A cold front moved across the Billings Forecast Area during the afternoon and evening of the 17th. This combined with an upper level disturbance brought heavy snow to the Beartooth/Absaroka Foothills.
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The episode as NWS BYZ wrote it up.
A cold front moved across the Billings Forecast Area during the afternoon and evening of the 17th. This combined with an upper level disturbance brought heavy snow to the Beartooth/Absaroka Foothills.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Areas from Roscoe to Red Lodge received 12 to 15 inches of snow.
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