000 AWUS85 KBYZ 011740 RWSMT MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 1040 AM MST TUE MAR 1 2005 THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE CENTERED OVER IDAHO WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MILD WEATHER OVER MOST OF MONTANA. A FEW WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL CREATE ISOLATED MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS AND SOME MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS OVER THE STATE. GENERALLY SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY SUNNY. LAST NIGHT...THE LOWEST OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURE IN MONTANA WAS 2 DEGREES...WHICH OCCURRED AT WESTBY IN THE NORTHEAST REGION. THE WARMEST LOW WAS 36 DEGREES...WHICH WAS REPORTED AT HAMILTON IN THE SOUTHWEST REGION. OVERNIGHT LOWS ELSEWHERE INCLUDED 29 DEGREES AT BILLINGS...HELENA AND CUT BANK...30 DEGREES AT BUTTE AND GREAT FALLS...19 AT GLASGOW...21 AT LEWISTOWN...AND 16 AT MILES CITY. IN THE LAST 24 HOURS THOMPSON FALLS AND WEST YELLOWSTONE EACH REPORTED A HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION. THE REST OF THE STATE REMAINED DRY. AT 10 AM...SKIES WERE CLOUDY WEST OF THE DIVIDE AND PARTLY SUNNY OVER THE SOUTHWEST REGION. ELSEWHERE SKIES WERE PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURES RANGED BETWEEN 28 DEGREES AT WOLF POINT TO 48 DEGREES AT BILLINGS AND MALTA. TEMPERATURES INCLUDED 39 DEGREES AT MISSOULA...46 AT GREAT FALLS AND CUT BANK...AND 34 AT GLASGOW AND MILES CITY. CUT BANK RECORDED GUSTY WEST WINDS TO 33 MILES PER HOUR WHILE MALTA AND BILLINGS MEASURED GUSTS TO 29 MILES PER HOUR. REST OF THE DAY...THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS OVER WESTERN AREAS...OTHERWISE SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH INTO THE 40S AND 50S. $$ ST