Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm warning at Jan 3, 2015, 1:04 PM PST for Clearwater County, Idaho County, Idaho; 11 counties in Montana. It took effect at Jan 4, 2015, 11:12 AM PST. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2015, 1:04 PM PST (21:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 4, 2015, 11:12 AM PST
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 11:54 AM PST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
985 WWUS45 KMSO 032104 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 204 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 MTZ001-004-041200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 204 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS: A LONG DURATION SNOW, HEAVY AT TIMES, WILL OCCUR FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS POSSIBLE. * 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 WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ002-043-041200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 204 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS: A LONG DURATION SNOW, HEAVY AT TIMES, WILL OCCUR FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... 1 TO 2 FEET ARE POSSIBLE: * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ003-041200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 204 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS: A LONG DURATION SNOW, HEAVY AT TIMES, WILL OCCUR FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... 8 TO 14 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-041200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 204 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW ABOVE 4000 FEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS: A LONG DURATION SNOW, HEAVY AT TIMES, WILL OCCUR FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...1 TO 2 FEET INCHES WITH LOCAL HIGHER AMOUNTS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ007-008-041200- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.150104T1200Z-150105T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 204 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW, HEAVY AT TIMES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY OVER THE PASSES AND GRADES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...GREER GRADE...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. && $$ MTZ005-041200- /O.EXA.KMSO.WS.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 204 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW, HEAVY AT TIMES, IS EXPECTED SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. IT IS POSSIBLE THIS SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW LATE MONDAY EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND OR FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE. HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ007-041200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 204 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: SNOW, HEAVY AT TIMES, WILL OCCUR FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY AT GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON JUNCTION TO ELLISTON...AND MACDONALD PASS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...MACDONALD PASS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
5 follow-up statements
110 WWUS45 KMSO 040645 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1145 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS DUE TO LONG DURATION LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES...MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... IDZ005-006-041200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.150104T0645Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 1145 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SUNDAY TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-004-041200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.150104T0645Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1145 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ADDITIONAL 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. * 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 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. && $$ MTZ003-041200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.150104T0645Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1145 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ADDITIONAL 8 TO 14 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ002-041200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.150104T0645Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1145 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET. * 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. && $$ MTZ006-041200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.150104T0645Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1145 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ043-041200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.150104T0645Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1145 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET. * 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. && $$ MTZ005-041200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.150104T0645Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1145 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS. MUCH HEAVIER SNOW WILL OCCUR SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. IT IS POSSIBLE THIS SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW LATE MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND OR FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MTZ007-041200- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.150104T0645Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1145 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING SUNDAY EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET. ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES BELOW 6000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ007-008-041200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.150104T1200Z-150105T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1145 PM MST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW, HEAVY AT TIMES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY OVER THE PASSES AND GRADES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
855 WWUS45 KMSO 041154 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 454 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS DUE TO LONG DURATION LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES...MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... MTZ007-042200- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 454 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... 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 11 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET. ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES BELOW 6000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. && $$ IDZ005-006-042200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 454 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-004-042200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 454 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ADDITIONAL 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. * 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 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. && $$ MTZ003-042200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 454 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ADDITIONAL 8 TO 14 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ002-042200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 454 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET. * 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. && $$ MTZ006-042200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 454 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ043-042200- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 454 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET. * 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. && $$ MTZ005-042200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 454 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS. MUCH HEAVIER SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. IT IS POSSIBLE THIS SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW LATE MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND OR FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ007-008-042200- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.150104T1200Z-150105T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 454 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY OVER THE PASSES AND GRADES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 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. && $$
