Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Billings, MT

000 
WWUS45 KBYZ 160604
WSWBYZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1104 PM MST THU FEB 15 2007

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY. IT WILL BRING VERY STRONG WINDS AND ACCUMULATING
SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND WIND WILL SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCE VISIBILITIES STARTING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA.

MTZ032-033-036-037-161415-
/O.CON.KBYZ.BZ.W.0002.070216T1200Z-070217T0600Z/
CUSTER-FALLON-POWDER RIVER-CARTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILES CITY...BAKER...BROADUS...EKALAKA
1104 PM MST THU FEB 15 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST
FRIDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST
FRIDAY. 

LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE AREA. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL THEN INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 60 MPH BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...WHICH WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE DAY. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH EXPECTED SNOW OF
2 TO 4 INCHES AND SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND WILL CREATE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT
TIMES.

A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR
FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE
FALLING AND OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL
BECOME POOR WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING
OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING
AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS.

$$

000 
WWUS45 KBYZ 160852
WSWBYZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
152 AM MST FRI FEB 16 2007

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. IT WILL
BRING VERY STRONG WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF
THE SNOW AND WIND WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES STARTING
MID MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA.

MTZ032-033-036-037-161900-
/O.EXT.KBYZ.BZ.W.0002.070216T1700Z-070217T0600Z/
CUSTER-FALLON-POWDER RIVER-CARTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILES CITY...BAKER...BROADUS...EKALAKA
152 AM MST FRI FEB 16 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM MST THIS EVENING. 

A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW...RAIN AND SPOTTY FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR
EARLY THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW BY
MID MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH EXPECTED
SNOW OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AND SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND WILL CREATE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A
MILE AT TIMES.

A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR
FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE
FALLING AND OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL
BECOME POOR WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING
OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING
AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS.

$$

ARTHUR

000 
WWUS45 KBYZ 161554
WSWBYZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
854 AM MST FRI FEB 16 2007

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY...BRINGING VERY STRONG WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW. THE
COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND WIND WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MONTANA.

MTZ032-033-036-037-170100-
/O.CON.KBYZ.BZ.W.0002.070216T1700Z-070217T0600Z/
CUSTER-FALLON-POWDER RIVER-CARTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILES CITY...BAKER...BROADUS...EKALAKA
854 AM MST FRI FEB 16 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60
MPH...COMBINED WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF EXPECTED NEW SNOW AND SNOW
ALREADY ON THE GROUND...WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH
VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.

A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR
FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE
FALLING AND OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL
BECOME POOR WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING
OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING
AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS.

$$

000 
WWUS45 KBYZ 162156
WSWBYZ

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
256 PM MST FRI FEB 16 2007

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT...BRINGING GUSTY WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW. THE
COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND WIND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TONIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL
WYOMING.

MTZ032-033-036-037-170600-
/O.CAN.KBYZ.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070217T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KBYZ.SB.Y.0002.070216T2156Z-070217T0600Z/
CUSTER-FALLON-POWDER RIVER-CARTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILES CITY...BAKER...BROADUS...EKALAKA
256 PM MST FRI FEB 16 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS
EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40
MPH...COMBINED WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW...WILL CREATE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS
THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

MTZ038-WYZ099-170600-
/O.NEW.KBYZ.SB.Y.0002.070216T2156Z-070217T1200Z/
SOUTHERN BIG HORN-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRYOR...LODGE GRASS...SHERIDAN
256 PM MST FRI FEB 16 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
SATURDAY.

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40
MPH...COMBINED WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW...WILL CREATE AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS
THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

WYZ098-170600-
/O.NEW.KBYZ.SB.Y.0002.070216T2156Z-070217T1200Z/
NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BURGESS JCT
256 PM MST FRI FEB 16 2007

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
SATURDAY.

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45
MPH...COMBINED WITH UP TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW...WILL CREATE
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED
TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
303 PM MST THU FEB 15 2007

.SHORT TERM...VALID FOR FRI AND SAT...

RESENT TO INCLUDE LIVINGSTON AND NYE AREAS IN WIND ADVISORY
TONGIHT AND TOMORROW.

MAIN CHALLENGE IN SHORT TERM WILL BE VERY STRONG ALBERTA CLIPPER
TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA EARLY TOMORROW MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY.
THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HIGH WINDS AND AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW. EASTERN ZONES MOST CHALLENGING AS THEY WILL HAVE
CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AS WELL AS THE WINDS. CHALLENGES START
TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE THE STORM WITH CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN FROM
BILLINGS AND EAST FOR A BRIEF TIME.

