WINTER STORM WATCH - BOZEMAN

Winter Storm Watch


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
230 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2007

MTZ009-010-012-014-015-044>046-048>055-041130-
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NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-CASCADE-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-TOOLE-LIBERTY-
EASTERN PONDERA-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON-
JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNING...CUT BANK...GREAT FALLS..
HELENA...LINCOLN...ENNIS...SHELBY...CHESTER...CONRAD...CHOTEAU..
FAIRFIELD...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...BOULDER...TOWNSEND..
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BOZEMAN...WEST YELLOWSTONE
230 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA..

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.

A STRONG EARLY FALL STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL MONTANA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
INTO THE LOW 30S OVER THE PLAINS AND IN THE VALLEYS WITH RAIN
MIXING WITH AND POSSIBLY CHANGING OVER TO SNOW EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING. WHILE THERE IS STILL A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE
FORECAST...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE PLAINS OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA
AND THE SOUTHWEST MONTANA VALLEYS COULD SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION FRIDAY MORNING.

IN ADDITION...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST
AND NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA TO RECEIVE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ANYONE WHO HAS TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR
PLANS FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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