000 AWUS85 KGGW 220953 RWSGGW REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT 345 AM MDT THU JUL 21 2005 ...THIS REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY IS FOR THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF MONTANA...SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA... THE REGION WILL BE BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE IN SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA...AND LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO WESTERN MONTANA. THIS WILL CAUSE A GUSTY EAST TO SOUTHEAST WIND TO DEVELOP. THOUGH THERE WILL BE A GOOD AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE...AN APPROACHING FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH A WARM UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO CREATE A CHANCE OF THUNDER LATER TODAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MAINLY WEST THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WILL THEN BECOME SCATTERED AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S...WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH AT TIMES. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 60S...WITH DIMINISHING WINDS. SIMILAR TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND...WHICH WILL BE DRY EXCEPT FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN MONTANA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE U V INDEX FORECAST FOR TODAY IS 7...WHICH IS IN THE HIGH CATEGORY. PROTECTION AGAINST SUNBURN IS NEEDED. $$ MDP