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Wind Chill Advisory 6, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind chill advisory at Nov 17, 2011, 2:36 PM MST for Flathead County, Lake County, Montana. It took effect at Nov 18, 2011, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2011, 2:36 PM MST (21:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 18, 2011, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2011, 1:24 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Flathead County, MT, Lake County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 177 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
829 WWUS45 KMSO 172136 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 236 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011 MTZ001-180545- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-111118T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T0900Z-111119T0600Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 236 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 3 TO 6 INCHES BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE MAIN FOCUS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE NEAR TROY AND SOUTH NEAR HIGHWAY 56. * WINDS: GUSTY EAST WINDS COULD CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON HIGHWAY 2. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-006-180545- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-111118T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T1200Z-111119T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 136 PM PST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RETURN OVERNIGHT AND ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY CREATING SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 5 TO 8 INCHES BY FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ004-180545- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-111118T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T0900Z-111119T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 236 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RETURN TO LOOKOUT PASS LATE THIS EVENING AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 AND INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDORS OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH FRIDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND 4 TO 7 INCHES LOWER ELEVATIONS BY FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ006-180545- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-111118T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T1200Z-111119T1200Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 236 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RETURN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROAD WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS OVER LOST TRAIL AND LOLO PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 6 TO 10 INCHES FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ043-180545- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-111118T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T1200Z-111119T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 236 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOLLOWED BY COLD WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. EAST WIND WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW ON HIGHWAY 200 BETWEEN BONNER AND OVANDO CREATING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 200 FRIDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 3 TO 6 INCHES BR FRIDAY EVENING... LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 200 IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING CREATING WIND CHILL VALUES -10 TO -15 DEGREES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FROSTBITE TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS...LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS. && $$ MTZ002-180545- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-111118T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WC.Y.0006.111118T1200Z-111119T1600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 236 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 9 AM MST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 9 AM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO QUICKLY DROP FRIDAY MORNING AND WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY EAST WINDS TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES -10 TO -20 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ IDZ010-180545- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T1200Z-111119T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-111118T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 236 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING ABOVE 6000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW FOR LOST TRAIL PASS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 6000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATED THROUGH THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE LATE THIS EVENING BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ003-180545- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T1200Z-111119T1200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 236 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOLLOWED BY COLD WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIND AND SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY MORNING... RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. GUSTY EAST WIND WILL COMBINE WITH DECREASING TEMPERATURES TO CREATE HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS FRIDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: EAST WINDS 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WIND CHILLS FRIDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT -10 TO -15 DEGREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FROSTBITE TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS...LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS. && $$
6 follow-up statements
441 WWUS45 KMSO 180532 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1032 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011 IDZ010-181345- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0018.000000T0000Z-111118T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T1200Z-111119T1200Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1032 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING ABOVE 6000 FEET... THE WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 6000 FEET WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LOST TRAIL PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * * IMPACTS/TIMING: CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE LATE THIS EVENING BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-006-181345- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T1200Z-111119T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 932 PM PST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RETURN OVERNIGHT AND ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY CREATING SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 5 TO 8 INCHES BY FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-181345- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T0900Z-111119T0600Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 1032 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 3 TO 6 INCHES BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE MAIN FOCUS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE NEAR TROY AND SOUTH NEAR HIGHWAY 56. * WINDS: GUSTY EAST WINDS COULD CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON HIGHWAY 2. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ003-181345- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T1200Z-111119T1200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1032 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIND AND SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY MORNING... RESULTING IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. GUSTY EAST WIND WILL COMBINE WITH DECREASING TEMPERATURES TO CREATE HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS FRIDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: EAST WINDS 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WIND CHILLS FRIDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT 10 -TO 15 -DEGREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FROSTBITE TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS...LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS. && $$ MTZ004-181345- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T0900Z-111119T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1032 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RETURN TO LOOKOUT PASS LATE THIS EVENING AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 AND INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDORS OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH FRIDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CREATE SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND 4 TO 7 INCHES LOWER ELEVATIONS BY FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ006-181345- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T1200Z-111119T1200Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1032 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL RETURN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROAD WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS OVER LOST TRAIL AND LOLO PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 6 TO 10 INCHES FRIDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ043-181345- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T1200Z-111119T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1032 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN FRIDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. EAST WIND WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW ON HIGHWAY 200 BETWEEN BONNER AND OVANDO CREATING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 200 FRIDAY EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 3 TO 6 INCHES BR FRIDAY EVENING... LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 200 IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING CREATING WIND CHILL VALUES 10 -TO 15 -DEGREES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FROSTBITE TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS...LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS. && $$ MTZ002-181345- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.Y.0006.111118T1200Z-111119T1600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1032 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 9 AM MST SATURDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 9 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO QUICKLY DROP FRIDAY MORNING AND WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY EAST WINDS TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES 10 -TO 20 - DEGREES ARE EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
