Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm warning at Nov 7, 2012, 4:16 AM MST for 8 counties in Montana; Idaho County, Idaho. It took effect at Nov 8, 2012, 2:00 AM MST. It was in force for 43 hr. 30 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
- Nov 7, 2012, 4:16 AM MST (11:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 8, 2012, 2:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 9, 2012, 9:19 PM MST
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Idaho County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 9:50 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Anaconda, MT | SNOW DURATION 5 HOURS 15 MINUTES |
| Nov 8, 11:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Nnw Butte, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 5 HOURS |
| Nov 8, 2:10 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Anaconda, MT | |
| Nov 8, 2:50 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 3 Nnw Hamilton, MT | 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. ACCUMULATING ON ALL SURFACES. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 3 HOURS |
| Nov 8, 3:30 PM MST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 E Bell Crossing, MT | SNOW DURATION 5 HOURS |
| Nov 8, 6:05 PM MST | SNOW 9.4 | Anaconda, MT | 0.71 OF WATER EQUIVALENT. SNOW DURATION 13 HOURS |
| Nov 8, 8:33 PM MST | SNOW 8 | 4 Ene Janney, MT | HOMESTAKE PASS AT 6385 FT. NO WIND AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT. |
| Nov 8, 10:00 PM MST | SNOW 2 | Essex, MT | SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 3:00 AM MST | SNOW 10 | 5 Ene Blacktail, MT | 10 ON MARIAS PASS FROM MIDDAY NOV 8TH THROUGH EARLY MORNING ON THE 9TH. SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 5:00 AM MST | SNOW 7 | 9 Sse Powell, ID | REPORTED AT SNOTEL STATION SVPI1 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.4 | 1 S Hamilton, MT | REPORTED AT COCORAHS STATION 6003H SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | 1 Ssw Blacktail, MT | 4550 FT. STARTED BETWEEN 1400 AND 1500 MST ON NOV 8TH. SNOW DURATION 17 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 7:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.9 | 4 E Corvallis, MT | REPORTED AT COCORAHS STATION 7167C SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 7:30 AM MST | SNOW 4.4 | 10 Sse Orogrande, ID | SNOW DURATION 36 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 8:55 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 3 Wnw Stark, MT | SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 9:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 3 Sw Ovando, MT | REPORTED AT COCORAHS STATION 8866O SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 11:00 AM MST | SNOW 3.3 | 13 Ene Sula, MT | REPORTED AT COOP STATION SLAM8 SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 11:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Wsw Georgetown, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 11:54 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | Anaconda, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 2:00 PM MST | SNOW 6.8 | Philipsburg, MT | 5270 FT. 0.42 LIQUID EQUIVALENT SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 2:30 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Deer Lodge, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 2:35 PM MST | SNOW 6 | Lost Trail Pass, MT | AT LEAST 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN AT LOST TRAIL PASS. SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 E Blacktail, MT | 4500 FT. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 3:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 5 Ene Blacktail, MT | MARIAS PASS AT 5230 FT. HAD ANOTHER REPORT OF HIGH WINDS, 6 TO 8 INCHES ON THE ROAD AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL IN THE MORNING. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 4:00 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 2 E Seeley Lake, MT | 4250 FT. NEAR SEELEY LAKE AIRPORT. SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 4:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 10 Wsw Seeley Lake, MT | 6373 FT. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 4:45 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11.5 | 2 Sw Newcomb, MT | 6200 FT. 3.5 FELL ON 8TH, 8 FELL TODAY. FROM 2-3PM MST IT WAS WHITEOUT, HEAVY SNOW, BLOWING SNOW. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 6:00 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 2 Sse Seeley Lake, MT | SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 6:45 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11.7 | 4 Wnw West Valley, MT | 5800 FT. STARTED 7AM YESTERDAY. 0.66 OF WATER EQUIVALENT. RT 1 IS SNOW-PACKED AND ICY. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 36 HOURS |
| Nov 9, 7:10 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 1 Sse Butte, MT | 5480 FT. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1172 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
880 WWUS45 KMSO 071116 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 416 AM MST WED NOV 7 2012 MTZ002-043-071915- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0009.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 416 AM MST WED NOV 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN THURSDAY MORNING...QUICKLY BECOMING MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS BUT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AS WELL THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. COMPOUNDING THE ISSUE WILL BE THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER ROADWAYS. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I- 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ010-071915- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 416 AM MST WED NOV 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTS TO 30 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ004-006-007-071915- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 416 AM MST WED NOV 7 2012 /316 AM PST WED NOV 7 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS IN VALLEYS STARTING LATE THURSDAY. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 11 INCHES... INCLUDING LOLO PASS. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH... GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS... BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON... MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ003-005-071915- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 416 AM MST WED NOV 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHTER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN VALLEYS STARTING LATE THURSDAY. POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. CONDITIONS IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA NEAR HELLGATE CANYON AND IN COLUMBIA FALLS NEAR BADROCK CANYON MAY BECOME PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND FALLING WIND CHILL READINGS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * FLATHEAD LAKE COULD EXPERIENCE FREEZING SPRAY... IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
10 follow-up statements
389 WWUS45 KMSO 071904 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1204 PM MST WED NOV 7 2012 MTZ007-080600- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0009.121108T0900Z-121110T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1204 PM MST WED NOV 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM THURSDAY TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM THURSDAY TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS IN VALLEYS STARTING LATE THURSDAY. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW EARLY THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING MACDONALD HOMESTAKE AND PIPESTONE PASSES. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-043-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1204 PM MST WED NOV 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN THURSDAY MORNING...QUICKLY BECOMING MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS BUT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AS WELL THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. COMPOUNDING THE ISSUE WILL BE THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER ROADWAYS. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ007-008-080600- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.121108T1800Z-121109T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1104 AM PST WED NOV 7 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY 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 10 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES BY NOONTIME FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1204 PM MST WED NOV 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY OVER LOST TRAIL...BANNOCK AND LEMHI PASSES. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ004-006-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1204 PM MST WED NOV 7 2012 /1104 AM PST WED NOV 7 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS IN VALLEYS STARTING LATE THURSDAY. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING LOLO ...LOOKOUT PASSES. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH... GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ003-005-080600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1204 PM MST WED NOV 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHTER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN VALLEYS STARTING LATE THURSDAY. POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. CONDITIONS IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA NEAR HELLGATE CANYON AND IN COLUMBIA FALLS NEAR BADROCK CANYON MAY BECOME PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND FALLING WIND CHILL READINGS. LOCAL BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. LOCALLY UP TO 7 INCHES OVER THE FOOTHILL AND BENCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * FLATHEAD LAKE COULD EXPERIENCE FREEZING SPRAY... IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
