A Winter Weather Advisory Has Been Issued for Yellowstone County

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BILLINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND VERY SLICK
ROADS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE SPREADING ACROSS THE REGION
THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW BY THIS EVENING.
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY.

* SNOW AMOUNTS...3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...ICE AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY ACROSS
THE REGION WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS DIFFICULT BY THIS
EVENING AND INTO WEDNESDAY. THOSE PLANNING TO CELEBRATE THE NEW
YEAR TONIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTRY WEATHER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CAN BE ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...SLEET...
FREEZING RAIN...AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS.