Montana Weather Alert

.MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO DUMP SUBSTANTIAL SNOW THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SAT AFTERNOON
INTO SUNDAY.

.THE MAJOR STORM THAT IS CURRENTLY IMPACTING CA WILL MOVE
TO THE NO. & EAST.BRINGING SUBSTANTIAL SNOWFALL TO EASTERN
MT OVER THE WEEKEND STARTING LATE FRI AFTERNOON. HEAVY SNOW WILL
GIVE WAY TO BLOWING & DRIFTING SNOW.& POSSIBLY BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS LATE SAT AFTERNOON INTO SUN AS NORTHERLY WINDS
PICK UP.

MTZ016>027-059>062-211100-
/O.NEW.KGGW.WS.A.0002.100122T1900Z-100125T0700Z/
CNTL & SE PHILLIPS-CNTL & S. VALLEY-
DANIELS-SHERIDAN-WESTERN ROOSEVELT-PETROLEUM-GARFIELD-MCCONE-
RICHLAND-DAWSON-PRAIRIE-WIBAUX-NORTHERN PHILLIPS-
SOUTHWEST PHILLIPS-NORTHERN VALLEY-EASTERN ROOSEVELT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.MALTA.SACO.GLASGOW.FORT PECK.
HINSDALE.FRAZER.SCOBEY.PLENTYWOOD.MEDICINE LAKE.
WOLF POINT.POPLAR.WINNETT.JORDAN.CIRCLE.SIDNEY.
FAIRVIEW.GLENDIVE.RICHEY.TERRY.WIBAUX.WHITEWATER.
ZORTMAN.OPHEIM.CULBERTSON
154 PM MST WED JAN 20 2010

.WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRI AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.

THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN GLASGOW HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH.WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRI AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING.


* MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL CONCERNS AS HEAVY SNOW INITIALLY ACCUMULATES
ON ROADS.

MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS WILL BE POSSIBLE SAT AFTERNOON INTO
SUN AS NORTHERLY WINDS PICK UP AT AROUND 35 MPH.CAUSING
BLOWING & DRIFTING SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE A POSSIBILITY
SAT AFTERNOON INTO SUN AS NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE TO
AROUND 35 MPH.

* TIMING: FRI AFTERNOON THROUGH SUN EVENING.

* OTHER IMPACTS: PERSONS LIVING IN RURAL AREAS MAY BECOME SNOWED
IN.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.

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