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Wind Chill Warning 2, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind chill warning at Mar 1, 2014, 4:51 AM MST for 9 counties in Montana. It took effect at Mar 1, 2014, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 27 hr. 15 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2014, 4:51 AM MST (11:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2014, 5:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2014, 7:56 AM MST
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties 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
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 5:55 AM MST | EXTR WIND CHILL -23 | 1 Wsw La Salle, MT | ASOS STATION KALISPELL GLACIER AP /GPI/ |
| Mar 1, 6:34 AM MST | EXTR WIND CHILL -32 | 4 Sse Porters Corner, MT | MESONET STATION 2 W GEORGETOWN /MTGTL/ |
| Mar 1, 6:50 AM MST | EXTR WIND CHILL -20 | Potomac, MT | MESONET STATION POTOMAC /DW1026/ |
| Mar 1, 7:16 AM MST | EXTR WIND CHILL -35 | Essex, MT | MESONET STATION ESSEX /MTESX/ |
| Mar 1, 7:53 AM MST | EXTR WIND CHILL -25 | 1 N Polebridge, MT | MESONET STATION 1 NNE POLEBRIDGE /POEM8/ |
| Mar 1, 8:06 AM MST | EXTR WIND CHILL -41 | 7 N Helmville, MT | MESONET STATION 7 N HELMVILLE /MTHLM/ |
| Mar 1, 8:08 AM MST | EXTR WIND CHILL -26 | 4 N Kila, MT | MESONET STATION 4 N KILA /DW1223/ |
| Mar 1, 8:26 AM MST | EXTR WIND CHILL -21 | 7 Ssw Lolo Hot Springs, MT | MESONET STATION LOLO PASS /ITD28/ |
| Mar 1, 8:29 AM MST | EXTR WIND CHILL -25 | 4 Nnw Whitefish, MT | MESONET STATION 4 NNW WHITEFISH /WHTFS/ |
| Mar 1, 8:42 AM MST | EXTR WIND CHILL -37 | 1 E Blacktail, MT | MESONET STATION FIELDING /FIEM8/ |
| Mar 1, 8:59 AM MST | EXTR WIND CHILL -61 | 5 E Evaro, MT | MESONET STATION POINT 6 /PNTM8/ |
| Mar 1, 9:09 AM MST | EXTR WIND CHILL -24 | 6 Nw Missoula, MT | ASOS STATION MISSOULA, MT /MSO/ |
| Mar 1, 9:11 AM MST | EXTR WIND CHILL -38 | Garrison, MT | MESONET STATION GARRISON /MTGAR/ MTDOT |
| Mar 1, 11:26 AM MST | EXTR WIND CHILL -37 | 1 Wnw Elliston, MT | MESONET STATION ELLISTON /EW4329/ |
| Mar 1, 12:33 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Missoula, MT | TREE BLOWN OVER ONTO A CAR. COOPER AND SCOTT STREETS, MISSOULA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 726 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
085 WWUS45 KMSO 011151 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 451 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 MTZ002-003-011800- /O.EXP.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WC.W.0002.140301T1200Z-140301T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 451 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WITH GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND COMBINE VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES, BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO, POSSIBLY AS COLD AS 40 BELOW ZERO FROM POLEBRIDGE TO MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ001-011300- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 451 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH $$ MTZ005-043-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 451 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS AND TIMING: BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT TOWN WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE THIS MORNING. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE...BUT BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY 11AM. THIS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH PERHAPS MORE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND POTOMAC AREAS. BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO BE PRESENT AND COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WIND BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR HELLGATE CANYON AND DOWNTOWN * WIND CHILL: 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH && $$ MTZ007-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 451 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF POWELL COUNTY. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE ON HIGHWAY 200 AND PARTS OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. ELSEWHERE PERSISTENT LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS... PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. LESS SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED SOUTH OF ANACONDA INTO BUTTE. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. FROSTBITE COULD DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 30 AND 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH MOST AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN POWELL COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS && $$ IDZ006-MTZ004-006-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 451 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 /351 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGH THE MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS && $$ IDZ005-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 351 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE REGION THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE && $$ IDZ007-008-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 351 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND COMBINE WITH FREEZING FOG, WHICH COULD CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND AREAS OF BLACK ICE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...WHITE BIRD GRADE && $$ IDZ009-010-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 451 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 28 BETWEEN TENDOY AND GILMORE SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON && $$
9 follow-up statements
598 WWUS45 KMSO 011646 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 946 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 MTZ007-012200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T2200Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 946 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF POWELL COUNTY. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE ON HIGHWAY 200 AND PARTS OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. ELSEWHERE PERSISTENT LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS... PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. LESS SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED SOUTH OF ANACONDA INTO BUTTE. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. FROSTBITE COULD DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH MOST AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN POWELL COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS $$ MTZ005-043-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 946 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * BLIZZARD IMPACTS AND TIMING: BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGHOUT TOWN WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE THIS MORNING. