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Winter Storm Watch 4, NWS Missoula, MT

December 2, 201611 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Lemhi County, Idaho

NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm watch at Dec 2, 2016, 2:43 PM MST for 11 counties in Montana; Clearwater County, Idaho County, Lemhi County, Idaho. It took effect at Dec 3, 2016, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 2016, 2:43 PM MST (21:43 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 3, 2016, 11:00 PM MST
Expired
Dec 4, 2016, 10:12 AM MST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Missoula, MT

Counties Clearwater County, ID, Idaho County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, Deer Lodge County, MT, Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Ravalli County, MT, Sanders County, MT, Silver Bow County, MT

The radar

The Missoula radar (KMSX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2016-12-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Spokane, WA at 12:00Z on 2016-12-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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123 
WWUS45 KMSO 022143
WSWMSO

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
243 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2016

SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE IN MANY PLACES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING, WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE WIDESPREAD SLOW TRAVEL. THE MAIN
IMPACT WEATHER SYSTEM IS STILL ON TRACK TO MOVE INTO THE REGION ON
SUNDAY. MOUNTAINS AND PASSES ARE FORECAST TO HAVE THEIR BIGGEST
SNOW EVENT OF THE YEAR THUS FAR. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE A 
WIDE RANGE IN SNOW AMOUNTS BUT SNOW COVERED, ICY, AND HAZARDOUS 
ROAD CONDITIONS ARE THE MAIN CONCERN SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY 
MORNING.


MTZ001>004-032145-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0057.161203T0300Z-161203T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T0600Z-161205T1800Z/
243 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM MST SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 
8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS 
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 
SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THIS EVENING AND
  OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY CAUSE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND
  SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL
  RETURN FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING
  SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES HAS THE POTENTIAL
  TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
  MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING: 1 TO 2 INCHES IN
  VALLEYS. 3 TO 4 INCHES FOR MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS LOOKOUT AND
  MARIAS. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY: 3 TO 7 INCHES IN
  VALLEYS, 10 TO 14 INCHES FOR MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY EVENING.


$$

IDZ005-006-MTZ006-032145-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0057.161203T0300Z-161203T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T1200Z-161205T1800Z/
243 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2016 /143 PM PST FRI DEC 2 2016/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM MST /7 PM PST/
THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 
MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
8 PM MST /7 PM PST/ THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ 
SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER 
STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY 
MORNING.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THIS EVENING AND
  OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY CAUSE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND
  SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL
  RETURN FOR SUNDAY MORNING AND THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING
  SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES HAS THE POTENTIAL
  TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
  MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING: 1 TO 2 INCHES IN
  VALLEYS. 3 TO 4 INCHES FOR MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS LOLO AND LOST
  TRAIL.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY: 3 TO 7 INCHES IN
  VALLEYS AND 10 TO 14 INCHES FOR MOUNTAINS AND PASSES.

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: ELK RIVER, HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO 
  HEADQUARTERS, PIERCE, DIXIE, ELK CITY, HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO 
  LOLO PASS, HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS, AND LOLO PASS

$$

MTZ043-032145-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T0600Z-161205T1800Z/
243 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY
  MORNING. SNOW WILL RETURN FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE COMBINATION
  OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WINDS, AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES
  HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY
  EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING: 1 TO 2 INCHES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING: 5 TO 8 INCHES.

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH, 
  HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON, AND I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO 
  BEARMOUTH

$$

IDZ009-010-MTZ005-007-032145-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T1800Z-161205T1800Z/
243 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 
MONDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY
  MORNING WITH LITTLE IMPACT. SNOW WILL RETURN FOR SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON AND THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND 
  QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE 
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY 
  MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING: 2 TO 4 INCHES.
  7 TO 9 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS.

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY EVENING.


$$
5 follow-up statements
652 
WWUS45 KMSO 030333
WSWMSO

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
833 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2016

SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE IN MANY PLACES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING, WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE WIDESPREAD SLOW TRAVEL. THE MAIN
IMPACT WEATHER SYSTEM IS STILL ON TRACK TO MOVE INTO THE REGION
ON SUNDAY. MOUNTAINS AND PASSES ARE FORECAST TO HAVE THEIR
BIGGEST SNOW EVENT OF THE YEAR THUS FAR. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL
HAVE A WIDE RANGE IN SNOW AMOUNTS BUT SNOW COVERED, ICY, AND
HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ARE THE MAIN CONCERN SUNDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

MTZ007-040345-
/O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-161203T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T1800Z-161205T1800Z/
833 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT 
UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
  WILL CAUSE PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW, PARTICULARLY ON
  MACDONALD PASS AND HOMESTAKE PASS, THAT WILL RESULT IN 
  DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND LOW 
  VISIBILITY. SNOW WILL RETURN FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND THE 
  COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING 
  TEMPERATURES HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING: 2 TO 6 INCHES.  