273 WWUS45 KMSO 181146 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 446 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 IDZ005-006-182200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T1200Z-111119T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 346 AM PST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 5 TO 8 INCHES BY EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS. && $$ MTZ001-182200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T0600Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 446 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 3 TO 6 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN FOCUS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE NEAR TROY AND SOUTH NEAR HIGHWAY 56. * WINDS: GUSTY EAST WINDS COULD CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON HIGHWAY 2. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH. && $$ MTZ003-182200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T1200Z-111119T1200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 446 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIND AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DECREASING TEMPERATURES TO CREATE HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING, * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: EAST WINDS 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WIND CHILLS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING -10 TO -15 DEGREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON. && $$ MTZ004-182200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 446 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT LOOKOUT PASS AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 AND INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDORS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND 4 TO 7 INCHES LOWER ELEVATIONS BY TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN. && $$ MTZ006-182200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T1200Z-111119T1200Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 446 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS OVER LOST TRAIL AND LOLO PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 6 TO 10 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS && $$ MTZ043-182200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T1200Z-111119T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 446 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. EAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW ON HIGHWAY 200 BETWEEN BONNER AND OVANDO CREATING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 200 THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 3 TO 6 INCHES ... LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 200 IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING CREATING WIND CHILL VALUES -10 TO -15 DEGREES THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. && $$ IDZ010-182200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.111118T1200Z-111119T1200Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 446 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LOST TRAIL PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES BY TONIGHT. && $$ MTZ002-182200- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.Y.0006.111118T1200Z-111119T1600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 446 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO QUICKLY DROP THIS MORNING AND WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY EAST WINDS TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS BY AFTERNOON. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES -10 TO -20 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE && $$
978 WWUS45 KMSO 181246 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 546 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 MTZ005-181800- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111118T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 546 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS OVER LOST TRAIL AND LOLO PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 1-3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ IDZ005-006-182100- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 446 AM PST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CREATE SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 5 TO 8 INCHES BY EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS $$ MTZ001-182100- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T0600Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 546 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 3 TO 6 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN FOCUS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE NEAR TROY AND SOUTH NEAR HIGHWAY 56. * WINDS: GUSTY EAST WINDS COULD CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ON HIGHWAY 2. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH $$ MTZ003-182100- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 546 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIND AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DECREASING TEMPERATURES TO CREATE HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: EAST WINDS 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WIND CHILLS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING 10 -TO 15 -DEGREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON $$ MTZ004-182100- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 546 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT LOOKOUT PASS AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 AND INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDORS THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 6 TO 10 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND 4 TO 7 INCHES LOWER ELEVATIONS BY TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN $$ MTZ006-182100- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 546 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS OVER LOST TRAIL AND LOLO PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 6 TO 10 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ MTZ043-182100- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 546 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. EAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW ON HIGHWAY 200 BETWEEN BONNER AND OVANDO CREATING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 200 THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 3 TO 6 INCHES ...LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 200 IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING CREATING WIND CHILL VALUES 10 -TO 15 -DEGREES THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. && $$ IDZ010-182100- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 546 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LOST TRAIL PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES BY TONIGHT. && $$ MTZ002-182100- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-111119T1600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 546 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO QUICKLY DROP THIS MORNING AND WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY EAST WINDS TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS BY AFTERNOON. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES 10 -TO 20 -DEGREES ARE EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE $$
564 WWUS45 KMSO 181531 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 831 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 MTZ006-182345- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0019.111118T1531Z-111119T1200Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 831 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS OVER LOST TRAIL AND LOLO PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 10 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAIN BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...INCLUDING THE PASSES. VALLEY LOCATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ001-182345- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0019.111118T1531Z-111119T0600Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 831 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 6 TO 10 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN FOCUS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE KOOCANUSA SOUTH TO HAPPY'S INN. * WINDS: GUSTY EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EAST OF A LINE FROM LAKE KOOCANUSA SOUTH TO HAPPY'S INN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ010-182345- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0019.111118T1531Z-111119T1200Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 831 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-006-182345- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0019.111118T1531Z-111119T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 731 AM PST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN... INCLUDING LOLO PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 10 TO 16 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. LOWER ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET...4 TO 8 INCHES BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ004-182345- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0019.111118T1531Z-111119T1200Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 831 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 10 TO 16 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. LOWER ELEVATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ007-182345- /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0019.111118T1531Z-111119T0600Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 731 AM PST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW ABOVE 2000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 5 TO 9 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ008-182345- /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0019.111118T1531Z-111119T0600Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 731 AM PST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS OVER WHITE BIRD PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 6 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ005-182345- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T0000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 831 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY BY LATE THIS MORNING CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES INCHES BY THIS EVENING. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY BY LATE THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ MTZ003-182345- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 831 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIND AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING SNOW TO CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. WIND CHILLS VALUES WILL BE APPROACHING 5 TO 10 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON $$ MTZ043-182345- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 831 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE WITH ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. EAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW ON HIGHWAY 200 BETWEEN BONNER AND OVANDO CREATING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 200 THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 3 TO 6 INCHES LOCALLY...UP TO 8 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 200 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. && $$ MTZ002-182345- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-111119T1600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 831 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL USHER COLDER AIR INTO THE AREA TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE $$
