HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 338 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 345 AM MST SUN DEC 27 2009

Expires:200912271045;;
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HWOBYZ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
338 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009
MTZ029>033-035>038-057-058-WYZ098-099-271045-
MUSSELSHELL-TREASURE-NORTHERN ROSEBUD-CUSTER-FALLON-YELLOWSTONE-
POWDER RIVER-CARTER-SOUTHERN BIG HORN-NORTHERN BIG HORN-
SOUTHERN ROSEBUD-NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS-
338 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MONTANA...SOUTH CENTRAL MONTANA...SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH
CENTRAL WYOMING.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SEVERE TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST MONTANA
INTO NORTHEAST WYOMING TODAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THIS MORNING...WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WEST
TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY INTO TONIGHT CREATING
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE
DRASTICALLY REDUCED AND MANY ROADS WILL BE DRIFTED OVER WITH SNOW.
POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL ALSO BE FOUND FROM THE CROW AGENCY
SOUTH ALONG INTERSTATE 90 INTO SHERIDAN COUNTY DUE TO SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW.
WITH SNOWFALL SHIFTING OUT OF THE AREA AND WINDS DIMINISHING
TONIGHT WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE QUICKLY...THOUGH SOME
ROADWAYS OVER SOUTHEAST MONTANA...THE WESTERN DAKOTAS AND
NORTHEAST WYOMING MAY REMAIN IMPASSABLE UNTIL SUNDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
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