####018005181#### ACUS42 KWBC 261525 SCCNS2 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. Kong $$