Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
349 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008
...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN MONTANA AND CENTRAL IDAHO THROUGH CHRISTMAS....A VERY MOIST AND DYNAMIC WINTER STORM IS COMING ASHORE THIS MORNING AND WILL BEGIN TO CROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. DEEP LIFTING OF WARM...MOIST AIR OVER THE DOME OF COLD AIR CURRENTLY OVER THE REGION WILL PRODUCE PERSISTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY OVER NORTHWEST MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. THE SNOW WILL INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. CURRENT TIMING PLACES THIS FEATURE INTO WESTERN MONTANA EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING...SPREADING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL EAST OF THE BITTERROOTS. SHOWERY CONDITIONS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
349 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008
...ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN MONTANA AND CENTRAL IDAHO THROUGH CHRISTMAS....A VERY MOIST AND DYNAMIC WINTER STORM IS COMING ASHORE THIS MORNING AND WILL BEGIN TO CROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. DEEP LIFTING OF WARM...MOIST AIR OVER THE DOME OF COLD AIR CURRENTLY OVER THE REGION WILL PRODUCE PERSISTENT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY OVER NORTHWEST MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO. THE SNOW WILL INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. CURRENT TIMING PLACES THIS FEATURE INTO WESTERN MONTANA EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING...SPREADING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL EAST OF THE BITTERROOTS. SHOWERY CONDITIONS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
NORTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS- KOOTENAI/CABINET REGION-LOWER CLARK FORK REGION- BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS- 349 AM MST WED DEC 24 2008 /249 AM PST WED DEC 24 2008/
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST /4 PM PST/ THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE THROUGHOUT THE DAY BECOMING HEAVIER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. MOST AREAS WILL SEE TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES BY THE END OF CHRISTMAS DAY WITH UP TO 16 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. TRAVEL OVER LOOKOUT...LOLO...AND LOST TRAIL PASSES WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS STORM.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...OR FREEZING RAIN 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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