NOAA has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Montana. Up to 6″ of snow are forecast in the high mountains with snow levels as low as 6,000 feet.
To be clear, we’re still very much in the middle of summer and NOAA has issued a winter weather advisory. That’s cool.
NOAA’s Winter Weather Advisory for Montana Today & Tomorrow:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 229 PM MDT FRI SEP 4 2015 ...COLD & WET LABOR DAY WEEKEND STORM BRINGS ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS OF MONTANA & IDAHO... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY ABOVE 6500 FEET... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ABOVE 6500 FEET REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 9 AM MDT SUNDAY. * IMPACTS/TIMING: THE SNOW LEVEL WILL FALL TO 6500 FEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE ARRIVAL OF HEAVIER PRECIPITATION AND COLDER AIR ALOFT. WHILE A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TO AROUND 6000 FEET... ACCUMULATING SNOW IS ANTICIPATED FROM 6500 FEET AND ABOVE: INCLUDING LOGAN PASS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6000 FEET TO 6500 FEET: TRACE AMOUNTS UP TO A SLUSHY INCH. 6500 FEET TO 7000 FEET: 1 TO 4 INCHES. ABOVE 7000 FEET: 2 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: LOGAN PASS, GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, BOB MARSHALL & GREAT BEAR WILDERNESS AREAS.
