Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Watches in 2012
Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm watch at Jan 15, 2012, 2:46 PM MST for 11 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Lemhi County, Idaho. It took effect at Jan 16, 2012, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 2012, 2:46 PM MST (21:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2012, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2012, 2:53 PM MST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
845 WWUS45 KMSO 152146 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 246 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 IDZ005-006-MTZ006-160600- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 246 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 /146 PM PST SUN JAN 15 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 1 TO 3 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS 16 TO 24 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. 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. && $$ MTZ004-160600- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 246 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS 8 TO 14 INCHES IN VALLEYS AND 20 TO 30 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND THE THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ002-160600- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 246 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WIND TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 4 TO 7 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ACCUMULATIONS 20 TO 30 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 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. && $$ MTZ043-160600- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 246 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS 16 TO 24 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ007-152300- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120116T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 246 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MTZ003-005-160600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 246 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME SHOWERS BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 1 TO 3 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS SLICK ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-160600- /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 246 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS 16 TO 24 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ010-160600- /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 246 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LOST TRAIL PASS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS 20 TO 30 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
11 follow-up statements
524 WWUS45 KMSO 152148 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 248 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 MTZ003-005-160600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 248 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH SOME SHOWERS BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 1 TO 3 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS SLICK ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-160600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 248 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS 16 TO 24 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ004-160600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 248 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS 8 TO 14 INCHES IN VALLEYS AND 20 TO 30 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND THE THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-160600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 248 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 /148 PM PST SUN JAN 15 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 1 TO 3 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS 16 TO 24 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ002-160600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 248 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WIND TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 4 TO 7 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ACCUMULATIONS 20 TO 30 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 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. && $$ MTZ043-160600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 248 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS 16 TO 24 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ010-160600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 248 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LOST TRAIL PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TODAY THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS 20 TO 30 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL 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. && $$
123 WWUS45 KMSO 160438 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 938 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 MTZ003-005-161715- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 938 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A BRIEF BREAK IN SNOW ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR LATE THIS EVENING BUT SNOW SHOWERS WILL RETURN AFTER MIDNIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE SHOWERS SO QUICK SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 1 TO 3 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS SLICK ROADWAYS WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-161715- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 938 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS 16 TO 24 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ004-161715- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 938 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS 8 TO 14 INCHES IN VALLEYS AND 20 TO 30 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND THE THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-161715- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 938 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 /838 PM PST SUN JAN 15 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 1 TO 3 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS 16 TO 24 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. 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. && $$ MTZ002-161715- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 938 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WIND TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 4 TO 7 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ACCUMULATIONS 20 TO 30 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ043-161715- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 938 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS 16 TO 24 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. 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. && $$ IDZ010-161715- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 938 PM MST SUN JAN 15 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LOST TRAIL PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS 20 TO 30 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
424 WWUS45 KMSO 161150 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 450 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 MTZ005-162200- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 450 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE PRESENCE OF SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TODAY AND TONIGHT COULD RESULT IN PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS. HOWEVER THE MORE WIDESPREAD AND PERSISTENT SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE TRAVEL ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ON WEDNESDAY: SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL LIKELY. TO FURTHER ACCENTUATE THE COMPLEXITY AND DANGEROUS NATURE OF THIS WINTER STORM...FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY MORNING...A TOTAL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TILL THURSDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * TOTAL ACCUMULATION FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY COULD RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 16 INCHES. 