Alert archive / Montana / Winter Storm Warnings in 2017
Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Missoula, MT
NWS Missoula, MT issued this winter storm warning at Feb 4, 2017, 3:09 AM MST for 8 counties in Montana. It took effect at Feb 5, 2017, 3:52 AM MST. It was in force for 34 hr. 18 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2017, 3:09 AM MST (10:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 5, 2017, 3:52 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2017, 2:08 PM MST
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Missoula, MT
Counties Flathead County, MT, Granite County, MT, Lake County, MT, Lincoln County, MT, Mineral County, MT, Missoula County, MT, Powell County, MT, Sanders County, MT
The radar
The Missoula radar (KMSX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 5:00 AM MST | SNOW 19 | La Salle, MT | TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL SINCE FEB 3 AT THE GLACIER INT. AIRPORT. WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTING BETWEEN 30 AND 44 MPH SINCE MIDNIGHT CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. |
| Feb 6, 5:16 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 35 | 5 Nw East Portal, MT | STORM TOTAL OVER THE WEEKEND. 5 INCHES FELL FROM 4 PM ON THE 5TH TO THE CURRENT OBSERVATION. |
| Feb 6, 5:17 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 18 | 2 N Bigfork, MT | 12HR STORM TOTAL OF 18 INCHES. |
| Feb 6, 6:23 AM MST | BLIZZARD | 3 Nw Nyack, MT | US-2 CLOSED AT MILE 153 W. GLACIER, LOCAL TRAFFIC ONLY . ROAD IS DRIFTED IN AT MILE 180, EQUIPMENT NEEDS TO BE RETRIEVED TO CLEAR HEAVY SNOW, HIGH WINDS IN AREA. A BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL 11AM. |
| Feb 6, 7:04 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 25 | Yaak, MT | TOTAL SNOW SINCE FRIDAY FEB. 3RD. SNOWING HEAVY AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT. |
| Feb 6, 7:49 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 5 S Lupfer, MT | . |
| Feb 6, 8:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.6 | 1 Ese Whitefish, MT | 0.84 OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT. CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN AROUND 130 PM ON THE 5TH. CHANGED BACK TO SNOW IN THE EVENING. THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY SNOW EVENT WAS 48 HOURS. |
| Feb 6, 8:03 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 31 | Olney, MT | SINCE FRIDAY MORNING, FEB. 3. 16.5 INCHES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. CURRENTLY MODERATE SNOW WITH LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE VISIBILITY. |
| Feb 6, 8:55 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 21.8 | 4 Nw Noxon, MT | 3.42 INCHES OF LIQUID WHICH INCORPORATED BOTH RAIN AND SNOW SINCE FEB 3RD. CURRENT SNOW DEPTH IS 34 INCHES. |
| Feb 6, 9:20 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 36 | Martin City, MT | FACEBOOK REPORT WITH PHOTOS. |
| Feb 6, 9:30 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Hungry Horse, MT | 6 INCHES FELL OVERNIGHT. |
| Feb 6, 9:42 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 30 | Eureka, MT | FACEBOOK REPORT. OVER TWO FEET OF SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT. |
| Feb 6, 9:51 AM MST | SNOW 26 | Trout Creek, MT | FACEBOOK REPORT. |
| Feb 6, 9:51 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 32 | Libby, MT | FACEBOOK REPORT OF STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. THEY SAID THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF PLACES TO PUT THE SNOW. |
| Feb 6, 10:00 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 36 | 1 Nne Polebridge, MT | ESTIMATED ABOUT 5 FEET ON THE GROUND. |
| Feb 6, 10:00 AM MST | BLIZZARD | 1 Ese West Glacier, MT | A VERY LARGE DRIFT, 10 FEET HIGH, WAS ACROSS THE ROAD JUST EAST OF WEST GLACIER ON US-2. THE ROAD WAS CLOSED AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. SNOW AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 30 TO 40 INCHES, BUT IT WAS TOUGH TO MEASURE DUE TO THE WIND. |
| Feb 6, 11:25 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 30 | 2 Ene Libby, MT | TOTAL STORM SNOWFALL SINCE FEB 3. 48 INCHES ON THE GROUND. |
| Feb 6, 12:00 PM MST | SNOW 14 | 3 Wsw Marion, MT | ESTIMATED THAT 2 INCHES FELL LAST NIGHT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Spokane, WA (KOTX), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
145 WWUS45 KMSO 041009 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 309 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 MTZ002-051015- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.170206T0000Z-170207T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.170205T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170205T0000Z/ 309 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A COMBINATION OF SNOW THAT FELL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS REPORTING SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAY 2 FROM WEST GLACIER TO DEVIL CREEK AS OF THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND ADD TO THE PROBLEM. * SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE LATER TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS. RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS MORNING. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 16 TO 24 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. HIGHWAY 2 OVER MARIAS PASS COULD SEE A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT EXCEEDING 50 INCHES. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ004-051015- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.170206T0000Z-170207T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.170205T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170205T0000Z/ 309 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A COMBINATION OF SNOW THAT FELL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS REPORTING SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM SAINT REGIS TO LOOKOUT PASS AS OF THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND ADD TO THE PROBLEM. * SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE LATER TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES BY THIS MORNING FROM HAUGAN TO LOOKOUT PASS. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY FROM SALTESE TO LOOKOUT PASS. FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 17 TO 23 INCHES WILL OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FROM SALTESE TO LOOKOUT PASS. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ003-051015- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.170205T1800Z-170207T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170204T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.170204T1800Z-170205T1800Z/ 309 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A COMBINATION OF SNOW THAT FELL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND ADD TO THE PROBLEM. * SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE LATER TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS. RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 10 INCHES BY THIS MORNING. ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ001-051015- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.170205T1800Z-170207T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170204T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.170204T1800Z-170205T1800Z/ 309 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A COMBINATION OF SNOW THAT FELL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND ADD TO THE PROBLEM. * SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE LATER TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE LOCALIZED BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS. RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 10 INCHES BY THIS MORNING. ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS O F 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. YAAK, TROY, NOXON COULD SEE LESSER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES DURING THAT TIME. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ043-051015- /O.UPG.KMSO.WS.A.0004.170205T1800Z-170207T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 309 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING PRODUCING SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. * HEAVIER SNOW WILL OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES TO OCCUR ALONG I-90 FROM EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH AND ALONG HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO GREENOUGH. $$ IDZ007-041800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170204T1800Z/ 209 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: A MIX OF SNOW, RAIN, AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE A THREAT FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-051015- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 309 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 /209 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2017/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ SUNDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED NOW THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS IS A PROLONGED MODERATE INTENSITY SNOW EVENT RATHER THAN INTENSE SHORT PERIOD OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES (MAINLY HIGHWAY 12 OVER LOLO PASS) BY SUNDAY MORNING. * 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 $$ MTZ005-041800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170204T1800Z/ 309 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR BITTERROOT VALLEY AND MISSOULA... * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND DEGRADE ROAD CONDITIONS THIS MORNING. SNOW MAY TRANSITION TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND ICE PELLETS AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY IN THE BITTERROOT VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. $$ IDZ009-010-MTZ007-041800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170204T1800Z/ 309 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED IN AN AREA FROM GEORGETOWN LAKE TO DRUMMOND ALONG HIGHWAY 1 AND FROM CLEARWATER JUNCTION TO OVANDO ON HIGHWAY 200. THESE BANDS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE TERRAIN. $$
13 follow-up statements
005 WWUS45 KMSO 041025 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 325 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 MTZ005-041800- /O.UPG.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170204T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170204T1800Z/ 325 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR BITTERROOT VALLEY AND MISSOULA... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS CREATED VERY POOR ROAD CONDITIONS IN MISSOULA...SOUTH THROUGH THE BITTERROOT VALLEY. THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS NOW REPORTING SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 93 FROM MISSOULA THROUGH THE BITTERROOT VALLEY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH LATE MORNING. $$ MTZ002-051030- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170205T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.170205T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 325 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A COMBINATION OF SNOW THAT FELL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS REPORTING SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAY 2 FROM WEST GLACIER TO DEVIL CREEK AS OF THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND ADD TO THE PROBLEM. * SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE LATER TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS. RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS MORNING. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 16 TO 24 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. HIGHWAY 2 OVER MARIAS PASS COULD SEE A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT EXCEEDING 50 INCHES. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ004-051030- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170205T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.170205T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 325 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A COMBINATION OF SNOW THAT FELL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS REPORTING SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM SAINT REGIS TO LOOKOUT PASS AS OF THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND ADD TO THE PROBLEM. * SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE LATER TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES BY THIS MORNING FROM HAUGAN TO LOOKOUT PASS. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY FROM SALTESE TO LOOKOUT PASS. FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 17 TO 23 INCHES WILL OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FROM SALTESE TO LOOKOUT PASS. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ003-051030- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170204T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.170204T1800Z-170205T1800Z/ 325 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A COMBINATION OF SNOW THAT FELL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND ADD TO THE PROBLEM. * SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE LATER TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS. RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 10 INCHES BY THIS MORNING. ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ001-051030- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-170204T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.170204T1800Z-170205T1800Z/ 325 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A COMBINATION OF SNOW THAT FELL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND ADD TO THE PROBLEM. * SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE LATER TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE LOCALIZED BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS. RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 10 INCHES BY THIS MORNING. ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS O F 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. YAAK, TROY, NOXON COULD SEE LESSER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES DURING THAT TIME. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ043-051030- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 325 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING PRODUCING SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. * HEAVIER SNOW WILL OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES TO OCCUR ALONG I-90 FROM EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH AND ALONG HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO GREENOUGH. $$ IDZ007-041800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170204T1800Z/ 225 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: A MIX OF SNOW, RAIN, AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE A THREAT FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-051030- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 325 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 /225 AM PST SAT FEB 4 2017/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ SUNDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED NOW THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS IS A PROLONGED MODERATE INTENSITY SNOW EVENT RATHER THAN INTENSE SHORT PERIOD OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES (MAINLY HIGHWAY 12 OVER LOLO PASS) BY SUNDAY MORNING. * 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 $$ IDZ009-010-MTZ007-041800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170204T1800Z/ 325 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED IN AN AREA FROM GEORGETOWN LAKE TO DRUMMOND ALONG HIGHWAY 1 AND FROM CLEARWATER JUNCTION TO OVANDO ON HIGHWAY 200. THESE BANDS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR SNOW RATES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE TERRAIN. $$
