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Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
519 PM MST TUE DEC 16 2008
519 PM MST TUE DEC 16 2008
.A VIGOROUS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH FROM WESTERN CANADA IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL SPREAD A MOIST AIRMASS OVER THE VERY COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE IN THE NORTHERN ROCKIES...RESULTING IN PERIODS OF SNOW WHICH WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...THE NEXT ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA FROM CANADA DURING THE DAY THURSDAY CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-519 PM MST TUE DEC 16 2008 /
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ WEDNESDAY TO 5 AM MST /4 AM PST/ FRIDAY...
FRIDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH ONE TO TWO FEET IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BECOMING MODERATE AND IMPACTING THE HIGHWAY 12 CORRIDOR FROM POWELL IDAHO TO LOLO PASS OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT IMPACTING THE ENTIRE AREA.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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