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. && $$ MTZ003-162200- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 450 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. EAST WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE AND COULD CAUSE SOME VISIBILITY ISSUES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. SNOW WILL LIKELY DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT BUT ONLY TO RETURN AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. * PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE MISSION VALLEY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING FURTHER ACCENTUATING THE DANGEROUS NATURE OF THE UPCOMING WINTER STORM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCAL AREAS POTENTIALLY RECEIVING MORE. AT THIS TIME THE HEAVIEST SNOW APPEARS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MISSION VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ007-162100- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0006.120116T1150Z-120116T2100Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 350 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE MORNING RESULTING IN PERIODS OF DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND ROADWAYS QUICKLY GOING FROM DRY TO SNOW COVERED AND ICY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCAL AREAS POSSIBLY RECEIVING MORE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER 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. && $$ MTZ004-162200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 450 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ACCUMULATIONS 10 TO 16 INCHES IN VALLEYS AND 24 TO 36 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND THE THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ001-162200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 450 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...16 TO 24 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-162200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 450 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 /350 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 1 TO 3 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...36 TO 48 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. LOWER ELEVATION ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ002-162200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 450 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WIND TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 4 TO 7 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ACCUMULATIONS 24 TO 36 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 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. && $$ MTZ043-162200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 450 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...24 TO 36 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ010-162200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 450 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LOST TRAIL PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...24 TO 36 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL 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. && $$
077 WWUS45 KMSO 161158 CCA WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 457 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 MTZ005-162215- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T0000Z/ /O.COR.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 457 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE PRESENCE OF SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TODAY AND TONIGHT COULD RESULT IN PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS. HOWEVER THE MORE WIDESPREAD AND PERSISTENT SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE TRAVEL ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ON WEDNESDAY: SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL LIKELY. TO FURTHER ACCENTUATE THE COMPLEXITY AND DANGEROUS NATURE OF THIS WINTER STORM...FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY MORNING...A TOTAL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TILL THURSDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * TOTAL ACCUMULATION FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY COULD RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 16 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ003-162215- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120117T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 457 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. EAST WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE AND COULD CAUSE SOME VISIBILITY ISSUES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. SNOW WILL LIKELY DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT BUT ONLY TO RETURN AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. * PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE MISSION VALLEY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING FURTHER ACCENTUATING THE DANGEROUS NATURE OF THE UPCOMING WINTER STORM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCAL AREAS POTENTIALLY RECEIVING MORE. AT THIS TIME THE HEAVIEST SNOW APPEARS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MISSION VALLEY. 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. && $$ IDZ007-162100- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0006.120116T1157Z-120116T2100Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 357 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE MORNING RESULTING IN PERIODS OF DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND ROADWAYS QUICKLY GOING FROM DRY TO SNOW COVERED AND ICY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCAL AREAS POSSIBLY RECEIVING MORE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ004-162215- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 457 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ACCUMULATIONS 10 TO 16 INCHES IN VALLEYS AND 24 TO 36 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND THE THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ MTZ001-162215- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 457 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...16 TO 24 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-162215- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 457 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 /357 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 1 TO 3 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...36 TO 48 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. LOWER ELEVATION ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. 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. && $$ MTZ002-162215- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 457 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WIND TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 4 TO 7 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ACCUMULATIONS 24 TO 36 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ043-162215- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 457 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...24 TO 36 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. 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. && $$ IDZ010-162215- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 457 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LOST TRAIL PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...24 TO 36 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
890 WWUS45 KMSO 161226 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 526 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 IDZ008-161800- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120116T1800Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 426 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR...WHITE BIRD GRADE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE MORNING RESULTING IN PERIODS OF DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND ROADWAYS QUICKLY GOING FROM DRY TO SNOW COVERED AND ICY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES. 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. && $$ IDZ007-162100- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120116T2100Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 426 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE MORNING RESULTING IN PERIODS OF DRAMATICALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND ROADWAYS QUICKLY GOING FROM DRY TO SNOW COVERED AND ICY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCAL AREAS POSSIBLY RECEIVING MORE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-162200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 526 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...16 TO 24 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ004-162200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 526 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ACCUMULATIONS 10 TO 16 INCHES IN VALLEYS AND 24 TO 36 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND THE THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-162200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 526 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 /426 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 1 TO 3 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...36 TO 48 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. LOWER ELEVATION ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. 