WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 130 PM MST FRI DEC 11 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS/TIMING: HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND GUSTY WINDS MAY
CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS STARTING LATE SATURDAY
CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. LOCAL WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN FLATHEAD VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY FROM A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8-12 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL
DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING SUNDAY. WINDS COULD CAUSE
BLOWING SNOW... REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD AND MISSION VALLEYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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