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY 
  EVENING.

$$

MTZ001>004-040345-
/O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-161203T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T0600Z-161205T1800Z/
833 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST
SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THIS EVENING AND 
  OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY CAUSE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND 
  SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL 
  RETURN FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING 
  SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES HAS THE 
  POTENTIAL TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY EVENING 
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING: 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 
  VALLEYS. 3 TO 4 INCHES FOR MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS LOOKOUT AND 
  MARIAS. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY: 3 TO 7 INCHES IN 
  VALLEYS, 10 TO 14 INCHES FOR MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY 
  EVENING.

$$

IDZ005-006-MTZ006-040345-
/O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-161203T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T1200Z-161205T1800Z/
833 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2016 /733 PM PST FRI DEC 2 2016/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST
/10 AM PST/ SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THIS EVENING AND 
  OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY CAUSE PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND 
  SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL 
  RETURN FOR SUNDAY MORNING AND THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING 
  SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES HAS THE 
  POTENTIAL TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY EVENING 
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING: 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 
  VALLEYS. 3 TO 4 INCHES FOR MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS LOLO AND 
  LOST TRAIL. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY: 3 TO 7 INCHES IN 
  VALLEYS AND 10 TO 14 INCHES FOR MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY 
  EVENING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: ELK RIVER, HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO 
  HEADQUARTERS, PIERCE, DIXIE, ELK CITY, HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO 
  LOLO PASS, HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS, AND LOLO PASS

$$

MTZ043-040345-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T0600Z-161205T1800Z/
833 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY 
  MORNING. SNOW WILL RETURN FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE 
  COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WINDS, AND QUICKLY DROPPING 
  TEMPERATURES HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY MORNING: 1 TO 2 INCHES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING: 5 TO 8 
  INCHES.

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY 
  EVENING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH, 
  HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON, AND I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO 
  BEARMOUTH

$$

IDZ009-010-MTZ005-040345-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T1800Z-161205T1800Z/
833 PM MST FRI DEC 2 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY 
  MORNING WITH LITTLE IMPACT. SNOW WILL RETURN FOR SUNDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND 
  QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE 
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY 
  MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING: 2 TO 4 
  INCHES. 7 TO 9 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY 
  EVENING.

$$
538 
WWUS45 KMSO 031033
WSWMSO

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
333 AM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

MTZ043-041045-
/O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-161203T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T0600Z-161205T1800Z/
333 AM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS...WHICH 
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ANTICIPATED THROUGH
  THIS MORNING, CREATING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL
  RETURN FOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING
  SNOW, WINDS, AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES HAS THE POTENTIAL
  TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH 
  MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS MORNING: 1 TO 2 INCHES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING: 5 TO 8 
  INCHES. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY 
  EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH, 
  HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON, AND I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO 
  BEARMOUTH

$$

MTZ001>004-041045-
/O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-161203T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T0600Z-161205T1800Z/
333 AM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
8 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS
ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM
SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CAUSE PERIODS OF
  REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADS THROUGH THIS
  MORNING. SNOW WILL RETURN FOR TONIGHT AND THE COMBINATION OF 
  ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES HAS 
  THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY 
  EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS MORNING: 1 TO 2 INCHES IN VALLEYS. 3
TO 4 INCHES FOR MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS LOOKOUT AND MARIAS. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY: 3 TO 7 INCHES IN 
  VALLEYS, 10 TO 14 INCHES FOR MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY 
  EVENING. 

