Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2014
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm warning at Jan 2, 2014, 3:16 AM MST for Flathead County, Lake County, Montana. It took effect at Jan 2, 2014, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 30 hr. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2014, 3:16 AM MST (10:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 2, 2014, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 3, 2014, 11:00 PM MST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Flathead County, MT, Lake County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 11:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 24 | 4 Se Essex, MT | FROM FRIDAY LATE MORNING TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON RECEIVED ABOUT 24 INCHES NEW SNOW. HWY 2 MILEPOST 163 TO MP 190. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 30 HOURS |
| Jan 3, 3:50 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Essex, MT | 4 FELL THIS MORNING. 5 FELL THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 10 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION ESSEX |
| Jan 3, 4:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 1 Sw Blacktail, MT | TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 0.80. 0.29 OF THAT WAS RAIN. THE RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW AROUND 4 AM MST ON JAN. 3. SNOWFALL RATES WERE 1 TO 2.6 PER HOUR FROM 1 TO 4 PM TODAY. SNOW DEPTH IS 36.7 NO SNOW REPORTED FROM 4 TO 9 PM MST ON JAN 3. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS |
| Jan 3, 4:09 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 1.5 | Olney, MT | IT WAS SNOWING MODERATE IN WHITEFISH AND US 93 NORTH TO OLNEY WAS PARTIALLY COVERED WITH SNOW. VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE WITH HEAVY SNOW AT OLNEY CURRENTLY. REPORT TAKEN FROM TWITTER. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES |
| Jan 3, 4:31 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 1 Sw Columbia Falls, MT | CURRENT VISIBILITIES ARE ONE QUARTER MILE WITH HEAVY SNOW. SNOW DEPTH IS 11. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 2 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 0.8 MI SW OF COLUMBIA FALLS |
| Jan 3, 6:55 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 1 W Hungry Horse, MT | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A SNOW DEPTH OF 16 INCHES. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 3 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION .7 MI W OF HUNGRY HORSE |
| Jan 3, 7:13 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Columbia Falls, MT | RECEIVED 3 INCHES FROM 5 TO 7 PM MST. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 4 HOURS |
| Jan 3, 7:32 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 4.3 | 1 Nne Whitefish, MT | HEAVY SNOW DURATION 3 HOURS 30 MINUTES OBSERVER LOCATION .6 MI NE OF WHITEFISH |
| Jan 3, 8:33 PM MST | SNOW 3 | Bigfork, MT | CURRENT SNOW DEPTH IS 8 INCHES AND ITS STILL SNOWING. SNOW DURATION 5 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION BIGFORK |
| Jan 3, 8:41 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 5 Ne Woods Bay, MT | REPORTS THAT HWY-83 IS SLICK. SNOW DURATION 4 HOURS |
| Jan 3, 9:38 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 1 Sw Columbia Falls, MT | REPORTED A DEPTH OF 11 INCHES. THE HEAVY SNOW FELL PRIMARILY FROM 4 TO 7 PM. HEAVY SNOW DURATION 5 HOURS OBSERVER LOCATION 1.1 MI SW OF COLUMBIA FALLS |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
715 WWUS45 KMSO 021016 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 316 AM MST THU JAN 2 2014 MTZ002-022200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.140103T0000Z-140104T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0001.140103T0000Z-140104T1200Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 316 AM MST THU JAN 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. INITIALLY... TEMPERATURES WILL BE RELATIVELY MILD LATE THIS AFTERNOON...ALLOWING FOR SOME SLUSH TO BUILD UP ON ROADWAYS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLING... SO ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY OVER MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH UP TO A FOOT OF NEW SNOW OVER MARIAS PASS. * WINDS: WESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
9 follow-up statements
823 WWUS45 KMSO 022137 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 237 PM MST THU JAN 2 2014 MTZ002-031200- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0001.140103T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 237 PM MST THU JAN 2 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON... BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. WEST WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING, CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW, AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MARIAS PASS. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH UP TO A FOOT OF NEW SNOW OVER MARIAS PASS. * WINDS: WESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-031200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.140103T0600Z-140104T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 237 PM MST THU JAN 2 2014 /137 PM PST THU JAN 2 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ FRIDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ABOVE 4000 FEET... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM MST /10 PM PST/ THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WEST WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING, WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, PLUS REDUCED VISIBILITIES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. SNOW AND WIND WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE CONDITIONS BEGIN TO IMPROVE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH... INCLUDING LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS 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. && $$ MTZ007-031200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.140103T1000Z-140104T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 237 PM MST THU JAN 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY ABOVE 6000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ABOVE 6000 FEET... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... BECOMING MODERATE AT TIMES NEAR SUNRISE WITH THE PASSAGE OF A FRONTAL SYSTEM. WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING, WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND WIND WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE CONDITIONS BEGIN TO IMPROVE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS: WESTERLY 20 TO 35 WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. MACDONALD PASS COULD SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ004-031200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.140103T0600Z-140104T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 237 PM MST THU JAN 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY FOR I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON, BECOMING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY OVERNIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS WILL ALSO BE INCREASING OVERNIGHT, CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW, AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY, CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WESTERLY 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. 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. && $$ MTZ043-031200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.140103T0600Z-140104T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 237 PM MST THU JAN 2 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY FOR HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW FOR HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL BE DEVELOPING TONIGHT...BECOMING MODERATE AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FROM ABOUT CLEARWATER JUNCTION TO CONDON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