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE...BUT BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY 11AM. THIS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH PERHAPS MORE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY AND POTOMAC AREAS. BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO BE PRESENT AND COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WIND BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR HELLGATE CANYON AND DOWNTOWN * WIND CHILL: 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$ MTZ002-003-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 946 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WITH GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND COMBINE VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES... BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO... POSSIBLY AS COLD AS 40 BELOW ZERO FROM POLEBRIDGE TO MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IDZ008-012100- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 846 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR...WHITE BIRD GRADE... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER WHITEBIRD HILL CAUSING DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. $$ IDZ006-MTZ004-006-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 946 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 /846 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGH THE MORNING. GUSTY NORTH TO EAST WINDS WILL HAMPER DRIVING DUE TO OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ IDZ005-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 846 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE REGION THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE $$ IDZ007-011800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 846 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND COMBINE WITH FREEZING FOG... WHICH COULD CAUSE LOW VISIBILITIES AND AREAS OF BLACK ICE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE $$ IDZ009-010-012100- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 946 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 28 BETWEEN TENDOY AND GILMORE SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$
081 WWUS45 KMSO 011759 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1059 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 MTZ005-043-020200- /O.EXP.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1059 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: STRONG EAST WINDS WILL PERSIST TODAY AND THROUGH TONIGHT WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS HELLGATE CANYON AND THE HIGHWAY 200 COORIDOR WILL HAVE WIND CHILL VALUES 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TODAY...OVERNIGHT THE EXTREME COLD WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING CAUSING DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WIND BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...DECREASING OVERNIGHT. * WIND CHILL: 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ004-020200- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1059 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO AROUND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND MAY CAUSE FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED AREAS WITHIN 20 TO 30 MINUTES. WORST CONDITIONS TONIGHT EXPECTED NEAR THOMPSON FALLS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IDZ006-MTZ006-011900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1059 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 /959 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND TAPER OFF TODAY, BUT THE SNOW IS DECREASING SO THE ADIVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS... LOLO PASS $$ IDZ005-011900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 959 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND TAPER OFF TODAY, BUT THE SNOW IS DECREASING SO THE ADIVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE $$ IDZ007-011900- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 959 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND TAPER OFF TODAY, BUT THE SNOW IS DECREASING SO THE ADIVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE $$ MTZ007-020200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WC.W.0003.140301T2200Z-140302T1500Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T2200Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1059 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 AM MST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGH THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF POWELL COUNTY. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE THE CASE ON HIGHWAY 200 AND PARTS OF THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. ELSEWHERE PERSISTENT LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS... PRODUCE ADDITIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. LESS SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED SOUTH OF ANACONDA INTO BUTTE. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY. FROSTBITE COULD DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH MOST AREAS. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN POWELL COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ001-020200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 1059 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WITH GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND COMBINE WITH VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES... BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO... AS COLD AS 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ002-003-020200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1059 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: WITH GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND COMBINE VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES... BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO... POSSIBLY AS COLD AS 40 BELOW ZERO FROM POLEBRIDGE TO MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IDZ009-010-012100- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1059 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 28 BETWEEN TENDOY AND GILMORE SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$ IDZ008-012100- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 959 AM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR...WHITE BIRD GRADE... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER WHITEBIRD HILL CAUSING DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. $$
