Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm warning at Feb 6, 2011, 4:13 AM MST for 7 counties in Montana. It took effect at Feb 6, 2011, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 40 hr. 15 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
- Feb 6, 2011, 4:13 AM MST (11:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 6, 2011, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2011, 9:00 AM MST
- In force
- 40 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 4:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Ne Essex, MT | |
| Feb 7, 5:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | 10 N Seeley Lake, MT | |
| Feb 7, 6:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Missoula, MT | 9 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE LAST 24 HOURS IN THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT. 3 INCHES FELL IN ONE HOUR. |
| Feb 7, 6:16 PM MST | SNOW 0 | Missoula, MT | LAW ENFORCEMENT DECLARED SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF MISSOULA. |
| Feb 7, 6:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 Ne Potomac, MT | EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW SINCE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. FIVE INCHES WERE ON THE GROUND BY 0730. |
| Feb 7, 6:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 2 N Evaro, MT | 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN PAST 24 HOURS. 6 INCHES FROM 0900 TO 1830. |
| Feb 7, 6:55 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12.4 | Missoula, MT | 12.4 INCHES OF SNOW AT MISSOULA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 5 INCHES FELL FROM 1700 TO 1900. |
| Feb 7, 7:02 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Missoula, MT | SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS DECLARED ALONG I-90 FROM US 93 TO MT 200 AT MILEPOST 96.7. |
| Feb 7, 7:05 PM MST | SNOW 0 | Stevensville, MT | SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG HWY-93 FROM STEVENSVILLE TO MISSOULA. |
| Feb 7, 7:55 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9.7 | Missoula, MT | 9.7 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE LAST 24 HOURS AND 11.4 INCHES LAST 36 HOURS AT MISSOULA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 5 INCHES FELL FROM 1700 TO 1900. |
| Feb 7, 8:15 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Missoula, MT | 11 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE LAST 24 HOURS IN THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT. 9 INCHES AS OF 1800. 3 INCHES FELL IN ONE HOUR. |
| Feb 7, 8:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 16 | 8 S Condon, MT | MEASURED 16 INCHES OF SNOW AT LINDBERGH LAKE. |
| Feb 7, 10:55 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Potomac, MT | 8 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. |
| Feb 7, 11:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 3.3 | 4 Ene Alberton, MT | |
| Feb 8, 9:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 1 S Condon, MT | FELL OVER 24 HOURS. |
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
210 WWUS45 KMSO 061113 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 413 AM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 MTZ002-062200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.110206T1800Z-110208T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0005.110207T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 413 AM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST MONDAY... 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 MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY MORNING...PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 15 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES/HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE MONDAY MORNING BECOMING NORTHEAST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * 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 OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-062200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.110206T1800Z-110208T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0005.110207T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 413 AM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY MORNING...PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 15 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING NORTHEAST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-062200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0005.110207T0700Z-110208T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 413 AM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST MONDAY FOR THE FLATHEAD VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY MORNING AS WELL...PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY...PARTICULARLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF FLATHEAD LAKE WILL SEE SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT IMPACTS DUE TO SNOW AND WIND ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...LOCALLY UP TO 7 IN WHITEFISH AND COLUMBIA FALLS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO MEASURE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF FLATHEAD LAKE. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE MONDAY MORNING BECOMING NORTHEAST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ007-062200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.110207T1800Z-110208T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 413 AM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY MORNING AS WELL...PRODUCING GUSTY EAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12 WILL SEE SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT IMPACTS DUE TO SNOW AND WIND ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO MEASURE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE MONDAY MORNING BECOMING EAST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 AND HIGHWAY 12 TRAVEL CORRIDORS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS...HIGHWAY 200 THROUGH OVANDO PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
12 follow-up statements
612 WWUS45 KMSO 061927 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1227 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 MTZ002-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.110207T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1227 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY MORNING...PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 15 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES/HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING NORTHEAST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * 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 OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.110207T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1227 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY MORNING...PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 18 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200. 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE GARNET MOUNTAIN RANGE AND ALONG INTERSTATE 90 TO BEARMOUTH. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING NORTHEAST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.110207T0700Z-110208T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1227 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST MONDAY FOR THE FLATHEAD VALLEY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE FLATHEAD VALLEY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES. ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY MORNING AS WELL...PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY...PARTICULARLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF FLATHEAD LAKE WILL SEE SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT IMPACTS DUE TO SNOW AND WIND ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY... LOCALLY UP TO 7 INCHES IN WHITEFISH AND COLUMBIA FALLS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO MEASURE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF FLATHEAD LAKE AND IN THE MISSION VALLEY. * WINDS: WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING NORTHEAST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-004-070600- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.110207T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1227 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY GUSTY MONDAY MORNING...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING DRIFTING OF SNOW AT TIMES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 10 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY LOOKOUT PASS AND EVARO HILL. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...BECOMING WEST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH MONDAY MORNING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-MTZ006-070600- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.110207T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1227 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY GUSTY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...RAPIDLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING DRIFTING OF SNOW AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 10 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ESPECIALLY LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20 MPH LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-006-070600- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.110207T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 1127 AM PST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 3000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY GUSTY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...RAPIDLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING DRIFTING OF SNOW AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 10 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING LOLO PASS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20 MPH LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.110207T1800Z-110208T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1227 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL...PRODUCING GUSTY EAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12 WILL SEE SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT IMPACTS DUE TO SNOW AND WIND ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH UP TO 7 INCHES AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING GEORGETOWN LAKE. * WINDS: STRONG WEST WINDS WILL BECOME EAST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 AND HIGHWAY 12 TRAVEL CORRIDORS. * 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 OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
728 WWUS45 KMSO 070436 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 936 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 MTZ002-071245- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 936 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY MORNING PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 15 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES/HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-071245- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 936 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. ARCTIC AIR WILL SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY MORNING PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 18 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200. 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE GARNET MOUNTAIN RANGE AND ALONG INTERSTATE 90 TO BEARMOUTH. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * 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 OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-071245- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.110207T0700Z-110208T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 936 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY FOR THE FLATHEAD VALLEY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE FLATHEAD VALLEY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. ARCTIC AIR WILL SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY MORNING PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...INCLUDING THE MORNING COMMUTE. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF FLATHEAD LAKE WILL SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY... LOCALLY UP TO 7 INCHES IN WHITEFISH AND COLUMBIA FALLS. 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF FLATHEAD LAKE AND IN THE MISSION VALLEY. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING NORTHEAST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ005-071245- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.110207T0436Z-110207T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 936 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES...LOCALLY 4 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-004-071245- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 936 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY MONDAY MORNING REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 10 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS... ESPECIALLY LOOKOUT PASS AND EVARO HILL. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...BECOMING WEST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH MONDAY MORNING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-071245- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.110207T1800Z-110208T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 936 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY AFTERNOON PRODUCING GUSTY EAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12 WILL SEE SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT IMPACTS DUE TO SNOW AND WIND ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH UP TO 7 INCHES AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING GEORGETOWN LAKE. * WINDS: STRONG WEST WINDS WILL BECOME EAST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 AND HIGHWAY 12 TRAVEL CORRIDORS. * 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 OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-MTZ006-071245- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 936 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY GUSTY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...RAPIDLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING DRIFTING OF SNOW AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 10 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS... ESPECIALLY LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20 MPH LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-006-071245- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 836 PM PST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY GUSTY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...RAPIDLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING DRIFTING OF SNOW AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 10 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS... INCLUDING LOLO PASS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20 MPH LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
399 WWUS45 KMSO 070447 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 947 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 MTZ002-071300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 947 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY MORNING PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 15 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES/HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-071300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 947 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. ARCTIC AIR WILL SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY MORNING PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 18 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200. 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE GARNET MOUNTAIN RANGE AND ALONG INTERSTATE 90 TO BEARMOUTH. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * 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 OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-071300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.110207T0700Z-110208T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 947 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY FOR THE FLATHEAD VALLEY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE FLATHEAD VALLEY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. ARCTIC AIR WILL SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY MORNING PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...INCLUDING THE MORNING COMMUTE. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF FLATHEAD LAKE WILL SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY... LOCALLY UP TO 7 INCHES IN WHITEFISH AND COLUMBIA FALLS. 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF FLATHEAD LAKE AND IN THE MISSION VALLEY. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING NORTHEAST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ007-071300- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.110207T0447Z-110208T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 947 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY AFTERNOON PRODUCING GUSTY EAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS... MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12 WILL SEE SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT IMPACTS DUE TO SNOW AND WIND ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH UP TO 7 INCHES AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING GEORGETOWN LAKE. * WINDS: STRONG WEST WINDS WILL BECOME EAST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 AND HIGHWAY 12 TRAVEL CORRIDORS. * 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 OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ005-071300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110207T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 947 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES...LOCALLY 4 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-004-071300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 947 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY MONDAY MORNING REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 10 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS... ESPECIALLY LOOKOUT PASS AND EVARO HILL. * WIND: SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...BECOMING WEST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH MONDAY MORNING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...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 MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-MTZ006-071300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 947 PM MST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY GUSTY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...RAPIDLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING DRIFTING OF SNOW AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 10 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS... ESPECIALLY LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20 MPH LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-006-071300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 847 PM PST SUN FEB 6 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY MONDAY MORNING BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY GUSTY EARLY MONDAY MORNING...RAPIDLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING DRIFTING OF SNOW AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 10 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS... INCLUDING LOLO PASS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EARLY MONDAY MORNING...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20 MPH LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
508 WWUS45 KMSO 071118 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 418 AM MST MON FEB 7 2011 MTZ002-072130- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 418 AM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS MORNING PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 15 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES/HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-072130- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 418 AM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. ARCTIC AIR WILL SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 18 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200. 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE GARNET MOUNTAIN RANGE AND ALONG INTERSTATE 90 TO BEARMOUTH. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * 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 OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-072130- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 418 AM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FLATHEAD AND MISSION VALLEYS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE FLATHEAD AND MISSION VALLEYS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THIS MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ARCTIC AIR WILL SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BY LAT MORNING PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY... LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES IN WHITEFISH AND COLUMBIA FALLS. 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF FLATHEAD LAKE AND IN THE MISSION VALLEY. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE BY NOON...BECOMING NORTHEAST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ007-008-072130- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.110207T2100Z-110208T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 318 AM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 1500 FEET IN THE OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION AND FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE ... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 1500 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOWERING TO 1500 FEET. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AT 1500 FEET AND ABOVE WITH THE SNOW BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. OROFINO IS EXPECTED TO SEE A RAIN SNOW MIX WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION...BUT THE BENCHES JUST ABOVE OROFINO COULD SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 1500 FEET...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES BELOW BY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME WEST AND DECREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ005-072130- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 418 AM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR MISSOULA AND THE NORTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEYS... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MISSOULA IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN BITTERROOT AND MISSOULA VALLEYS TODAY. SNOW MAY BE MODERATE AT TIMES THIS MORNING REDUCING VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES...LOCALLY 7 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS OF MISSOULA AND THE NORTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY. FROM STEVENSVILLE SOUTH...LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-072130- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 418 AM MST MON FEB 7 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: SNOWFALL WILL INTENSIFY THIS MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING PRODUCING GUSTY EAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. MAIN IMPACT TODAY WILL BE MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12 WILL SEE SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT IMPACTS DUE TO SNOW AND WIND ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH UP TO 7 INCHES AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING GEORGETOWN LAKE. * WINDS: STRONG WEST WINDS WILL BECOME EAST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 AND HIGHWAY 12 TRAVEL CORRIDORS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-004-072130- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 418 AM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL INTENSIFY THIS MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...AND SLICK SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 10 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS... ESPECIALLY LOOKOUT PASS AND EVARO HILL. * WIND: WEST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IMPACTING LOOKOUT PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-MTZ006-072130- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 418 AM MST MON FEB 7 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: SNOWFALL WILL INTENSIFY THIS MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY GUSTY THIS MORNING...RAPIDLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING DRIFTING OF SNOW AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 10 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS... ESPECIALLY LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20 MPH LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-006-072130- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 318 AM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL INTENSIFY THIS MORNING BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...RAPIDLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING DRIFTING OF SNOW AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 10 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS... INCLUDING LOLO PASS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20 MPH LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