102 WWUS45 KMSO 031025 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 325 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 MTZ002-040600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 325 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY... TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE LIGHT SNOW STARTS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING... CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW... AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MARIAS PASS. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH UP TO A FOOT OF NEW SNOW OVER MARIAS PASS. * WINDS: WESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-040000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 325 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 /225 AM PST FRI JAN 3 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING... AND TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... PLUS REDUCED VISIBILITIES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH... INCLUDING LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ007-040000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 325 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 6000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 6000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND WIND WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE CONDITIONS BEGIN TO IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS: WESTERLY 20 TO 35 WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. MACDONALD PASS COULD SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...MACDONALD PASS 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. && $$ MTZ004-040000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 325 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... REDUCED VISIBILITIES... AND SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WESTERLY 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ043-040000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 325 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FROM ABOUT CLEARWATER JUNCTION TO CONDON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
946 WWUS45 KMSO 031539 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 839 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 MTZ002-032345- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 839 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY... TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE LIGHT SNOW STARTS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING... CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW... AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MARIAS PASS. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH UP TO A FOOT OF NEW SNOW OVER MARIAS PASS. * WINDS: WESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ005-032000- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140103T2000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 839 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR I-90 DRUMMOND TO HOMESTAKE PASS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW, BLOWING SNOW AND QUICK FREEZING OF ROADS UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND WIND WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE CONDITIONS BEGIN TO IMPROVE TOWARD NOON. EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA 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. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-032345- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 839 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 /739 AM PST FRI JAN 3 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING... AND TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... PLUS REDUCED VISIBILITIES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH... INCLUDING LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ007-032345- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 839 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 6000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 6000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND WIND WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE CONDITIONS BEGIN TO IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS: WESTERLY 20 TO 35 WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. MACDONALD PASS COULD SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...MACDONALD PASS 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. && $$ MTZ004-032345- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 839 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... REDUCED VISIBILITIES... AND SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WESTERLY 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ043-032345- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 839 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FROM ABOUT CLEARWATER JUNCTION TO CONDON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
540 WWUS45 KMSO 031545 CCA WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 844 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 MTZ002-040000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 844 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY... TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE LIGHT SNOW STARTS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING... CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW... AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MARIAS PASS. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH UP TO A FOOT OF NEW SNOW OVER MARIAS PASS. * WINDS: WESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ005-032000- /O.COR.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140103T2000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 844 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW, BLOWING SNOW AND QUICK FREEZING OF ROADS UNTIL 1 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND WIND WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE CONDITIONS BEGIN TO IMPROVE TOWARD NOON. EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA 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. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-040000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 844 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 /744 AM PST FRI JAN 3 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING... AND TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... PLUS REDUCED VISIBILITIES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH... INCLUDING LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ007-040000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 844 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 6000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 6000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND WIND WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE CONDITIONS BEGIN TO IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS: WESTERLY 20 TO 35 WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. MACDONALD PASS COULD SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...MACDONALD PASS 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. && $$ MTZ004-040000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 844 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... REDUCED VISIBILITIES... AND SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WESTERLY 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ043-040000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 844 AM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FROM ABOUT CLEARWATER JUNCTION TO CONDON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
