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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
130 PM MST THU FEB 26 2026
..GLACIER PARK AND HIGHWAY 2 SNOW - FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY
.A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL HELP CREATE WINTER TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN
AND NEAR GLACIER NATIONAL PARK AS WELL AS THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR
FROM WEST GLACIER TO MARIAS PASS FROM FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING.
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WEST GLACIER REGION-
130 PM MST THU FEB 26 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 2 AM MST
SATURDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED. THERE IS A CHANCE OF MINOR TO
MODERATE WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN
2 AND 6 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 2 FROM WEST GLACIER TO MARIAS PASS.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 10 INCHES ABOVE THE PASS, WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER PEAKS. WIND GUSTS UP
TO 65 MPH COULD CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND DECREASED
VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE-HALF MILE AT TIMES.
* WHERE...GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, POLEBRIDGE, ESSEX, HIGHWAY 83
BIGFORK TO SWAN LAKE, MARIAS PASS, AND BAD ROCK CANYON.
* WHEN...FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 2 AM MST SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...FOR MINOR WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS, EXPECT A FEW
INCONVENIENCES TO NORMAL ACTIVITIES. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
WINTER TRAVELING CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT
THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE, ESPECIALLY OVER HIGHER PASSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 5 1 1.
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