748 WWUS45 KMSO 290426 WSWMSO URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 926 PM MST SUN DEC 28 2014 ...SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING...BECOMING BLOWING SNOW AND VERY COLD WIND CHILL TONIGHT... MTZ002-003-291230- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0021.000000T0000Z-141229T1800Z/ WEST GLACIER REGION-FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS- 926 PM MST SUN DEC 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: NORTHEAST WINDS AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS AND BLOWING SNOW. IN ADDITION... WIND CHILL COULD BECOME DANGEROUSLY LOW BY MONDAY MORNING. * WINDS: NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH... ESPECIALLY OVER MARIAS PASS AND THROUGH BADROCK CANYON INTO THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY. PERIODS OF NEAR-WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * WIND CHILL: 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 $$ MTZ043-291230- /O.CON.KMSO.WS.W.0021.000000T0000Z-141229T1800Z/ POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION- 926 PM MST SUN DEC 28 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY INTENSITIES OF BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH INTO THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS DUE TO SLICK SNOW COVERED ROADS... PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND WIND CHILL: EAST AND NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING WITH WIND CHILL 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH... HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON...I-90 EAST MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH $$ IDZ007-291230- /O.NEW.KMSO.WW.Y.0076.141229T0426Z-141229T1800Z/ OROFINO/GRANGEVILLE REGION- 926 PM MST SUN DEC 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER WHITEBIRD GRADE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER WHITEBIRD GRADE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 6 INCHES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...CAMAS PRAIRIE...GRANGEVILLE AND VICINITY...GREER GRADE PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MTZ007-291230- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0074.000000T0000Z-141229T1800Z/ BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION- 926 PM MST SUN DEC 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: SNOW WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RATES AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. ROADS WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY OVER MACDONALD PASS. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP... WHICH WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR BLOWING SNOW ON HIGHWAY 12 AND I-90. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN GEORGETOWN LAKE AND OVER HOMESTAKE AND MACDONALD PASSES. * WIND AND WIND CHILL: EAST AND NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH. WIND CHILL 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS $$ MTZ005-291230- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0075.000000T0000Z-141229T1800Z/ MISSOULA/BITTERROOT VALLEYS- 926 PM MST SUN DEC 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST MONDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH LOW VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MISSOULA VALLEY THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. BEGINNING THIS EVENING GUSTY EAST WIND OUT OF HELLGATE CANYON WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN MISSOULA. SUB ZERO WIND CHILL WILL BE PRESENT BY MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES BY THIS EVENING. * WIND AND WIND CHILL: EAST AND NORTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH. WIND CHILL 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO MONDAY MORNING. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...BITTERROOT VALLEY...MISSOULA PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MTZ004-290600- /O.CON.KMSO.WW.Y.0075.000000T0000Z-141229T0600Z/ LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- 926 PM MST SUN DEC 28 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS/TIMING: A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL EXIST BETWEEN SAINT REGIS AND HUSON THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...CREATING HAZARDOUS ICY ROADWAYS. LOW VISIBILITY AND SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO CREATE DETERIORATED CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES. * VISIBILITY: LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...EVARO HILL...HIGHWAY 200 THOMPSON FALLS TO PLAINS...HIGHWAY 200 TROUT CREEK TO HERON...I-90 LOOKOUT PASS TO HAUGAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT AREA TRAVEL. LOW VISIBILITY AND BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO IMPACT TRAVEL AS WELL. && $$