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. && $$ MTZ002-162200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 526 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WIND TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 4 TO 7 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ACCUMULATIONS 24 TO 36 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ043-162200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 526 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...24 TO 36 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. 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. && $$ MTZ005-162200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 526 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE PRESENCE OF SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TODAY AND TONIGHT COULD RESULT IN PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS. HOWEVER THE MORE WIDESPREAD AND PERSISTENT SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE TRAVEL ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ON WEDNESDAY: SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL LIKELY. TO FURTHER ACCENTUATE THE COMPLEXITY AND DANGEROUS NATURE OF THIS WINTER STORM...FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY MORNING...A TOTAL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TILL THURSDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * TOTAL ACCUMULATION FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY COULD RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 16 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ003-162200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 526 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. EAST WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE AND COULD CAUSE SOME VISIBILITY ISSUES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. SNOW WILL LIKELY DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT BUT ONLY TO RETURN AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. * PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE MISSION VALLEY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING FURTHER ACCENTUATING THE DANGEROUS NATURE OF THE UPCOMING WINTER STORM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCAL AREAS POTENTIALLY RECEIVING MORE. AT THIS TIME THE HEAVIEST SNOW APPEARS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MISSION VALLEY. 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. && $$ IDZ010-162200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 526 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LOST TRAIL PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...24 TO 36 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
191 WWUS45 KMSO 161759 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1059 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 IDZ007-161900- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120116T2100Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 959 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. STEADY SNOW HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT WILL HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON AREA ROADS. $$ IDZ008-161900- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120116T1800Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 959 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. STEADY SNOW HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT WILL HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON AREA ROADS. $$ MTZ001-170000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 1059 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY NIGHT. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 16 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ004-170000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1059 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. ROADS WILL BE SLICK. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY NIGHT. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ACCUMULATIONS 10 TO 16 INCHES IN VALLEYS AND 24 TO 36 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND THE THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-170000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1059 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 /959 AM PST MON JAN 16 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 1 TO 3 INCHES BY MONDAY NIGHT. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...25 TO 35 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. LOWER ELEVATION ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 12 INCHES. 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. && $$ MTZ002-170000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1059 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WIND TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 4 TO 7 INCHES BY MONDAY NIGHT. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ACCUMULATIONS 18 TO 30 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WIND: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ043-170000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1059 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY NIGHT. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...25 TO 30 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. 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. && $$ MTZ005-170000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1059 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS. HOWEVER THE MORE PERSISTENT SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN TUESDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE TRAVEL ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * ON WEDNESDAY: SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL LIKELY. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE MORNING MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY MORNING...A TOTAL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TILL THURSDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * TOTAL ACCUMULATION FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY COULD RANGE BETWEEN 8 AND 16 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ003-170000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1059 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. EAST WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE AND COULD CAUSE SOME VISIBILITY ISSUES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. SNOW WILL LIKELY DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT BUT ONLY TO RETURN AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. * PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE MISSION VALLEY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING FURTHER ACCENTUATING THE DANGEROUS NATURE OF THE UPCOMING WINTER STORM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCAL AREAS POTENTIALLY RECEIVING MORE. AT THIS TIME THE HEAVIEST SNOW APPEARS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN MISSION VALLEY. 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. && $$ IDZ010-170000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1059 AM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LOST TRAIL PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK. * TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MOUNTAIN SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY NIGHT. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...20 TO 30 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
