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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
419 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2003

...MORE WINTER LIKE WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS MONTANA EARLY NEXT 
WEEK...


A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OUT OF CANADA...AND THROUGH 
MONTANA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...SHIFTING WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WINDS 
TO MORE NORTHERLY UPSLOPE WINDS. THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...COMBINED 
WITH A MOIST WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT...WILL BRING OVERRUNNING SNOWFALL 
TO NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WITH 
SNOWFALL EXTENDING INTO SOUTHWEST MONTANA BY MONDAY NIGHT. EXACT 
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...BUT FAVORED AREAS 
FOR THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL ARE THE MOUNTAINS AND ALONG 
NORTH AND NORTHEAST FACING FOOTHILLS.

COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RETURN TO THE AREA WITH THE PASSAGE OF
THE FRONT. HIGHS IN THE 30S ON SUNDAY WILL FALL INTO THE TEENS AND 
20S BY TUESDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS AND 20S SUNDAY NIGHT
WILL ALSO FALL MOSTLY INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO FOR MONDAY 
NIGHT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM.

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