189 WWUS45 KMSO 041818 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1118 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS DUE TO LONG DURATION LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN ROCKIES...MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... IDZ005-006-050000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- 1118 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM PST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ELK RIVER...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ001-004-050000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1118 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ADDITIONAL 8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. * 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 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. && $$ MTZ003-050000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1118 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ADDITIONAL 8 TO 14 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ002-050000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION- 1118 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET. * 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. && $$ MTZ006-050000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1118 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-050000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1118 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET. ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES BELOW 6000 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. 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. && $$ MTZ043-050000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1118 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ009-010-050000- /O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1118 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER ESPECIALLY NORTH OF GIBBONSVILLE TONIGHT CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS AND POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT FOR SMALL VEHICLES. WILLIAMS CREEK WILL BE IMPACTED AS WELL INTO MONDAY WITH SNOW COVERED AND SLICK CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES NORTH OF GIBBONSVILLE TO LOST TRAIL PASS AND WILLIAMS CREEK. 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 6 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON 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. && $$ MTZ005-050000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1118 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS. MUCH HEAVIER SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. IT IS POSSIBLE THIS SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING BEFORE SWITCHING BACK TO SNOW LATE MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND OR FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...ADDITIONAL 4 TO 7 INCHES POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ IDZ007-008-050000- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1118 AM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY OVER THE PASSES AND GRADES. SNOW WILL MIX OR CHANGEOVER TO RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FROM THE GRANGEVILLE AREA INTO THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN ON MONDAY MORNING MAKING FOR SLICK TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 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. && $$
390 WWUS45 KMSO 041912 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1212 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS DUE TO LONG DURATION LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... MTZ007-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150104T1912Z-150106T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1212 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVER MACDONALD PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES IN VICINITY OF OVANDO...6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET. ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES BELOW 6000 FEET. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM MACDONALD PASS TO OVANDO FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS...OVANDO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150104T1912Z-150106T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1212 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ TUESDAY ABOVE 4000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 4000 FEET IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 AND A HALF FEET THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ003-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150104T1912Z-150106T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1212 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ002-043-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150104T1912Z-150106T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1212 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I- 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ001-004-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150104T1912Z-150106T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1212 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY... HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY...HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD... HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON... I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ005-050400- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0001.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMSO.WS.W.0001.150104T1912Z-150105T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1212 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS. MUCH HEAVIER SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. IT IS POSSIBLE THIS SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND OR FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ007-008-050400- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1212 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY OVER THE PASSES AND GRADES. SNOW WILL MIX OR CHANGEOVER TO RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FROM THE GRANGEVILLE AREA INTO THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN ON MONDAY MORNING MAKING FOR SLICK TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ009-010-050400- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1212 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER ESPECIALLY NORTH OF GIBBONSVILLE TONIGHT CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS AND POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT FOR SMALL VEHICLES. WILLIAMS CREEK WILL BE IMPACTED AS WELL INTO MONDAY WITH SNOW COVERED AND SLICK CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES NORTH OF GIBBONSVILLE TO LOST TRAIL PASS AND WILLIAMS CREEK. 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 6 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON 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. && $$
029 WWUS45 KMSO 041954 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS DUE TO LONG DURATION LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... MTZ007-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES OVER MACDONALD PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 12 TO 18 INCHES IN VICINITY OF OVANDO...6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 6000 FEET. ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES BELOW 6000 FEET. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM MACDONALD PASS TO OVANDO FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS...OVANDO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ001-004-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS AND 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS. FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * 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 WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ002-043-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER MARIAS PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 FEET THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 FEET IS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH...HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I- 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ003-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 INCHES MONDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY... MISSION VALLEY...POLSON PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MTZ005-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.150105T0000Z-150105T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS. MUCH HEAVIER SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. IT IS POSSIBLE THIS SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN MONDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND OR FREEZING RAIN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 10 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0002.150105T0000Z-150106T1800Z/ NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ TUESDAY. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ TUESDAY. * IMPACTS: LONG DURATION SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL OCCUR BEGINNING THIS EVENING. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVEL OVER THE MOUNTAINS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 AND A HALF FEET THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ IDZ007-008-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0003.150105T0000Z-150105T1200Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION- 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW... HEAVY AT TIMES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY OVER THE PASSES AND GRADES. SNOW WILL MIX OR CHANGEOVER TO RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FROM THE GRANGEVILLE AREA INTO THE CAMAS PRAIRIE. THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN ON MONDAY MORNING MAKING FOR SLICK TRAVEL. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 8 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...ORIFINO...GREER GRADE...WHITEBIRD GRADE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IDZ009-010-050400- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0003.150105T0000Z-150106T0000Z/ WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY- 1254 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS: SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVIER ESPECIALLY NORTH OF GIBBONSVILLE TONIGHT CAUSING VERY SLICK CONDITIONS AND POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT FOR SMALL VEHICLES. WILLIAMS CREEK WILL BE IMPACTED AS WELL INTO MONDAY WITH SNOW COVERED AND SLICK CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 14 INCHES NORTH OF GIBBONSVILLE TO LOST TRAIL PASS AND WILLIAMS CREEK. 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 6 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...SHOUP...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE...LEMHI PASS...SALMON...GILMORE SUMMIT. 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 3, 3:54 AM PST, 9 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 3:54 AM PST, 9 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
454 AM MST SAT JAN 3 2015
...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN EVENT ACROSS NORTHERN
ROCKIES SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
.DISCUSSION...