$$

IDZ005-006-MTZ006-041045-
/O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-161203T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T1200Z-161205T1800Z/
333 AM MST SAT DEC 3 2016 /233 AM PST SAT DEC 3 2016/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST
/10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL LIKELY CAUSE PERIODS
  OF REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SLICK SNOW-COVERED ROADS THROUGH THIS MORNING.
  SNOW WILL RETURN FOR SUNDAY MORNING AND THE COMBINATION OF 
  ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES HAS 
  THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY 
  EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS MORNING: 1 TO 2 INCHES IN VALLEYS. 3
  TO 4 INCHES FOR MOUNTAIN PASSES SUCH AS LOLO AND LOST TRAIL. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY: 3 TO 7 INCHES IN 
  VALLEYS AND 10 TO 14 INCHES FOR MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY 
  EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: ELK RIVER, HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO 
  HEADQUARTERS, PIERCE, DIXIE, ELK CITY, HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO 
  LOLO PASS, HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS, AND LOLO PASS

$$

MTZ007-041045-
/O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0057.000000T0000Z-161203T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T1800Z-161205T1800Z/
333 AM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW THROUGH THIS MORNING WILL
  CAUSE PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW, PARTICULARLY ON
  MACDONALD PASS AND HOMESTAKE PASS, THAT WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT
  DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO SLICK ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITY. SNOW
  WILL RETURN FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND THE COMBINATION OF 
  ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES HAS 
  THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY 
  EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING: 2 TO 6 
  INCHES.

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY 
  EVENING. 

$$

IDZ009-010-MTZ005-041045-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T1800Z-161205T1800Z/
333 AM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS 
  MORNING WITH LITTLE IMPACT. SNOW WILL RETURN FOR SUNDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND 
  QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE 
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY 
  MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING: 2 TO 4 
  INCHES. 7 TO 9 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY 
  EVENING. 

$$
250 
WWUS45 KMSO 032119
WSWMSO

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
219 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

MTZ004-042130-
/O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T0600Z-161205T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0007.161204T0700Z-161205T1800Z/
219 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM
MST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN 
EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL RETURN TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN
  INTENSITY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO
  HEAVY OVER LOOKOUT PASS DURING SUNDAY. BY SUNDAY EVENING THE
  COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING
  TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THAT MAY
  EXTEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY NIGHT: SAINT REGIS TO MISSOULA 2 TO
  5 INCHES, EVARO HILL 4 TO 7 INCHES, AND LOOKOUT TO HAUGAN 10 TO
  14 INCHES.


* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR WITH THE
  COLD FRONT SUNDAY EVENING.

$$

IDZ005-006-042130-
/O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T1200Z-161205T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0007.161204T0700Z-161205T1800Z/
119 PM PST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM PST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER 
IN EFFECT. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL RETURN TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN
  INTENSITY DURING SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW,
  WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
  CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
  MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR LOWELL BY SUNDAY EVENING,
  6 TO 12 INCHES FOR PIERCE, ELK CITY AND DIXIE. 10 TO 14 INCHES
  FOR POWELL TO LOLO PASS.

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY 
  EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: ELK RIVER, HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO 
  HEADQUARTERS, PIERCE, DIXIE, ELK CITY, AND HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL 
  TO LOLO PASS

$$

MTZ002-042130-
/O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T0600Z-161205T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0007.161204T0700Z-161205T1800Z/
219 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM
MST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN 
EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR TONIGHT AND SNOW
  INTENSITIES WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION
  OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND WIND, VISIBILITY COULD BE GREATLY
  REDUCED, ESPECIALLY OVER MARIAS PASS. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO
  HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS IS LIKELY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
  WITH THE COLD FRONT. ALL OF THESE IMPACTS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF MONDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY: 10 TO 14 INCHES WITH
  ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND MARIAS PASS.

* WINDS: GUSTY WEST NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILE PER HOUR 
  POSSIBLE FOR MARIAS PASS.


$$

MTZ006-042130-
/O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T1200Z-161205T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0007.161204T0700Z-161205T1800Z/
219 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM
MST MONDAY FOR HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS AND LOLO PASS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT 
TONIGHT TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER 
IN EFFECT. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INCREASE IN
  INTENSITY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF
  ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES WILL
  CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY NIGHT: 10 TO 14 INCHES FOR
  MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MILE PER HOUR WITH THE
  COLD FRONT SUNDAY EVENING. 

$$

MTZ043-042130-
/O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T0600Z-161205T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0007.161204T1800Z-161205T1800Z/
219 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN 
EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM 
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INCREASE IN
  INTENSITY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION
  OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES
  WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING SUNDAY EVENING
  THAT MAY EXTEND THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY NIGHT: SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON 5 TO 8
  INCHES. HIGHWAY 200 AND I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH 3 TO 6
  INCHES.


