WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 931 PM MST FRI DEC 11 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
* 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS POSSIBLE
BY MONDAY MORNING WEST OF BILLINGS...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE
TO THE EAST OF BILLINGS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE MONDAY
AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY.
* MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL WILL BE STEADY AND COULD REACH 8 TO 12 INCHES
BY MONDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP QUICKLY INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
AND TEENS AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING. BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST INTO THE DAY ON
TUESDAY.
* GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE
GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE BITTER COLD TO GENERATE WIND
CHILL VALUES POSSIBLY REACHING 20 TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO AT
TIMES SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY 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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