153 WWUS45 KMSO 080543 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1043 PM MST WED NOV 7 2012 MTZ002-043-081345- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1043 PM MST WED NOV 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN THURSDAY MORNING...QUICKLY BECOMING MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS BUT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AS WELL THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. COMPOUNDING THE ISSUE WILL BE THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER ROADWAYS. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON... I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH 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. && $$ MTZ007-081345- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.121108T0900Z-121110T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1043 PM MST WED NOV 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM THURSDAY TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM THURSDAY TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS IN VALLEYS STARTING LATE THURSDAY. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW EARLY THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING MACDONALD HOMESTAKE AND PIPESTONE PASSES. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ007-008-081345- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.121108T1800Z-121109T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 943 PM PST WED NOV 7 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES BY NOONTIME FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-081345- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1043 PM MST WED NOV 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY OVER LOST TRAIL...BANNOCK AND LEMHI PASSES. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ004-006-081345- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1043 PM MST WED NOV 7 2012 /943 PM PST WED NOV 7 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS IN VALLEYS STARTING LATE THURSDAY. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING LOLO LOOKOUT ...PASSES. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH... GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ003-005-081345- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1043 PM MST WED NOV 7 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHTER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN VALLEYS STARTING LATE THURSDAY. POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. CONDITIONS IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA NEAR HELLGATE CANYON AND IN COLUMBIA FALLS NEAR BADROCK CANYON MAY BECOME PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND FALLING WIND CHILL READINGS. LOCAL BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. LOCALLY UP TO 7 INCHES OVER THE FOOTHILL AND BENCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * FLATHEAD LAKE COULD EXPERIENCE FREEZING SPRAY... IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
740 WWUS45 KMSO 081116 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 416 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 IDZ006-MTZ006-082100- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WS.W.0009.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 416 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 /316 AM PST THU NOV 8 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS LATER TODAY...REACHING PEAK INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS STARTING DURING THIS SAME TIME FRAME. ADDING ADDITIONAL DANGER TO THE SITUATION WILL BE STRENGTHENING EASTERLY WINDS TONIGHT WHICH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASS... * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH... GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS... LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ005-082100- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WS.W.0009.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 416 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH INTENSITY INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE SITUATION BY CREATING POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AS ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS. WITH TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO FALL AREA ROADS MAY BECOME PARTICULARLY ICY ON FRIDAY. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO BE EXPERIENCED IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA NEAR HELLGATE CANYON WHERE VERY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS AND LOCAL BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. LOCALLY UP TO 7 INCHES OVER THE FOOTHILL AND BENCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-043-082100- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 416 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MORNING MORNING...QUICKLY BECOMING MODERATE TO AT TIMES LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS BUT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AS WELL THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. COMPOUNDING THE ISSUE WILL BE THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER ROADWAYS. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES. OVER 20 INCHES ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES. LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I- 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH 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. && $$ MTZ007-082100- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 416 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS IN VALLEYS STARTING LATE THURSDAY. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW EARLY THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING MACDONALD HOMESTAKE AND PIPESTONE PASSES. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-082100- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.121108T2100Z-121110T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 416 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE IMPACTS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS CREATING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH DRIFTING OF SNOW ON SOME AREA ROADWAYS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. LOCALLY UP TO 7 INCHES OVER THE FOOTHILL AND BENCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * FLATHEAD LAKE COULD EXPERIENCE FREEZING SPRAY IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ004-082100- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.121108T2100Z-121110T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 416 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY EXPECTED IN VALLEYS. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASSES. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH... GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-082100- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 416 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 5000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING OVER LOST TRAIL...BANNOCK AND LEMHI PASSES. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. * A SECOND BURST OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY WHICH WILL IMPACT LEADORE AND TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 28 OVER GILMORE SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER HIGHER VALLEYS INCLUDING LEADORE. * WINDS: NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-082100- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.121109T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 416 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON RESULTING IN A PERIOD OF PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING TRAVEL DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOW SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES BY NOONTIME FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-082100- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.121108T2100Z-121110T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 316 AM PST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES BY NOONTIME FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-082100- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.121108T1800Z-121109T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 316 AM PST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES BY NOONTIME FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
