HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 550 PM MST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 600 PM MST SAT DEC 12 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MONTANA...SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH
CENTRAL WYOMING.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
STRONG WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH CONTINUE
OVER THE LIVINGSTON AND NYE AREAS INTO SATURDAY MORNING. PEOPLE
DRIVING ALONG INTERSTATE 90 IN THE LIVINGSTON AREA SHOULD BE READY
FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS AND LOCAL VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS DUE TO
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SOME WARMING IS EXPECTED SATURDAY...BUT ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT WILL
DROP INTO THE REGION EARLY SUNDAY. THIS ARCTIC FRONT WILL BRING
VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WITH READINGS FALLING BELOW ZERO BY SUNDAY
EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA WITH
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OCCURRING LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY
NIGHT. THE GREATEST CONCERNS WILL BE RAPIDLY DETERIORATING ROAD
CONDITIONS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY NORTH
WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM AND WILL RESULT IN
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH
MONDAY.
ANYONE PLANNING TO TRAVEL OR BE OUTDOORS TOWARD THE END OF THE
WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY COLD
WEATHER AND POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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