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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
130 PM MDT THU OCT 8 2026
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BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION-
130 PM MDT THU OCT 8 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM MDT
SUNDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES.
WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
* WHERE...LOLO PASS, HIGHWAY 83 SEELEY LAKE TO CONDON, I-90 EAST
MISSOULA TO BEARMOUTH, HIGHWAY 93 SULA TO LOST TRAIL PASS, AND
HIGHWAY 200 BONNER TO GREENOUGH.
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM MDT SUNDAY.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.
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.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING. IF YOU ARE GOING OUTSIDE, WATCH YOUR FIRST FEW STEPS TAKEN
ON STAIRS, SIDEWALKS, AND DRIVEWAYS. THESE SURFACES COULD BE ICY AND
SLIPPERY, INCREASING YOUR RISK OF A FALL AND INJURY.
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BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-
130 PM MDT THU OCT 8 2026
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND
7 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.
* WHERE...HOMESTAKE PASS, BUTTE, GEORGETOWN LAKE, MACDONALD PASS, AND
HIGHWAY 12 GARRISON TO ELLISTON.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE STRONG WINDS AND
WEIGHT OF SNOW ON TREE LIMBS MAY DOWN POWER LINES AND COULD CAUSE
SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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