009 WWUS45 KMSO 050014 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 514 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 MTZ002-060015- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 514 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: A COMBINATION OF SNOW THAT FELL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS REPORTING SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS ON HIGHWAY 2 FROM WEST GLACIER TO DEVIL CREEK AS OF THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND ADD TO THE PROBLEM. * SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE LATER TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS. RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES BY THIS MORNING. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 16 TO 24 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. HIGHWAY 2 OVER MARIAS PASS COULD SEE A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT EXCEEDING 50 INCHES. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ043-060015- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 514 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING PRODUCING SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. * HEAVIER SNOW WILL OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW BY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES TO OCCUR ALONG I-90 FROM EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH AND ALONG HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO GREENOUGH. $$ MTZ004-060015- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 514 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: A COMBINATION OF SNOW THAT FELL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS REPORTING SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM SAINT REGIS TO LOOKOUT PASS AS OF THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND ADD TO THE PROBLEM. * SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE LATER TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES BY THIS MORNING FROM HAUGAN TO LOOKOUT PASS. AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 10 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY FROM SALTESE TO LOOKOUT PASS. FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 17 TO 23 INCHES WILL OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FROM SALTESE TO LOOKOUT PASS. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ003-060015- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 514 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A COMBINATION OF SNOW THAT FELL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND ADD TO THE PROBLEM. * SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE LATER TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS. RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 10 INCHES BY THIS MORNING. ANOTHER 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ001-060015- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 514 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A COMBINATION OF SNOW THAT FELL FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT FELL OVERNIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING HAS CAUSED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND ADD TO THE PROBLEM. * SNOW WILL BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE LATER TODAY INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE LOCALIZED BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS. RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 7 TO 10 INCHES BY THIS MORNING. ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. FURTHER ACCUMULATIONS O F 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. YAAK, TROY, NOXON COULD SEE LESSER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES DURING THAT TIME. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-051800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 514 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 /414 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ SUNDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED NOW THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS IS A PROLONGED MODERATE INTENSITY SNOW EVENT RATHER THAN INTENSE SHORT PERIOD OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES (MAINLY HIGHWAY 12 OVER LOLO PASS) BY SUNDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: ELK RIVER, HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS, PIERCE, DIXIE, ELK CITY, HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS, HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS, AND LOLO PASS $$ MTZ005-051600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1600Z/ 514 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SUNDAY FOR MISSOULA... * IMPACTS/TIMING: FREEZING RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED NOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS AFFECTS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE BITTERROOT VALLEY FROM STEVENSVILLE NORTH THROUGH LOLO AND MISSOULA. $$
630 WWUS45 KMSO 050328 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 828 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 MTZ002-060330- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 828 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS. RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 16 TO 24 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. HIGHWAY 2 OVER MARIAS PASS COULD SEE A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT EXCEEDING 50 INCHES. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ043-060330- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 828 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY MORNING PRODUCING SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. * HEAVIER SNOW WILL OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY. TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES TO OCCUR ALONG I-90 FROM EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH AND ALONG HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO GREENOUGH. $$ MTZ004-060330- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 828 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS REPORTING SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATE 90 FROM SAINT REGIS TO LOOKOUT PASS. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING AND ADD TO THE PROBLEM. * SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 17 TO 23 INCHES WILL OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FROM SALTESE TO LOOKOUT PASS. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ003-060330- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 828 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE PICKING UP AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. * SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS. RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES WILL OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ001-060330- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 828 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SUNDAY TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE LOCALIZED BLIZZARD- LIKE CONDITIONS. RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. THIS COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. YAAK, TROY, NOXON COULD SEE LESSER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES DURING THAT TIME. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-051800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 828 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 /728 PM PST SAT FEB 4 2017/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ SUNDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED NOW THROUGH SUNDAY. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS IS A PROLONGED MODERATE INTENSITY SNOW EVENT RATHER THAN INTENSE SHORT PERIOD OF SNOW. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES (MAINLY HIGHWAY 12 OVER LOLO PASS) BY SUNDAY MORNING. * 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 $$ MTZ005-051600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1600Z/ 828 PM MST SAT FEB 4 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST SUNDAY FOR MISSOULA... * IMPACTS/TIMING: FREEZING RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED NOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS AFFECTS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE BITTERROOT VALLEY FROM STEVENSVILLE NORTH THROUGH LOLO AND MISSOULA. $$
