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Wind Advisory 9, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this wind advisory at Oct 9, 2015, 12:24 PM MDT for 11 counties in Montana. It took effect at Oct 10, 2015, 6:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 9, 2015, 12:24 PM MDT (18:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 10, 2015, 6:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2015, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
710 WWUS75 KMSO 091824 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1224 PM MDT FRI OCT 9 2015 MTZ002-003-101200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.151011T0000Z-151012T0300Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1224 PM MDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON, THEN STRENGTHEN IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXPECT WINDS TO REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. IMPACTS WILL BE GREATEST TO THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH TERRAIN FOR HUNTING OR RECREATION PURPOSES, OR TO THOSE BOATING ON AREA LAKES. * WINDS: FOR VALLEYS: SUSTAINED WEST-SOUTHWEST OF 15-20 MPH, WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. FOR HIGHER TERRAIN: WEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE, WITH PERIODIC GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH, ESPECIALLY LOGAN PASS IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. * FLATHEAD LAKE: INCREASED CHOP LATE SATURDAY WITH UP TO 3 FOOT WAVES POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY. THESE CONDITIONS COULD BE DANGEROUS TO SMALL WATERCRAFT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MTZ001-004-101200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.151011T0000Z-151012T0300Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1224 PM MDT FRI OCT 9 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON, THEN STRENGTHEN IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXPECT WINDS TO REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY. IMPACTS WILL BE GREATEST TO THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH TERRAIN FOR HUNTING OR RECREATION PURPOSES, OR TO THOSE BOATING ON AREA LAKES. * WINDS: FOR VALLEYS: SUSTAINED WEST-SOUTHWEST OF 15-20 MPH, WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. FOR HIGHER TERRAIN: WEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE, WITH PERIODIC GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
5 follow-up statements
714 WWUS75 KMSO 101910 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 110 PM MDT SAT OCT 10 2015 MTZ002-003-120300- /O.EXT.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.151011T0300Z-151012T0300Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 110 PM MDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON, THEN STRENGTHEN IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXPECT WINDS TO REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY, ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. IMPACTS WILL BE GREATEST TO THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH TERRAIN FOR HUNTING OR RECREATION PURPOSES, OR TO THOSE BOATING ON AREA LAKES. * WINDS: FOR VALLEYS: SUSTAINED WEST-SOUTHWEST OF 15-20 MPH, WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT. FOR HIGHER TERRAIN: WEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE, WITH PERIODIC GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH, ESPECIALLY LOGAN PASS IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. * FLATHEAD LAKE: INCREASED CHOP LATE SATURDAY WITH UP TO 3 FOOT WAVES POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY. THESE CONDITIONS COULD BE DANGEROUS TO SMALL WATERCRAFT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MTZ001-004-111800- /O.EXT.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.151011T0000Z-151011T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 110 PM MDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT SUNDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MDT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: BREEZY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON, THEN BECOME STRONGER INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. EXPECT WINDS TO REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH AROUND NOON SUNDAY, ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IMPACTS WILL BE GREATEST TO THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH TERRAIN FOR HUNTING OR RECREATION PURPOSES, OR TO THOSE BOATING ON AREA LAKES. * WINDS: FOR VALLEYS: SUSTAINED WEST-SOUTHWEST OF 15-20 MPH, WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE BETWEEN 6PM AND 9PM. FOR HIGHER TERRAIN: WEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE, WITH PERIODIC GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
268 WWUS75 KMSO 110502 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1102 PM MDT SAT OCT 10 2015 MTZ007-120300- /O.EXB.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.151011T0600Z-151012T0300Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1102 PM MDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN VERY STRONG WINDS TONIGHT...GUSTING TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. THIS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS CROSS-WIND TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND POTENTIALLY TRIGGER BLOWING DUST LOWERING VISIBILITY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS: WEST-SOUTHWEST OF 20 TO 35 MPH AT TIMES...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...MACDONALD PASS...HIGHWAY 121 FROM HELMVILLE TO AVON...INTERSTATE 90...BUTTE...ANACONDA... GEORGETOWN LAKE AND HOMESTAKE PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MTZ005-006-120000- /O.EXB.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151012T0000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1102 PM MDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT CAUSING DANGEROUS CROSS-WINDS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE BACKCOUNTRY FOREST SERVICE ROADS ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGETOPS COULD CAUSE TREES TO FALL, SO THOSE RECREATING OR CAMPING SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM TREES. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING AND BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS: FOR VALLEYS: WEST-SOUTHWEST OF 15 TO 20 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE BETWEEN 11 PM AND 4 AM SUNDAY. FOR HIGHER TERRAIN: WEST WINDS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE... WITH PERIODIC GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...LOLO PASS AND HIGHWAY 12 TO LOLO...MISSOULA...BITTERROOT VALLEY FROM STEVENSVILLE TO HAMILTON AND SKALKAHO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MTZ003-120000- /O.EXT.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151012T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1102 PM MDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT PASSAGE TONIGHT. EXPECT WINDS TO REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY... ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. IMPACTS WILL BE GREATEST TO THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH TERRAIN FOR HUNTING OR RECREATION PURPOSES... OR TO THOSE BOATING ON AREA LAKES. * WINDS: FOR VALLEYS: WEST-SOUTHWEST OF 15 TO 20 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM SUNDAY MORNING. FOR HIGHER TERRAIN: WEST WINDS TO 40 MPH... WITH PERIODIC GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * FLATHEAD LAKE: CHOPPY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MTZ002-120300- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151012T0300Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1102 PM MDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT PASSAGE TONIGHT BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 4 AM SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE IMPACTED ESPECIALLY THROUGH MARIAS PASS. THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH TERRAIN FOR HUNTING OR RECREATION PURPOSES COULD BE IN DANGER DUE TO POTENTIAL TREE FALLS OR CROSS WIND DANGER TO VEHICLES. * WINDS: WESTERLY WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE AREA SOUTHEAST OF ESSEX TO MARIAS PASS AND ALSO AT LOGAN PASS WILL SEE THE GUSTS TO 50 MPH TONIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MTZ001-004-111800- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151011T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1102 PM MDT SAT OCT 10 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IMPACTS WILL BE GREATEST TO THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH TERRAIN FOR HUNTING OR RECREATION PURPOSES... OR TO THOSE BOATING ON AREA LAKES. * WINDS: FOR VALLEYS: WEST-SOUTHWEST OF 15 TO 20 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. FOR HIGHER TERRAIN: WEST WINDS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE...WITH PERIODIC GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
268 WWUS75 KMSO 111825 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1225 PM MDT SUN OCT 11 2015 MTZ001-004-111930- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151011T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1225 PM MDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA, HOWEVER, BREEZY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN SOME VALLEY LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON, AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE WINDY CONDITIONS UNTIL SUNSET. $$ MTZ002-120300- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151012T0300Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1225 PM MDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY, ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN, BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE IMPACTED, ESPECIALLY OVER MARIAS PASS. THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH TERRAIN FOR HUNTING OR RECREATION PURPOSES COULD BE IN DANGER DUE TO POTENTIAL TREE FALLS OR CROSS WIND DANGER TO VEHICLES. * WINDS: WESTERLY WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH, WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. LOGAN PASS AND THE AREA SOUTHEAST OF ESSEX TO MARIAS PASS WILL SEE GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MTZ003-120000- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151012T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1225 PM MDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY, ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN, BEFORE SUBSIDING THIS EVENING. IMPACTS WILL BE GREATEST TO THOSE TRAVELING IN HIGH TERRAIN FOR HUNTING OR RECREATION PURPOSES, OR TO THOSE BOATING ON AREA LAKES. * WINDS: FOR VALLEYS: WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. FOR HIGHER TERRAIN: WEST WINDS AROUND 35 MPH, WITH PERIODIC GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * FLATHEAD LAKE: CHOPPY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MTZ007-120300- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151012T0300Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1225 PM MDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON, LEADING TO POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CROSSWINDS FOR HIGH- PROFILE VEHICLES. BLOWING DUST MAY LOWER VISIBILITY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS: WEST-SOUTHWEST OF 20 TO 35 MPH AT TIMES, WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER HIGHER TERRAIN, AND ALSO ALONG INTERSTATE 90 FROM DEER LODGE TO BUTTE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...MACDONALD PASS...HIGHWAY 121 FROM HELMVILLE TO AVON...INTERSTATE 90...BUTTE...ANACONDA... GEORGETOWN LAKE AND HOMESTAKE PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MTZ005-006-120000- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151012T0000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1225 PM MDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING. VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE BACKCOUNTRY FOREST SERVICE ROADS, ESPECIALLY ON THE RIDGETOPS, COULD CAUSE TREES TO FALL. THOSE RECREATING OR CAMPING SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS. * WINDS: FOR VALLEYS: WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH, WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. OVER HIGHER TERRAIN: WEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE, WITH PERIODIC GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...LOLO PASS AND HIGHWAY 12 TO LOLO...MISSOULA...BITTERROOT VALLEY FROM STEVENSVILLE TO HAMILTON AND SKALKAHO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
008 WWUS75 KMSO 112356 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 556 PM MDT SUN OCT 11 2015 MTZ003-120100- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151012T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 556 PM MDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON $$ MTZ005-006-120100- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151012T0000Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 556 PM MDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA... HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS $$ MTZ002-120300- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151012T0300Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 556 PM MDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WESTERLY WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH... WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. LOGAN PASS AND THE AREA SOUTHEAST OF ESSEX TO MARIAS PASS WILL SEE GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ MTZ007-120300- /O.CON.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151012T0300Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 556 PM MDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: WEST-SOUTHWEST OF 20 TO 35 MPH AT TIMES... WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER HIGHER TERRAIN... AND ALSO ALONG INTERSTATE 90 FROM DEER LODGE TO BUTTE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...MACDONALD PASS...HIGHWAY 121 FROM HELMVILLE TO AVON...INTERSTATE 90...BUTTE...ANACONDA... GEORGETOWN LAKE AND HOMESTAKE PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
946 WWUS75 KMSO 120251 NPWMSO URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 851 PM MDT SUN OCT 11 2015 MTZ002-120400- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151012T0300Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 851 PM MDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE $$ MTZ007-120400- /O.EXP.KMSO.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-151012T0300Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 851 PM MDT SUN OCT 11 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS $$
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.