092 WWUS45 KMSO 071422 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 722 AM MST MON FEB 7 2011 MTZ005-072230- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 722 AM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN BITTERROOT AND MISSOULA VALLEYS TODAY. VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE CAN BE EXPECTED UNDER THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS OF MISSOULA AND THE NORTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY. FROM STEVENSVILLE SOUTH...LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ002-072230- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 722 AM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THIS MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS MORNING PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 15 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES/HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-072230- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 722 AM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. ARCTIC AIR WILL SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 18 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200. 4 TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE GARNET MOUNTAIN RANGE AND ALONG INTERSTATE 90 TO BEARMOUTH. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * 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 OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-072230- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 722 AM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FLATHEAD VALLEY... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE FLATHEAD VALLEY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY THIS MORNING... BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ARCTIC AIR WILL SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BY LAT MORNING PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY... LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES IN WHITEFISH AND COLUMBIA FALLS. 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF FLATHEAD LAKE AND IN THE MISSION VALLEY. * WINDS: WINDS WILL INCREASE BY NOON...BECOMING NORTHEAST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ007-072230- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 722 AM MST MON FEB 7 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: SNOWFALL WILL INTENSIFY THIS MORNING... BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. ARCTIC AIR WILL BEGIN TO SPILL OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING PRODUCING GUSTY EAST WINDS AND BLOWING/DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW COULD QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. MAIN IMPACT TODAY WILL BE MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 12. LOCATIONS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12 WILL SEE SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT IMPACTS DUE TO SNOW AND WIND ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH UP TO 7 INCHES AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING GEORGETOWN LAKE. * WINDS: STRONG WEST WINDS WILL BECOME EAST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 AND HIGHWAY 12 TRAVEL CORRIDORS. * 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 OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-004-072230- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 722 AM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOWFALL WILL INTENSIFY THIS MORNING... BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...AND SLICK SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 10 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS... ESPECIALLY LOOKOUT PASS AND EVARO HILL. * WIND: WEST SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IMPACTING LOOKOUT PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-MTZ006-072230- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 722 AM MST MON FEB 7 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: SNOWFALL WILL INTENSIFY THIS MORNING... BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY GUSTY THIS MORNING... RAPIDLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING DRIFTING OF SNOW AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 10 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS... ESPECIALLY LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20 MPH LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-072230- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.110207T2100Z-110208T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 622 AM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 1500 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 1500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOWERING TO 1500 FEET. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AT 1500 FEET AND ABOVE WITH THE SNOW BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. OROFINO IS EXPECTED TO SEE A RAIN SNOW MIX WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION...BUT THE BENCHES JUST ABOVE OROFINO COULD SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 1500 FEET...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES BELOW BY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME WEST AND DECREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-006-072230- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 622 AM PST MON FEB 7 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: SNOWFALL WILL INTENSIFY THIS MORNING BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING. BREEZY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING...RAPIDLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING DRIFTING OF SNOW AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW- COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 10 INCHES OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS... INCLUDING LOLO PASS. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING...BECOMING WEST 15 TO 20 MPH LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
834 WWUS45 KMSO 072200 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 300 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 MTZ005-080600- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.110208T0300Z-110208T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 300 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DETERIORATING ROAD CONDITIONS...SNOW AND LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: COOLING TEMPERATURES AFTER SUNSET WILL LEAD TO A GRADUAL FREEZING OF MELTED SNOW AND SLUSH WHICH HAS ACCUMULATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. APPROACHING ARCTIC AIR IS FORECAST TO ARRIVE IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AFTER 8PM THIS EVENING WHICH WILL RESULT IN AN ACCELERATED DROP IN TEMPERATURES. THIS WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO ICY ROAD CONDITION OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT IN THE MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS. * WINDS: EAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA NEAR HELLGATE CANYON WILL DEVELOP AFTER 8PM THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ003-072300- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 300 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL HAS ENDED AND ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BE CHALLENGING AND SLICK THIS EVENING AS ARCTIC AIR CONTINUES TO SPILL INTO THE FLATHEAD AND MISSION VALLEYS. GUSTY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...HOWEVER THE IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE LOCALIZED. $$ MTZ001-072300- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 300 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER 11PM. $$ MTZ002-080600- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 300 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EVENING HOWEVER ACCUMULATION WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN AN INCH. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY ALONG US 2 THROUGH ESSEX AND UP TO MARIAS PASS. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO CONTINUE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * 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 OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 300 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ARCTIC AIR HAS SPILLED OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW NORTH OF CONDON. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 4 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE GARNET MOUNTAIN RANGE AND ALONG INTERSTATE 90 TO BEARMOUTH. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ004-080600- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 300 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND EVARO HILL. * 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 MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-006-080600- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 200 PM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER LOLO PASS WILL BE PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 300 PM MST MON FEB 7 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: SNOWFALL...