517 WWUS45 KMSO 050954 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 254 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 MTZ002-061000- /O.NEW.KMSO.BZ.A.0001.170206T0600Z-170206T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 254 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 35 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. HIGHWAY 2 OVER MARIAS PASS COULD SEE A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT EXCEEDING 50 INCHES. * WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MTZ003-061000- /O.NEW.KMSO.BZ.A.0001.170206T0600Z-170206T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 254 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MTZ043-061000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 254 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WINDS TO CAUSE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY, CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL AND LOW VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES TO OCCUR ALONG I-90 FROM EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH AND ALONG HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO GREENOUGH. $$ MTZ004-061000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 254 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS REPORTING SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 90 WEST FROM ALBERTON WEST TO LOOKOUT PASS. * THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 25 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FROM SALTESE TO LOOKOUT PASS. LOOKOUT PASS ALONE COULD RECEIVE A TOTAL OF 35 INCHES OF NEW SNOW DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 15 INCHES WILL OCCUR ELSEWHERE. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ001-061000- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 254 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WINDS TO CAUSE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY, CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL AND LOW VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 25 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 30 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-051800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 254 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 /154 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW MIXED WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTY DUE TO SLICK CONDITIONS. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES (MAINLY HIGHWAY 12 OVER LOLO PASS). $$ MTZ005-051600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1600Z/ 254 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR MISSOULA... * IMPACTS/TIMING: FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE BITTERROOT VALLEY FROM STEVENSVILLE NORTH THROUGH LOLO AND INTO THE MISSOULA VALLEY. SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. $$
852 WWUS45 KMSO 051052 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 352 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 MTZ003-061100- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.A.0001.170206T0600Z-170206T1800Z/ 352 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MTZ004-061100- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1052Z-170207T0600Z/ 352 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS REPORTING SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 90 WEST FROM ALBERTON WEST TO LOOKOUT PASS. * THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 25 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FROM SALTESE TO LOOKOUT PASS. LOOKOUT PASS ALONE COULD RECEIVE A TOTAL OF 35 INCHES OF NEW SNOW DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 15 INCHES WILL OCCUR ELSEWHERE. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ001-061100- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1052Z-170207T0600Z/ 352 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING, MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN TO CREATE DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS CLOSED A PORTION OF BULL LAKE HIGHWAY FROM HIGHWAY 200 TO MP 16.5 AS A RESULT OF THESE CONDITIONS. * LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WINDS TO CAUSE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY, CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL AND LOW VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 25 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 30 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ002-061100- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.A.0001.170206T0600Z-170206T1800Z/ 352 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 35 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. HIGHWAY 2 OVER MARIAS PASS COULD SEE A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT EXCEEDING 50 INCHES. * WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MTZ043-061100- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 352 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WINDS TO CAUSE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY, CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL AND LOW VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES TO OCCUR ALONG I- 90 FROM EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH AND ALONG HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO GREENOUGH. $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-051800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 352 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 /252 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW MIXED WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTY DUE TO SLICK CONDITIONS. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES (MAINLY HIGHWAY 12 OVER LOLO PASS). $$ MTZ005-051600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1600Z/ 352 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR MISSOULA... * IMPACTS/TIMING: FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE BITTERROOT VALLEY FROM STEVENSVILLE NORTH THROUGH LOLO AND INTO THE MISSOULA VALLEY. SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. $$
284 WWUS45 KMSO 051229 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 529 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 MTZ002-061230- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1229Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.A.0001.170206T0600Z-170206T1800Z/ 529 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 35 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. HIGHWAY 2 OVER MARIAS PASS COULD SEE A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT EXCEEDING 50 INCHES. * WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MTZ043-061230- /O.CAN.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1229Z-170207T0600Z/ 529 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING, MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES, CREATING DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WINDS TO CAUSE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY, CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL AND LOW VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES TO OCCUR ALONG I- 90 FROM EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH AND ALONG HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO GREENOUGH. $$ MTZ003-061230- /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0006.170205T1229Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.A.0001.170206T0600Z-170206T1800Z/ 529 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW THIS MORNING ACROSS THE MISSION VALLEY, CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MTZ004-061230- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 529 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING, CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS REPORTING SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 90 WEST OF MISSOULA. * THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 25 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FROM SALTESE TO LOOKOUT PASS. LOOKOUT PASS ALONE COULD RECEIVE A TOTAL OF 35 INCHES OF NEW SNOW DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 15 INCHES WILL OCCUR ELSEWHERE. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ001-061230- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 529 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING, MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN TO CREATE DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS CLOSED A PORTION OF BULL LAKE HIGHWAY FROM HIGHWAY 200 TO MP 16.5 AS A RESULT OF THESE CONDITIONS. * LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WINDS TO CAUSE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY, CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL AND LOW VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 25 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 30 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-051800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 529 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 /429 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW MIXED WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTY DUE TO SLICK CONDITIONS. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES (MAINLY HIGHWAY 12 OVER LOLO PASS). $$ MTZ005-051600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1600Z/ 529 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR MISSOULA... * IMPACTS/TIMING: FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE BITTERROOT VALLEY FROM STEVENSVILLE NORTH THROUGH LOLO AND INTO THE MISSOULA VALLEY. SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED. $$
