URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
329 PM MST TUE MAR 15 2005
...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...
.A DEVELOPING UPPER LEVEL STORM OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE INTO MONTANA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL INCREASE WHICH WILL PUSH A WARM FRONT
INTO CENTRAL MONTANA. WHILE THIS WILL ALLOW A WARMUP OVER THE
PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY...IT WILL BRING A PERIOD OF INCREASE SNOWFALL
TO THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN
AND WESTERN FACING ASPECTS OF THE BEARTOOTH AND ABSAROKA RANGES. ON
THURSDAY THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS OF
MONTANA...BRINGING SNOW TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. THIS SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH GREATEST
ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED FOR SOUTHEAST MONTANA.
MTZ029>033-036-037-058-160430-
/X.NEW.KBYZ.WS.A.0001.050317T0600Z-050318T1200Z/
MUSSELSHELL-TREASURE-NORTHERN ROSEBUD-CUSTER-FALLON-POWDER RIVER-
CARTER-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROUNDUP...HYSHAM...COLSTRIP...FORSYTH...
MILES CITY...BAKER...BROADUS...EKALAKA...LAME DEER
329 PM MST TUE MAR 15 2005
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT ON
WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THURSDAY NIGHT.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND
WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
329 PM MST TUE MAR 15 2005
...WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO IMPACT THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...
.A DEVELOPING UPPER LEVEL STORM OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE INTO MONTANA LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM
WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL INCREASE WHICH WILL PUSH A WARM FRONT
INTO CENTRAL MONTANA. WHILE THIS WILL ALLOW A WARMUP OVER THE
PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY...IT WILL BRING A PERIOD OF INCREASE SNOWFALL
TO THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTHERN
AND WESTERN FACING ASPECTS OF THE BEARTOOTH AND ABSAROKA RANGES. ON
THURSDAY THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS OF
MONTANA...BRINGING SNOW TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. THIS SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH GREATEST
ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED FOR SOUTHEAST MONTANA.
MTZ029>033-036-037-058-160430-
/X.NEW.KBYZ.WS.A.0001.050317T0600Z-050318T1200Z/
MUSSELSHELL-TREASURE-NORTHERN ROSEBUD-CUSTER-FALLON-POWDER RIVER-
CARTER-SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROUNDUP...HYSHAM...COLSTRIP...FORSYTH...
MILES CITY...BAKER...BROADUS...EKALAKA...LAME DEER
329 PM MST TUE MAR 15 2005
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT ON
WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY
AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS THURSDAY NIGHT.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND
WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.