Avalanche Information

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This weekend is going to be filled with weather curveballs in Montana. A few inches of snow is expected, but for southwest Montana - it's the brutal wind chill of -35 Saturday night into Sunday morning that is concerning.

Parts of Montana, including counties in southwest Montana, are under Cold Weather Advisories Monday night and Tuesday morning with dangerously cold wind chills of -40 possible.

Starting Wednesday evening, portions of Montana east of Glacier National Park could experience some serious and dangerous wind gusts of up to 80 MPH. Several counties are under this High Wind Watch until Thursday evening.

The I-90 corridor in Montana near Livingston and areas east should expect very strong crosswinds of up to 60 MPH, along with some snow this weekend. Travel could be difficult at times with drastically reduced visibility.

This weekend will be another sketchy one for travel in central Montana. Lower elevations could see 45 MPH winds along with 3 to 5" of new snow, and up to 9" of new snow in the mountains in Cascade County below 5000ft, Fergus County below 4500ft, and Judith Basin County and Judith Gap.

The Beartooth Foothills in the Red Lodge area will continue to see snow pile up on Monday, on top of what already fell this weekend. Up to 5 more inches could fall by Tuesday morning.

The Highwood, Little Belt, Judith, and Snowy Mountains, and Big Belt, Bridger and Castle Mountains among others could see up to 10" of fresh snow by Saturday afternoon. Montana's latest storm is causing travel issues.

Montana is getting a lot of snow in this round of storms, with popular mountain terrain becoming unstable. The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center has issued an Avalanche Warning for the Cooke City area on Friday.

Fresh snow is falling across Yellowstone National Park with the latest storm front making it's way across the region. Several inches of new snow is expected by Thursday morning with up to a foot in the mountains.

If you're traveling in northern Montana between the areas of Cut Bank and Havre on Friday morning, expect areas of very dense fog that are affecting visibility. Much slower driving is advised until late morning when temperatures warm up and the fog can burn off.

Driving condition have been difficult for a large portion of northeast Montana on Monday. Falling snow and very gusty winds are creating low visibility in many counties. Advisories are still in effect until Monday evening.