669 WWUS45 KMSO 051615 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 915 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 MTZ005-051715- /O.EXP.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1600Z/ 915 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED FOR MISSOULA... * IMPACTS/TIMING: TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING FOR MUCH OF THE VALLEY THIS MORNING...SO THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN HAS DIMINISHED. $$ MTZ003-061615- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.A.0001.170206T0600Z-170206T1800Z/ 915 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW THIS MORNING ACROSS THE MISSION VALLEY, CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. * LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MTZ002-061615- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.A.0001.170206T0600Z-170206T1800Z/ 915 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 35 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. HIGHWAY 2 OVER MARIAS PASS COULD SEE A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT EXCEEDING 50 INCHES. * WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS. && $$ MTZ043-061615- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 915 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING, MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN AT TIMES, CREATING DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. * LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WINDS TO CAUSE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY, CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL AND LOW VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 16 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES TO OCCUR ALONG I- 90 FROM EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH AND ALONG HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO GREENOUGH. $$ MTZ004-061615- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 915 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING, CREATING DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS REPORTING SEVERE DRIVING CONDITIONS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 90 WEST OF MISSOULA. * THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 25 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FROM SALTESE TO LOOKOUT PASS. LOOKOUT PASS ALONE COULD RECEIVE A TOTAL OF 35 INCHES OF NEW SNOW DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 15 INCHES WILL OCCUR ELSEWHERE. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ001-061615- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 915 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING, MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN TO CREATE DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS CLOSED A PORTION OF BULL LAKE HIGHWAY FROM HIGHWAY 200 TO MP 16.5 AS A RESULT OF THESE CONDITIONS. * LATER TODAY THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WINDS TO CAUSE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY, CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL AND LOW VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 25 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 30 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ IDZ005-006-MTZ006-051800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-170205T1800Z/ 915 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 /815 AM PST SUN FEB 5 2017/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST /10 AM PST/ THIS MORNING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: PERIODS OF SNOW MIXED WITH POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTY DUE TO SLICK CONDITIONS. SNOW MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/2 MILE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES (MAINLY HIGHWAY 12 OVER LOLO PASS). $$
593 WWUS45 KMSO 052145 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 245 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 MTZ003-062145- /O.CAN.KMSO.BZ.A.0001.170206T0600Z-170206T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 245 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... ...BLIZZARD WATCH IS CANCELLED... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT RAIN SNOW MIX WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON THEN CHANGING BACK TO SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. * LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: AROUND COLUMBIA FALLS...VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE LOCALIZED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ002-062145- /O.UPG.KMSO.BZ.A.0001.170206T0600Z-170206T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.170206T0600Z-170206T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMSO.WS.W.0007.170206T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170206T0600Z/ 245 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. * LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 35 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. HIGHWAY 2 OVER MARIAS PASS COULD SEE A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT EXCEEDING 50 INCHES. * WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS, MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED, STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ MTZ043-062145- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 245 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT RAIN SNOW MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED DURING THIS TIME. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES TO OCCUR ALONG I- 90 FROM EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH AND ALONG HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO GREENOUGH. $$ MTZ004-062145- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 245 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. * THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH OCCASIONAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 20 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FROM SALTESE TO LOOKOUT PASS. LOOKOUT PASS ALONE COULD RECEIVE A TOTAL OF 25 INCHES OF NEW SNOW DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES WILL OCCUR ELSEWHERE. * WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ001-062145- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 245 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT RAIN SNOW MIX WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON THEN CHANGING BACK TO SNOW THIS EVENING BEFORE ANOTHER EVEN MORE ROBUST WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY. * LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY: VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WINDS TO CAUSE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY, CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL AND LOW VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 25 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 30 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY: 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$
191 WWUS45 KMSO 060557 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1057 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 MTZ002-070600- /O.EXP.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170206T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.170206T0600Z-170206T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0007.170206T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ 1057 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST MONDAY... * VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 35 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. HIGHWAY 2 OVER MARIAS PASS COULD SEE A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT EXCEEDING 50 INCHES. * WINDS THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. && $$ MTZ043-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 1057 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT RAIN SNOW MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW. HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES TO OCCUR ALONG I- 90 FROM EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH AND ALONG HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO GREENOUGH. $$ MTZ004-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 1057 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... * VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 20 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT FROM SALTESE TO LOOKOUT PASS. LOOKOUT PASS ALONE COULD RECEIVE A TOTAL OF 25 INCHES OF NEW SNOW DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES WILL OCCUR ELSEWHERE. * WINDS THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ003-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 1057 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... * VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * AROUND COLUMBIA FALLS...VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE LOCALIZED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2+ INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * WINDS THROUGH MONDAY: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ001-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 1057 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST MONDAY... * VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WINDS TO CAUSE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY, CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL AND LOW VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 25 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 30 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WINDS THROUGH MONDAY: 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$