691 WWUS45 KMSO 012052 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 152 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...MORE MOUNTAIN SNOW WITH A WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR THE NORTHERN ROCKIES REGION SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT...BUT REMAIN BLUSTERY ENOUGH TO SEND CHILL CHILL VALUES INTO 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. A WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL DELIVER ANOTHER PROLONGED SURGE OF PACIFIC MOISTURE INTO NORTHERN IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE AREA PASSES. INITIALLY... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW IN THE VALLEYS. HOWEVER...AS TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARM IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE...SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO RAIN. DURING THIS TRANSITION...VALLEYS COULD VERY WELL SEE A PERIOD OF MIXED SNOW...RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN. MTZ007-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0003.140301T2200Z-140302T1500Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 152 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS...PRODUCE LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID-MORNING SUNDAY. FROSTBITE COULD DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH FOR MOST AREAS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ002-003-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 152 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND COMBINE VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES...CREATING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...POSSIBLY AS COLD AS 40 BELOW ZERO FROM POLEBRIDGE TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ005-043-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 152 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: STRONG EAST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE GAPS OF THE DIVIDE TONIGHT WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS HELLGATE CANYON AND THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE STRONGEST WINDS OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WIND BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MID-MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ001-004-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 152 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH...DECREASING BY SUNRISE. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...AS COLD AS 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-020500- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.140302T1200Z-140304T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 152 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 /1252 PM PST SAT MAR 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 3000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE INCREASING IN INTENSITY SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW INITIALLY...BUT AS COLD AIR ERODES THERE WILL LIKELY BE A PERIOD OF MIXED RAIN/SNOW...AS WELL AS FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAIN PASSES...6 TO 12 INCHES. BELOW 3000 FEET...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ009-010-012200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 152 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH GUSTY EASTERLY WINDS TO CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 28 BETWEEN TENDOY AND GILMORE SUMMIT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON $$ IDZ008-012200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1252 PM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR...WHITE BIRD GRADE... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY OVER WHITEBIRD HILL CAUSING DIFFICULT TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. $$
065 WWUS45 KMSO 012053 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 153 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...MORE MOUNTAIN SNOW WITH A WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR THE NORTHERN ROCKIES REGION SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT...BUT REMAIN BLUSTERY ENOUGH TO SEND CHILL CHILL VALUES INTO 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. A WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL DELIVER ANOTHER PROLONGED SURGE OF PACIFIC MOISTURE INTO NORTHERN IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE AREA PASSES. INITIALLY... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW IN THE VALLEYS. HOWEVER...AS TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARM IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE...SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO RAIN. DURING THIS TRANSITION...VALLEYS COULD VERY WELL SEE A PERIOD OF MIXED SNOW...RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN. IDZ009-010-012200- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 153 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ IDZ008-012200- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1253 PM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR...WHITE BIRD GRADE... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ MTZ007-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0003.140301T2200Z-140302T1500Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 153 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS... PRODUCE LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID-MORNING SUNDAY. FROSTBITE COULD DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH FOR MOST AREAS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ002-003-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 153 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND COMBINE VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES...CREATING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...POSSIBLY AS COLD AS 40 BELOW ZERO FROM POLEBRIDGE TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ005-043-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 153 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: STRONG EAST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE GAPS OF THE DIVIDE TONIGHT WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS HELLGATE CANYON AND THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE STRONGEST WINDS OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WIND BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MID-MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ001-004-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 153 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH...DECREASING BY SUNRISE. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...AS COLD AS 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-020500- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.140302T1200Z-140304T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 153 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 /1253 PM PST SAT MAR 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE INCREASING IN INTENSITY SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW INITIALLY...BUT AS COLD AIR ERODES THERE WILL LIKELY BE A PERIOD OF MIXED RAIN/SNOW...AS WELL AS FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAIN PASSES...6 TO 12 INCHES. BELOW 3000 FEET...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
