NOAA has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Montana this Tuesday and Wednesday. They’re forecasting 6-12″ of snow with this storm. We’re hoping this Winter Storm Watch will get upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning by Tuesday morning.
According to this NOAA forecast, Big Sky ski resort will be opening on Thursday with some great conditions.
WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE ACROSS THE NORTH BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. - NOAA Great Falls, MT today
CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THE AREA WILL RECEIVE ACCUMULATING SNOW AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. - NOAA Great Falls, MT today
3-6″ of snow is forecast for the valleys with 6-12″ of snow forecast for the mountains including Big Sky ski resort.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO ONE FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS. - NOAA Great Falls, MT today
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Great Divide ski area has been open weekends and Big Sky opened up last weekend for one day. Big Sky opens for the season on Thursday.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for MONTANA:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
1159 AM MST SUN NOV 22 2015
BEAVERHEAD-NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN GLACIER-HILL-
CASCADE-CHOUTEAU-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-
TOOLE-LIBERTY-EASTERN PONDERA-BLAINE-
SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-EASTERN TETON-JUDITH BASIN-FERGUS-
JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BIG HOLE PASS...
CHIEF JOSEPH PASS...DILLON...MONIDA PASS...BROWNING...
MARIAS PASS...LOGAN PASS...CUT BANK...HAVRE...GREAT FALLS...
KINGS HILL PASS...BIG SANDY...FORT BENTON...FLESHER PASS...
HELENA...LINCOLN...MACDONALD PASS...ROGERS PASS...ENNIS...
NORRIS HILL...RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES...SHELBY...CHESTER...
CONRAD...CHINOOK...CHOTEAU...FAIRFIELD...STANFORD...LEWISTOWN...
LEWISTOWN DIVIDE...BOULDER...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS...
HOMESTAKE PASS...WHITEHALL...TOWNSEND...WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...
BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...BOZEMAN PASS...TARGHEE PASS...
WEST YELLOWSTONE
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* A COLD CANADIAN FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AND WILL
COMBINE WITH A WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE
PACIFIC...YIELDING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
WITH SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT.
* LOCATIONS...ALL PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA INCLUDING...BIG
HOLE PASS...CHIEF JOSEPH PASS...DILLON... MONIDA PASS...MARIAS
PASS...LOGAN PASS...CUT BANK... HAVRE... GREAT FALLS...KINGS
HILL PASS...FLESHER PASS...HELENA...MACDONALD PASS... ROGERS
PASS...NORRIS HILL...RAYNOLDS PASS...LEWISTOWN... LEWISTOWN
DIVIDE...BOULDER HILL...ELK PARK PASS... HOMESTAKE PASS...BATTLE
RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...BOZEMAN PASS...TARGHEE PASS...WEST
YELLOWSTONE.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AND
LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO ONE FOOT IN THE MOUNTAINS.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT TUESDAY
MORNING AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WITH SLIPPERY ROADS AND
REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE
ANTICIPATED. COLD TEMPERATURES AND WINDY CONDITIONS COULD LEAD
TO WIND CHILLS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FROSTBITE IN A SHORT
TIMEFRAME.