761 WWUS45 KMSO 060758 AAB WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1258 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 MTZ002-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170206T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0007.170206T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ 1258 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THE PERIOD FOR THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FROM 3 AM MST THROUGH ROUGHLY 7 AM MST. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 35 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGHWAY 2 OVER MARIAS PASS COULD SEE A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT EXCEEDING 50 INCHES. * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. && $$ MTZ043-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 1258 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT RAIN SNOW MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW. HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES THROUGH TODAY. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES TO OCCUR ALONG I- 90 FROM EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH AND ALONG HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO GREENOUGH. $$ MTZ004-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 1258 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 20 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT FROM SALTESE TO LOOKOUT PASS. LOOKOUT PASS ALONE COULD RECEIVE A TOTAL OF 25 INCHES OF NEW SNOW DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES WILL OCCUR ELSEWHERE. * WINDS: 15 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ003-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 1258 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. THE PERIOD WHEN CONDITIONS WILL BE AT THEIR WORST WILL BE 3 AM MST THROUGH ROUGHLY 9 AM MST. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * AROUND COLUMBIA FALLS...VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE LOCALIZED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2+ INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ001-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 1258 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WINDS TO CAUSE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY, CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL AND LOW VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 25 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 30 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WINDS: 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$
852 WWUS45 KMSO 060800 AAC WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 100 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 MTZ002-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170206T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0007.170206T1800Z-170207T0600Z/ 100 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THE PERIOD FOR THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FROM 3 AM MST THROUGH ROUGHLY 7 AM MST. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 35 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGHWAY 2 OVER MARIAS PASS COULD SEE A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNT EXCEEDING 50 INCHES. * WINDS: 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. && $$ MTZ043-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 100 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT RAIN SNOW MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THEN CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW. HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 12 INCHES THROUGH TODAY. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES TO OCCUR ALONG I- 90 FROM EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH AND ALONG HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO GREENOUGH. $$ MTZ004-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 100 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 20 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT FROM SALTESE TO LOOKOUT PASS. LOOKOUT PASS ALONE COULD RECEIVE A TOTAL OF 25 INCHES OF NEW SNOW DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES WILL OCCUR ELSEWHERE. * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ003-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 100 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN CAUSE TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. THE PERIOD WHEN CONDITIONS WILL BE AT THEIR WORST WILL BE 3 AM MST THROUGH ROUGHLY 9 AM MST. ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSIBLE THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * AROUND COLUMBIA FALLS...VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING EAST WINDS TO CAUSE LOCALIZED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2+ INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 30 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS: 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$ MTZ001-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 100 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING WINDS TO CAUSE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY, CAUSING TREACHEROUS TRAVEL AND LOW VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 15 TO 25 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 30 INCHES POSSIBLE. * WINDS: 10 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. $$
858 WWUS45 KMSO 061809 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 1109 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 MTZ002-070600- /O.EXP.KMSO.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170206T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 1109 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... * THOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS ENDED, ROADS WILL REMAIN IMPASSABLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE DUE TO LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 2 WEST GLACIER TO MARIAS PASS. $$ MTZ043-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 1109 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS/TIMING: A LIGHT RAIN SNOW MIX WILL CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. ROADS MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS DUE TO ICE FORMATION AS TEMPERATURES DROPS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES TO OCCUR ALONG I- 90 FROM EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH AND ALONG HIGHWAY 200 FROM BONNER TO GREENOUGH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 83 CLEARWATER JUNCTION TO CONDON, HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO CLEARWATER JUNCTION, INTERSTATE 90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH. $$ MTZ004-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 1109 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES WITH CONTINUED SNOW AT THE PASS AND A CHANGE FROM RAIN TO SNOW AT LOW ELEVATIONS WILL BRING THE THREAT OF ICY ROADWAYS AND QUICKLY CHANGING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES ADDITIONAL INCHES SALTESE TO LOOKOUT PASS. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR ELSEWHERE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: EVARO HILL, HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS, HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON, AND I- 90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN $$ MTZ003-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 1109 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * THOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS ENDED, TRAVEL ON ROADS WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING, ESPECIALLY THOUGH THE FLATHEAD VALLEY. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE DUE TO LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * FOR THE MISSION VALLEY AND NEAR FLATHEAD LAKE, TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO ICE FORMATION ON ROADWAYS AS TEMPERATURES DROP THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS: 25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: FLATHEAD LAKE, FLATHEAD VALLEY, MISSION VALLEY, AND POLSON $$ MTZ001-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 1109 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * THOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS ENDED, TRAVEL ON ROADS WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. VISIBILITY WILL LOWER AT TIMES TO ONE HALF MILE DUE TO LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS: 10 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY, HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD, HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH, HIGHWAY 2 TROY TO MARION. $$ IDZ005>008-071800- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0012.170206T1809Z-170207T1800Z/ 1009 AM PST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT FOR ICE ON ALL ROADWAYS. WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND SNOW WILL BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN PLACES THAT REMAIN SNOW OR QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: ELK RIVER, HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS, PIERCE, DIXIE, ELK CITY, HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS, CAMAS PRAIRIE, GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY, GREER GRADE, AND WHITE BIRD GRADE $$ MTZ005>007-071800- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0012.170206T1809Z-170207T1800Z/ 1109 AM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT FOR ICE ON ALL ROADWAYS. WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND SNOW WILL BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN PLACES THAT REMAIN SNOW OR QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: BITTERROOT VALLEY, MISSOULA, HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS, LOLO PASS, BUTTE, GEORGETOWN LAKE, HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON $$
736 WWUS45 KMSO 062108 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 208 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 MTZ001-003-071800- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-170207T1800Z/ 208 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A BRIEF BREAK IN SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON, BEFORE THE NEXT ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW DEVELOPS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT IN PLACES DUE TO SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADWAYS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: HIGHWAY 2 KALISPELL TO LIBBY, HIGHWAY 37 EUREKA TO LIBBY, HIGHWAY 56 BULL LAKE ROAD, HIGHWAY 93 EUREKA TO WHITEFISH, FLATHEAD LAKE, FLATHEAD VALLEY, MISSION VALLEY, AND POLSON $$ MTZ004-043-071800- /O.CAN.KMSO.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KMSO.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-170207T1800Z/ 208 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT FOR ICE ON ALL ROADWAYS. WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND SNOW WILL BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN PLACES THAT REMAIN SNOW OR QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: EVARO HILL, HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS, HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON, I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN, HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH, HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON, AND I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$ MTZ002-070600- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170207T0600Z/ 208 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... * THOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS ENDED, ROADS WILL REMAIN IMPASSABLE DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. SNOW DRIFTS OVER ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS AND SNOW PLOW OPERATIONS DIFFICULT. ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS: 15 TO 25 MPH WITH LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: BAD ROCK CANYON, ESSEX, HIGHWAY 83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE, MARIAS PASS, AND POLEBRIDGE $$ IDZ005>008-071800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-170207T1800Z/ 108 PM PST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT FOR ICE ON ALL ROADWAYS. WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND SNOW WILL BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN PLACES THAT REMAIN SNOW OR QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: ELK RIVER, HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO HEADQUARTERS, PIERCE, DIXIE, ELK CITY, HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL TO LOLO PASS, CAMAS PRAIRIE, GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY, GREER GRADE, HIGHWAY 95 SLATE CREEK TO RIGGINS, AND WHITE BIRD GRADE $$ MTZ005>007-071800- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-170207T1800Z/ 208 PM MST MON FEB 6 2017 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY... * IMPACTS/TIMING: RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS AND QUICKLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT FOR ICE ON ALL ROADWAYS. WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND SNOW WILL BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN PLACES THAT REMAIN SNOW OR QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: BITTERROOT VALLEY, MISSOULA, HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS, LOLO PASS, BUTTE, GEORGETOWN LAKE, HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON, HOMESTAKE PASS, AND MACDONALD PASS $$
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 Feb 4, 3:09 AM MST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 3:09 AM MST, 0 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Missoula MT
309 AM MST Sat Feb 4 2017
...NEXT ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY...
.DISCUSSION...
Moderate to heavy snow has occurred overnight in many locations of
western Montana and north-central Idaho, with 1 to 2 inch per
hour snow rates being reported in the Missoula/Bitterroot Valley
and in the valleys of northwestern Montana. Because valleys
remained colder for longer, freezing rain did not develop, which
lead to more snow amounts than previously forecast. The heavy snow
bands that were over the Missoula valley moved into southwestern
Montana, therefore, the Butte/Blackfoot and Anaconda Pintler
regions were been added to the suite of ongoing winter highlights,
with a Winter Weather Advisory now in effect until 11am MST this
morning. We still expect pockets of snow to change over to light
freezing rain this morning for portions of west- central Montana
and north-central Idaho, but shouldn't be widespread. The
advisory for the Missoula/Bitterroot valleys are also currently
set to drop off at 11am this morning. By then, the bulk of the
snow/freezing rain will have ended, with just a few passing
showers remaining.
The precipitation type for NW Montana is still expected to remain
all snow throughout the day today, however, the snow intensities
are forecast to lessen compared to what we saw yesterday evening
and overnight. Here, the current warnings are set to be downgraded
to an advisory at 11am this morning, with the exception of areas
along I-90 from Lookout Pass to Alberton, where the warnings
remain in place until 5pm before being downgraded to an advisory.
These remaining advisories will remain in place until Sunday
morning.
Heavy snow will once again overtake the Northern Rockies Sunday
afternoon, with the heaviest accumulations remaining focused over
the mountainous terrain along the Idaho/Montana border and across
most of Lincoln and Flathead counties in Montana. Blizzard
conditions will be a serious concern across Flathead county,
particularly the Highway 2 corridor from Marias Pass to Kalispell,
Sunday night through Monday morning due to a combination of
increased winds (15 to 25 mph) and heavy snowfall. Severe driving
conditions may occur for the Monday morning commute.
