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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-
316 PM MST SUN JAN 9 2005

...ARCTIC COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MONTANA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA
TUESDAY NIGHT...AND THEN INTO SOUTHWEST MONTANA ON WEDNESDAY. GUSTY
WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT NORTHERLY BEHIND IT WITH AN
INCREASING CHANCE OF SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BEHIND THE FRONT
DURING THIS TIME AS WELL...WITH THE ARCTIC AIRMASS SETTLING OVER THE
AREA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 15 TO 30
DEGREE BELOW ZERO RANGE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...WITH 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO EXPECTED IN SOUTHWEST
MONTANA. WITH THE INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS DURING THIS TIME...WIND
CHILL TEMPERATURES OVER NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA COULD GET DOWN TO 40 TO
50 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LIGHTER WINDS IN SOUTHWEST
MONTANA WILL BRING WIND CHILLS DOWN TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
THERE. WINDS WILL DECREASE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BUT THE VERY COLD
AIRMASS WILL LINGER. FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA...HIGHS DURING THIS
TIME WILL REMAIN BELOW ZERO...WITH LOWS OF 15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO EXPECTED. SOUTHWEST MONTANA WILL HAVE HIGHS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS
ABOVE ZERO...WITH LOWS OF 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO EXPECTED.