151 WWUS45 KMSO 181759 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1059 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 IDZ005-006-190200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0019.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 959 AM PST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN... INCLUDING LOLO PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 10 TO 16 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. LOWER ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET...4 TO 8 INCHES BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ001-190200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0019.000000T0000Z-111119T0600Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 1059 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 6 TO 10 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN FOCUS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE KOOCANUSA SOUTH TO HAPPY'S INN. * WINDS: GUSTY EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EAST OF A LINE FROM LAKE KOOCANUSA SOUTH TO HAPPY'S INN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ004-190200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0019.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1059 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 10 TO 16 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. LOWER ELEVATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ006-190200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0019.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1059 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS OVER LOST TRAIL AND LOLO PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 10 TO 16 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAIN BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...INCLUDING THE PASSES. VALLEY LOCATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ007-190200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0019.000000T0000Z-111119T0600Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 959 AM PST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 2000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 2000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 5 TO 9 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ008-190200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0019.000000T0000Z-111119T0600Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 959 AM PST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS OVER WHITE BIRD PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 6 TO 10 INCHES BY LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ010-190200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0019.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1059 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOST TRAIL PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ007-190200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T1600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1059 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. EAST WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF COOLING TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING GEORGETOWN LAKE...HOMESTAKE AND MACDONALD PASSES. * WINDS: LOCAL EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH ELLISON AND GARRISON JUNCTION. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS $$ MTZ005-190000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T0000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1059 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY BY LATE THIS MORNING CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES INCHES BY THIS EVENING. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY BY LATE THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ MTZ003-190200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1059 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIND AND SNOW WILL RESULT IN BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING SNOW TO CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. WIND CHILLS VALUES WILL BE APPROACHING 5 TO 10 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON $$ MTZ043-190200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1059 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE WITH ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. EAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW ON HIGHWAY 200 BETWEEN BONNER AND OVANDO CREATING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 200 THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 3 TO 6 INCHES LOCALLY...UP TO 8 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 200 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. && $$ MTZ002-190200- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-111119T1600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1059 AM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL USHER COLDER AIR INTO THE AREA TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE $$
040 WWUS45 KMSO 182024 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 124 PM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 IDZ007-008-182130- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0019.000000T0000Z-111119T0600Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1224 PM PST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. $$ MTZ002-190430- /O.CAN.KMSO.WC.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-111119T1600Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T1600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 124 PM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL USHER COLDER AIR INTO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 1 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. WIND CHILL VALUES 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ043-190430- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WS.W.0019.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 124 PM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE WITH ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. EAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW ON HIGHWAY 200 BETWEEN BONNER AND OVANDO CREATING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ALONG HIGHWAY 200 THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 3 TO 6 INCHES LOCALLY...UP TO 9 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY 200 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MAY RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ IDZ005-006-190430- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0019.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 1224 PM PST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN... INCLUDING LOLO PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 10 TO 16 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. LOWER ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET...4 TO 8 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ001-190430- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0019.000000T0000Z-111119T0600Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 124 PM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 6 TO 10 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN FOCUS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM LAKE KOOCANUSA SOUTH TO HAPPY'S INN. * WINDS: GUSTY EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EAST OF A LINE FROM LAKE KOOCANUSA SOUTH TO HAPPY'S INN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ004-190430- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0019.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 124 PM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 10 TO 16 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. LOWER ELEVATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ006-190430- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0019.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 124 PM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS OVER LOST TRAIL AND LOLO PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...INCLUDING THE PASSES. VALLEY LOCATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ010-190430- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0019.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 124 PM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOST TRAIL PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ005-190430- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T0600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 124 PM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. STRONG EAST WINDS IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 4 INCHES BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ MTZ003-190430- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T1200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 124 PM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY WILL CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 1 TO 3 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS VALUES WILL BE APPROACHING 5 TO 10 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON $$ MTZ007-190430- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0065.000000T0000Z-111119T1600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 124 PM MST FRI NOV 18 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL CREATE TRAVEL IMPACTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. EAST WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES AND WINDS WILL CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. LOCALLY UP TO 8 INCHES OVER THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING GEORGETOWN LAKE...HOMESTAKE AND MACDONALD PASSES. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: LOCAL EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH ELLISON AND GARRISON JUNCTION. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Nov 17, 2:23 PM MST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 2:23 PM MST, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
223 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011
...MORE SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES IN STORE...
