Increasing clouds. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows 50 to 60. East winds up to 10 mph...shifting to the south after midnight. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Monday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning... then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce damaging winds and large hail in the afternoon. Highs 70 to 80...65 to 70 in the mountains. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Lows 45 to 55... 35 to 45 in the mountains. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 65 to 70. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph...shifting to the west 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
Mostly cloudy in the evening...then becoming partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows 45 to 50. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs 65 to 75.
The National Weather Service in Great Falls has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Cascade County in central Montana... this includes the city of Great Falls... extreme west central Chouteau County in north central Montana... southeastern Teton County in north central Montana... north central Lewis And Clark County in west central Montana...
* until 415 PM MDT
* at 328 PM MDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a line of severe thunderstorms along a line extending from 3 miles west of Fort Shaw to 18 miles southwest of belt... moving northeast at 30 mph.
* Locations in the warning include belt... Black Eagle... Fort Shaw... Great Falls and power.
This also includes Interstate 15 between mile markers 259 and 310... and Highway 87 between mile markers 4 and 12... .and Highway 200 between mile markers 123 and 139.
Hail to the size of nickels are possible and wind gusts to 60 mph are likely with these storms. Strong winds are the primary threat with this line of storms.
Damaging winds up to 61 mph were reported near Dearborn with this storm. This is a dangerous storm... seek safe shelter and stay away from windows.