Storm a’comin

<blockquote>WINTER STORM WATCH<br />n<br />n <br />nURGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE<br />nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT<br />n345 AM MDT TUE MAY 10 2005<br />n<br />n…STRONG WINTER STORM TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND<br />nWEDNESDAY..<br />n<br />n.A DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE ROCKIES<br />nWILL COMBINE WITH COLDER AIR DROPPING DOWN FROM CANADA TO PRODUCE<br />nA HEAVY WET SNOW TO MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE<br />nBEARTOOTH…ABSAROKA AND BIG HORN MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT<br />nSNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERAL INCHES<br />nOF SNOW ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS AS WELL.<br />n<br />nMTZ034>041-056>058-065-066-068-WYZ099-102200-<br />n/X.NEW.KBYZ.WS.A.0006.050511T0600Z-050512T0000Z/<br />nNORTHERN STILLWATER-YELLOWSTONE-POWDER RIVER-CARTER-<br />nSOUTHERN BIG HORN-EASTERN CARBON-NORTHERN PARK-<br />nNORTHERN SWEET GRASS-RED LODGE FOOTHILLS-NORTHERN BIG HORN-<br />nSOUTHERN ROSEBUD-LIVINGSTON AREA-BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS-<br />nCRAZY MOUNTAINS-SHERIDAN FOOTHILLS-<br />nINCLUDING THE CITIES OF…COLUMBUS…ABSAROKEE…BILLINGS..<br />nBROADUS…EKALAKA…PRYOR…LODGE GRASS…BRIDGER…JOLIET..<br />nCLYDE PARK…WILSALL…BIG TIMBER…RED LODGE…HARDIN..<br />nCROW AGENCY…LAME DEER…LIVINGSTON…FISHTAIL…MCLEOD..<br />nSHERIDAN<br />n345 AM MDT TUE MAY 10 2005<br />n<br />n…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT TO<br />nWEDNESDAY AFTERNOON..<br />n<br />nTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER<br />nSTORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT TO<br />nWEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.<br />n<br />nRAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE<br />nPLAINS OF SOUTHEAST MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING. SNOW WILL<br />nBE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY…AND THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR<br />nSEVERAL INCHES OF WET AND HEAVY SNOW BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THOUGH<br />nEXACT SNOW AMOUNTS ARE STILL IN QUESTION AT THIS TIME…8 TO 16<br />nINCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. GREATEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL<br />nALONG THE BEARTOOTH AND RED LODGE FOOTHILLS…THE SHERIDAN<br />nFOOTHILLS…AND THE HIGHER RIDGES OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST MONTANA.<br />nTHE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.<br />n<br />nA WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS<br />nPOSSIBLE BUT NOT IMMINENT. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE EXTREMELY<br />nWET AND HEAVY…AND MAY CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS<br />nROADWAYS BECOME SLUSH-COVERED. DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE<br />nALSO A POSSIBILITY. RANCHERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO PROTECT YOUNG<br />nLIVESTOCK DUE TO THE INCOMING COLDER TEMPERATURES AND THE<br />nPOSSIBILITY OF ACCUMULATING SNOW. STAY TUNED TO FUTURE FORECASTS<br />nAND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.</blockquote><br />n<br />nWe are in the middle of May and they are talking 18 inches of snow!! The wife and kids are moving into town this morning, she almost didn't make it out of here yesterday to get the kid to school and it's only going to be getting worse. Getting the one to school and the boy to his therapies requires this to be done for the rest of the week. Hopefully the roads will be okay to come home on Friday. I will miss them.<br />n<br />n<b>In nature there are unexpected storms; in life there are unpredictable vicissitudes. Chinese proverb</b>