.DISCUSSION...
TONIGHT...A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM HAS PASSED THROUGH NORTHERN
ROCKIES REGION T0DAY. WIDESPREAD SNOW AND STRONG WINDS HAVE
ALREADY BEGUN TO DECREASE IN THE POST-FRONTAL ENVIRONMENT ACROSS
THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST MONTANA. SOME SNOW AND BLOWING
CONTINUES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN ACROSS LEMHI COUNTY AND THE
BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION...INCLUDING HOMESTAKE AND LOST TRAIL PASSES
WHERE SNOW COVERED ROADS ARE MAKING TRAVEL MORE DIFFICULT.
IMPACTS TONIGHT: SNOW COVERED ROADWAY WITH BLOWING SNOW CAUSING
REDUCED VISIBILITIES OVER LOST TRAIL AND HOMESTAKE MOUNTAIN
PASSES.
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...TIME TO BRACE FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF
THIS COLD WEATHER SYSTEM. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL BEGIN TO DEEPEN FURTHER AS A REINFORCING WAVE OF ENERGY
PUNCHES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BY FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT
MONTANA ZONES. IN THE MEANTIME...VERY COLD CANADIAN AIR DIVING
SOUTH INTO NORTHERN MONTANA WILL SPILL ACROSS THE GLACIER PARK
REGION AND INTO THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY BY EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...AND EVENTUALLY FINDING ITS WAY THROUGH THE BLACKFOOT
RIVER DRAINAGE INTO THE MISSOULA VALLEY BY MIDDAY FRIDAY.
IMPACTS FOR FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT: ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ACROSS THE
IDAHO PANHANDLE AND ADJACENT MONTANA MOUNTAIN/VALLEY LOCATIONS.
SNOW COVERED ROADS MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT.
VERY COLD AIR AND GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. BITTERLY
COLD WIND CHILL VALUES IN AND AROUND THE GLACIER PARK REGION.
SATURDAY...A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE UNITED STATES. SNOW WILL BE DECREASING
COVERAGE WITH WINDS DIMINISHING ALSO. COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN WITH VALUES 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
SUNDAY...COLD AIR COMBINED WITH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE FLOW WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOWFALL. THE OVERALL TEMPERATURE
PROFILE OF THE ATMOSPHERE SUGGESTS A LOW DENSITY...DRIER SNOWFALL
BUT STILL PERHAPS AN ADDITIONAL FEW INCHES OF ACCUMULATION OVER
CENTRAL IDAHO AND PARTS OF WESTERN MONTANA. TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN QUITE COLD.
MONDAY THROUGH THANKSGIVING DAY...A VERY GRADUAL WARMING
TREND...FELT MOST IN THE MOUNTAINS...IS EXPECTED NEXT WEEK AS
BROAD WESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES.
ACTUAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY TRICKY GIVEN THE ANTICIPATED
PRESENCE OF VALLEY COLD POOLS AFTER OUR WEEKEND BOUT WITH AN
ARCTIC AIR MASS. BUT THE MODEL CONSENSUS SUGGESTS MOST VALLEYS
WILL ULTIMATELY MIX OUT BY WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER STRONG STORM
SYSTEM POUNDS THE COAST WHILE IT SLOWLY MOVES INLAND. THE LATEST
MODEL DATA SUGGESTS THIS STORM SYSTEM MAY IMPACT THE NORTHERN
ROCKIES ON THANKSGIVING DAY BUT CONFIDENCE IS STILL QUITE LOW
GIVEN ITS BROAD AND PERHAPS DIGGING NATURE (WHICH COULD TAKE THE
STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN).
