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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
224 PM MST WED MAR 9 2005

MTZ008>015-044>055-101200-
BEAVERHEAD-BLAINE-BROADWATER-CASCADE-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-CHOUTEAU-EASTERN GLACIER-
EASTERN PONDERA-EASTERN TETON-FERGUS-GALLATIN-HILL-JEFFERSON-
JUDITH BASIN-LIBERTY-MADISON-MEAGHER-NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-
SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-TOOLE-
224 PM MST WED MAR 9 2005

...THE UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY PATTERN TO COME TO AN END...

A CANADIAN COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OVER THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND
USHER IN AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF NEAR OR BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES
ALONG WITH OCCASIONAL PERIODS OF SNOW LATER THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT
WEEK. LOW TEMPERATURES COULD FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY EARLY
NEXT WEEK. 

RAIN WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT OVER THE PLAINS AND VALLEYS
WITH SNOW LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE ABOUT 6000 FEET. RAIN COULD
TURN TO SNOW FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE
COMBINATION OF GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND COLD RAIN BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT COULD PUT STRESS ON YOUNG LIVESTOCK. AT THIS TIME...
THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD LAST NO MORE THAN A FEW HOURS. AS
TEMPERATURES FALL BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...WET PAVMENT FROM THE RAIN
COULD BECOME ICY. 

PERIODS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY FOR THE MOUNTAINS...LATER IN
THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. AT THIS TIME NO PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE
FORESEEN.

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

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