DENSE FOG ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 420 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS
MORNING...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS
MORNING.
* WIDESPREAD DENSE FREEZING FOG WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS
OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MONTANA THROUGH LATE MORNING.
* VISIBILITY WILL DROP BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE IN MANY LOCATIONS
BEFORE DISSIPATING DURING THE LATE MORNING.
* SOME LOCATIONS WILL ALSO SEE ICY ROADS DUE TO FREEZING FOG
FORMING BLACK ICE ON ROAD SURFACES.
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: BROWNING...MARIAS PASS...LOGAN
PASS...CUT BANK...HAVRE...GREAT FALLS... KINGS HILL PASS...
BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...HELENA... MACDONALD PASS...
LINCOLN...ROGERS PASS...SHELBY...CHESTER... CONRAD...
CHINOOK...CHOTEAU...FAIRFIELD...STANFORD... LEWISTOWN...
LEWISTOWN DIVIDE...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...
USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU...AND
EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 410 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
5 PM MST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS
EVENING TO 5 PM MST WEDNESDAY.
* WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
MONTANA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE PLAINS
WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
* GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES. BLOWING SNOW COULD
COMBINE WITH LOCALLY DENSE FREEZING FOG TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES
BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.
* WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE ALSO EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: HAVRE...GREAT FALLS...KINGS HILL
PASS...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...CHESTER...CHINOOK...
STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...LEWISTOWN DIVIDE...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1.
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