HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 339 PM MST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 400 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
STRONG WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CONTINUE
OVER THE LIVINGSTON AREA INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL
LET UP SOME BY MID EVENING. PEOPLE DRIVING ALONG INTERSTATE 90 IN
THE LIVINGSTON AREA SHOULD BE READY FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS.
.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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