&&
.AVIATION...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT ALL
AVIATION INTERESTS THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AT KMSO...REVEALING THE MOST
FAVORABLE FLYING CONDITIONS OF THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ANOTHER ROUND OF
SNOW IS FORECAST TO IMPACT KMSO OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW CONTINUING
THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY. GUSTY EAST WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP AFTER 18Z. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS ARE ANTICIPATED AT KGPI
THROUGHOUT THE THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BEFORE SUBSIDING AFTER
ABOUT 03Z. SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL REDEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AS
AN ARCTIC FRONT PUSHES INTO NORTHWEST MONTANA. THE FRONT WILL ALSO
BRING WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH WHICH COULD RESULT IN SOME
REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY
IMPROVE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. AT KBTM GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH ARE
FORECAST TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST UNTIL AROUND 01Z. SNOW
WILL INCREASE AT THE AIRFIELD AND THE COMBINATION WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE SOME REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY. HOWEVER LITTLE ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KSMN WILL LARGELY BE MISSED BY THIS
STORM SYSTEM. IMPACTS TO AVIATION ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED TO
WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 01Z.
&&
.MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY
BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY LOWER
CLARK FORK REGION.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY
FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 9 AM MST SATURDAY WEST
GLACIER REGION.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY
KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY
POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON BUTTE/BLACKFOOT
REGION.
ID...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SATURDAY
NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN CLEARWATER
MOUNTAINS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 5 AM FRIDAY TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY
FOR LOST TRAIL PASS.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING ABOVE 6000
FEET FOR THE EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY.
&&
SHORT TERM...KITSMILLER/JOHNSON
LONG TERM....DICKERSON
AVIATION...DICKERSONIn the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 17, 8:50 AM MST, 5 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
850 AM MST THU NOV 17 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0845 AM HEAVY SNOW SEELEY LAKE 47.18N 113.48W
11/17/2011 M3.0 INCH MISSOULA MT TRAINED SPOTTER
0845 AM HEAVY SNOW 2 SE SEELEY LAKE 47.16N 113.45W
11/17/2011 M4.0 INCH MISSOULA MT TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL SNOWING
&&
GIBSONLocal storm report, Nov 17, 9:30 AM MST, 5 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
930 AM MST THU NOV 17 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0815 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 NW SEELEY LAKE 47.19N 113.50W
11/17/2011 M3.0 INCH MISSOULA MT TRAINED SPOTTER
US FOREST SERVICE
0815 AM NON-TSTM WND GST GEORGETOWN 46.20N 113.25W
11/17/2011 M51.00 MPH DEER LODGE MT MESONET
MDOT WEATHER SENSOR
0815 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 N EUREKA 48.92N 115.05W
11/17/2011 M4.0 INCH LINCOLN MT TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
GIBSONLocal storm report, Nov 17, 9:34 AM MST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
934 AM MST THU NOV 17 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 AM HEAVY SNOW WHITEFISH 48.41N 114.34W
11/17/2011 M3.0 INCH FLATHEAD MT CO-OP OBSERVER
0900 AM HEAVY SNOW 10 E LIBBY 48.39N 115.34W
11/17/2011 M5.0 INCH LINCOLN MT CO-OP OBSERVER
LIBBY DAM COOP
&&
GIBSONLocal storm report, Nov 17, 2:05 PM MST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
205 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM HEAVY SNOW 10 W SALTESE 47.41N 115.72W
11/17/2011 E0.0 INCH SHOSHONE ID PUBLIC
12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE PAST 24 HOURS.
&&
JOHNSONLocal storm report, Nov 17, 2:28 PM MST, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
228 PM MST THU NOV 17 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 WNW TAFT 47.45N 115.70W
11/17/2011 M0.0 INCH MINERAL MT PUBLIC
12 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN THE PAST 24 HOURS AT LOOKOUT
PASS.
&&
GIBSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 4:48 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Missoula, Ravalli, Sanders | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 7:57 AM MST | Wind Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Granite, Powell, Silver Bow | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:36 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 38 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.