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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
705 AM MDT FRI MAR 16 2012

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OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION-LOWER HELLS CANYON/SALMON RIVER REGION-
605 AM PDT FRI MAR 16 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON ABOVE 3000 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 3000 FEET...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER THIS MORNING
  CAUSING SNOW TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS. EXPECT DIFFICULT
  DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES WITH SNOWY/SLUSHY ROADS AND POOR
  VISIBILITY INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 3 TO
  6 INCHES OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS SUCH AS WHITEBIRD GRADE AND FREI
  HILL. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND 
  VICINITY...WHITE BIRD GRADE

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NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-
605 AM PDT FRI MAR 16 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON ABOVE 3000 FEET...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3000 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
5 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER THIS 
  MORNING CAUSING SNOW TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY 
  OVER THE PASSES. EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES 
  WITH SNOWY/SLUSHY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY INTO THIS 
  AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOLO PASS...4 TO 7
  INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL PASS. 2 TO 4 INCHES HIGHER VALLEYS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 11 PIERCE TO 
  HEADQUARTERS...PIERCE...DIXIE...ELK CITY...HIGHWAY 12 LOWELL 
  TO LOLO PASS

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WEST GLACIER REGION-
705 AM MDT FRI MAR 16 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
TONIGHT ABOVE 3500 FEET...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 3500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER THIS 
  MORNING CAUSING CONSTANT SNOW IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THE WORST 
  CONDITIONS FOR TRAVELING OVER MARIAS PASS WILL BE THIS 
  MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES AT LOWER ELEVATIONS TO 8 TO 
  10 INCHES OVER MARIAS PASS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...ESSEX...MARIAS PASS...POLEBRIDGE

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WESTERN LEMHI COUNTY-EASTERN LEMHI COUNTY-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION-
BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-
705 AM MDT FRI MAR 16 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING ABOVE 4500 FEET...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 4500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER THIS 
  MORNING CAUSING SNOW TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY 
  OVER THE PASSES. EXPECT DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AT TIMES 
  WITH SNOWY/SLUSHY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY INTO THIS 
  AFTERNOON. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOOKOUT PASS...4 TO 7 
  INCHES OVER LOST TRAIL AND LOLO PASSES. 2 TO 4 INCHES HIGHER 
  VALLEYS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BANNOCK PASS...HIGHWAY 28 TENDOY TO
  LONE PINE...HIGHWAY 93 LOST TRAIL PASS TO GIBBONSVILLE... LEMHI
  PASS...HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS...LOLO PASS...LOOKOUT
  PASS TO HAUGAN.

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