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...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY WITH A POTENTIAL LULL IN ACCUMULATION EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF SUNDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION: 5 TO 10 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.

* WINDS: STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE ARCTIC FRONT AND COMBINE WITH SNOWFALL TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS AS THE ARCTIC AIR MOVES IN.

* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL BECOME SNOWPACKED AND ICY OVER THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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