A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOWREMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST WEDNESDAY. * COLD FRONT...MOVING THROUGH BILLINGS AT 4 PM AND MILES CITY AND SHERIDAN EARLY THIS EVENING. BRIEF VERY HEAVY SNOW COULD ACCOMPANY THE FRONT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 INCHES IN ONE HOUR POSSIBLE. * CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE 20S THIS EVENING. RAIN TODAY AND NEW SNOW WILL COMBINE TO RAPIDLY PRODUCE ICY ROADS. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED AS ADDITIONAL SNOW FALLS TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. * WINDS...WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING THEN PICK UP AGAIN ON TUESDAY TO 20 TO 30 MPH. * BLOWING SNOW...EXPECT RAPID DECREASES IN VISIBILITY AS BLOWING SNOW ACCOMPANIES THE SNOW. SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND INCREASE ON TUESDAY. DRIFTING OF SNOW ON TUESDAY IS LIKELY. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS ROADS BECOME ICY AND SNOWPACKED. BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES DANGEROUS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.
Posted on: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 23:47:19 +0000
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