WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 359 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
5 PM MST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL
INTENSIFY THROUGH TONIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN BIG HORN AND SHERIDAN COUNTIES.
* STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 25
DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON.
* POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG I-90 FROM CROW AGENCY
SOUTHWARD THROUGH SHERIDAN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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