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. DESPITE LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN PERIODIC REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL OVER HOMESTAKE AND MACDONALD PASS PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. LOCAL AREAS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE UP TO 2 INCHES...INCLUDING GEORGETOWN LAKE. * WINDS: STRONG WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * 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 OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-MTZ006-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 300 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS EVENING PRODUCING POTENTIALLY CHALLENGING ROAD CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 93 AND PARTICULARLY OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 200 PM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 1500 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 1500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOWERING TO 1500 FEET. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ABOVE 1500 FEET WITH THE SNOW BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. OROFINO IS EXPECTED TO SEE A RAIN SNOW MIX WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION...BUT THE BENCHES JUST ABOVE OROFINO COULD SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 1500 FEET...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES BELOW BY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME WEST AND DECREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
015 WWUS45 KMSO 072305 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 405 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 MTZ002-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 405 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EVENING HOWEVER ACCUMULATION WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN AN INCH. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY ALONG US 2 THROUGH ESSEX AND UP TO MARIAS PASS. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO CONTINUE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 405 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ARCTIC AIR HAS SPILLED OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW NORTH OF CONDON. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 4 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE GARNET MOUNTAIN RANGE AND ALONG INTERSTATE 90 TO BEARMOUTH. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * 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 OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ005-080715- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.110207T2305Z-110208T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 405 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. COOLING TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO A GRADUAL FREEZING OF MELTED SNOW AND SLUSH WHICH HAS ACCUMULATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. APPROACHING ARCTIC AIR IS FORECAST TO ARRIVE IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY DURING THE EARLY EVENING WHICH WILL RESULT IN AN ACCELERATED DROP IN TEMPERATURES. THIS WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO ICY ROAD CONDITION OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT IN THE MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS. * WINDS: EAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA NEAR HELLGATE CANYON WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 405 PM MST MON FEB 7 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: SNOWFALL...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. DESPITE LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN PERIODIC REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL OVER HOMESTAKE AND MACDONALD PASS PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. LOCAL AREAS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE UP TO 2 INCHES...INCLUDING GEORGETOWN LAKE. * WINDS: STRONG WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * 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 OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ004-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 405 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND EVARO HILL. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-MTZ006-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 405 PM MST MON FEB 7 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 TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS EVENING PRODUCING POTENTIALLY CHALLENGING ROAD CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 93 AND PARTICULARLY OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-080715- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 305 PM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 1500 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 1500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOWERING TO 1500 FEET. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ABOVE 1500 FEET WITH THE SNOW BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. OROFINO IS EXPECTED TO SEE A RAIN SNOW MIX WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION...BUT THE BENCHES JUST ABOVE OROFINO COULD SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 1500 FEET...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES BELOW BY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME WEST AND DECREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-006-080715- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 305 PM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER LOLO PASS WILL BE PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
562 WWUS45 KMSO 080056 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 556 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 MTZ005-080900- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T1600Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 556 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS EVENING WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. COOLING TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO A GRADUAL FREEZING OF MELTED SNOW AND SLUSH WHICH HAS ACCUMULATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO ICY ROAD CONDITION OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 0 TO -10 BY EARLY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT IN THE MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS. * WINDS: EAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA NEAR HELLGATE CANYON WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 556 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EVENING HOWEVER ACCUMULATION WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN AN INCH. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY ALONG US 2 THROUGH ESSEX AND UP TO MARIAS PASS. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO CONTINUE DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * 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 OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ043-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 556 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ARCTIC AIR HAS SPILLED OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW NORTH OF CONDON. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RAPIDLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 4 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 200. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE GARNET MOUNTAIN RANGE AND ALONG INTERSTATE 90 TO BEARMOUTH. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ007-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 556 PM MST MON FEB 7 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: SNOWFALL...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. DESPITE LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN PERIODIC REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL OVER HOMESTAKE AND MACDONALD PASS PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. LOCAL AREAS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE UP TO 2 INCHES...INCLUDING GEORGETOWN LAKE. * WINDS: STRONG WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * 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 OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ004-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 556 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND EVARO HILL. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-MTZ006-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 556 PM MST MON FEB 7 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 TO AFFECT THE AREA THIS EVENING PRODUCING POTENTIALLY CHALLENGING ROAD CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 93 AND PARTICULARLY OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-080900- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 456 PM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 1500 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 1500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOWERING TO 1500 FEET. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ABOVE 1500 FEET WITH THE SNOW BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. OROFINO IS EXPECTED TO SEE A RAIN SNOW MIX WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION...BUT THE BENCHES JUST ABOVE OROFINO COULD SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 1500 FEET...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES BELOW BY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME WEST AND DECREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-006-080900- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 456 PM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER LOLO PASS WILL BE PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
807 WWUS45 KMSO 080602 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1102 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 MTZ002-081415- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WC.Y.0002.110208T0602Z-110208T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1102 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIND CHILL VALUES OF -10 TO -20 WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ043-081415- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WC.Y.0002.110208T0602Z-110208T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1102 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIND CHILL VALUES OF -10 TO -20 WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ007-081415- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WC.Y.0002.110208T0602Z-110208T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1102 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIND CHILL VALUES OF -10 TO -20 WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING. * WINDS: STRONG WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ005-081415- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1102 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: COOLING TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD TO A GRADUAL FREEZING OF MELTED SNOW AND SLUSH WHICH HAS ACCUMULATED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS WILL ULTIMATELY LEAD TO ICY ROAD CONDITION OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 0 TO 10 -BY EARLY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT THROUGH TONIGHT IN THE MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS. * WINDS: EAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA NEAR HELLGATE CANYON WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-081415- /O.NEW.KMSO.WC.Y.0002.110208T0602Z-110208T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1102 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY FOR... FLATHEAD VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIND CHILL VALUES OF -10 TO -20 WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 TRAVEL CORRIDOR THROUGH BAD ROCK CANYON AND THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FLATHEAD VALLEY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...COLUMBIA FALLS...KALISPELL...GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ004-081200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T1200Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1102 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. * 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 MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-MTZ006-081200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T1200Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1102 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA PRODUCING POTENTIALLY CHALLENGING ROAD CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 93 AND PARTICULARLY OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-081200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1002 PM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 1500 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 1500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOWERING TO 1500 FEET. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ABOVE 1500 FEET WITH THE SNOW BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. OROFINO IS EXPECTED TO SEE A RAIN SNOW MIX WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION...BUT THE BENCHES JUST ABOVE OROFINO COULD SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 1500 FEET...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES BELOW BY TUESDAY MORNING. * WINDS: STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL BECOME WEST AND DECREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-006-081200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 1002 PM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER LOLO PASS WILL BE PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
504 WWUS45 KMSO 080653 CCA WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1102 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 MTZ002-081415- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WC.Y.0002.110208T0602Z-110208T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1102 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIND CHILL VALUES OF -10 TO -20 WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ043-081415- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WC.Y.0002.110208T0602Z-110208T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1102 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIND CHILL VALUES OF -10 TO -20 WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 TRAVEL CORRIDOR. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ007-081415- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WC.Y.0002.110208T0602Z-110208T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1102 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIND CHILL VALUES OF -10 TO -20 WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING. * WINDS: STRONG WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ005-081415- /O.COR.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1102 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: FALLING TEMPERATURES HAVE RESULTED IN FREEZING OF MELTED SNOW AND SLUSH WHICH ACCUMULATED THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. THIS HAS LEAD TO EXTREMELY ICY ROAD CONDITION AND WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT THROUGH TONIGHT IN THE MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS. * WINDS: EAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA NEAR HELLGATE CANYON WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...OR BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-081415- /O.NEW.KMSO.WC.Y.0002.110208T0602Z-110208T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1102 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY FOR... FLATHEAD VALLEY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIND CHILL VALUES OF -10 TO -20 WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 2 TRAVEL CORRIDOR THROUGH BAD ROCK CANYON AND THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE FLATHEAD VALLEY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...COLUMBIA FALLS...KALISPELL...GLACIER PARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MTZ004-081200- /O.COR.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T1200Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1102 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-MTZ006-081200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T1200Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1102 PM MST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA PRODUCING POTENTIALLY CHALLENGING ROAD CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 93 AND PARTICULARLY OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-081200- /O.COR.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1002 PM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 1500 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 1500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOWERING TO 1500 FEET. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW ABOVE 1500 FEET WITH THE SNOW BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. OROFINO IS EXPECTED TO SEE A RAIN SNOW MIX WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION...BUT THE BENCHES JUST ABOVE OROFINO COULD SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 1500 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES ON BENCHES. 1 TO 2 INCHES BELOW 1500 FEET BY TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-006-081200- /O.COR.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T1200Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 1002 PM PST MON FEB 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER LOLO PASS WILL BE PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
