WINTER STORM WARNING from early Sunday morning until Monday evening for the following counties: Gallatin, Broadwater, Jefferson, Lewis And Clark, Meagher, Silver Bow, Deer Lodge, Powell, Granite, "Ravalli, Missoula, Lake, Mineral, Sanders, Flathead.
Here is what you can expect for snowfall totals:
Flathead Valley: 3 to 6 inches
Thompson Falls area: 10 to 14 inches
Missoula, Butte, Bitterroot Valley, Swan Valley, Philipsburg, Blackfoot River area: 8 to 14 inches
Bozeman, Townsend, Whitehall, Boulder: 4 to 8 inches
Madison, Lemhi, Beaverhead, and Lincoln counties: 3 to 8 inches.
Mountain Passes including Homestake, Macdonald, Rogers, Lolo, Lost Trail, and Lookout: 18 inches to 2 feet
Area winds: 10 to 20 mph gusting 30 to 40 mph. Pockets of whiteout and blizzard conditions are likely.
An area of snow bands will hang around the Bitterroot Valley, the Butte area, and Beaverhead and Lemhi Counties tod!
ay. Light accumulations are likely. This band will hang around the divide from the Beaverhead Mountains over to West Yellowstone tonight.
We are still on track for a significant winter storm which begins tonight. Light snow will develop in Northwest Montana tonight as an arctic front crosses the divide. Winds in some areas such as the Badrock and Hellgate Canyons will see sustained winds over 20 mph once the front moves in. This front combined with another surge of Pacific moisture is an ideal snow making scenario. An intense snow band will develop near the I-90 corridor. Heavy snow up to a foot and whiteout conditions are likely under this snow band. If you are within 50 miles of I-90 between Whitehall and Lookout Pass, prepare to receive heavy snow.
Cold air is coming behind this front too. Temperatures will fall to the upper 10 and 20s for highs by Sunday and lows dropping to the single digits above and below zero by early next week. The colder temperatures !
will aid in producing higher snow totals from this storm.
