Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm warning at Jan 29, 2011, 2:45 AM MST for 6 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jan 29, 2011, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 30 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2011, 2:45 AM MST (09:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2011, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2011, 4:49 PM MST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Sanders County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:44 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 9:14 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Essex, MT | MONTANA DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED 6 TO 8 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 2 FROM ESSEX TO 7 MILES WEST OF MARIAS PASS. |
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 1 Sw Columbia Falls, MT | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE DRIFTS. SEVERAL TREE LIMBS HAVE ALSO BROKEN OFF AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. |
| Jan 30, 6:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 1 Sw Columbia Falls, MT | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE DRIFTS. SEVERAL TREE LIMBS UP TO 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER HAVE ALSO BROKEN OFF AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. |
| Jan 30, 4:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 11 E Essex, MT | 12 INCHES OF SNOW OVER MARIAS PASS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 1055 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
993 WWUS45 KMSO 290945 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 245 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 MTZ002-291800- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0003.110129T1200Z-110130T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0004.110129T1800Z-110131T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 245 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE INCREASING DURING THE DAY TODAY...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...PEAKING TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ...WITH UP TO 15 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: INCREASING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE 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 EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-291800- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0003.110129T1800Z-110130T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0004.110129T2100Z-110131T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 245 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON... BECOMING MODERATE BY LATE AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...PEAKING TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS NORTH OF KALISPELL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MISSION VALLEY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: INCREASING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE MISSION VALLEY TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-291800- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0003.110130T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0004.110130T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 245 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON ...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR TONIGHT...PEAKING DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH UP TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: INCREASING EAST 15 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH 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. && $$ MTZ001-291800- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110129T2100Z-110130T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 245 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON ...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS...WITH UP TO 8 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ004-291800- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T0300Z-110131T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 245 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE INCREASING OVER LOOKOUT PASS TODAY...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE SNOW DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS...AND UP TO 10 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ MTZ005-291800- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T0600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 245 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE DEVELOPING TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY. EAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON AND DOWNTOWN MISSOULA SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES BY SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES OVER THE FOOTHILLS. * WINDS: INCREASING TO EAST 15 TO 25 MPH BY SUNDAY MORNING. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON INTO THE MISSOULA VALLEY SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-291800- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 245 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE DEVELOPING SATURDAY EVENING... BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12. EAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT...PEAKING SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAINLY NORTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND THE HIGHWAY 12 AND HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDORS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12 AND AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS GEORGETOWN LAKE. 2 TO 4 INCHES SOUTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION... INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS 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. && $$ MTZ006-291800- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 245 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE INCREASING TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND BENCHES. 2 TO 4 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ006-291800- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 145 AM PST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE INCREASING TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET BY SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...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. && $$ IDZ005-291800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T0600Z-110131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 145 AM PST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE INCREASING LATE THIS EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 5 INCHES BY SUNDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
8 follow-up statements
239 WWUS45 KMSO 291759 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1059 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 MTZ002-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.110129T1800Z-110131T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1059 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE INCREASING DURING THE DAY TODAY...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...PEAKING TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS...DRIFTING OF SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH UP TO 15 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: INCREASING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE 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 EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.110129T2100Z-110131T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1059 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON... BECOMING MODERATE BY LATE AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...PEAKING TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NORTH OF KALISPELL AND ALONG HIGHWAY 2...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS...DRIFTING OF SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MISSION VALLEY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: INCREASING NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE MISSION VALLEY TONIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.110130T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1059 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON ... BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR TONIGHT...PEAKING DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH UP TO 15 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: INCREASING EAST 15 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH 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. && $$ MTZ001-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110129T2100Z-110130T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 1059 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS...WITH UP TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ004-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T0300Z-110131T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1059 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE INCREASING OVER LOOKOUT PASS TODAY...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE SNOW DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS...WITH UP TO 10 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ MTZ005-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T0600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1059 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE DEVELOPING TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY. EAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON AND DOWNTOWN MISSOULA ON SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES BY SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES OVER THE FOOTHILLS. * WINDS: INCREASING TO EAST 15 TO 25 MPH BY SUNDAY MORNING. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON INTO DOWNTOWN MISSOULA SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1059 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS EVENING... BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12. EAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT...PEAKING SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAINLY NORTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND THE HIGHWAY 12 AND HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDORS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12 AND AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS GEORGETOWN LAKE. 2 TO 4 INCHES SOUTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION...INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS 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. && $$ IDZ005-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T0600Z-110131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 959 AM PST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE INCREASING LATE THIS EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 5 INCHES BY SUNDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ006-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1059 AM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE INCREASING TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND BENCHES. 2 TO 4 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS. * 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. && $$ IDZ006-300200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 959 AM PST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE INCREASING TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET BY SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
548 WWUS45 KMSO 300159 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 659 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 MTZ002-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 659 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED BETWEEN NOW AND DAYBREAK ON SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE SNOW AND WINDS GRADUALLY BECOMING LIGHTER DURING THE DAYTIME ON SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND FEET AT TIMES. DRIFTING OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO BE OF CONCERN OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH UP TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: NORTHEAST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TONIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE 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 EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 659 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE SNOWFALL WILL BECOME MORE INTENSE OVERNIGHT WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. NORTH OF KALISPELL AND ALONG HIGHWAY 2...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH THE VISIBILITY REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND FEET AT TIMES. DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE OF CONCERN OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MISSION VALLEY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHEAST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE MISSION VALLEY OVERNIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS PF AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 659 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO INCREASE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR TONIGHT...PEAKING BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH THE VISIBILITY REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND FEET AT TIMES. DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS MAY ALSO BECOME AN ISSUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH UPWARDS OF 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: INCREASING EAST 15 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH 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. && $$ MTZ001-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110130T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 659 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS EVENING... BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS...WITH UP TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ004-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T0300Z-110131T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 659 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE INCREASING OVER LOOKOUT PASS TODAY...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL SEE SNOW DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS...WITH UP TO 16 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ MTZ005-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T0600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 659 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE DEVELOPING TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY. EAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...PRODUCING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON AND DOWNTOWN MISSOULA ON SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES BY SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES OVER THE FOOTHILLS. * WINDS: INCREASING TO EAST 15 TO 25 MPH BY SUNDAY MORNING. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON INTO DOWNTOWN MISSOULA SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 659 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS EVENING... BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12. EAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TONIGHT...PEAKING SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAINLY NORTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND THE HIGHWAY 12 AND HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDORS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12 AND AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS GEORGETOWN LAKE. 2 TO 4 INCHES SOUTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION... INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS 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. && $$ IDZ005-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T0600Z-110131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 559 PM PST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE INCREASING LATE THIS EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 5 INCHES BY SUNDAY NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ006-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 659 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE INCREASING TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND BENCHES. 2 TO 4 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS. * 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. && $$ IDZ006-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 559 PM PST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE INCREASING TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET BY SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
417 WWUS45 KMSO 300326 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 826 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 MTZ002-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 826 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED BETWEEN NOW AND DAYBREAK ON SUNDAY MORNING WITH THE SNOW AND WINDS GRADUALLY BECOMING LIGHTER DURING THE DAYTIME ON SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND FEET AT TIMES. DRIFTING OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO BE OF CONCERN OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH UP TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: NORTHEAST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TONIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. 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 EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 826 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE SNOWFALL WILL BECOME MORE INTENSE OVERNIGHT WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AREA. NORTH OF KALISPELL AND ALONG HIGHWAY 2... THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH THE VISIBILITY REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND FEET AT TIMES. DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE OF CONCERN OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MISSION VALLEY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHEAST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE MISSION VALLEY OVERNIGHT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 826 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR TONIGHT... PEAKING BY DAYBREAK SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH THE VISIBILITY REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND FEET AT TIMES. DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS MAY ALSO BECOME AN ISSUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH UPWARDS OF 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: INCREASING EAST 15 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH 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. && $$ MTZ006-301200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T0326Z-110131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 826 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOLO PASS THROUGH THE NIGHT. A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THE ARCTIC FRONT SUNDAY MORNING BUT THEN PERSISTENT LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED AFTERWARDS INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS AND IN THE BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS. 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS AND IN THE LOWER ELEVATION VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110130T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 826 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS EVENING... BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS...WITH UP TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. * 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 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. && $$ MTZ004-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 826 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL INTENSIFY OVER LOOKOUT PASS THIS EVENING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP OVERNIGHT AS COLD...ARCTIC AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA. THUS LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL BEGIN TO SEE SNOW OVERNIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS...WITH UP TO 16 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ005-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T0600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 826 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: IN THE MISSOULA AND NORTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY...SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING SUNDAY MORNING AND BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID SUNDAY MORNING...PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. BRIEF PERIODS OF LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR HELLGATE CANYON AND IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA...EAST MISSOULA AND BONNER. VISIBILITY REDUCED LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND FEET AT TIMES IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON AND DOWNTOWN MISSOULA ON SUNDAY. IN THE SOUTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY...SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP UNTIL AFTER THE NOON HOUR ON SUNDAY WITH ONLY 1 TO 2 INCHES ACCUMULATION. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES BY SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND ON WESTERN SLOPES OF THE VALLEY. * WINDS: INCREASING TO EAST 15 TO 25 MPH BY SUNDAY MORNING. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON INTO DOWNTOWN MISSOULA SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA 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. && $$ MTZ007-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 826 PM MST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: FOR LOCATIONS MAINLY NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 12... SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH THE SNOWFALL REACHING THEIR PEAK ON SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND POTENTIALLY SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS MAINLY NORTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND THE HIGHWAY 12 AND HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDORS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12 AND AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS GEORGETOWN LAKE. 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION... INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T0600Z-110131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 726 PM PST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND BECOME HEAVIEST DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO LOWER DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS EXPERIENCING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 5 INCHES BY SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. 12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATION MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE 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. && $$ IDZ006-301200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 726 PM PST SAT JAN 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM PST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE INCREASING IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET BY SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
932 WWUS45 KMSO 301025 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 325 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 MTZ002-301800- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 325 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS MORNING WILL BE DECREASING IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. CONCERNS WILL SHIFT TO WIND AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS LATER TODAY AND OVER NIGHT TONIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHEAST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY 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 EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL BE A GROWING CONCERN AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO LOWER AND STRONG WINDS CONTINUE. && $$ MTZ003-301800- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 325 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE DECREASING IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. IN ADDITION... WINDS ACROSS FLATHEAD LAKE WILL INCREASE WAVE ACTION POTENTIALLY CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE ALONG NORTH-FACING SHORELINES. AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE TEENS...FREEZING SPRAY MAY ALSO BE A PROBLEM TODAY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE OF CONCERN TONIGHT. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 9 INCHES ALONG THE EAST SHORE OF FLATHEAD LAKE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHEAST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MISSION VALLEY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO...LOCALLY DOWN TO 20 BELOW ZERO IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL BE A GROWING CONCERN AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO LOWER AND STRONG WINDS CONTINUE. && $$ MTZ043-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 325 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BECOME LIGHT IN INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH THE VISIBILITY REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS MAY ALSO BECOME AN ISSUE TODAY. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200...ELSEWHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TODAY ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND I-90 EAST OF MISSOULA. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES SHOULD BE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...INTERSTATE 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH 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. && $$ IDZ007-301800- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110131T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 225 AM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ008-301800- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110131T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 225 AM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST MONDAY FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ MTZ007-301800- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T1200Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 325 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 5 AM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: FOR LOCATIONS MAINLY NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 12... LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. IN ADDITION...GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE...PEAKING THIS MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND POTENTIALLY SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS MAINLY NORTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND THE HIGHWAY 12 AND HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDORS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE DEVELOPING TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12...AND AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS GEORGETOWN LAKE BY THIS EVENING. 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION...INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT... CREATING WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110130T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 325 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BECOME LIGHT IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS...WITH UP TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE THIS MORNING. * 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 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. && $$ MTZ004-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 325 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TODAY ...CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS BY THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ005-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T0600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 325 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: IN THE MISSOULA AND NORTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY...SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS MORNING AND BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. BRIEF PERIODS OF LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR HELLGATE CANYON AND IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA TODAY. IN THE SOUTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY... LIGHT SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES BY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES OVER THE FOOTHILLS/BENCHES AROUND MISSOULA VALLEY. 