022 
FPUS65 KMSO 280330
AFDMSO

WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
830 PM MST SAT DEC 27 1997

WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WESTERN MONTANA MOUNTAINS FOR SUNDAY SHALL
CONTINUE. CURRENT IMAGERY AND BRIEF LOOK AT NEW ETA INDICATE CURRENT
FORECAST ON TRACK WITH WARM AIR ADVECTION AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE FEED
TO PRODUCE GOOD PRECIP/MOUNTAIN SNOW EVENT. THIS EVENT LIKELY TO LAST
INTO SUNDAY NIGHT SO EXPECT MID SHIFT WILL HAVE TO EXTEND THE WARNING
INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. ONLY PROBLEM OF THE NIGHT HAS BEEN THE CLEAR SKIES
AHEAD OF CLOUD MASS. THIS ALLOWED SOME TEMPS TO REACH OR EXCEED THEIR
FORECAST LOWS...ALREADY HANDLED WITH 8 PM MONTANA ZONE UPDATE. BELTZ

LIB .. 023/032 028/036 ... 277+86
FCA SR 017/036 034/042 034 275976
POL .. 025/039 036/045 ... 274765
MSO SE 023/038 033/043 033 273764
HMM .. 020/039 035/046 ... 272763
BTM .. 014/036 033/040 ... 272765
S80 .. 028/042 038/045 ... 276862
P69 .. 031/036 034/041 ... 277983
SMN .. 012/025 018/029 ... 273552