Winter Storm Warning Through Wednesday Night For Snow and Cold Temps
Tuesday night and Wednesday could be pretty bad for road travel, even if we don't receive the 3 to 8 inches. It only take a little snow with 30mph gusts to make a mess of things.
Here's the latest from the National Weather Service:
- WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY...
- LOCATIONS... BATTLE RIDGE PASS... BOZEMAN... BOZEMAN PASS... TARGHEE PASS... WEST YELLOWSTONE... BIG HOLE PASS... CHIEF JOSEPH PASS... DILLON... MONIDA PASS... ENNIS... NORRIS HILL... RAYNOLDS PASS... TWIN BRIDGES.
- SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 3 TO 8 INCHES.
- TIMING... SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS SOUTHWEST MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON. GREATEST IMPACT TO TRAVEL WILL BE TONIGHT.
- IMPACTS... DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH WIND CHILL VALUES CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FROSTBITE IN A SHORT TIME FRAME.
- WINDS... NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.