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ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
513 AM MDT SUN MAR 15 2015
TO ALL WFOS SURROUNDING WFO TFX
FM WFO TFX
WFO TFX HAS ISSUED A HEADS-UP EMAIL TO OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
COMMUNITY AND OTHER PARTNERS.
EMAIL TOPIC...UPDATE ON WINTER WEATHER
..REASONING IN EMAIL
CONFIDENCE HAS GROWN THAT SNOWFALL WILL BE CONCENTRATED ON THE
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT AND EASTERN GLACIER COUNTY. SNOW IN
THE MOUNTAINS IN THAT REGION TODAY WILL INCREASE TONIGHT THEN
DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE OVER THE NORTHWEST PLAINS AREAS
OF RAIN TODAY WILL TURN TO SNOW THIS EVENING THEN CONTINUE THROUGH
THE NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING MONDAY MORNING. IN THIS REGION SNOW
AMOUNTS NOW LOOK TO BE SLIGHTLY MORE THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT EARLIER.
LOOK FOR ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND
10 TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN FOR THE
LOWER ELEVATIONS IN THIS AREA IS THAT WITH THE RAIN AND SNOW
FREEZING ROADS COULD BECOME ICY. THIS COULD POSE PROBLEMS FOR THE
MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE. ALSO EXPECT STRESS ON YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM
NORTHERLY WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH AND WET SNOW. FOR CENTRAL MONTANA SNOW
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT WITH AN INCH AT MOST FOR THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS AND ONLY UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. FOR THIS LATTER
AREA RAIN LATE TONIGHT COULD TURN TO SNOW BY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES
FALLING TO NEAR FREEZING. INDICATIONS ARE THAT ROAD SURFACES FOR THE
LOWER ELEVATIONS SHOULD STAY WARM ENOUGH THAT ROADS WILL NOT BECOME
ICY.
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