PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
555 PM MST MON NOV 2 2009

..INDIAN SUMMER COMING TO SOUTHEAST MONTANA LATER THIS WEEK...

AFTER A NEAR RECORD COLD OCTOBER...NOVEMBER IS STARTING OUT WARMER
THAN NORMAL.

A PERIOD OF MILD AND DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED LATER THIS WEEK...
WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S TO NEAR 70 WEDNESDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY. NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR ARE IN THE
UPPER 40S.

THIS TYPE OF WEATHER MIGHT BE REFERRED TO AS INDIAN SUMMER. THOUGH
SOMETIMES DEBATED...INDIAN SUMMER IS MOST COMMONLY THOUGHT OF AS
AN ABNORMALLY WARM AND DRY PERIOD THAT COMES IN AUTUMN AFTER THE
FIRST HARD FREEZE. THERE MAY BE SEVERAL OCCURRENCES OF INDIAN
SUMMER DURING THE AUTUMN OR NONE AT ALL. IN SOUTHEAST MONTANA
PERIODS OF INDIAN SUMMER ARE COMMON.

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