726 WWUS45 KMSO 031954 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1254 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 MTZ005-032100- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140103T2000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1254 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. $$ MTZ002-040400- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1254 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY... TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING... CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW... AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MARIAS PASS. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY...CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH UP TO A FOOT OF NEW SNOW OVER MARIAS PASS. * WINDS: WESTERLY 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-040000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1254 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 /1154 AM PST FRI JAN 3 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... AND TAPER OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... PLUS REDUCED VISIBILITIES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS: WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH... INCLUDING LOLO AND LOST TRAIL PASSES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ007-040000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1254 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 6000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 6000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND WIND WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CONDITIONS BEGIN TO IMPROVE EARLY THIS EVENING. EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GENERALLY LESS THAN AN INCH AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * WINDS: WESTERLY 20 TO 35 WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. MACDONALD PASS COULD SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...MACDONALD PASS 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. && $$ MTZ004-040000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1254 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY THIS EVENING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... REDUCED VISIBILITIES... AND SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 9 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS: WESTERLY 20 TO 30 WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ043-040000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1254 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. SNOW COVERED ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FROM ABOUT CLEARWATER JUNCTION TO CONDON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$
479 WWUS45 KMSO 032351 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 451 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 IDZ005-006-MTZ006-040100- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 451 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 /351 PM PST FRI JAN 3 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 4000 FEET WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ MTZ007-040100- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 451 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 6000 FEET... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 6000 FEET WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...MACDONALD PASS $$ MTZ004-040100- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0000Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 451 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ MTZ002-040600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 451 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTY EAST WINDS FROM ESSEX TO MARIAS PASS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES...12 INCHES NEAR MARIAS PASS. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH NEAR MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ001-003-040600- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 451 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL EXIST THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE FLATHEAD VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 93 CORRIDOR NORTHWARD TO EUREKA. SNOW RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE AREA ROADS TO BECOME INSTANTLY SLICK AND DANGEROUS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ043-040600- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 451 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ALONG HIGHWAY 83 FROM CLEARWATER JUNCTION NORTHWARD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES STORM TOTAL. 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. && $$
397 WWUS45 KMSO 040031 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 531 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 MTZ002-040600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 531 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTY EAST WINDS FROM ESSEX TO MARIAS PASS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES...12 INCHES NEAR MARIAS PASS. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH NEAR MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MTZ007-040600- /O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 531 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING ABOVE 6000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SUDDEN AND INTENSE SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING PARTICULARLY OVER MACDONALD AND HOMESTAKE PASSES. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN THE SNOW. POOR VISIBILITY WILL ALSO BE PRESENT DURING THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...MACDONALD PASS 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. && $$ MTZ001-003-040600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 531 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL EXIST THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE FLATHEAD VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 93 CORRIDOR NORTHWARD TO EUREKA. SNOW RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE AREA ROADS TO BECOME INSTANTLY SLICK AND DANGEROUS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ043-040600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 531 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ALONG HIGHWAY 83 FROM CLEARWATER JUNCTION NORTHWARD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES STORM TOTAL. 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. && $$