LIGHT SNOW WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES
THROUGH MIDDAY. MOST ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL IDAHO AND WEST CENTRAL MONTANA. ADDING TO THE ALREADY SNOW
AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS ACROSS THE REGION, HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS RECEIVING
FRESH SNOWFALL THIS MORNING. FURTHER NORTH NEAR GLACIER PARK AND
THE FLATHEAD VALLEY, ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE BLOWING IN FROM EAST
OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL ACROSS NORTHWEST
MONTANA AND ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AS FAR SOUTH AS BUTTE IN
RESPONSE TO THIS ARCTIC BLAST. WIND CHILL BELOW ZERO WILL EXIST
ALONG THE DIVIDE THROUGH THIS MORNING, HOWEVER THE ARCTIC
INFLUENCE WILL BE SHORT-LIVED.
A SIGNIFICANT SNOW/FREEZING RAIN/RAIN EVENT REMAINS IN THE
FORECAST OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
THIS SO-CALLED "ATMOSPHERIC RIVER" EVENT WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE
SNOW LEVELS AND TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION AS IT MOVES IN FROM
THE SOUTHWEST. SOME LOCATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHERN
CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS OF IDAHO AND GLACIER PARK IN MONTANA, COULD
RECEIVE MORE THAN 1.5 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT PRECIPITATION
IN THE FORM OF A SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN MIX. CONSIDERING THAT AIR
TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN WELL-BELOW FREEZING FOR THE PAST WEEK, A
RELATIVELY WARM AIRMASS MOVING OVER THE REGION WILL TRANSLATE TO
WIDESPREAD TRAVEL IMPACTS. EVEN WHERE AIR TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE
FREEZING AND RAIN FALLS, BLACK ICE COULD DEVELOP SUDDENLY WITH THE
BELOW-FREEZING GROUND RELATIVELY SLOW TO WARM. FOR ELEVATIONS OVER
7000 FEET, SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF A FOOT IS LIKELY. OVERALL, THIS
EVENT WILL MAKE A MESS OF TRAVEL AROUND THE REGION. ADDITIONALLY,
THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL MAKE FOR A REALLY WINDY TIME ON
CAMAS PRAIRIE AROUND GRANGEVILLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING, GUSTY TO 40 MPH AT TIMES.
AS THE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES
WINDS DOWN DURING TUESDAY, VALLEY FOG AND FREEZING FOG MIXED WITH
LOW STRATUS AND DAY-LONG TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS WILL REMAIN
THROUGH THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM IN
THE HIGH ELEVATION AS WELL.
FORECAST MODELS DIVERGE AFTER THURSDAY. ANOTHER SHOT OF
PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY, BUT DETAILS REGARDING THE
STRENGTH AND TIMING OF THIS FEATURE ARE UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME.
&&
.AVIATION...SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EARLY
MORNING FOR KBTM AND KSMN. BY LATE MORNING, ALL SITES CAN EXPECT
IMPROVING CONDITIONS, BUT MID-LEVEL CEILINGS AND TERRAIN
OBSCURATIONS WILL REMAIN. RELIEF WILL BE SHORT-LIVED AS ANOTHER
WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING NORTH TO SOUTH WILL BRING MORE LIGHT
SNOW AND AIRPORT IMPACTS BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING, AROUND
04/0500Z.
&&
.MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
ABOVE 4000 FEET FOR THE BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING
BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS...BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION...
LOWER CLARK FORK REGION...MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS...KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION...LOWER
CLARK FORK REGION...POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION...WEST
GLACIER REGION.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING
FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING
POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION...WEST GLACIER REGION.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING
KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION.
ID...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING
OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
ABOVE 4000 FEET FOR THE NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS...
SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING NORTHERN
CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS.
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 1:04 PM PST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Clearwater, Idaho, Lemhi | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.