TONIGHT...AS MENTIONED ABOVE STRONG AREA OF WARM AIR ADVECTION
WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA. TYPICAL DOWNSLOPING WILL TAKE CARE OF
MOST MOISTURE FROM BILLINGS AND WEST. EAST OF BILLINGS...MODELS ARE
KEEPING IT WARM ENOUGH FOR RAIN BUT BASED ON CURRENT CONDITIONS
SHOULD BE ENOUGH COLD AIR IN SOME VALLEYS TO HAVE A FEW AREAS OF
FREEZING RAIN. AIRMASS SHOULD QUICKLY COOL ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ONLY
SNOW...BUT WILL KEEP A MENTION OF FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE NIGHT
IN EASTERN ZONES...WITH SNOW THE MAIN WEATHER AFTER MIDNIGHT.

FRIDAY...UNFORTUNATELY...FAIRLY BIG DIFFERENCE IN GFS/NAM
REGARDING ARIAL EXTENT OF HIGH WINDS IN EASTERN ZONES AS WELL AS
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. NAM AND GFS ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT A LARGE AREA
OF 850 MB OF 50 KNOTS AND GREATER WILL PUSH ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA. NAM FORECASTING 850 TO 700 MB LAPSE RATES OF 9 C/KM WITH
WINDS OF 60-70 KNOTS IN THIS LAYER AS IT DOES. PROLEM WITH THIS IS
THE CLIMOTOLOGICAL TIMING OF THIS IS NORMALLY WITH STRONG MORNING
SURFACE INVERSIONS IN PLACE. HOWEVER...BASED ON THE STRENGTH OF
THESE WINDS AND FAVORABLE LOCATION OF UPPER LOW AND FACT THAT 50+
KNOT 850 MB WINDS REMAIN OVER AREA THROUGH 18Z...WILL UPGRADE HIGH
WIND WATCH TO WARNING FROM ROSEBUD COUNTY AND WEST. BLOWING SNOW
WILL OF COURSE BE A CONCERN...POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS THE WIND
ITSELF...SO WILL BE WORDING STATEMENT STRONGLY FOR BLOWING SNOW IN
THE MORNING. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO UPPER 30S TO 40S IN THE
AFTERNOON...THIS SHOULD HOLD BACK DRIFING AND BLOWING OF THE SNOW.
IN EASTERN ZONES...THINGS MORE COMPLICATED. GFS FORECASTING GOOD
AREA OF LIFT WITH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IN THIS AREA. RESULT IS A
GOOD AREA OF QPF BEING FORECASTED FROM MILES CITY TO BAKER AND
SOUTH. THIS WILL LIKELY END UP BEING A NARROW BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW
WITH LOWER AMOUNTS ON EITHER SIDE. PROBLEM IS WHERE IT WILL SET
UP. AREA THAT IS DOES SET UP WILL LIKELY BE SEEING BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS FROM 3 TO 8 HOURS TOMORROW. AREAS THAT DO NOT SEE THE
SNOW MAY ALSO SEE GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH LOWER
TEMPEREATURES AND LESS SUN THERE. NAM ON THE OTHER HAND HAS MUCH
LESS LIFT AND PRODUCING MORE WIND THAN SNOW. WILL HEDGE FORECAST
ON GFS AND GO WITH A BLIZZARD WARNING EASTER ZONES. WORST
CONDITIONS MAY BE EAST OF MILES CITY AND BROADUS IN EASTERN
PORTIONS OF THESE COUNTIES...AND WILL TRY TO WORD THIS IN WARNING
ITSELF.

SATURDAY...A NICE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FOR
A MILD DAY ACROSS THE AREA AND DRY.

SATURDAY NIGHT...NAM/GFS FORECASTING LEE TROUGH TO SET UP FOR
WINDY CONDITIONS WESTERN PLAINS AND MILD TEMPERATURES. DRY AGAIN. RASCH

.LONG TERM...VALID FOR SUN...MON...TUE...WED...THU...

THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR EARLY IN THE
EXTENDED PERIOD THAT AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE OVERHEAD WITH
ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH MOVING ONSHORE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THE
FLOW WILL SPLIT FOR EARLY IN THE WEEK...WITH THE STRONGER ENERGY
IN THE BASE OF THE TRIP MOVING INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION
MONDAY. A WEAKER NORTHERN STREAM PORTION OF THE TROUGH WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...AND WILL KEEP
INHERITED PRECIPITATION CHANCES. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL QUICKLY
REBOUND TUESDAY WITH WINDY CONDITIONS REDEVELOPING AS A SURFACE
LOW MOVES EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA WITH ANOTHER UPPER SHORT-
WAVE DISTURBANCE. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT STILL LOOKS LIKE IT WILL
DEVELOP WEDNESDAY THROUGH LATE IN THE WEEK. WILL KEEP THE
INHERITED IDEA OF SOME NEAR CLIMATOLOGICAL CHANCES FOR
PRECIPITATION IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF
THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S
AND LOWS IN THE MID 20S. EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WILL BE
SLIGHTLY COOLER SUNDAY AND MONDAY BEFORE WARMING TO SLIGHTLY
ABOVE NORMAL TUESDAY AND BEYOND. CARPENTER