652 WWUS45 KMSO 040213 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 713 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 MTZ002-040600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 713 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTY EAST WINDS FROM ESSEX TO MARIAS PASS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 9 INCHES...12 INCHES NEAR MARIAS PASS. * WINDS: EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH NEAR MARIAS PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ IDZ007-008-040600- /O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 613 PM PST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SUDDEN AND INTENSE SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE CAMAS PRAIRIE THIS EVENING. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE IN LOW VISIBILITY AND ICE COVERED ROADS...PARTICULARLY ALONG HIGHWAY 95 FROM COTTONWOOD TO WHITE BIRD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE...HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS... WHITE BIRD GRADE 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. && $$ MTZ001-003-040600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 713 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL EXIST THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS THE FLATHEAD VALLEY AND HIGHWAY 93 CORRIDOR NORTHWARD TO EUREKA. SNOW RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE AREA ROADS TO BECOME INSTANTLY SLICK AND DANGEROUS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ007-040600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 713 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING ABOVE 6000 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 6000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SUDDEN AND INTENSE SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING PARTICULARLY OVER MACDONALD AND HOMESTAKE PASSES. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY IN THE SNOW. POOR VISIBILITY WILL ALSO BE PRESENT DURING THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...MACDONALD PASS 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. && $$ MTZ043-040600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 713 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ALONG HIGHWAY 83 FROM CLEARWATER JUNCTION NORTHWARD. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES STORM TOTAL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
512 WWUS45 KMSO 040552 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1052 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 MTZ002-041800- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.140104T0600Z-140104T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1052 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLICK ROADWAYS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING CREATING SNOW COVERED AND SLICK ROADWAYS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ043-041800- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.140104T0600Z-140104T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1052 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLICK ROADWAYS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS ALONG HIGHWAY 83 FROM CLEARWATER JUNCTION NORTHWARD AND INTERSTATE 90 FROM CLINTON TO BEARMOUTH. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ007-008-040700- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 952 PM PST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. $$ MTZ001-003-040700- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T0600Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1052 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. $$ MTZ007-041800- /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140104T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1052 PM MST FRI JAN 3 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: OFF AND ON LIGHT SNOW WILL KEEP ROADS SLICK AND SNOW COVERED INTO SATURDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY ALONG INTERSTATE 90 OVER HOMESTAKE PASS. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS...HOMESTAKE 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. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 2, 3:15 AM MST, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 2, 3:15 AM MST, 1 minute before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Missoula MT
315 AM MST Thu Jan 2 2014
...SNOW AND WIND OVER PASSES TONIGHT...
.DISCUSSION...Snow and wind on the way tonight for central Idaho
and western Montana. A cold front is approaching the northern
Rockies and will affect the region today and tomorrow. Main
impacts are as follows:
1. Strong southerly winds ahead of the front tonight, especially
in central Idaho. Grangeville and the Camas Prairie will have
winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts over 45 mph.
2. Mountain snow and valley rain will increase ahead of the front,
especially in the Clearwater and Bitterroot mountains and along
the Continental Divide. A short period of heavy snow will
accompany the frontal passage. Strong winds will accompany the
front causing low visibility and difficult driving conditions.
3. Total snow accumulations at Marias pass will be around a foot
of new snow, with around 8-10 inches at Lolo and Lookout passes.
Lost Trail pass will have around 6 inches of snow and wind.
Missoula and the Bitterroot valley will be down sloped with the
strong winds, causing intermittent precipitation. Less than an
inch of snow is expected in the valleys, with the exception of the
Flathead, where around 3 inches is expected. Precipitation will
decrease quickly Friday afternoon as dry air moves in behind the
front, though mountain showers will continue.
The northwesterly jet stream will remain over the Northern Rockies
during this weekend. This flow will keep chances for snow in the
forecast especially in the mountains. There is also agreement that
arctic air will move into the region on Sunday but still some
uncertainty on how cold the air will be into western Montana and
eastern Idaho. Confidence is best that north and east winds
should be planned for on Sunday with temperatures ten or more
degrees below average through Tuesday.
The flow pattern will become more westerly for next week which will
keep an active weather pattern for north central Idaho and western
Montana.
&&
.AVIATION...Chance of fog this morning impacting KMSO...mainly
around sunrise that will dissipate in the late morning. Expect
increasing clouds today and lowering ceilings ahead of an
approaching cold front for tonight and Friday. The lowering
ceilings will especially affect KGPI and KMSO.
&&
.MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...WINTER STORM WARNING from 5 PM this afternoon to 5 AM MST
Saturday West Glacier Region.
ID...WIND ADVISORY from 7 PM this evening to 8 AM PST Friday for the
Camas Prairie...Grangeville and Highway 95 IN THE Lower
Hells Canyon/Salmon River Region...Orofino/Grangeville
Region.
&&
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Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2:37 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Deer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more | 50 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.