822 WWUS45 KMSO 012056 CCA WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 156 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...MORE MOUNTAIN SNOW WITH A WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR THE NORTHERN ROCKIES REGION SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT...BUT REMAIN BLUSTERY ENOUGH TO SEND CHILL CHILL VALUES INTO 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. A WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL DELIVER ANOTHER PROLONGED SURGE OF PACIFIC MOISTURE INTO NORTHERN IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE AREA PASSES. INITIALLY... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW IN THE VALLEYS. HOWEVER...AS TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARM IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE...SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO RAIN. DURING THIS TRANSITION...VALLEYS COULD VERY WELL SEE A PERIOD OF MIXED SNOW...RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN. IDZ009-010-012200- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 156 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ IDZ008-012200- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-140301T2100Z/ LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1256 PM PST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR...WHITE BIRD GRADE... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ MTZ007-020515- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0003.140301T2200Z-140302T1500Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 156 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS... PRODUCE LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID-MORNING SUNDAY. FROSTBITE COULD DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH FOR MOST AREAS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ002-003-020515- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 156 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND COMBINE VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES...CREATING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...POSSIBLY AS COLD AS 40 BELOW ZERO FROM POLEBRIDGE TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ005-043-020515- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 156 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: STRONG EAST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE GAPS OF THE DIVIDE TONIGHT WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS HELLGATE CANYON AND THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE STRONGEST WINDS OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WIND BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MID-MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ001-004-020515- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 156 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH...DECREASING BY SUNRISE. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...AS COLD AS 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-020515- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.140302T1200Z-140304T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 156 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 /1256 PM PST SAT MAR 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE INCREASING IN INTENSITY SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW INITIALLY...BUT AS COLD AIR ERODES THERE WILL LIKELY BE A PERIOD OF MIXED RAIN/SNOW...AS WELL AS FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAIN PASSES...6 TO 12 INCHES. BELOW 3000 FEET...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
210 WWUS45 KMSO 012134 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 234 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...MORE MOUNTAIN SNOW WITH A WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR THE NORTHERN ROCKIES REGION SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT...BUT REMAIN BLUSTERY ENOUGH TO SEND CHILL CHILL VALUES INTO 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO RANGE. A WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL DELIVER ANOTHER PROLONGED SURGE OF PACIFIC MOISTURE INTO NORTHERN IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE AREA PASSES. INITIALLY... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW IN THE VALLEYS. HOWEVER...AS TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARM IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE...SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO RAIN. DURING THIS TRANSITION...VALLEYS COULD VERY WELL SEE A PERIOD OF MIXED SNOW...RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN. MTZ007-020545- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140301T2200Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0003.140301T2200Z-140302T1500Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 234 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS... PRODUCE LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID-MORNING SUNDAY. FROSTBITE COULD DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH FOR MOST AREAS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ002-003-020545- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 234 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND COMBINE VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES...CREATING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...POSSIBLY AS COLD AS 40 BELOW ZERO FROM POLEBRIDGE TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ005-043-020545- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 234 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: STRONG EAST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE GAPS OF THE DIVIDE TONIGHT WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS HELLGATE CANYON AND THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE STRONGEST WINDS OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WIND BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MID-MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ001-004-020545- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 234 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH...DECREASING BY SUNRISE. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...AS COLD AS 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-020545- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.140302T1200Z-140304T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 234 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 /134 PM PST SAT MAR 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE INCREASING IN INTENSITY SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW INITIALLY...BUT AS COLD AIR ERODES THERE WILL LIKELY BE A PERIOD OF MIXED RAIN/SNOW...AS WELL AS FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAIN PASSES...6 TO 12 INCHES. BELOW 3000 FEET...1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
