The National Weather Service in has issued a Winter Storm Warning for elevations above 6000 feet for heavy snow and blowing snow... which is in effect until 5 am MST Thursday.
A Winter Weather Advisory for snow is in the forecast for the Bozeman area, with several places in the Northern Rockies already receiving several inches of the white stuff. Here's the latest:
Flood Watch now in effect through Thursday afternoon...
The Flood Watch is now in effect for portions of north central Montana and southwest Montana... including the following areas...
The National Weather Service in Great Falls has issued a Winter
Storm Warning for elevations above 6500 feet for heavy snow...
which is in effect from 6 PM this evening to noon MDT Thursday.
Skiers, snowboarders, and snowmobilers rejoice. Area mountains have recieved anywhere from one to two feet of new snow for you to try all of your new toys out on. That also leads to considerable avalanche danger. Here's the latest advisory from the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center.
Mountain Weather:
A fast moving storm deposited 10-12 inches of snow in the mountains around Cooke City and West Yellowstone totaling close to an inch of water. 4-5 inches has fallen in the mountains around Big Sky and 2-3 inches has accumulated in the Bridger and northern Gallatin Ranges...