Winter storm warning.....

ferniesnow

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Will we get any of it?????? Copied this off another favorite sledding site and it is referring to Montana. Maybe some of it may come just a little north.....here's hoping!


... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SUNDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SUNDAY.

* TIMING... SNOW WILL DEVELOP AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS THIS EVENING AND INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF SUNDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION... 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS ON NORTH AND EAST FACING SLOPES. WEST AND SOUTH FACING SLOPES WILL ALSO SEE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW BY LATE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS... HEAVY WET SNOW ON POWER LINES AND TREES MAY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES AS WELL AS TREE DAMAGE. MOUNTAIN ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED AND ICY TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... AND MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE IN SPOTS... INCLUDING OVER BEARTOOTH PASS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.



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.A POTENT LATE SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO AREA MOUNTAINS BEGINNING THIS EVENING. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ABOVE 7500 FEET... HOWEVER SEVERAL INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW ARE POSSIBLE AS LOW AS 4500 FEET FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS LIKELY TO OCCUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
 

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What the fork? I rode my motorcycle into work today. If it's gonna snow, it best do it once I am safely home...

Saw some fresh on top of Greenhills mine yesterday, not much, but it was new.
 

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What the fork? I rode my motorcycle into work today. If it's gonna snow, it best do it once I am safely home...

Saw some fresh on top of Greenhills mine yesterday, not much, but it was new.

Yes, it is still pretty cool. Fresh in the Pass on Wed., fresh yesterday above Elkford and little around Fernie and a skiff on the tops in Elkford this morning. No evidence of a winter storm yet.
 
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