172 WWUS45 KMSO 081011 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 311 AM MST TUE FEB 8 2011 IDZ010-MTZ004-006-081115- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110208T1200Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 311 AM MST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED...THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. $$ MTZ005-081600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 311 AM MST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: FALLING TEMPERATURES AND WIND HAVE RESULTED IN FREEZING OF MELTED SNOW AND SLUSH ON AREA ROADWAYS. THIS HAS LEAD TO EXTREMELY ICY ROAD CONDITIONS THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVELERS THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE. EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SNOW ONTO THE ROADWAYS...SPECIFICALLY THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON AND DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING. * WINDS: EAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 25 MPH THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON INTO DOWNTOWN MISSOULA WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...NORTHERN BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS DRIFTING SNOW AND ICY ROADS ARE OCCURRING. LOCALLY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON AND DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ007-008-081815- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110209T0000Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 211 AM PST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 1500 FEET... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 1500 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE ABOVE 1500 FEET WITH THE SNOW BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES THIS MORNING. OROFINO IS EXPECTED TO SEE A RAIN SNOW MIX WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION...BUT THE BENCHES JUST ABOVE OROFINO COULD SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 1500 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES ON BENCHES. 1 TO 2 INCHES BELOW 1500 FEET BY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-006-081815- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110209T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 211 AM PST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 1500 FEET... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 1500 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER HIGHWAY 12 FROM LOWELL TO LOLO PASS WILL BE PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING TODAY WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION NEAR LOWELL...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AS YOU INCREASE IN ELEVATION TOWARD LOLO PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ002-003-007-043-081800- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110208T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 311 AM MST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING. * WINDS: STRONG NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...FLATHEAD VALLEY...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
758 WWUS45 KMSO 081559 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 859 AM MST TUE FEB 8 2011 MTZ005-081700- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110208T1600Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 859 AM MST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. ICY ROAD CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THROUGH THE MORNING AS TRAFFIC AND WARMING AIR TEMPERATURES HELP TO MELT ROAD SURFACES. LIGHT SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OFF AND ON THROUGH THE DAY WITH LITTLE TO NO NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ANTICIPATED. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL VALUES ARE CURRENTLY NEAR ZERO THIS MORNING. FAVORED CHANNELING AREAS...SUCH AS HELLGATE CANYON INTO DOWNTOWN MISSOULA...SHOULD SEE ELEVATED WINDS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE WINDS DECREASE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA $$ MTZ002-003-007-043-081700- /O.CAN.KMSO.WC.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110208T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 859 AM MST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE CURRENTLY NEAR ZERO THIS MORNING AND MOST WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED ALONG THE DIVIDE. FAVORED CHANNELING AREAS...SUCH AS HIGHWAY 2 FROM BADROCK CANYON TO GLACIER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...SHOULD SEE ELEVATED WINDS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE WINDS DECREASE. $$ IDZ007-008-090000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110209T0000Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 759 AM PST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 1500 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 1500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE ABOVE 1500 FEET WITH THE SNOW BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES. OROFINO IS EXPECTED TO SEE A RAIN SNOW MIX WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION...BUT THE BENCHES JUST ABOVE OROFINO COULD SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 1500 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES ON BENCHES. 1 TO 2 INCHES BELOW 1500 FEET BY THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 12 OROFINO TO KOOSKIA...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-006-090000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-110209T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 759 AM PST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 1500 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 1500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER HIGHWAY 12 FROM LOWELL TO LOLO PASS WILL BE PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING TODAY WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION NEAR LOWELL... CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AS YOU INCREASE IN ELEVATION TOWARD LOLO PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 6, 4:12 AM MST, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 4:12 AM MST, 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
412 AM MST SUN FEB 6 2011
...SNOW AND WIND TO RETURN TO WESTERN MONTANA TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...
.DISCUSSION...MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEXT PACIFIC WEATHER
SYSTEM HAS SLOWED. PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO
AND WESTERN MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WARMER AIRMASS IS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS APPROACHING WEATHER SYSTEM...WHICH WILL CAUSE SNOW
LEVELS TO BE ON THE RISE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND CENTRAL/SOUTHWEST
MONTANA. RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THESE VALLEYS...WHILE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS WILL SEE SNOW. THE EXCEPTION IS THE SEELEY/SWAN VALLEY
WHERE SNOW IS EXPECTED AS COOLER AIR WILL REMAINS TRAPPED IN THESE
VALLEYS. NORTHWEST MONTANA WILL REMAIN COOL ENOUGH TO KEEP
PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW. WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES HAVE
BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MONTANA TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY. IN ADDITION...A STRONG SOUTH TO NORTH PRESSURE GRADIENT
WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE THIS EVENING RESULTING IN
STRONG SOUTH WINDS. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR THIS
REGION AS A RESULT. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ACROSS THE
MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS AND THE I-90 CORRIDOR FROM DEER
LODGE TO ANACONDA OVERNIGHT AS UNSTABLE CONDITIONS COMBINE WITH AN
INCREASED PRESSURE GRADIENT TO MIX STRONGER WINDS TO THE SURFACE.
