Rolling Dog Farm Blog

After three splendid days of warm, sunny weather in the 50s, winter makes a return visit tonight.  Here’s the Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory that the National Weather Service office in Missoula posted for us this afternoon:

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BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-
236 PM MDT TUE APR 29 2008

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY.

3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES NEAR GEORGETOWN LAKE ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AREAS IMPACTED INCLUDE…PHILIPSBURG AND ANACONDA. BUTTE CAN EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL…GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING…ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

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We were really getting into that spring thing for a while.