* WINDS: GUSTY WEST NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR WITH
  THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH, 
  HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON, AND I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO 
  BEARMOUTH

$$

IDZ009-010-042130-
/O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T1800Z-161205T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0007.161204T1500Z-161205T1800Z/
219 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
8 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO 
LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL RETURN FOR SUNDAY MORNING AND THE 
  COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING 
  TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY 
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY NIGHT: 2 TO 5 INCHES FOR THE
  VALLEYS. 10 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. GILMORE SUMMIT
  AND BANNOCK PASS MAY SEE LESSER AMOUNTS, BUT WILL HAVE THE
  STRONGEST WINDS.

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH THE COLD FRONT
  SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

$$

IDZ007-008-042130-
/O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0058.161204T0700Z-161205T1800Z/
119 PM PST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 3000 FEET... WHICH IS IN EFFECT 
FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL RETURN TO THE REGION THIS EVENING,
  WITH THE HEAVIER INTENSITIES EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE
  LOWER ELEVATIONS AROUND GRANGEVILLE MAY START OUT AS RAIN, THEN
  TURNING TO SNOW LATE SUNDAY MORNING. WITH THE COMBINATION OF
  SNOW COVERED ROADS AND SNOW ON WET ROADS, TRAVEL CONDITIONS 
  COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. SNOW FALL COULD CONTINUE INTO 
  THE FIRST PART OF MONDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY NIGHT: 3 TO 6 INCHES FOR LOWER
  ELEVATIONS AROUND GRANGEVILLE. 6 TO 12 INCHES FOR ELEVATIONS OF
  4000 FEET AND ABOVE.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: CAMAS PRAIRIE, GRANGEVILLE AND 
  VICINITY, AND WHITE BIRD GRADE

$$

MTZ001-003-042130-
/O.EXT.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T0700Z-161205T1800Z/
219 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CONTINUED THE  
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TONIGHT THROUGH 
MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL RETURN FOR TONIGHT AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH SUNDAY. A PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WITH
  THE COLD FRONT MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO
  THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING
  TEMPERATURES SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY: 3 TO 7 INCHES IN
  VALLEYS, 10 TO 14 INCHES FOR MOUNTAINS. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING
  AND AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY SHIFT TO EASTERLY OVERNIGHT.


$$

MTZ005-007-042130-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T1800Z-161205T1800Z/
219 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CONTINUED THE WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH 
MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING BUT THE
  MOST INTENSE SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING. THE
  COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING
  TEMPERATURES HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. INTERSTATE 90
  FROM FRENCHTOWN TO BEARMOUTH COULD BECOME QUITE HAZARDOUS DUE TO
  SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY SUNDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING: 2 TO 6 
  INCHES. 

* WINDS: GUSTY WEST NORTHWEST WINDS 0F 20 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR 
  WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY EVENING. 

$$
815 
WWUS45 KMSO 040342
WSWMSO

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
842 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016



MTZ004-050345-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0007.161204T0700Z-161205T1800Z/
842 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 11 AM MST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL RETURN TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN 
  INTENSITY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO 
  HEAVY OVER LOOKOUT PASS DURING SUNDAY. BY SUNDAY EVENING THE 
  COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING 
  TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THAT MAY 
  EXTEND INTO MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY NIGHT: SAINT REGIS TO MISSOULA 2 
  TO 5 INCHES, EVARO HILL 4 TO 7 INCHES, AND LOOKOUT TO HAUGAN 
  10 TO 14 INCHES. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR WITH 
  THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY EVENING. 

$$

IDZ005-006-050345-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0007.161204T0700Z-161205T1800Z/
742 PM PST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING
TO 10 AM PST MONDAY...

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL RETURN TONIGHT AND INCREASE IN 
  INTENSITY DURING SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, 
  WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES HAS THE POTENTIAL TO 
  CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH 
  MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR LOWELL BY SUNDAY 
  EVENING, 6 TO 12 INCHES FOR PIERCE, ELK CITY AND DIXIE. 10 TO 
  14 INCHES FOR POWELL TO LOLO PASS. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY 
  EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: ELK RIVER, HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO 
  HEADQUARTERS, PIERCE, DIXIE, ELK CITY, AND HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL 
  TO LOLO PASS

$$

MTZ002-050345-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0007.161204T0700Z-161205T1800Z/
842 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 11 AM MST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR TONIGHT AND SNOW 
  INTENSITIES WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. THE 
  COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW AND WIND, VISIBILITY COULD BE 
  GREATLY REDUCED, ESPECIALLY OVER MARIAS PASS. A PERIOD OF 
  MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS IS LIKELY SUNDAY 
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE COLD FRONT. ALL OF THESE 
  IMPACTS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY THROUGH 
  THE FIRST PART OF MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY: 10 TO 14 INCHES WITH 
  ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND MARIAS PASS. 