238 WWUS45 KMSO 162230 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 330 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 MTZ001-170630- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 330 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. A BRIEF BREAK IN SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT BUT WILL BE SHORT LIVES AS ANOTHER BURST OF SNOW BEGINS WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES. WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS 7 TO 10 INCHES. HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ004-170630- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 330 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF INCREASED WIND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY...PRIMARILY OVER LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES IN VALLEYS AND 25 TO 38 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-170630- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 330 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 /230 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ TUESDAY TO NOON MST /11 AM PST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ TUESDAY TO NOON MST /11 AM PST/ THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...20 TO 30 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ002-170630- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 330 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO NOON MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO NOON MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF INCREASED WIND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY...PRIMARILY OVER MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MOUNTAIN AND PASS ACCUMULATIONS OF 18 TO 30 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. VALLEY LOCATIONS SUCH AS ESSEX AND WEST GLACIER CAN EXPECT 10 TO 18 INCHES IN THIS TIME FRAME. * WIND: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER MARIAS PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ010-170630- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120117T1800Z-120119T1900Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 330 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO NOON MST THURSDAY FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO NOON MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...20 TO 30 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ007-170630- /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 230 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS. HOWEVER THE MORE PERSISTENT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY EVENING AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SLICK ROADS. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE LOCALLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ007-170630- /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 330 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS. HOWEVER THE MORE PERSISTENT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE TRAVEL ISSUES INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY...PARTICULARLY OVER MACDONALD PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...AND THE HIGHWAY 200 AND 12 CORRIDORS INCLUDING OVER MACDONALD PASS. 12 TO 20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER GEORGETOWN LAKE. 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. && $$ IDZ008-170630- /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1200Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 230 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS. HOWEVER THE MORE PERSISTENT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY EVENING AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SLICK ROADS...ESPECIALLY OVER WHITEBIRD GRADE. IN ADDITION PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERIODICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ003-170630- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 330 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY. SNOW WILL LIKELY DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY ONLY TO RETURN AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE MISSION VALLEY WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING FURTHER ACCENTUATING THE DANGEROUS NATURE OF THE UPCOMING WINTER STORM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHERN MISSION VALLEY. 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. && $$ MTZ043-170630- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 330 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK.THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY TUESDAY. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 25 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ005-170630- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 330 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL LIKELY TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE MORNING MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY MORNING...A TOTAL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING TILL THURSDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
536 WWUS45 KMSO 170334 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 834 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 MTZ001-171300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 834 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. A BRIEF BREAK IN SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT BUT WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS ANOTHER BURST OF SNOW BEGINS WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 8 INCHES. WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS 7 TO 10 INCHES. HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ004-171300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120117T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 834 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF INCREASED WIND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY... PRIMARILY OVER LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES IN VALLEYS AND 25 TO 38 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-171300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 834 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 /734 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ TUESDAY TO NOON MST /11 AM PST/ THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ TUESDAY TO NOON MST /11 AM PST/ THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS... 20 TO 30 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL HAVE ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ002-171300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 834 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO NOON MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF INCREASED WIND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY... PRIMARILY OVER MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MOUNTAIN AND PASS ACCUMULATIONS OF 18 TO 30 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. VALLEY LOCATIONS SUCH AS ESSEX AND WEST GLACIER CAN EXPECT 10 TO 18 INCHES IN THIS TIME FRAME. * WIND: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER MARIAS PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ010-171300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120117T1800Z-120119T1900Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 834 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO NOON MST THURSDAY FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOST TRAIL PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS... 20 TO 30 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ003-171300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 834 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY. SNOW WILL LIKELY DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY ONLY TO RETURN AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE MISSION VALLEY WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING FURTHER ACCENTUATING THE DANGEROUS NATURE OF THE UPCOMING WINTER STORM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTHERN MISSION VALLEY. 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. && $$ IDZ007-171300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 734 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS. HOWEVER THE MORE PERSISTENT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY EVENING AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SLICK ROADS. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE LOCALLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ005-171300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 834 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL LIKELY TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE MORNING MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FROM TUESDAY TO WEDNESDAY MORNING...A TOTAL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ MTZ007-171300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 834 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS. HOWEVER THE MORE PERSISTENT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE TRAVEL ISSUES INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR. PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY...PARTICULARLY OVER MACDONALD PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...AND THE HIGHWAY 200 AND 12 CORRIDORS INCLUDING OVER MACDONALD PASS. 12 TO 20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER GEORGETOWN LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ043-171300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 834 PM MST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK.THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 2 TO 5 INCHES BY TUESDAY. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 25 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. 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. && $$ IDZ008-171300- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1200Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 734 PM PST MON JAN 16 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS. HOWEVER THE MORE PERSISTENT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY EVENING AND LAST INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SLICK ROADS... ESPECIALLY OVER WHITEBIRD GRADE. PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERIODICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
