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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
431 AM MDT SAT OCT 8 2005

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BEAVERHEAD-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-
JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DILLON...GREAT FALLS...HELENA...ENNIS...
STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...BOULDER...TOWNSEND...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BOZEMAN...WEST YELLOWSTONE
431 AM MDT SAT OCT 8 2005

...RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO AFFECT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MONTANA TODAY AND TONIGHT...

A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP BY SUNRISE OVER SOUTHWEST MONTANA AND
SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO CENTRAL MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON WITH
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FALLING ACROSS JUDITH 
BASIN...MEAGHER...BROADWATER...JEFFERSON...MADISON...BEAVERHEAD
AND NORTHERN GALLATIN COUNTIES. SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN AT OR ABOVE
7000 FEET THIS MORNING THEN LOWER TO AROUND 6O00 FEET BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TO AROUND 5500 FEET OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND
PASSES TODAY AND TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY SUNDAY MORNING ABOVE
6000 FEET WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 8 INCHES. ANYONE WITH
OUTDOOR RECREATION OR TRAVEL PLANS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS AS SNOW LEVELS LOWER TODAY AND TONIGHT. 

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HOENISCH