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BEAVERHEAD-CASCADE-CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LEWIS AND CLARK-MADISON-
JUDITH BASIN-JEFFERSON-BROADWATER-MEAGHER-GALLATIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DILLON...GREAT FALLS...HELENA...
LINCOLN...ENNIS...STANFORD...BOULDER...TOWNSEND...
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BOZEMAN...WEST YELLOWSTONE
952 AM MDT SUN OCT 12 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MONTANA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. BRISK
NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THROUGH FAVORED
CANYONS AND GAPS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AT THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON FROM HELENA TO GREAT FALLS TO LEWISTOWN. BY THIS
EVENING...EXPECT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION AT LOWER
ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING THE HELENA AND BOZEMAN VALLEYS AND THE CITY
OF GREAT FALLS. FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS ACROSS JUDITH BASIN COUNTY
ALONG HIGHWAY 87 CAN EXPECT STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
12 TO 18 INCHES BY THIS EVENING...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF
STANFORD...GEYSER...HOBSON AND RAYNESFORD WITH 18 TO 30 INCHES OF
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IN THE MOUNTAINS.

TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER NEAR OR JUST BELOW FREEZING THIS
AFTERNOON...HOWEVER AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING OVERNIGHT...
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AS ICE FORMS ON THE
ROADWAY.

FOR SPECIFIC ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS IN MONTANA...DIAL 5 1 1.

...RECORD COOL MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR OCT 11 IN NORTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA...

LOCATION             NEW RECORD       OLD RECORD       YEAR SET
DILLON AIRPORT          29                34              1997
MARTINSDALE             32                33              1899
WISDOM                  28                35              1969
TOWNSEND                39                39              1959
BOZEMAN MSU             30                32              1928
BOULDER                 30                32              1969
WHITE SULPHUR SP        32                32              1969

...RECORD HIGH SNOWFALL FOR OCT 11 IN NORTH CENTRAL
   AND SOUTHWEST MONTANA...

LOCATION             NEW RECORD       OLD RECORD       YEAR SET
BOULDER                  1.0               0.0            2007