521 WWUS45 KMSO 171126 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 426 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 IDZ007-172200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 326 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TODAY WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS. HOWEVER THE MORE PERSISTENT SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SLICK ROADS. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE LOCALLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES DUE TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCAL AREAS RECEIVING AROUND ONE FOOT. HOWEVER SNOW MAY BE DIFFICULT TO MEASURE AND SUBJECT TO DRIFTING OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE DUE TO STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MTZ043-172200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 426 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES BY THIS AFTERNOON. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK. HOWEVER THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 25 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ008-172200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1200Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 326 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TODAY WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS. HOWEVER THE MORE PERSISTENT SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING AND LAST INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...ESPECIALLY OVER WHITEBIRD GRADE. PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERIODICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND FURTHER COMPLICATE TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED HOWEVER SNOW MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO MEASURE DUE TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS. 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. && $$ IDZ009-172200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120118T0600Z-120119T1200Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 426 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY FOR...SHOUP... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY STARTING LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. HEAVIER AND MORE PERSISTENT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY BEFORE SNOW LEVELS BEGIN TO RISE. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON LIMITED MAINTENANCE ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ001-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 426 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. A BRIEF BREAK IN SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. BUT THIS WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS ANOTHER BURST OF SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND LIMITED MAINTENANCE ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 3 TO 7 INCHES. WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 10 INCHES. HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH && $$ MTZ004-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 426 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER LOOKOUT PASS. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF INCREASED WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITY PRIMARILY OVER LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...12 TO 16 INCHES IN VALLEYS AND 25 TO 38 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 426 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 /326 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST /11 AM PST/ THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST /11 AM PST/ THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND LIMITED MAINTENANCE ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER LOLO PASS AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL HAVE ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. && $$ MTZ002-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120117T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 426 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF INCREASED WIND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY... PRIMARILY OVER MARIAS PASS. THE WIND WILL ALSO CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS TO FALL INTO THE MINUS 15 TO MINUS 25 RANGE ALONG US-2...MAINLY FROM ESSEX TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MOUNTAIN AND PASS ACCUMULATIONS OF 18 TO 30 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. VALLEY LOCATIONS SUCH AS ESSEX AND WEST GLACIER CAN EXPECT 10 TO 18 INCHES IN THIS TIME FRAME. * WIND: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER MARIAS PASS. && $$ IDZ010-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120117T1800Z-120119T1900Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 426 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON MST THURSDAY FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOST TRAIL PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS... 20 TO 30 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. && $$ MTZ003-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 426 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY. SNOW WILL LIKELY DECREASE TONIGHT IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...ONLY TO RETURN AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE MISSION VALLEY WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING...FURTHER ACCENTUATING THE DANGEROUS NATURE OF THE STORM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN MISSION VALLEY. && $$ MTZ005-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 426 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING IN THE MORNING...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...A TOTAL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ007-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 426 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS. HOWEVER THE MORE PERSISTENT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE TRAVEL ISSUES INTO THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR. PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY...PARTICULARLY OVER MACDONALD PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...AND THE HIGHWAY 200 AND 12 CORRIDORS INCLUDING OVER MACDONALD PASS. 12 TO 24 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER GEORGETOWN LAKE. && $$