* WINDS: GUSTY WEST NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILE PER HOUR 
  POSSIBLE FOR MARIAS PASS. 

$$

MTZ006-050345-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0007.161204T0700Z-161205T1800Z/
842 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 11 AM MST MONDAY FOR HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS AND
LOLO PASS...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INCREASE IN 
  INTENSITY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF 
  ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES 
  WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY NIGHT: 10 TO 14 INCHES FOR 
  MOUNTAINS AND PASSES. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MILE PER HOUR WITH 
  THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY EVENING. 

$$

MTZ043-050345-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0007.161204T1800Z-161205T1800Z/
842 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO
11 AM MST MONDAY...

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INCREASE IN 
  INTENSITY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. THE 
  COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING 
  TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING 
  SUNDAY EVENING THAT MAY EXTEND THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY NIGHT: SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON 5 TO 
  8 INCHES. HIGHWAY 200 AND I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH 3 TO 
  6 INCHES. 

* WINDS: GUSTY WEST NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR 
  WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH, 
  HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON, AND I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO 
  BEARMOUTH

$$

IDZ009-010-050345-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0007.161204T1500Z-161205T1800Z/
842 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM SUNDAY TO
11 AM MST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
8 AM SUNDAY TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL RETURN FOR SUNDAY MORNING AND THE 
  COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING 
  TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS SUNDAY 
  THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY NIGHT: 2 TO 5 INCHES FOR THE 
  VALLEYS. 10 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. GILMORE SUMMIT 
  AND BANNOCK PASS MAY SEE LESSER AMOUNTS, BUT WILL HAVE THE 
  STRONGEST WINDS. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH THE COLD FRONT 
  SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 

$$

MTZ001-050345-
/O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T0700Z-161205T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0058.161204T0700Z-161205T1800Z/
842 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
11 AM MST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT 
TONIGHT TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER 
IN EFFECT. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL RETURN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
  SUNDAY. A PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THE COLD
  FRONT MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DURING SUNDAY
  MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE
  INTENSITY AGAIN SUNDAY EVENING. THIS SECOND PUSH WILL HAVE A 
  COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING 
  TEMPERATURES SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY: 1 TO 4 INCHES IN
  LIBBY, TROY AND EUREKA AREAS. 4 TO 6 INCHES FOR OTHER TRAVELED 
  LOCATIONS WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS.

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING
  AND AFTERNOON. WINDS SHIFT TO EASTERLY SUNDAY NIGHT. 

$$

MTZ003-050345-
/O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T0700Z-161205T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0058.161204T0700Z-161205T1800Z/
842 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
11 AM MST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT 
TONIGHT TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER 
IN EFFECT. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL RETURN TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
  SUNDAY. A PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THE COLD
  FRONT MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DURING SUNDAY
  MORNING. SNOW WILL DECREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE
  INTENSITY AGAIN SUNDAY EVENING. THIS SECOND PUSH WILL HAVE A 
  COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING 
  TEMPERATURES SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY: 1 TO 4 INCHES IN
  MISSION VALLEY, 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY MORNING
  AND AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY SHIFT TO EASTERLY SUNDAY NIGHT. 

$$

IDZ007-008-050345-
/O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0058.161204T0700Z-161205T1800Z/
742 PM PST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM PST MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET...

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL RETURN TO THE REGION THIS EVENING, 
  WITH THE HEAVIER INTENSITIES EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE 
  LOWER ELEVATIONS AROUND GRANGEVILLE MAY START OUT AS RAIN, 
  THEN TURNING TO SNOW LATE SUNDAY MORNING. WITH THE COMBINATION 
  OF SNOW COVERED ROADS AND SNOW ON WET ROADS, TRAVEL CONDITIONS 
  COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. SNOW FALL COULD CONTINUE INTO 
  THE FIRST PART OF MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY NIGHT: 3 TO 6 INCHES FOR LOWER 
  ELEVATIONS AROUND GRANGEVILLE. 6 TO 12 INCHES FOR ELEVATIONS 
  OF 4000 FEET AND ABOVE. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: CAMAS PRAIRIE, GRANGEVILLE AND 
  VICINITY, AND WHITE BIRD GRADE

$$

MTZ005-007-050345-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T1800Z-161205T1800Z/
842 PM MST SAT DEC 3 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CONTINUED THE WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN SUNDAY MORNING BUT THE 
  MOST INTENSE SNOW IS EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING. THE 
  COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING 
  TEMPERATURES HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. INTERSTATE 
  90 FROM FRENCHTOWN TO BEARMOUTH COULD BECOME QUITE HAZARDOUS 
  DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY SUNDAY 
  EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING: 2 TO 6 
  INCHES. 