117 WWUS45 KMSO 020337 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 837 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING... ...MORE MOUNTAIN SNOW WITH A WINTRY MIX EXPECTED FOR THE NORTHERN ROCKIES REGION SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .BRISK NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO WESTERN MONTANA AND WINDS WILL REMAIN BLUSTERY ENOUGH FOR WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO. ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO NORTHERN IDAHO AND WESTERN MONTANA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE AREA PASSES. INITIALLY... PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW IN THE VALLEYS. HOWEVER...AS TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARM IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE...SNOW WILL TRANSITION OVER TO RAIN. DURING THIS TRANSITION...VALLEYS COULD VERY WELL SEE A PERIOD OF MIXED SNOW...RAIN...AND FREEZING RAIN. MTZ002-003-021200- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 837 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS INTO SUNDAY MORNING. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 25 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...POSSIBLY AS COLD AS 40 BELOW ZERO FROM POLEBRIDGE TO MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ005-043-021200- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 837 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: STRONG EAST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE GAPS OF THE DIVIDE TONIGHT WITH BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES. WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS HELLGATE CANYON AND THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE STRONGEST WINDS OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WIND BETWEEN 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ001-004-021200- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 837 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OVERNIGHT. BEING OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS WITHOUT PROPER CLOTHING CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE. OUTDOOR LIVESTOCK AND PETS MAY ALSO SUFFER INJURY FROM FROSTBITE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH...DECREASING BY SUNRISE. * WIND CHILL: 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO...AS COLD AS 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...KALISPELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ MTZ007-021200- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 837 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST SUNDAY. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND IN COMBINATION WITH BREEZY WINDS... PRODUCE LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID-MORNING SUNDAY. FROSTBITE COULD DEVELOP IN AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 20 AND 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL INCH OF NEW SNOW BY SUNDAY MID- MORNING. * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH FOR MOST AREAS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-021200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.140302T1200Z-140304T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 837 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2014 /737 PM PST SAT MAR 1 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ SUNDAY TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE INCREASING IN INTENSITY SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW INITIALLY...BUT AS COLD AIR ERODES THERE WILL LIKELY BE A PERIOD OF MIXED RAIN/SNOW...AS WELL AS FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAIN PASSES...6 TO 12 INCHES. BELOW 3000 FEET...2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
307 WWUS45 KMSO 021039 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 339 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 MTZ004-021800- /O.CAN.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.140302T1039Z-140303T1200Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 339 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LOW VISIBILITY AND SLICK TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY ALONG I-90 OVER LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAINS AND PASSES...8 TO 12 INCHES. VALLEYS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-021800- /O.CAN.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.140302T1039Z-140303T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 339 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LOW VISIBILITY AND SLICK TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAINS...6 TO 10 INCHES. VALLEYS...2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ003-021800- /O.CAN.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.140302T1039Z-140303T1200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 339 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LOW VISIBILITY AND SLICK TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE. PERIODICALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AND RESULTANT FROSTBITE POTENTIAL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ002-021800- /O.CAN.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.140302T1039Z-140303T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 339 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LOW VISIBILITY AND SLICK TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE. PERIODICALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AND RESULTANT FROSTBITE POTENTIAL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAINS AND PASSES...7 TO 12 INCHES. VALLEYS...3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ005-043-021500- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 339 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS AND TIMING: STRONG EAST WINDS WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING, ESPECIALLY FOR WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS HELLGATE CANYON AND THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR. WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN VERY COLD AND COULD POSE THE THREAT FOR FROSTBITE THIS MORNING. * WINDS/VISIBILITY: EAST-NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH && $$ MTZ007-021500- /O.CON.KMSO.