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This Afternoon
Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. South southwest wind around 7 mph.

Tonight
Patchy freezing fog after 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 18. South southeast wind around 6 mph.

For northeast montana...today through sunday... The chinook arching that inhibited fog production last night is still in place as broken high stratus which will allow plenty of sun through to produce a mild day. A surface high to our southeast will set up a weak gradient to generate a southeasterly breeze today...but no strong wind. The day began without most of the usual fog in place so temperatures should approach normal in most areas. The inherited grids handle expected conditions well...so few changes needed. Sct previous discussion... Upper ridge pushing into montana with good upper level moisture stream out of the east pacific resulting in chinook arch clouds over central montana. Below these clouds airmass very dry... Including near the surface and thus little fog has developed this morning. Ridging will spread much warmer air into the region today and with snow over the northeast...will redevelop the strong but shallow inversion. Should be enough sunshine today...even through the high clouds for snow melt to add moisture to the boundary layer and increase the potential for mainly valley fog late tonight into saturday morning. Upper trof approaching the west coast will help enhance the lee trof/thermal boundary over ... This discussion continues at www.chucksweather.com

Reports from Chucks Weather Station at N Kendrick Ave., near Clay St.

Rain		Wind Gust		Sun		Moon
Yest.	0.18 in.	Yest.	13.0 mph WNW at 14:37	Sunrise:	06:17	Moonrise:	04:49
Month	0.30 in.	Month	16.0 mph on 3/10/2010	Sunset:	17:58	Moonset:	15:02
Year	0.93 in.	Year	39.1 mph on 1/24/2010	Daylight Hrs:	11:41	Illuminated:	8%

Temperature			Barometer
Yest.	Hi 41.3 °F at 14:34	Lo 20.3 °F at 23:57	Yest.	Hi 29.934 in. at 09:35	Lo 29.852 in. at 00:00
Month	Hi 44.2 °F on 3/7/2010	Lo 8.1 °F on 3/3/2010	Month	Hi 30.183 in on 3/1/2010	Lo 29.640 in on 3/8/2010
Year	Hi 44.8 °F on 1/13/2010	Lo -27.0 °F on 1/8/2010	Year	Hi 30.709 in on 1/7/2010	Lo 29.229 in on 1/22/2010