Weather: What did I say about yesterday?: The Daily Internet: The Daily Inter Lake Newspaper, Kalispell, Montana 73 degrees: Flathead basks in hottest March day in history Tuesday turned out to be the hottest March day ever recorded in the Flathead Valley. Record high temperatures settled in over the valley, but the clear and warm weather was expected to be short-lived. The National Weather Service reported the temperature Tuesday at Glacier Park International Airport hit 73 degrees, topping the previous record high of 71 degrees set on March 30, 1996.
Tuesday's temperature also broke the all-time record high for the month — 72 degrees set on March 27, 1986.
Warm weather was widespread across Northwest Montana: Polebridge reached 70 degrees, West Glacier 73, Essex 70, St. Mary 72 and Swan Lake 75. Missoula's temperature reached a high of 78 degrees, smashing the record high of 71 degrees for the month. The temperature in Butte reached 68 degrees, setting a record for March 30.
The Flathead Valley's bluebird weather was expected to end by today, however. An incoming weather system was expected to bring lower temperatures and a chance of rain showers.
The high temperature was expected to reach 54 degrees today, with lows in the 30s and a 30 percent chance of rain. Highs in the 50s, considered normal for this time of year, were expected to continue through Friday. Flathead Valley precipitation continues to lag behind the 30-year historic average. As of Tuesday, the area had received .53 inches of precipitation this month, roughly half the average of 1.04 inches. Precipitation for the year is 2.78 inches, .88 inches behind the average of 3.66 inches.

Gray and cold this morning -- we need rain, but its dry so far.

Wildlife: The ice is almost gone from the lake, and the waterbirds are scattered. The pheasants are still flocking around, and the red-wing blackbirds are throwing sunflower seeds down to them, it seems.

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Media Watch: Indian movies again -- we bought a number of films starring Shahrukh Khan. KING OF BOLLYWOOD SHAHRUKH KHAN
To reach the top of this industry, a person needs to have extraordinary talent -- good looks are not enough. There's hundreds of good-looking, skillful people in every movie I've seen so far. The lead actors have a lot of competition!