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE EVENING DOWN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY. * WINDS: INCREASING TO EAST 15 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON INTO DOWNTOWN MISSOULA TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES LOWERING TO AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA 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. && $$ MTZ006-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 325 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOLO PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS AND IN THE BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS BY THIS EVENING. 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS AND IN THE LOWER ELEVATION VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 225 AM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO LOWER DURING THE DAY TODAY WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS EXPERIENCING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL BY THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 5 INCHES BY SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND UP TO 12 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE 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. && $$ IDZ006-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110130T1200Z-110131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 225 AM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET BY TONIGHT ...WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
345 WWUS45 KMSO 301417 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 717 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 MTZ002-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 717 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THIS MORNING WILL BE DECREASING IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. CONCERNS WILL SHIFT TO WIND AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS LATER TODAY AND OVER NIGHT TONIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHEAST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY 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 EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL BE A GROWING CONCERN AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO LOWER AND STRONG WINDS CONTINUE. && $$ MTZ003-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 717 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE DECREASING IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. IN ADDITION... WINDS ACROSS FLATHEAD LAKE WILL INCREASE WAVE ACTION POTENTIALLY CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE ALONG NORTH-FACING SHORELINES. AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE TEENS...FREEZING SPRAY MAY ALSO BE A PROBLEM TODAY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE OF CONCERN TONIGHT. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 9 INCHES ALONG THE EAST SHORE OF FLATHEAD LAKE BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHEAST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MISSION VALLEY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO...LOCALLY DOWN TO 20 BELOW ZERO IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL BE A GROWING CONCERN AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO LOWER AND STRONG WINDS CONTINUE. && $$ MTZ043-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 717 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BECOME LIGHT IN INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH THE VISIBILITY REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS MAY ALSO BECOME AN ISSUE TODAY. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200...ELSEWHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TODAY ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND I-90 EAST OF MISSOULA. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES SHOULD BE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH 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. && $$ MTZ001-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110130T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 717 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...IN ADDITION TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. SNOWFALL WILL BECOME LIGHT IN INTENSITY LATE THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS...WITH UP TO 8 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE THIS MORNING. * WIND: NORTH WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH THROUGH THE MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ004-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 717 AM MST SUN JAN 30 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 SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TODAY CREATING ...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS BY THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ MTZ005-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 717 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: IN THE MISSOULA AND NORTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY...SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS MORNING AND BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. BRIEF PERIODS OF LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR HELLGATE CANYON AND IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA TODAY. IN THE SOUTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY... LIGHT SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES BY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES OVER THE FOOTHILLS/BENCHES AROUND MISSOULA VALLEY. 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE EVENING DOWN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY. * WINDS: INCREASING TO EAST 15 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON INTO DOWNTOWN MISSOULA TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES LOWERING TO AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 717 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: FOR LOCATIONS MAINLY NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 12... LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. IN ADDITION... GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE...PEAKING THIS MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND POTENTIALLY SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS MAINLY NORTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND THE HIGHWAY 12 AND HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDORS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE DEVELOPING TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12...AND AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS GEORGETOWN LAKE BY THIS EVENING. 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION...INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT... CREATING WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS 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. && $$ MTZ006-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 717 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOLO PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS AND IN THE BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS BY THIS EVENING. 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS AND IN THE LOWER ELEVATION VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 617 AM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO LOWER DURING THE DAY TODAY WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS EXPERIENCING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL BY THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 5 INCHES BY SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND UP TO 12 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE 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. && $$ IDZ007-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110131T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 617 AM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ006-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 617 AM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET BY TONIGHT WITH ...1 TO 4 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...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. && $$ IDZ008-301800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110131T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 617 AM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST MONDAY FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
