Active Advisories:    Winter Weather Advisory
  • Currently

    Reported at Helena, Helena Regional Airport, MT
    9:00 PM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012
  • 36°F2°C
  • Light Rain
    Light Rain
  • Feels Like:31°F-0.8°CDew Point:34°F1°CHumidity:93% Winds:SSW 7 mph 11 kph
    Pressure:29.97 in1015 hPaVisibility:5.00 miles8045.00 meters

Winter Weather Advisory


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BEAVERHEAD-NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-
SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-
GALLATIN-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BIG HOLE PASS...

CHIEF JOSEPH PASS...MONIDA PASS...MARIAS PASS...FLESHER PASS...

MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...NORRIS HILL...RAYNOLDS PASS...

BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS...

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN PASS...

TARGHEE PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE
1010 PM MDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT
MONDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT MONDAY. 

* TIMING: PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE 
THROUGH TONIGHT. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES 
CAN BE EXPECTED FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET...WITH LESS 
THAN AN INCH EXPECTED FOR LOCATIONS BELOW 5000 FEET.

* VISIBILITY: VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE 
MILE AT TIMES IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. 

* OTHER IMPACTS: MOUNTAIN PASSES AND ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW 
COVERED AND SLIPPERY...WITH LOWER ELEVATION ROADWAYS 
BECOMING SLUSHY AT TIMES. HEAVY WET SNOW COULD CAUSE DAMAGE 
TO TREES OR POWER LINES. OUTDOOR RECREATIONISTS SHOULD BE 
PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS.

* LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: BIG HOLE PASS...CHIEF JOSEPH
PASS...MONIDA PASS...MARIAS PASS...FLESHER PASS... MACDONALD
PASS...ROGERS PASS...NORRIS HILL...RAYNOLDS PASS... BOULDER
HILL...ELK PARK PASS...HOMESTAKE PASS... WHITE SULPHUR
SPRINGS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN PASS... TARGHEE
PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1.

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