Another difficult aspect to this forecast time period will be the
influx of warmer air into valleys of west central Montana and
central Idaho, mainly along the I-90 corridor and south. Snow
levels will rise to about 5000-6000 feet in many places, keeping
valley precip as all rain for the duration of the day Sunday.
Select locations in Lincoln county, such as Troy and Yaak, could
be a rain/snow mix before they transition to snow Monday morning.
This is a difficult and dynamic forecast, so stay abreast of
forecast updates as they become available. We will continue to
assess each change in the atmosphere as it presents itself in the
coming days.
As arctic air moves further into Flathead county Monday morning,
winds will cause blowing snow, low visibility, and a drop in
temperatures further south across Flathead Lake and on down
through the remainder of west central and southwest Montana during
the day Monday. This means that those places experiencing rainfall
on Sunday will change over to all snow by the end of the day
Monday. Any mild air and elevated snow levels will drop
dramatically, with additional, new snow accumulations occurring
through Tuesday.
&&
.AVIATION...Periods of moderate to heavy snow will continue for
areas around KGPI until around 04/1700Z this morning. Snow is
expected to continue throughout the day, just not at the
intensities we saw yesterday evening and overnight. Several more
inches of snow are likely through the day today. Light to
moderate snow at times will also continue for west-central Montana
near KMSO until around the same time this morning. Though light
freezing rain may mix in with the snow for KMSO, before tapering
off around 04/1700Z. KBTM and KSMN will also see periods of
reduced visibility this morning, though not to the extent as seen
further west and north. Expect mountain obscurations throughout
the Northern Rockies today.
&&
.MSO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MT...Winter Weather Advisory until 11 AM MST this morning
Butte/Blackfoot Region.
Winter Weather Advisory until 11 AM MST Sunday
Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains.
Winter Weather Advisory until 11 AM MST this morning
Missoula/Bitterroot Valleys.
Winter Weather Advisory from 5 PM this afternoon to 11 AM MST
Sunday Lower Clark Fork Region.
Winter Storm Warning until 5 PM MST this afternoon Lower Clark
Fork Region.
Winter Storm Warning from 11 AM Sunday to 11 PM MST Monday Lower
Clark Fork Region.
Winter Weather Advisory from 11 AM this morning to 11 AM MST
Sunday Flathead/Mission Valleys...Kootenai/Cabinet Region.
Winter Storm Warning until 11 AM MST this morning
Flathead/Mission Valleys...Kootenai/Cabinet Region.
Winter Storm Warning from 11 AM Sunday to 11 PM MST Monday
Flathead/Mission Valleys...West Glacier Region.
Winter Weather Advisory from 5 PM this afternoon to 11 AM MST
Sunday West Glacier Region.
Winter Storm Warning until 5 PM MST this afternoon West Glacier
Region.
Winter Storm Warning from 11 AM Sunday to 11 PM MST Monday
Kootenai/Cabinet Region.
Winter Weather Advisory until 11 AM MST Sunday Potomac/Seeley
Lake Region.
Winter Storm Warning from 11 AM Sunday to 11 PM MST Monday
Potomac/Seeley Lake Region.
ID...Winter Weather Advisory until 11 AM MST this morning Eastern
Lemhi County...Western Lemhi County.
Winter Weather Advisory until 10 AM PST Sunday Northern
Clearwater Mountains...Southern Clearwater Mountains.
Winter Weather Advisory until 10 AM PST this morning
Orofino/Grangeville Region.
&&In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 3, 9:47 PM MST, 5 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
947 PM MST FRI FEB 3 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0947 PM SNOW 4 SSE CRESTON 48.14N 114.10W
02/03/2017 M5.5 INCH FLATHEAD MT TRAINED SPOTTER
.
&&
NWS MISSOULA MT
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Feb 3, 11:16 PM MST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
1116 PM MST FRI FEB 3 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1114 PM HEAVY SNOW LA SALLE 48.31N 114.25W
02/03/2017 M4.5 INCH FLATHEAD MT FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
4.5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE 5PM. A TOTAL SO
FAR OF 9.7 INCHES SINCE 11AM (2/3).
&&
NWS MISSOULA MT
IRIS SYSTEMLocal storm report, Feb 4, 1:25 AM MST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
125 AM MST SAT FEB 4 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0124 AM HEAVY SNOW 1 SW COLUMBIA FALLS 48.36N 114.20W
02/04/2017 M10.3 INCH FLATHEAD MT TRAINED SPOTTER
10.3 INCHES OF SNOW FOR A 12 HOUR PERIOD
FRIDAY (2/3).
&&
NWS MISSOULA MT
IRIS SYSTEMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Missoula, MT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 8:25 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Ravalli and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 3, 8:25 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | MSO | Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, Mineral, Missoula, Sanders | 33 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.