&&

.AVIATION...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW...PRODUCING MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION AND SCATTERED SHOWERS
ACROSS THE AREA. AREAS BETWEEN KBIL AND KLVM WILL SEE A MIX OF
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING...CHANGING TO SNOW OVERNIGHT
AND EARLY FRIDAY...AND BACK TO RAIN SHOWERS FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
AREAS OF SNOW MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FROM KBIL
TO KBHK AND OVER THE REST OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTION OF
THE AREA THIS EVENING. THESE AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A CHANCE
FOR FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW OVERNIGHT...BUT BY MORNING
SHOULD HAVE ONLY SNOW. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN BE
EXPECTED OVER THE KMLS AND KBHK AREAS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY
EVENING. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING TO DETERIORATE TO
WIDESPREAD MVFR BY EARLY FRIDAY AND TO AREAS OF IFR AND LOCALIZED
LIFR BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. CARPENTER

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMP/POPS...

    FRI     SAT     SUN     MON     TUE     WED     THU
-----------------------------------------------------------
BIL 029/046 020/043 026/049 028/042 026/043 027/042 024/038
    34/O    10/N    00/U    02/W    00/B    02/W    22/O
LVM 039/044 023/045 035/048 026/044 025/044 028/042 025/038
    34/R    30/N    00/N    03/W    01/B    12/W    22/O
HDN 022/048 022/045 014/049 026/042 021/044 022/043 020/041
    44/O    10/B    00/U    02/W    10/B    01/B    11/B
MLS 017/032 017/033 015/039 018/035 017/038 018/037 016/034
    77/S    30/B    00/U    00/B    20/B    00/B    00/B
4BQ 019/035 021/039 023/046 024/038 020/045 021/043 019/043
    56/S    20/B    00/U    00/B    20/B    00/B    00/B
BHK 021/030 014/030 013/037 015/030 015/035 016/038 013/032
    67/S    60/B    00/U    00/B    20/B    00/B    00/B
SHR 021/044 022/042 011/047 024/044 020/042 018/042 016/040
    35/O    40/B    00/U    01/B    20/B    01/B    11/B

&&

.BYZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY FOR
      ZONES 28>31-34-35-38-39-41-42-56>58-63.
     BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY FOR
      ZONES 32-33-36-37.
     WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MST
      FRIDAY FOR ZONES 65-66.
WY...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY FOR
      ZONE 99.

&&

WEATHER.GOV/BILLINGS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
1023 AM MST THU FEB 15 2007

MTZ028>042-056>058-063>066-WYZ099-161730-
SOUTHERN WHEATLAND-MUSSELSHELL-TREASURE-NORTHERN ROSEBUD-CUSTER-
FALLON-NORTHERN STILLWATER-YELLOWSTONE-POWDER RIVER-CARTER-
SOUTHERN BIG HORN-EASTERN CARBON-NORTHERN PARK-
NORTHERN SWEET GRASS-GOLDEN VALLEY-RED LODGE FOOTHILLS-
NORTHERN BIG HORN-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-JUDITH GAP-PARADISE VALLEY-
LIVINGSTON AREA-BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLOWTON...ROUNDUP...HYSHAM...
COLSTRIP...FORSYTH...MILES CITY...BAKER...COLUMBUS...ABSAROKEE...
BILLINGS...BROADUS...EKALAKA...PRYOR...LODGE GRASS...BRIDGER...
JOLIET...CLYDE PARK...WILSALL...BIG TIMBER...RYEGATE...LAVINA...
RED LODGE...HARDIN...CROW AGENCY...LAME DEER...JUDITH GAP...
EMIGRANT...LIVINGSTON...FISHTAIL...MCLEOD...SHERIDAN
1023 AM MST THU FEB 15 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MONTANA...SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH
CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...WITH STRONGER WINDS POSSIBLE
IN THE LIVINGSTON AND NYE AREAS. IN ADDITION...A STRONG STORM
SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MONTANA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN
OVERNIGHT...WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN...AND
THEN CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY FRIDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND
THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF POSSIBLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SNOWFALL AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MONTANA THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF POSSIBLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MTZ067-068-WYZ098-161730-
ABSAROKA/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS-CRAZY MOUNTAINS-
NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOKE CITY...BURGESS JCT
1023 AM MST THU FEB 15 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.
SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...WITH STRONGER WINDS POSSIBLE
IN THE LIVINGSTON AND NYE AREAS. IN ADDITION...A STRONG STORM
SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MONTANA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN
OVERNIGHT...WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN...AND
THEN CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY FRIDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND
THE FRONT WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF POSSIBLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SNOWFALL AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MONTANA THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY FRIDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA. THIS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF POSSIBLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.