WIND CHILL WARNING
Issue Date: 205 PM MST FRI DEC 04 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM MST MON DEC 07 2009

...SNOW ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
FOLLOWED BY VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS
ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA THROUGH MONDAY...
.A UPPER TROUGH DROPPING OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TONIGHT
FOLLOWED BY PERSISTENT NORTHERLY FLOW WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING
IMPACTS:
IMPACT 1: 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT AND SATURDAY IN VALLEYS
AND MOUNTAINS NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FROM POLEBRIDGE SOUTH TO
SEELEY LAKE.
IMPACT 2: DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 40 BELOW ZERO IN AREAS
NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...AND 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WEST OF THE
HIGHWAY 93 CORRIDOR.
IMPACT 3: VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR REMAINING IN PLACE THROUGH MID WEEK.
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FLATHEAD/MISSION VALLEYS-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-
205 PM MST FRI DEC 4 2009
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM SATURDAY TO 11 AM MST
MONDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MISSOULA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM SATURDAY TO 11 AM MST
MONDAY.
* IMPACTS/TIMING: STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS
SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY MONDAY.
* WIND CHILL VALUES: 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY...THEN 20 TO 40 BELOW SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY.
* WIND SPEEDS: 10 TO 20 MPH SATURDAY NIGHT...INCREASING TO 25 TO
35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY SUNDAY NIGHT.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...FLATHEAD LAKE...FLATHEAD VALLEY...
MISSION VALLEY...POLSON...BUTTE...GEORGETOWN LAKE...HIGHWAY
200 GARRISON TO ELLISTON...HOMESTAKE PASS...MACDONALD PASS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
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