GAMMA RAY said:but isn't it purdy? Got a lot more here in Nepa than they thought...it's like a freakin winter wonderland here....gettin sleet now
Mt Ski Bum said:we still have about 6 feet of snow on the ground around here (7,500 ft.)... about 10 ft. up higher around 11,000 ft. ...
firefighterjake said:Mt Ski Bum said:we still have about 6 feet of snow on the ground around here (7,500 ft.)... about 10 ft. up higher around 11,000 ft. ...
HehHeh . . . I believe it . . . many years ago my wife and I went from Red Lodge to Cooke City via the Beartooth Scenic Highway in mid-June . . . I still remember a few of the snowbank cutthroughs that the plow had made through and how the snow was still several feet high even in summer.
Backwoods Savage said:You can keep that 6' of snow out there, please.
GAMMA RAY said:Its beautiful ffjake..love the workmanship on the snowmen...you are talented...
National Weather Service said:THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6500 FEET FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY.
* TIMING AND MAIN IMPACT: SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH TONIGHT. STEADIER AND MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON THURSDAY WITH SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE FRIDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 6500 FEET WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 6500 FEET.
* WINDS AND VISIBILITY: SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT WILL SHIFT TO NORTHEAST ON THURSDAY AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES.
* OTHER IMPACTS: WET AND COLD CONDITIONS WILL STRESS YOUNG LIVESTOCK AND HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ADD CONSIDERABLE WEIGHT TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE: WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS...BATTLE RIDGE PASS...BOZEMAN...BOZEMAN PASS...TARGHEE PASS...WEST YELLOWSTONE...BIG HOLE PASS...CHIEF JOSEPH PASS...DILLON... MONIDA PASS...ENNIS...NORRIS HILL...RAYNOLDS PASS...TWIN BRIDGES.
PapaDave said:I think I'd move. FEET of snow?!! Um, ....no thanks.
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