* WINDS: GUSTY WEST NORTHWEST WINDS 0F 20 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR 
  WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY EVENING. 

$$
751 
WWUS45 KMSO 041712
WSWMSO

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1012 AM MST SUN DEC 4 2016

MTZ004-051715-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161205T1800Z/
1012 AM MST SUN DEC 4 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST
MONDAY...

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY
  LATER THIS MORNING BEFORE BRIEFLY IMPROVING THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW
  WILL AGAIN BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVER LOOKOUT PASS
  THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND
  QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES THIS EVENING, WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS THAT MAY EXTEND INTO MONDAY MORNING.


* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY TONIGHT: SAINT REGIS TO MISSOULA 2 TO 5 INCHES,
  EVARO HILL 4 TO 7 INCHES, AND LOOKOUT TO HAUGAN 10 TO 14 
  INCHES. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR WITH THE
  COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. 

$$

IDZ005-006-051715-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161205T1800Z/
912 AM PST SUN DEC 4 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY...

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY
  LATER THIS MORNING BEFORE BRIEFLY IMPROVING THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW
  WILL AGAIN BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WITH
  THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND,
  AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES THIS EVENING, WILL CREATE
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THAT MAY EXTEND INTO MONDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MONDAY MORNING: 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR LOWELL
  BY THIS EVENING, 6 TO 12 INCHES FOR PIERCE, ELK CITY AND DIXIE.
10 TO 14 INCHES FOR POWELL TO LOLO PASS. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING.


* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: ELK RIVER, HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO 
  HEADQUARTERS, PIERCE, DIXIE, ELK CITY, AND HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL 
  TO LOLO PASS

$$

MTZ002-051715-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161205T1800Z/
1012 AM MST SUN DEC 4 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST
MONDAY...

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY
  LATER THIS MORNING BEFORE BRIEFLY IMPROVING THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW
  WILL AGAIN BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WITH
  THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. MARIAS PASS WILL BE QUITE HAZARDOUS AT
  TIMES WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. AN ARCTIC
  FRONT TONIGHT WILL LIKELY COMPOUND THE ALREADY HAZARDOUS
  CONDITIONS.


* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MONDAY: 6 TO 10 INCHES FOR LOWER
  ELEVATIONS 10 TO 14 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE 
  MOUNTAINS AND MARIAS PASS. 

* WINDS: GUSTY WEST NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MILE PER HOUR 
  POSSIBLE FOR MARIAS PASS. 

$$

MTZ043-051715-
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1012 AM MST SUN DEC 4 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST
MONDAY...

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INCREASE IN
  INTENSITY UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH A BRIEF LULL IN HEAVY
  SNOW. SNOW INTENSITIES ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS
  EVENING WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE COMBINATION OF
  ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES WILL
  CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING SUNDAY EVENING THAT 
  MAY EXTEND THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MONDAY MORNING: SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON 5 TO
  8 INCHES. HIGHWAY 200 AND I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH 3 TO 
  6 INCHES. 

* WINDS: GUSTY WEST NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR
  WITH THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH, 
  HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON, AND I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO 
  BEARMOUTH

$$

MTZ006-051715-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161205T1800Z/
1012 AM MST SUN DEC 4 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY
FOR HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS AND LOLO PASS...

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INCREASE IN
  INTENSITY UNTIL LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH A BRIEF LULL IN HEAVY
  SNOW. SNOW INTENSITIES ARE AGAIN EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS
  EVENING WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE COMBINATION OF
  ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES WILL
  CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING SUNDAY EVENING THAT 
  MAY EXTEND THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY TONIGHT: 10 TO 14 INCHES FOR MOUNTAINS 
AND PASSES. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MILE PER HOUR WITH THE
  COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. 

$$

IDZ009-010-051715-
/O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161205T1800Z/
1012 AM MST SUN DEC 4 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST
MONDAY...

