Good Morning All:
We had a White Christmas and now it's looking good for a White New Year too.
The crows are waiting across the street in the aspens for me to feed them. Like most animals, they
know what's coming
If anyone is headed this way for skiing, wear your long jammies
Might be Tuesday before some good picture taking weather.
later
pete
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
339 AM MST SAT DEC 27 2014
...A SIGNIFICANT SNOW-PRODUCING SYSTEM WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
IMPACTS TO AREAS IN WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO
BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON...
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WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-
339 AM MST SAT DEC 27 2014
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 AM MST MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 AM MST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* IMPACTS/TIMING: LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO BECOME
MODERATE TO HEAVY BY THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH SUNDAY. BY
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DEVELOP...WHICH
WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL
BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SLICK SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND BLOWING SNOW. IN ADDITION... WIND CHILLS COULD BECOME
DANGEROUSLY LOW BY MONDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES FOR THE VALLEYS...9 TO 12
INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OVER MARIAS PASS BY SUNDAY
MORNING.
* WINDS: NORTHEAST 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...ESPECIALLY
OVER MARIAS PASS AND THROUGH BADROCK CANYON INTO THE NORTHERN
FLATHEAD VALLEY.
* WIND CHILLS: 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING...
ESPECIALLY OVER MARIAS PASS AND THROUGH BADROCK CANYON INTO THE
NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BAD ROCK CANYON...ESSEX...HIGHWAY
83 BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE...FLATHEAD
LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...MISSION VALLEY...POLSON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.