835 WWUS45 KMSO 081201 CCA WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 458 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 IDZ006-MTZ006-082145- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WS.W.0009.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 458 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 /358 AM PST THU NOV 8 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS LATER TODAY...REACHING PEAK INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS STARTING DURING THIS SAME TIME FRAME. ADDING ADDITIONAL DANGER TO THE SITUATION WILL BE STRENGTHENING EASTERLY WINDS TONIGHT WHICH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASS... * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH... GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS... LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ005-082145- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WS.W.0009.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 458 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH INTENSITY INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE SITUATION BY CREATING POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AS ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS. WITH TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO FALL AREA ROADS MAY BECOME PARTICULARLY ICY ON FRIDAY. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO BE EXPERIENCED IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA NEAR HELLGATE CANYON WHERE VERY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS AND LOCAL BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. LOCALLY UP TO 7 INCHES OVER THE FOOTHILL AND BENCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ002-043-082145- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 458 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER THIS MORNING MORNING...QUICKLY BECOMING MODERATE TO AT TIMES LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS BUT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AS WELL THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. COMPOUNDING THE ISSUE WILL BE THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER ROADWAYS. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES. OVER 20 INCHES ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES. LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I- 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH 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. && $$ MTZ007-082145- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 458 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS IN VALLEYS STARTING LATE THURSDAY. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW EARLY THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING MACDONALD HOMESTAKE AND PIPESTONE PASSES. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-082145- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ /O.COR.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.121108T2100Z-121110T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 458 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE IMPACTS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS CREATING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH DRIFTING OF SNOW ON SOME AREA ROADWAYS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * FLATHEAD LAKE COULD EXPERIENCE FREEZING SPRAY IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ004-082145- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.121108T2100Z-121110T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 458 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY EXPECTED IN VALLEYS. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASSES. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH... GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-082145- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0007.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.121108T1800Z-121110T0000Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 458 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 5000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING OVER LOST TRAIL...BANNOCK AND LEMHI PASSES. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY. * A SECOND BURST OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY WHICH WILL IMPACT LEADORE AND TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 28 OVER GILMORE SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER HIGHER VALLEYS INCLUDING LEADORE. * WINDS: NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-082145- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.121109T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 458 AM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON RESULTING IN A PERIOD OF PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING TRAVEL DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOW SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES BY NOONTIME FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-082145- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.121108T2100Z-121110T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 358 AM PST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES BY NOONTIME FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-082145- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.121108T1800Z-121109T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 358 AM PST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES BY NOONTIME FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
225 WWUS45 KMSO 082139 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 239 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 MTZ002-043-091200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 239 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE MODERATE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS BUT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. COMPOUNDING THE ISSUE WILL BE THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH DRIFTING..ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES. OVER 20 INCHES ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES. LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE FRIDAY * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I- 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH 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. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ006-091200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 239 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 /139 PM PST THU NOV 8 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL REACH PEAK INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS DURING THIS SAME TIME FRAME. ADDING ADDITIONAL DANGER TO THE SITUATION WILL BE STRENGTHENING EASTERLY WINDS TONIGHT WHICH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASS... * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH... GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS... LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ005-091200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 239 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON INCREASING IN INTENSITY INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS INCREASE THIS EVENING FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE SITUATION BY CREATING POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY AND ICY/SNOW COVERED ROADS. * IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AS ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH CONTINUED GUSTY EAST WINDS. WITH TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO FALL AREA ROADS MAY BECOME ICY ON FRIDAY. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO BE EXPERIENCED IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA NEAR HELLGATE CANYON WHERE VERY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS AND LOCAL BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. LOCALLY UP TO 7 INCHES OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND BENCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ007-091200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 239 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY BRINGING ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING MACDONALD HOMESTAKE AND PIPESTONE PASSES. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-091200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 239 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE IMPACTS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS CREATING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH DRIFTING OF SNOW AND ICY CONDITIONS ON SOME AREA ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * FLATHEAD LAKE COULD EXPERIENCE FREEZING SPRAY IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-091200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.121109T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 239 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON RESULTING IN A PERIOD OF CHALLENGING TRAVEL DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY FROM FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES BY NOONTIME FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ004-091200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 239 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASSES. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH... GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * 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...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-091200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 139 PM PST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES BY NOONTIME FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-091200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121109T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 139 PM PST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES BY NOONTIME FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-091200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 239 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 5000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOST TRAIL...BANNOCK AND LEMHI PASSES. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO FRIDAY. * A SECOND BURST OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY WHICH WILL IMPACT LEADORE AND TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 28 OVER GILMORE SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER HIGHER VALLEYS INCLUDING LEADORE. * WINDS: NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
647 WWUS45 KMSO 090441 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 941 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 MTZ005-091245- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 941 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND ICY ROAD CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SCATTERED BANDS OF SNOW WILL AFFECT THE MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE UNDER THESE BANDS AT A RATE OF 1 INCH OR GREATER PER HOUR. FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS IN MISSOULA WILL BE PERSISTENT EAST WINDS WHICH MAY AT TIMES CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. ROADS MAY BE PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING DUE TO ICE FOR THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE UNDER STRONGEST BANDS. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH...GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ002-043-091245- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 941 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE MODERATE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS BUT SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. COMPOUNDING THE ISSUE WILL BE THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH DRIFTING..ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES. OVER 20 INCHES ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES. LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY LATE FRIDAY * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I- 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ006-091245- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 941 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 /841 PM PST THU NOV 8 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL REACH PEAK INTENSITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE VALLEYS DURING THIS SAME TIME FRAME. ADDING ADDITIONAL DANGER TO THE SITUATION WILL BE STRENGTHENING EASTERLY WINDS TONIGHT WHICH WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASS WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASS... * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH... GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS... LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ007-091245- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 941 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY BRINGING ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING MACDONALD HOMESTAKE AND PIPESTONE PASSES. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-091245- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 941 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE IMPACTS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS CREATING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH DRIFTING OF SNOW AND ICY CONDITIONS ON SOME AREA ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * FLATHEAD LAKE COULD EXPERIENCE FREEZING SPRAY IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-091245- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 941 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON RESULTING IN A PERIOD OF CHALLENGING TRAVEL DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY FROM FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES BY NOONTIME FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ004-091245- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 941 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. * MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASSES. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH... GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * 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...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-091245- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 841 PM PST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES BY NOONTIME FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-091245- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121109T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 841 PM PST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES BY NOONTIME FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-091245- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 941 PM MST THU NOV 8 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY ABOVE 5000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 5000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOST TRAIL...BANNOCK AND LEMHI PASSES. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO FRIDAY. * A SECOND BURST OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY WHICH WILL IMPACT LEADORE AND TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 28 OVER GILMORE SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER HIGHER VALLEYS INCLUDING LEADORE. * WINDS: NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
818 WWUS45 KMSO 091125 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 425 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 IDZ007-008-091230- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121109T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 325 AM PST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MTZ002-043-092200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 425 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS STILL ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. LIGHTER ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS TODAY. FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE ISSUE WILL BE THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS. * TOTAL MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 15 INCHES. OVER 20 INCHES ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS. * TOTAL VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I- 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ006-092200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 425 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 /325 AM PST FRI NOV 9 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN SOME ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES AS WELL AS SOME OF THE VALLEYS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CLEARWATER...BITTERROOT AND SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS. THIS WILL CREATE SOME PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING ROADWAYS THIS MORNING. * TOTAL MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES...INCLUDING LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASS... * TOTAL VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS... LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ007-092200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 425 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING MACDONALD HOMESTAKE AND PIPESTONE PASSES. * VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ003-092200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 425 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY. FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE IMPACTS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY EAST WINDS CREATING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ICY CONDITIONS ON SOME AREA ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH... GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * FLATHEAD LAKE COULD EXPERIENCE FREEZING SPRAY IN ADDITION TO DANGEROUS BOATING CONDITIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-092200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 425 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN A PERIOD OF CHALLENGING TRAVEL DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY FROM FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES BY NOONTIME FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ004-092200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 425 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND LOOKOUT PASS. POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY FROM SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. * ADDITIONAL MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES...INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS. * ADDITIONAL VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH... GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * 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...