THESE WINDS WILL ALSO SHADOW OUT THE NORTH/SOUTH ORIENTED
VALLEYS...DECREASING PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT AND KEEPING
TEMPERATURES MILD.
THE AFOREMENTIONED PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL DIG OVER IDAHO
MONDAY...HELPING DRAW A MODIFIED ARCTIC AIRMASS WEST OF THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. THE MODELS HAVE SLOWED THE ONSET OF THIS
COOLER AIR BY ABOUT 6 HOURS ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA. STILL
ANTICIPATE STRONG WINDS TO CHANNEL THROUGH FAVORED NORTHEAST TO
SOUTHWEST CANYONS DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THESE WINDS COMBINED
WITH SNOW WILL RESULT IN TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES FOR THE MORNING
COMMUTE ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY...COLUMBIA FALLS AND
WHITEFISH. LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THESE
LOCATIONS MONDAY. THEREFORE A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED
TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS SCENARIO. AS THE FRONT TRAVELS SOUTH ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN MONTANA MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING VALLEY
RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. THE EAST/WEST ORIENTED VALLEYS WILL
SEE LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS RESULTING IN VISIBILITY ISSUES FROM BLOWING
SNOW. HIGHWAY 12 AND HIGHWAY 200 ARE EXPECTED TO SEE ENOUGH SNOW
AND WINDS TO CREATE TRAVEL HAZARDS. THEREFORE A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THESE CORRIDORS. THE INTERSTATE 90
CORRIDOR THROUGH MISSOULA WILL ALSO SEE GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING
SNOW...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MUCH LESS. COULD SEE
LOCAL TRAVEL HAZARDS THROUGH HELLGATE CANYON INTO DOWNTOWN
MISSOULA MONDAY EVENING. WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY WINTER HEADLINES AND
CONTINUE TO MONITOR TIMING OF FRONT. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO
REACH SOUTHWEST MONTANA INTO THE NORTHERN CLEARWATERS BY TUESDAY
MORNING. HOWEVER ENOUGH CLOUD COVER AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP
TEMPERATURES UP. DRIER MORE STABLE AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL
DECREASE SHOWERS AND CLOUDS FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST TUESDAY.
WITH A DECREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT AND CLEARING SKIES...WEDNESDAY
MORNING LOOKS TO BE THE COLDEST.
NORTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL ALLOW ANOTHER WAVE OF MOISTURE TO
MOVE OVER NORTHWEST MONTANA WEDNESDAY NIGH. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO
BEGIN TO MODIFY AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT BECOMES MORE
SOUTH WEST.
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...A GRADUAL WARMING AND DRYING TREND WILL
BEGIN AS THE UPPER RIDGE SLOWLY MOVES INLAND. THIS WILL RETURN
TEMPERATURES TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. INCREASING CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION CAN BE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN BY FRIDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...AN APPROACHING WAVE OF ENERGY AND MOISTURE FROM THE PACIFIC WILL
GRADUALLY LOWER CEILINGS AND INCREASE PRECIPITATION OVER NORTH
CENTRAL IDAHO AND NORTHWEST MONTANA THROUGH THIS MORNING. BY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL OVERTAKE
WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. LOWERED VISIBILITY AND
CEILINGS WILL PLAGUE ALL LOCAL AIRFIELDS THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD TERRAIN
OBSCURATIONS WILL BE IN PLACE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THROUGH MONDAY. IN ADDITION...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE OVER NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA LATE THIS EVENING.
&&
.MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST MONDAY
BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 5 PM MST MONDAY
FOR THE FLATHEAD VALLEY.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST MONDAY
WEST GLACIER REGION.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST
MONDAY POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION.
ID...WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY FOR
GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY.
&&
SHORT TERM...PALLISTER
LONG TERM....MEAD
AVIATION...PALLISTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 4:13 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 4 more | 61 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.