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AWUS85 KTFX 241030
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MONTANA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
430 AM MDT SUN OCT 24 2004

A STORM SYSTEM MOVED ACROSS THE STATE OVERNIGHT. IT BROUGHT AREAS OF
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS TO THE ENTIRE STATE. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION OCCURRED ACROSS THE SOUTH. SNOW AMOUNTS FROM THE STORM IN
THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA RANGED FROM 6 TO 16 INCHES AS OF
EARLY THIS MORNING. AREAS NEAR THE MOUNTAINS AT LOWER ELEVATIONS OF
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA ALSO RECEIVED A FEW INCHES OF SNOW.

TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY IN THE 30S EARLY THIS MORNING. THE COOL SPOT
WAS 28 DEGREES IN CUT BANK AND THE WARM SPOT 39 DEGREES IN MILES CITY.

THE STORMS SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE STATE EARLY THIS MORNING. LINGERING RAIN
SHOWERS WILL DECREASE THIS MORNING OVER THE SOUTHEAST. SCATTERED RAIN
AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY IN NORTHWEST MONTANA...
WITH DRY CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE
40S ACROSS THE STATE TODAY.

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