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MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
4 PM MST MON APR 1 1996

HIGH PRESSURE AT THE UPPER LEVELS WAS OVER EASTERN MONTANA TODAY.
AT THE SAME TIME...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WAS POSITIONED ALONG
THE PACIFIC COAST. AS A RESULT...THE UPPER AIR FLOW OVER THE WESTERN
SECTIONS WAS MILD...VERY MOIST AND RATHER UNSTABLE.

MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND SCATTERED PRECIPITATION WAS NOTED OVER THE
WEST AND SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE STATE. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE
MOSTLY IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S. IT WAS COOLER UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY
TO CLOUDY SKIES EAST OF THE DIVIDE. TEMPERATURES TO THE EAST WERE 
IN THE 30S TO LOWER 40S.

WINDS WERE GENERALLY LIGHT. HOWEVER...SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH
WERE REPORTED IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. IN
ADDITION...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WERE
NOTED IN THE UPPER YELLOWSTONE VALLEY AROUND LIVINGSTON. 

THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE COAST WILL MOVE ON-SHORE
TONIGHT AND GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES EAST. THE BEST CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION TONIGHT  AND TUESDAY WILL BE OVER THE NORTHWEST AND
WEST CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE WITH GENERALLY SCATTERED AMOUNTS
ELSEWHERE AS IT SPREADS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. ZIT WILL BE RELATIVELY
MILD STATEWIDE TONIGHT. MOST TEMPERATURES TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE
IN THE 40S AND 50S. 

END/GJH