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-092200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 325 AM PST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES BY NOONTIME FRIDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ005-092200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 425 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...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: SCATTERED BANDS OF SNOW WILL AFFECT THE MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS THIS MORNING AND AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. RAPID ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE UNDER THESE BANDS. FURTHER COMPOUNDING THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS IN MISSOULA WILL BE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF EAST WINDS WHICH MAY AT TIMES CREATE REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE UNDER STRONGEST BANDS. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH...GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-092200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 425 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 5000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 5000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOST TRAIL...BANNOCK AND LEMHI PASSES. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY. A SECONDARY PERIOD OF SNOWFALL IS ANTICIPATED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * A SECOND BURST OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY WHICH WILL IMPACT LEADORE AND TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 28 OVER GILMORE SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER HIGHER VALLEYS INCLUDING LEADORE. * WINDS: NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
344 WWUS45 KMSO 091658 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 958 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 MTZ006-100000- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 958 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ043-100000- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 958 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ006-091800- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 858 AM PST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE BUT IMPACTS WILL BE MINIMAL THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY. $$ IDZ005-MTZ003-005-091800- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 958 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 /858 AM PST FRI NOV 9 2012/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PASS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINIMAL IMPACTS EXPECTED. $$ MTZ002-100000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 958 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...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: BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK ROADWAYS ARE EXPECTED ON HIGHWAY 2 INCLUDING MARIAS PASS. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH TODAY. * WINDS AND WIND CHILLS: EAST-NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTS TO 30 MPH CREATING 10 TO 20 DEGREE BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ007-100000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 958 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES...INCLUDING MACDONALD HOMESTAKE AND PIPESTONE PASSES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-100000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 958 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ADD TO SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS TODAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ004-100000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 958 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND LOOKOUT PASS. POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. * ADDITIONAL MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES... INCLUDING LOOKOUT PASS. * ADDITIONAL VALLEY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH... GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ010-100000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 958 AM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 5000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 5000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER LOST TRAIL...BANNOCK AND LEMHI PASSES. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY TODAY. * A SECOND BURST OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY WHICH WILL IMPACT LEADORE AND TRAVEL ALONG HIGHWAY 28 OVER GILMORE SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES OVER MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. 3 TO 5 INCHES OVER HIGHER VALLEYS INCLUDING LEADORE. * WINDS: NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
416 WWUS45 KMSO 100000 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 500 PM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 MTZ002-100100- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 500 PM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPPER OFF WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE $$ MTZ001-100100- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 500 PM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPPER OFF WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH $$ MTZ006-100100- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 500 PM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING, BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. WINDS ALSO CONTINUE TO DECREASE RESULTING IN LESS VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS FROM BLOWING SNOW. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ MTZ004-100100- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 500 PM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING, BUT 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 $$ MTZ043-100100- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 500 PM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPPER OFF WITH LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$ IDZ010-100100- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0052.000000T0000Z-121110T0000Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 500 PM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 5000 FEET... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING, HOWEVER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO 2 INCHES OR LESS. GILMORE SUMMIT MAY STILL HAVE SOME SLICK CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI PASS $$ MTZ007-100600- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 500 PM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO ICY ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES...INCLUDING MACDONALD, HOMESTAKE AND PIPESTONE PASSES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH. LOCAL GUSTS TO 30 MPH, MAINLY ALONG THE PASSES AND THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR FROM GARRISON JUNCTION SOUTH TO ANACONDA. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...INTERSTATE 90 FROM GARRISON TO ANACONDA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
187 WWUS45 KMSO 100419 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 919 PM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 MTZ007-100530- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-121110T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 919 PM MST FRI NOV 9 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE SNOW HAS CONTINUE TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS SOUTHWEST MONTANA OVER THE LAST HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE CANCELLED. $$
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Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 12:04 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula and 3 more | 53 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.