449 WWUS45 KMSO 301800 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1100 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 MTZ001-301900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110130T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 1100 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS DRIER CANADIAN AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. LITTLE TO NO NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH $$ MTZ002-310200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1100 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE THIS MORNING...BECOMING LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. CONCERNS WILL SHIFT TO WIND AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS LATER TODAY AND OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHEAST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL BE A GROWING CONCERN AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO LOWER AND STRONG WINDS CONTINUE. && $$ MTZ003-310200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1100 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BE DECREASING IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM AND PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. IN ADDITION... WINDS ACROSS FLATHEAD LAKE WILL INCREASE WAVE ACTION POTENTIALLY CAUSING PROPERTY DAMAGE ALONG NORTH-FACING SHORELINES. AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE TEENS...FREEZING SPRAY MAY ALSO BE A PROBLEM TODAY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE OF CONCERN TONIGHT. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES IN COLUMBIA FALLS AND ALONG THE SOUTH AND EAST SHORES OF FLATHEAD LAKE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHEAST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MISSION VALLEY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO...LOCALLY DOWN TO 20 BELOW ZERO IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY TONIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON 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 EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL BE A GROWING CONCERN AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO LOWER AND STRONG WINDS CONTINUE. && $$ MTZ043-310000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1100 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BECOME LIGHT IN INTENSITY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS MAY ALSO BECOME AN ISSUE TODAY. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS AFTERNOON NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200...ELSEWHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH TODAY ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND I-90 EAST OF MISSOULA. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES SHOULD BE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ004-310000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1100 AM MST SUN JAN 30 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 SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TODAY CREATING DIFFICULT...DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS...WITH UP TO 12 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS BY THIS AFTERNOON. * 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. && $$ MTZ005-310200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1100 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: IN THE MISSOULA AND NORTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY...SNOW WILL BE MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. BRIEF PERIODS OF LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR HELLGATE CANYON AND IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA TODAY. IN THE SOUTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES BY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES OVER THE FOOTHILLS/BENCHES AROUND THE MISSOULA VALLEY. 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE EVENING DOWN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY. * WINDS: INCREASING TO EAST 15 TO 25 MPH THIS MORNING. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON INTO DOWNTOWN MISSOULA TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES LOWERING TO AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-310200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1100 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: FOR LOCATIONS MAINLY NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 12... LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. IN ADDITION... GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND POTENTIALLY SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS MAINLY NORTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND THE HIGHWAY 12 AND HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDORS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE DEVELOPING TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12...AND AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS GEORGETOWN LAKE BY THIS EVENING. 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION...INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT... CREATING WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS 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. && $$ MTZ006-310200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1100 AM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOLO PASS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS AND IN THE BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS BY THIS EVENING. 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS AND IN THE LOWER ELEVATION VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-310200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 1000 AM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER THROUGH THE DAY TODAY WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS EXPERIENCING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL BY THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 5 INCHES BY SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND UP TO 12 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE 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. && $$ IDZ007-310200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110131T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 1000 AM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ006-310200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 1000 AM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET BY TONIGHT WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...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. && $$ IDZ008-310200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110131T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1000 AM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST MONDAY FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW HAS DEVELOPED LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
637 WWUS45 KMSO 302200 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 300 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 MTZ002-310600- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WC.W.0001.110130T2200Z-110131T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 300 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: DESPITE SNOW ENDING...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...CAUSING DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. ANYONE TRAVELING OUTDOORS SHOULD COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT AGAINST THE COLD. * WINDS: NORTHEAST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ003-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 300 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL HAS ALL BUT ENDED IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY AND WILL BE DECREASING IN THE MISSION VALLEY THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM AS DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...WINDS ACROSS FLATHEAD LAKE WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE HIGH WAVES AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE PROPERTY DAMAGE ALONG NORTH- FACING SHORELINES. AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE TEENS...FREEZING SPRAY MAY ALSO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 7 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES IN COLUMBIA FALLS AND ALONG THE SOUTH AND EAST SHORES OF FLATHEAD LAKE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: NORTHEAST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MISSION VALLEY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO TO 25 BELOW ZERO CAN BE ANTICIPATED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL BE A GROWING CONCERN AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO LOWER AND STRONG WINDS CONTINUE. && $$ MTZ043-310000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 300 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL BECOME LIGHT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND ALONG HIGHWAY 200 WILL PRODUCE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES AND ALLOW FOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL BECOME A CONCERN TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 12 INCHES BY EARLY THIS EVENING NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200...ELSEWHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH EARLY EVENING ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND I-90 EAST OF MISSOULA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH 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. && $$ MTZ004-310000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 300 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS. UP TO 8 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND EVARO HILL BY EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ005-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 300 PM MST SUN JAN 30 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: IN THE MISSOULA AND NORTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY...SNOW WILL BE MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. BRIEF PERIODS OF LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED NEAR HELLGATE CANYON AND IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. IN THE SOUTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES BY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES OVER THE FOOTHILLS/BENCHES AROUND THE MISSOULA VALLEY. 