Billings snow

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You knew it was coming sooner or later. The first big snowstorm of the year is coming, starting tonight, and I'm going to tell you all of the things that you will hear tomorrow somewhere in Montana.

Winter arrived in the Treasure State over the past couple of days, thanks to a September storm that brought snow to higher elevations, and that has skiers excited about what's going to be coming soon.

The National Weather Service has revealed the official snowfall totals from this past weekend, and there's no doubt winter arrived in Billings. All at once.

The Gazette reports that Billings is just point-4 inches away from tying the all-time seasonal snowfall accumulation record, and the city could get another 9 inches of snow beginning Thursday afternoon and continuing into Friday. National Weather Service-Billings meteorologist Shawn Palmquist said “Along with the snow, we are expecting some pretty strong winds as well...