102 WWUS45 KMSO 171743 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1043 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 MTZ001-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 1043 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. A BRIEF BREAK IN SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. BUT THIS WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS ANOTHER BURST OF SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND LIMITED MAINTENANCE ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ACCUMULATIONS TODAY OF 3 TO 7 INCHES. WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...7 TO 10 INCHES. HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH $$ MTZ004-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1043 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. INCREASED WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW RESULTING IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...12 TO 16 INCHES IN VALLEYS AND 25 TO 38 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...MAINLY OVER LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1043 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 /943 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST /11 AM PST/ THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST /11 AM PST/ THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND LIMITED MAINTENANCE ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER LOLO PASS AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL HAVE ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. && $$ MTZ002-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1043 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW... ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF INCREASED WIND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY...PRIMARILY OVER MARIAS PASS. THE WIND WILL ALSO CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS TO FALL INTO THE MINUS 15 TO MINUS 25 RANGE ALONG US-2...MAINLY FROM ESSEX TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MOUNTAIN AND PASS ACCUMULATIONS OF 18 TO 30 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. VALLEY LOCATIONS SUCH AS ESSEX AND WEST GLACIER CAN EXPECT 10 TO 18 INCHES IN THIS TIME FRAME. * WIND: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER MARIAS PASS. && $$ IDZ007-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 943 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TODAY WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS. HOWEVER THE MORE PERSISTENT SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND LAST INTO THURSDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SLICK ROADS. IN ADDITION... PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE LOCALLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES DUE TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCAL AREAS RECEIVING AROUND ONE FOOT. HOWEVER SNOW MAY BE DIFFICULT TO MEASURE AND SUBJECT TO DRIFTING OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE DUE TO STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES. 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. && $$ MTZ043-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1043 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES BY THIS AFTERNOON. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK. HOWEVER THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...15 TO 25 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ009-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120118T0600Z-120119T1200Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1043 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY FOR...SHOUP... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY STARTING LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. HEAVIER AND MORE PERSISTENT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY BEFORE SNOW LEVELS BEGIN TO RISE. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON LIMITED MAINTENANCE ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ008-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1200Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 943 AM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TODAY WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS. HOWEVER THE MORE PERSISTENT SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING AND LAST INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SLICK AND SNOW PACKED ROADS...ESPECIALLY OVER WHITEBIRD GRADE. PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERIODICALLY REDUCE VISIBILITY AND FURTHER COMPLICATE TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED HOWEVER SNOW MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO MEASURE DUE TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ010-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120117T1800Z-120119T1900Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1043 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOST TRAIL PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY STARTING THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS... 20 TO 30 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. && $$ MTZ003-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1043 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES...PARTICULARLY IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY. SNOW WILL LIKELY DECREASE TONIGHT IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY...ONLY TO RETURN AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE MISSION VALLEY WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING...FURTHER ACCENTUATING THE DANGEROUS NATURE OF THE STORM. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN MISSION VALLEY. && $$ MTZ005-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1043 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING IN THE MORNING...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...A TOTAL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ007-172200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1043 AM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROADWAYS. HOWEVER THE MORE PERSISTENT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE TRAVEL ISSUES INTO THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR. PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY...PARTICULARLY OVER MACDONALD PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...AND THE HIGHWAY 200 AND 12 CORRIDORS INCLUDING OVER MACDONALD PASS. 12 TO 24 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER GEORGETOWN LAKE. && $$
290 WWUS45 KMSO 172153 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 253 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 MTZ005-180600- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T1200Z-120119T1900Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120118T1900Z-120119T1900Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 253 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO NOON MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO NOON MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW BANDS. THESE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DROP A QUICK INCH OR TWO IN ISOLATED AREAS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. TRAVEL DURING THIS TIME FRAME WILL BE HAZARDOUS...INCLUDING DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING COMMUTE. IN ADDITION...FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS FOR MORNING COMMUTERS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...LOCALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...LOCALLY UP TO 12 INCHES. 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. && $$ IDZ007-180600- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120118T0900Z-120119T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 153 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERSISTENT SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SLICK ROADS. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE LOCALLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES DUE TO GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCAL AREAS RECEIVING AROUND ONE FOOT. HOWEVER SNOW MAY BE DIFFICULT TO MEASURE AND SUBJECT TO DRIFTING OVER THE CAMAS PRAIRIE DUE TO STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES...MAINLY IN THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ008-180600- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120118T0900Z-120119T1200Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 153 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE... THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WHITE BIRD GRADE IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM PST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERSISTENT SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SLICK ROADS. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE LOCALLY LOWERED VISIBILITIES DUE TO GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY OVER WHITEBIRD GRADE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER WHITEBIRD GRADE. 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE DOWN THE HIGHWAY 95 CORRIDOR TO RIGGINS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ001-180600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 253 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF THIS EVENING WITH A BRIEF BREAK IN SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS ANOTHER BURST OF SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND LIMITED MAINTENANCE ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 10 INCHES. HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH $$ MTZ004-180600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 253 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW INTENSITY WILL LESSEN SLIGHTLY TONIGHT BUT RESTRENGTHEN WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY. INCREASED WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW RESULTING IN NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS FROM LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND IN VALLEY LOCATIONS ALONG THE IDAHO/MONTANA BORDER. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: THROUGH THURSDAY...12 TO 16 INCHES IN VALLEYS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 25 TO 38 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH...MAINLY OVER LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-180600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 253 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 /153 PM PST TUE JAN 17 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST /11 AM PST/ THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST /11 AM PST/ THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND LIMITED MAINTENANCE ROADWAYS. LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASS WILL BE AFFECTED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...ACCUMULATIONS OF 20 TO 30 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER LOLO PASS AND THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. ELEVATIONS BELOW 3000 FEET WILL HAVE ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. && $$ MTZ002-180600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 253 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF THIS EVENING EXCEPT ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND OVER MARIAS PASS. A BRIEF BREAK IN SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS ANOTHER BURST OF SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF INCREASED WIND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY...PRIMARILY OVER MARIAS PASS. THE WIND WILL ALSO CAUSE WIND CHILL READINGS TO FALL INTO THE MINUS 15 TO MINUS 25 RANGE ALONG US-2...MAINLY FROM ESSEX TO MARIAS PASS. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND WIND...ESPECIALLY OVER MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TONIGHT...1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OVER MARIAS PASS. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY...MOUNTAIN AND PASS ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 20 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. VALLEY LOCATIONS SUCH AS ESSEX AND WEST GLACIER CAN EXPECT 8 TO 12 INCHES IN THIS TIME FRAME. * WIND: 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH OVER MARIAS PASS. && $$ MTZ043-180600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 253 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL BECOME SLICK. HOWEVER THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL 1 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT. WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 20 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE HIGH TERRAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ009-180600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.120118T0600Z-120119T1200Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 253 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY FOR...SHOUP... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVIER AND MORE PERSISTENT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY BEFORE SNOW LEVELS BEGIN TO RISE. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON LIMITED MAINTENANCE ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. 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. && $$ IDZ010-180600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 253 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY FOR LOST TRAIL PASS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LOST TRAIL PASS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED DUE TO HIGH AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. IN ADDITION BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERIODICALLY LOWER VISIBILITY OVER THE PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ACCUMULATIONS... 20 TO 30 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN SALMON. && $$ MTZ007-180600- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0007.120118T0600Z-120119T1900Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 253 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERSISTENT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TONIGHT ACROSS THE ANACONDA RANGE AND GEORGETOWN LAKE. SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD INTO THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR AND HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE TRAVEL ISSUES INTO THURSDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE GEORGETOWN LAKE AREA AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR. PERIODS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY...PARTICULARLY OVER MACDONALD PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...AND THE HIGHWAY 200 AND 12 CORRIDORS INCLUDING OVER MACDONALD PASS. 12 TO 24 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE PINTLARS AND GEORGETOWN LAKE. 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. && $$ MTZ003-180600- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.120118T0000Z-120119T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0007.120118T1900Z-120119T1900Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 253 PM MST TUE JAN 17 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO NOON MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO NOON MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. HOWEVER AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS THROUGH BADROCK CANYON ALONG HIGHWAY 2 COULD PRODUCE PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY. 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MISSION VALLEY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHERN MISSION VALLEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Jan 15, 8:30 AM MST, 6 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 8:30 AM MST, 6 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
830 AM MST SUN JAN 15 2012
.UPDATE...ISSUED ADVISORIES FOR THE MISSION/FLATHEAD AND
MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS AND RAISED PROBABILITY OF
PRECIPITATION IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY.
&&
.DISCUSSION...SNOW SHOWERS HAVE BEGUN TO IMPACT THE
FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEY BEHIND THE FRONT THIS MORNING. KALISPELL
ALREADY RECEIVED A QUICK HALF INCH OF SNOW FROM A SHOWER THIS
MORNING. RADAR INDICATES A FAVORED AREA FOR SHOWER FORMATION
UPSTREAM OF KALISPELL THIS MORNING...SO EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS TO
CONTINUE IN THAT AREA THIS MORNING.
VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE SHOWERS TO INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON CAUSING LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW. EXPECT THIS TO MAKE
VARIABLE DRIVING CONDITIONS SLICK ROADS IN SOME AREAS AND DRY
ROADS IN OTHERS. ISSUED ADVISORY TO ALERT TRAVELLERS OF CHANGING
CONDITIONS WITH THE SNOW SHOWERS.
THE COLD FRONT HAS CURRENTLY STALLED OVER SOUTHWEST MONTANA. LIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS ARE IMPACTING BUTTE AND HOMESTAKE PASS. NO ADVISORY
ISSUED HERE YET DUE TO EXPECTED DOWNSLOPE CONDITIONS AND UPSTREAM
LOSS OF MOISTURE. THIS IS NOT A FAVORABLE PATTERN FOR THAT
AREA....HOWEVER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION FOR A
POSSIBLE ADVISORY OVER HOMESTAKE PASS.
&&
.AVIATION...INTERMITTENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR AT
ALL TERMINALS TODAY. SNOW WILL KEEP CEILINGS LOWERED AND
MOUNTAINS OBSCURED FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 24 HOURS. SOME INTERMITTENT
GUSTY WINDS WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY BUT WILL NOT BE AS STRONG
AS THOSE EXPERIENCED YESTERDAY. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY DETERIORATE AS A VERY ACTIVE WEEK IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
TONIGHT.
&&
.MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY
BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS...LOWER CLARK FORK REGION.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY FLATHEAD/MISSION
VALLEYS...MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY POTOMAC/SEELEY
LAKE REGION...WEST GLACIER REGION.
ID...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM PST MONDAY NORTHERN
CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING LOWER HELLS
CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION...OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION.
&&
SHORT TERM...LEACH
LONG TERM....ALLEGRETTO
AVIATION...ROBINSONNearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.