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND INCREASE IN
  INTENSITY AS THE DAY PROGRESS...ESPECIALLY OVER LOST TRAIL PASS.
  SNOW INTENSITIES MAY LESSEN AT TIMES LATER THIS AFTERNOON...BUT
  TO INCREASE AGAIN EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.
  THE COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND QUICKLY 
  DROPPING TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS 
  DURING SUNDAY EVENING THAT MAY EXTEND THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MONDAY MORNING: 2 TO 5 INCHES FOR THE 
  VALLEYS. 10 TO 12 INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. GILMORE SUMMIT 
  AND BANNOCK PASS MAY SEE LESSER AMOUNTS, BUT WILL HAVE THE 
  STRONGEST WINDS. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH THE COLD FRONT
  THIS EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAIN PASSES. 

$$

MTZ005-051715-
/O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T1800Z-161205T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0058.161204T2100Z-161205T1800Z/
1012 AM MST SUN DEC 4 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 AM MST MONDAY FOR BITTERROOT VALLEY AND MISSOULA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT 
FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM 
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CONTINUED THE WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON, BUT NOT
  EXPECTED TO CREATE MUCH OF AN IMPACT UNTIL THIS EVENING WHEN THE
  COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
  OCCUR BETWEEN 4PM AND 8PM THIS EVENING. INTERSTATE 90 FROM
  FRENCHTOWN TO EAST MISSOULA WILL SEE THE WORST CONDITIONS. THE
  MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE COULD BE QUITE SLICK THROUGH THE 
MISSOULA AND BITTERROOT VALLEYS. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING: 1 TO 4 
INCHES. THE MOUNTAIN SLOPES JUST ABOVE THE VALLEYS WILL BE ON 
THE HIGHER END OF THIS RANGE.


* WINDS: GUSTY WEST NORTHWEST WINDS 0F 20 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR
  WITH THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING.

$$

MTZ007-051715-
/O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.161204T1800Z-161205T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KMSO.WW.Y.0058.161204T1800Z-161205T1800Z/
1012 AM MST SUN DEC 4 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT 
UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN 
EFFECT. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND
  AFTERNOON. HOWEVER THE SNOW INTENSITIES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
  THIS EVENING WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. INTERSTATE 90 FROM
  BEARMOUTH TO HOMESTAKE PASS, AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 12 FROM GARRISON
  TO MACDONALD PASS WILL SEE THE WORST OF THE CONDITIONS. THE
  WORST OF THE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 5PM AND 9PM
  THIS EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING: 2 TO 6 
  INCHES. 

* WINDS: GUSTY WEST NORTHWEST WINDS 0F 20 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR
  WITH THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING.

$$

MTZ001-051715-
/O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-161205T1800Z/
1012 AM MST SUN DEC 4 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST
MONDAY...

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 
THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOW AND 
GUSTY WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
CONDITIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS SECOND 
PUSH WILL HAVE A COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND 
QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY 
MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MONDAY: 1 TO 4 INCHES IN LIBBY, TROY
  AND EUREKA AREAS. 4 TO 6 INCHES FOR OTHER TRAVELED LOCATIONS
  WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT THIS MORNING
  AND AFTERNOON. WINDS SHIFT TO EASTERLY TONIGHT. 

$$

MTZ003-051715-
/O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-161205T1800Z/
1012 AM MST SUN DEC 4 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST
MONDAY...

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 
THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF INTENSE SNOW AND 
GUSTY WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING 
CONDITIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS SECOND 
PUSH WILL HAVE A COMBINATION OF ACCUMULATING SNOW, WIND, AND 
QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY 
MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH MONDAY: 1 TO 3 INCHES IN MISSION 
  VALLEY, 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY. 

* WINDS: GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WITH THE COLD FRONT SUNDAY 
  MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY SHIFT TO EASTERLY SUNDAY 
  NIGHT. 

$$

IDZ007-008-051715-
/O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0058.000000T0000Z-161205T1800Z/
912 AM PST SUN DEC 4 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST
MONDAY ABOVE 3000 FEET...

* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  DAY TODAY. SNOW INTENSITIES COULD INCREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON
  WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT WITH THE COMBINATION OF SNOW
  COVERED ROADS AND SNOW ON WET ROADS, TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD
  BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. SNOW FALL COULD CONTINUE INTO THE FIRST
  PART OF MONDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY MONDAY MORNING: 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR LOWER
  ELEVATIONS A ROUND GRANGEVILLE. 6 TO 12 INCHES FOR ELEVATIONS 
  OF 4000 FEET AND ABOVE. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: CAMAS PRAIRIE, GRANGEVILLE AND 
  VICINITY, AND WHITE BIRD GRADE

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Missoula, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 2, 4:21 AM MST, 10 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 4:21 AM MST, 10 hours 22 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Missoula MT
421 AM MST Fri Dec 2 2016

...Strong Winter storm system with multiple impacts likely Sunday
through Tuesday...

.DISCUSSION...Expect scattered snow showers to gradually diminish
through the morning hours across west central and southwest
Montana. These showers will bring little impacts or snow
accumulations for travelers this morning so the advisories in
southwest Montana have been cancelled.

There will be a brief halt to showers as the atmosphere stabilizes
under a transitory high pressure ridge. Early this evening the
next weather disturbance will nose its way into far northwest
Montana and spread southeastward through southwest Montana around
midnight and persist through Saturday afternoon. Mountain
locations will receive several inches of snow but amounts in the
valleys may be relatively light (around an inch) as daytime temps
approach 40 degrees. If temperatures don't realize their maximum
potential then additional snow amounts are possible in the
valleys.

A much advertised powerful cold front will enter the Northern
Rockies early Sunday afternoon and impact the region through
Monday evening. Several impacts are expected

1. SUBSTANTIAL MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL amounts creating hazardous
driving conditions at times. Mountain passes, specifically Lolo,
Lookout, Marias and McDonald could receive 1-2 feet over 36 hours.
Up to a foot is possible over Lost Trail Pass with lighter
amounts over Homestake Pass.

2. Windy conditions are likely as the front moves through the
region Sunday afternoon and evening which could bring BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.

3.  IMPACTS FOR THE VALLEYS FOR THIS STORM... The main winter
impacts will start sometime late Sunday morning for northwest
Montana, as a powerful cold front enters the region. Moderate to
heavy snowfall (possibly 3-7 inches over 36 hours), with gusty
winds creating BLOWING SNOW, will be possible along the front.
This could create hazardous to dangerous driving conditions at all
elevations. The same conditions can be expected over the rest of
western Montana and north- central Idaho later in the day on
Sunday as the front slides to the southeast. A cold air mass will
settle in behind the cold front overnight Sunday into Monday
morning with continued snow showers under a northwesterly flow.
The valleys are expected to be shadowed out for a portion of this
storm system, but could still receive several inches of snow (2-4
inches over 36 hours) with the front and the light flow behind it.
The rest of the valleys of western Montana and north- central
Idaho will see lesser amounts.

MONDAY evening into TUESDAY, a pretty good shot of arctic air
from Alberta, Canada will move over the Continental divide into
western Montana. Any roads that may still be wet from the weekend,
could see a flash freeze as the air mass pushes through. Many
valleys will see high temperatures Tuesday in the teens across the
region, with potential sub zero lows Tuesday. In addition expect
strong northerly to northeast winds gusting to 30 mph at times in
Badrock Canyon into Kalispell as well as Hellgate Canyon through
the Missoula Airport. This could create our first impacts of this
winter from WIND CHILLS 10-15 BELOW ZERO Monday night into Tuesday
morning.

Temperatures will remain pretty cold Wednesday through Thursday
morning with single digit to sub zero temperatures likely in the
valleys of western Montana. Depending on the amount of snowfall
some favored valley areas such as the Seeley/Swan, Condon and into
Polebridge may have temperatures 5 to 15 degrees below zero.

The next weather disturbance looks to impact the Northern Rockies
around Thursday or Friday of next week. There is a lot of
uncertainty for timing and strength of this system due to model
inconsistency.

&&

.AVIATION...Snow showers have tapered off across the region, but
low clouds and mountain obscurations continue in most areas.
Northwest Montana was the first to clear out overnight and the
recent moisture, stable boundary layer, and building ridge are
causing stratus and fog to form. KGPI has fog this morning, and
there is little reason to expect anything better than low stratus
this afternoon with the building ridge. Other terminals will see
improving conditions with low and mid-clouds overnight preventing
fog, but mountain obscurations will remain throughout the day due
to the moist boundary layer.

&&

.MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...None.
ID...None.
&&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 2:43 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMSODeer Lodge, Flathead, Granite, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral and 5 more20 hr

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Winter Storm Watches in Montana, 2016Winter Storm Watches in Idaho, 2016Every winter storm watch in 2016

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.