BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT (I swear this will be the last one of these for a while :P)

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
346 PM MDT FRI OCT 5 2007

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE GREAT BASIN AND ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TONIGHT. A STRONG SOUTHERLY JET STREAM AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE INTO SOUTHWEST MONTANA AND COMBINE WITH COLD AIR FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OVER THE BEARTOOTH AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE GALLATIN AND PARADISE VALLEYS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL BE ABOVE 8000 FEET.

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BRIDGER/BEARTOOTH MOUNTAINS-PARK COUNTY-GALLAIN COUNTY
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COOKE CITY...RED LODGE...BOZEMAN...WEST YELLOWSTONE...LIVINGSTON
346 PM MDT FRI OCT 5 2007

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

AREAS OF SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS THE BEARTOOTH AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 8000 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING...DROPPING TO AROUND 4500 FEET BY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE COMMON IN BOZEMAN...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...LETHALLY STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND GUSTS UPWARDS OF 100MPH ALONG FAVORABLE VALLEYS AND CANYONS...INCLUDING THE GALLATIN VALLEY AND BOZEMAN. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY MID DAY SATURDAY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY...AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. STAY INDOORS AS LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION.

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