WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 258 PM MST FRI DEC 11 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN ON SUNDAY
CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY.
* SATURDAY WILL BE MILD AND DRY WHILE SUNDAY WILL SEE ROAD
CONDITIONS DETERIORATING AND TEMPERATURES FALLING.
* 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE
EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING WEST OF BILLINGS. 1 TO 3 INCHES
EXPECTED EAST OF BILLINGS. ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL FALL MONDAY.
* MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL WILL BE STEADY AND COULD REACH 8 TO 12 INCHES
BY MONDAY.
* NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING...WITH WIND CHILLS
REACHING 20 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ACROSS SOUTHEAST MONTANA.*
* TIMING...COLD FRONT WILL REACH A JUDITH GAP TO MILES CITY LINE
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA BY LATE SUNDAY
MORNING.*
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND
WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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