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 339 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MST THIS MORNING. * WINTER STORM IMPACTS/TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING, KEEPING BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS LINGERING THROUGH THE MORNING AS WELL. * WIND CHILL: BETWEEN 15 AND 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO FROM HELMVILLE TO GARRISON JUNCTION. BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ELSEWHERE * WINDS: EAST TO NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH FOR MOST AREAS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS && $$ IDZ007-008-021800- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.140302T1039Z-140302T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 239 AM PST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ABOVE 3000 FEET IMPACTING WHITEBIRD AND GREER GRADES THIS MORNING. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS LOW VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-021800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.140302T1200Z-140304T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 339 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 /239 AM PST SUN MAR 2 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LOW VISIBILITY AND SLICK TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY OVER LOLO AND LOOKOUT PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAINS AND PASSES...7 TO 12 INCHES. VALLEYS...2 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS && $$
069 WWUS45 KMSO 021456 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 756 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 MTZ007-022300- /O.CAN.KMSO.WC.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 756 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL BE ENDING AS WINDS DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES WARM AFTER SUNRISE. HOWEVER...MORE SNOW IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THIS NEW SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. GEORGETOWN LAKE AND THE MOUNTAIN PASSES...INCLUDING HOMESTAKE AND MACDONALD...WILL SEE THE GREATEST IMPACTS FROM SNOWFALL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: GEORGETOWN LAKE AND MOUNTAIN PASSES...6 TO 10 INCHES BY MONDAY MORNING. OTHER VALLEY LOCATIONS INCLUDING THE BUTTE AND PHILIPSBURG AREA...2 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ005-022300- /O.CAN.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.140302T1800Z-140303T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 756 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING LATER THIS MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH THE NIGHT TONIGHT. AS THE AIR MASS TEMPERATURES WARM...FREEZING RAIN BECOMES A POSSIBILITY. FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL WILL OCCUR IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY TONIGHT AND THEN IN THE MISSOULA VALLEY MONDAY MORNING. THIS MIX OF FIRST SNOW AND THEN FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE VERY DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: TRACE TO ONE EIGHTH INCH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ043-022300- /O.CAN.KMSO.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140302T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140303T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 756 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STEADY SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING LATER THIS MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. THIS NEW SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY CREATE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES BY MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-022300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140304T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 756 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 /656 AM PST SUN MAR 2 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LOW VISIBILITY AND SLICK TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY OVER LOLO AND LOOKOUT PASSES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAINS AND PASSES...7 TO 12 INCHES. VALLEYS...2 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ MTZ004-022300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140303T1200Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 756 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LOW VISIBILITY AND SLICK TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ALONG I-90 OVER LOOKOUT PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAINS AND PASSES...8 TO 12 INCHES. VALLEYS...3 TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-022300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140303T1200Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION- 756 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LOW VISIBILITY AND SLICK TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAINS...6 TO 10 INCHES. VALLEYS...2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-021800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140302T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 656 AM PST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ABOVE 3000 FEET IMPACTING WHITEBIRD AND GREER GRADES THIS MORNING. SNOW-COVERED ROADS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... AS WELL AS LOW VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS...WHITE BIRD GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ003-022300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140303T1200Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 756 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LOW VISIBILITY AND SLICK TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE. PERIODICALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AND RESULTANT FROSTBITE POTENTIAL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ002-022300- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0028.000000T0000Z-140303T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 756 AM MST SUN MAR 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A PROLONGED PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. LOW VISIBILITY AND SLICK TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE. PERIODICALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AND RESULTANT FROSTBITE POTENTIAL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: MOUNTAINS AND PASSES...7 TO 12 INCHES. VALLEYS...3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS: EAST-NORTHEAST SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MPH. * WIND CHILL: 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
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| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Mar 1, 10:59 AM MST | Wind Chill Warning | MSO | Deer Lodge, Granite, Powell, Silver Bow | 21 hr |
| Mar 1, 1:52 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 43 hr |
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Wind Chill Warnings in Montana, 2014Every wind chill warning in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.