME OF THE HIGHER VALLEYS IN WESTERN MONTANA. ELSEWHERE LOWS
WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 40 IN WESTERN MONTANA TO NEAR 50 OVER THE
EASTERN PLAINS.
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