Storm Summary Number 1 for Northern Rockies to Northern Plains
Snow Event
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
900 AM MDT Thu Oct 26 2023

...Snow, locally heavy, continues to spread from west to east
across the northern Rockies and the northern Plains...

Winter Weather Advisories and Winter Storm Warnings are in effect
from portions of the northern Rockies through the northern portion
of the Northern Plains.

High Wind Warnings and Wind Advisories are in effect for portions
of Idaho and Wyoming

For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 800 AM MDT...An upper-level trough interacting with an outbreak
of arctic air from Canada continued to produce the season's first
significant snowfall event from the northern Rockies to the
northern Plains.  National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated
widespread light snow with areas of moderate and locally heavy
snow spanning from eastern Idaho, northwestern Wyoming, and across
much of Montana and North Dakota.  A band of moderate snow had
been nearly stationary across the central portion of North Dakota.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 900 AM
MDT Fri Mar 24 through 800 AM MDT Tue Mar 28...

...MONTANA...
HELENA 2 W                           13.4                    
LIVINGSTON 6.6 ESE                   12.8                    
CLANCY 2 N                           12.0                    
OVANDO 2.9 SW                        12.0                    
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS                12.0                    
CARROT BASIN                         11.0                    
FROHNER MEADOW                       11.0                    
GLASGOW 0.3 N                        11.0                    
GREAT FALLS 6.7 S                    10.8                    
SAND COULEE 6 W                      10.8                    
MELVILLE 5 W                          9.2                    
JORDAN                                9.0                    
LOWER TWIN                            9.0                    
MADISON PLATEAU                       9.0                    
RAYNOLDS PASS 19 NNE                  9.0                    
WOLF CREEK 3 ESE                      9.0                    
SUN PRAIRIE 6 W                       8.5                    
FISHTAIL 18 SW                        8.0                    
PLENTYWOOD                            8.0                    
WEST YELLOWSTONE 11 S                 8.0                    
WESTBY                                8.0                    
CARDWELL 14 NNE                       7.5                    
ANACONDA                              7.0                    
DUTTON                                7.0                    
LEWISTOWN 2 SE                        7.0                    
NASHUA 8 SE                           7.0                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
STANLEY 5 E                          11.0                    
RHAME 2 E                             9.0                    
RUGBY 1 E                             9.0                    
BURLINGTON                            8.5                    
MINOT                                 7.0                    
WATFORD CITY 1.3 NNW                  7.0                    
WILLISTON                             7.0                    
BOTTINEAU 6 ENE                       5.0                    
MANDAN 3 NW                           3.5                    

...WYOMING...
SHERIDAN 1.7 NW                       5.5                    
MEETEETSE 4.8 NNE                     4.6                    
DUBOIS 6.0 ESE                        4.5                    

...Selected preliminary Peak Wind gusts in miles per hour earlier
in the event...

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
WASTA 3 NW                             54                    
BOX ELDER 1 W                          51                    
RAPID CITY ARPT                        51                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches where the
event has ended...

...WASHINGTON...
WINTHROP 6.8 NNW                      7.5                    
TWISP 9.3 W                           2.2                    
AIRWAY HEIGHTS 3 NW                   1.2                    


As the main upper-level trough begins to eject eastward into the
northern Plains during the next 24 hours, the heaviest snowfall is
forecast to impact areas from the eastern half of Montana into a
good portion of North Dakota as the snow over the northern Rockies
begins to taper off.  Bands of heavy snow with rates of 1 inch per
hour are forecast to produce total snowfall amounts of more than 8
inches with locally more than a foot across eastern Montana to
northwestern North Dakota.

The next Storm Summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
Center at 900 PM MDT. Please refer to your local National Weather
Service office for additional information on this event.

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