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE EVENING DOWN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON INTO DOWNTOWN MISSOULA THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES LOWERING TO AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA 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. && $$ MTZ007-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 300 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: FOR LOCATIONS MAINLY NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 12...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE. IN ADDITION... GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS MAINLY NORTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND THE HIGHWAY 12 AND HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDORS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL BE DEVELOPING TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12...AND AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS GEORGETOWN LAKE BY THIS EVENING. 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION...INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT... CREATING WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ006-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 300 PM MST SUN JAN 30 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: MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOLO PASS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH LIGHT SNOWFALL IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS AND IN THE BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS BY THIS EVENING. 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS AND IN THE LOWER ELEVATION VALLEYS. * 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. && $$ IDZ005-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 200 PM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER...ALLOWING LOWER ELEVATIONS TO EXPERIENCE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL BY THIS EVENING. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 5 INCHES BY TONIGHT IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND UP TO 10 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110131T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 200 PM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA 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. && $$ IDZ006-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 200 PM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOWFALL...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET BY TONIGHT WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ008-310600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110131T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 200 PM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL RE-DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. 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. && $$
047 WWUS45 KMSO 302349 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 449 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 MTZ003-310300- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110131T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 449 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: DESPITE SNOW ENDING...STRONG NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... CAUSING DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. ANYONE TRAVELING OUTDOORS SHOULD COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT AGAINST THE COLD. * WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT IN THE FLATHEAD AND MISSION VALLEYS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO TO 25 BELOW ZERO CAN BE ANTICIPATED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ043-310300- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110131T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110131T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 449 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: DESPITE SNOW TAPERING OFF THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... CAUSING DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 AND INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDORS. ANYONE TRAVELING OUTDOORS SHOULD COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT AGAINST THE COLD. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT....ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 200 AND I-90 EAST OF MISSOULA. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP IN THESE LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL CONTINUE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ACROSS ROADWAYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ002-310300- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110131T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 449 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: DESPITE SNOW ENDING...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... CAUSING DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. ANYONE TRAVELING OUTDOORS SHOULD COVER ALL EXPOSED SKIN AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT AGAINST THE COLD. * WINDS: NORTHEAST SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ004-310300- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0300Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 449 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF TARKIO...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 FROM TARKIO TO FRENCHTOWN AND HIGHWAY 93 OVER EVARO HILL. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. LOCATIONS NORTH OF TARKIO HAVE SEEN SNOW COME TO AN END ALTHOUGH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT ROADWAYS. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS. UP TO 8 INCHES IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS AND EVARO HILL BY EARLY THIS 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. && $$ MTZ005-310300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 449 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: IN THE MISSOULA AND NORTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY...SNOW WILL BE MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. EAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. BRIEF PERIODS OF LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED NEAR HELLGATE CANYON AND IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. IN THE SOUTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES BY LATE THIS EVENING...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES OVER THE FOOTHILLS/BENCHES AROUND THE MISSOULA VALLEY. 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE EVENING DOWN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON INTO DOWNTOWN MISSOULA THROUGH THIS EVENING. WIND CHILL VALUES LOWERING TO AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-310300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 449 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: FOR LOCATIONS MAINLY NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 12... LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE. IN ADDITION... GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ON ROADWAYS MAINLY NORTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 90 AND THE HIGHWAY 12 AND HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDORS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12...AND AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS GEORGETOWN LAKE BY THIS EVENING. 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF GARRISON JUNCTION...INCLUDING BUTTE AND ANACONDA. * WINDS: EAST 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT... CREATING WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS 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. && $$ MTZ006-310300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 449 PM MST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOLO PASS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH LIGHT SNOWFALL IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND VALLEYS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS AND IN THE BITTERROOT MOUNTAINS BY THIS EVENING. 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS AND IN THE LOWER ELEVATION VALLEYS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-310300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 349 PM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER...ALLOWING LOWER ELEVATIONS TO EXPERIENCE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL BY THIS EVENING. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 5 INCHES BY TONIGHT IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...AND UP TO 10 INCHES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND MOUNTAINS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE 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. && $$ IDZ007-310300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110131T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 349 PM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ006-310300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-110131T0600Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 349 PM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOWFALL...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES ABOVE 3000 FEET BY TONIGHT WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...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. && $$ IDZ008-310300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0014.110131T0000Z-110131T1200Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 349 PM PST SUN JAN 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL RE-DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.