HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 418 AM MST SUN DEC 06 2009 Expiration: 500 AM MST MON DEC 07 2009 Expires:200912071200;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
416 AM MST SUN DEC 6 2009
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BEAVERHEAD-NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-
CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-
TOOLE-LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-
SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-
JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN-
416 AM MST SUN DEC 6 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MONTANA...NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MONTANA THROUGH 5AM MST MONDAY. INCREASINGLY COLD
TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH BREEZY NORTH WINDS TO PRODUCE VERY
LOW WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
VERY COLD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MUCH
OF THIS WEEK WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO OCCUR
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES ACROSS MOST OF
THE REGION WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW ZERO. WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT LOW
TEMPERATURES OF 15 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND
AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MEASURE AND REPORT SNOWFALL
TOTALS THIS WEEKEND...ALONG WITH ANY OTHER SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS OR WEATHER RELATED IMPACTS DURING THE COMING WEEK.
$$ WIND CHILL ADVISORY Issue Date: 404 AM MST SUN DEC 06 2009 Expiration: 500 AM MST MON DEC 07 2009 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST MONDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A VERY COLD AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY
AND TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW
ZERO BY THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE TEENS AND TWENTIES BELOW ZERO
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 15 TO 25 MPH
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING TO AROUND 10 MPH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO
ZERO ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIND CHILL VALUES
DROPPING TO 25 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL
COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF
YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR APPROPRIATE WINTER
CLOTHING.
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