As much as a pain traveling may become, Montana getting hammered with mountain snow for the next few days is a really great thing. The old cliché about "we need the moisture" is getting more true and less casual by the day.
Southwest Montana is under a High Wind warning until Tuesday afternoon with winds of 60 to 70 mph possible at times, accompanied by snow. Dangerous driving conditions will occur.
Just another day in paradise for the Livingston area and the Beartooth foothills. There's a Wind Advisory in effect until Tuesday evening for very gusty winds of up to 65 MPH.
Perhaps our last dose of REALLY COLD wind chill factors? We can't be certain around here but western Montana is in for a dangerously cold spell overnight Wednesday through Thursday morning.
Another round of very cold temps, snow and gusty wind is invading Montana through Wednesday morning. The valleys are only supposed to get a few inches of snow out of the deal, but travel may still become sketchy during this advisory.
Almost every single county on Montana's southern border is expecting colder temps and just enough snow to make road conditions sketchy until Saturday afternoon.
Several counties in Montana are under a High Wind Warning with gusts of 80 mph expected until Tuesday afternoon. This will create dangerous travel conditions.
Breaking down or getting a flat tire in -30 wind chill is an entirely different scenario than when the weather is decent. It can actually become life or death in rural locations.
It's a borrowed phrase we use at our house when it's about to hit the fan. Wind chill values of -20 to -40 are expected for most of Montana through Wednesday.