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A man walks his dog past a half-buried statue of a newspaper boy in Helena, Montana, Friday.
A winter storm dumped up to 4 feet of snow on parts of Montana and was expected to create severe thunderstorms as it heads east, Weather.com reported early Saturday.
A strong jet stream was bringing moisture from the Pacific into the western U.S., while cold air pushed in from Canada, Nick Wiltgen of Weather.com said.
He also said there was windy weather across much of the West. “Winds over higher terrain have been especially impressive, with a top gust of 111 mph at Meteor Crater in northern Arizona,” Wiltgen said, adding, “thank goodness it wasn't snowing there.”
He expected light snow would continue Saturday for much of Montana, though the winds had diminished in the western half of the state.
Wiltgen added that there had even been some lake-effect snow in western Nevada, south and southeast of Lake Tahoe and Pyramid Lake.
“Beware of this in the Reno and Carson City areas,” he said.
“Utah and western Colorado are in line for the more widespread snows, with winter storm warnings in effect for most mountain ranges in those areas,” he added, predicting a “bonanza” for ski resorts across the region.
“Saturday brings a transition from a wintry mix to snow for more of the western Dakotas. Snow showers, locally heavy, will continue across Wyoming and into Utah and western Colorado as well,” he said. “Some locations in western North Dakota, including Minot and Williston, could see well over a foot of snow from this storm system by sunset Saturday.”
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Wow, just waiting for the Righties to come here and say "this has nothing to do with climate change". Sure.. four feet of snow with 111 mph winds isn't a superstorm, and Sandy was just some drizzle. Time to wake up folks. We've put too much pollution and greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere, and as 90+% of scientists have been warning for decades now, storms are getting worse. We need to stop arguing over what is a fact not a mere theory, and DO something before we hit a tipping point. The longer we don't do anything to counteract more than 200 years of pollution being sent up in smoke, the worse these storm will become, and hence more innocent lives lost. It is a moral imperative to do what we can to minimize the loss of life (we can't stop it now, as we would be acting way too late to prevent what is already in motion).
So if you value the lives of other, such as "pro-lifers", then get your elected officials to act NOW before more people die. All life is sacred, and we can do things today to start reversing this trend of ramped up storms. Not doing so is tantamount to tacit acceptance of peoples' deaths.
Your name says it all. The ONE Who Created it All, including the weather, Controis it All. His Name is YHWH and HIS Son is YAHSHUA (JESUS). "I Am The LORD and there is None Besides ME. There is No GOD but ME. I Form The Light and Create Darkness. I make Peace and Create Evil. I The LORD DO All THese Things." Isaiah 45:5-7 And if that isn't enough, "YHWH is Jealous and YHWH Revenges and is Furious. The LORD Will Take Vengenance on HIS Adversaries and He Reserves Wrath for HIS Enemies. The LORD is Slow to Anger and Great in Power. and Will Not Acquit the Wicked. The LORD Has HIS Way in the Whirlwind and The Storm and the Clouds are The Dust of HIS Feet." Nahum 1:3 Great Ready, because you and the World have Seen NOTHING Yet. The Worst is Yet to Come, Weather Wise.
Before we hit the tipping point? Things are getting out of hand all around. The only good thing about the snow is that it breaks the drought. We are in for changes of biblical proportions but don't hold your breath about being taken to heaven, unless it's by dying from the extremes. For the earth, everything is basically normal, we are acting like any animal on the verge of extinction. Overpopulation, bizarre behavior and ridiculous expectations, the last being quite human in nature. We even have a financial catastrophe building steam, worldwide. All we need to do now is start WWIII.
you guys ever heard the term........."winter".....?
Nope, the have no idea what the term "winter" means. Is the weather changing? If yes, is it because of the so called global warming? Or maybe it's because the two magnatic poles are re-aligning, which they manage to do every 100 yrs.
Four ft of snow in MT, or ND or MN is nothing. They have had a heck of a lot more, and nobody called it anything except a snow storm. Geesh people. Give Flordia and Georgia four feet of snow and then maybe you would have a real valid point on global warming. But just remember, a few yrs back, we had global cooling. See the continuing thread of nonsense going on?
This is just a storm, not the end of the world. Four feet is not unusual for MT and high winds happen occasionally. It's trend data that's important, not this storm.
I hope we get some of that snow in Colorado; it's bone dry here.
GM Scooter! GM Panhead! I lijke your comment on 2.1 HUA
Winds in and around the Grand Canyon and Meteor Crater get up in very high numbers when major snowstorms, read bilzzards come out of the NW, especially with the ,oisture off the Pacific Ocean - happens regularly and Montana and those parts of AZ are in the 8K foot range or higher. Typical winter!
I have lived in Wyoming for 40 years and never experienced weather like this, for the past 5 years it has been 68 to 70 degrees clear up until the middle of November and that is extremely warm for Wyoming in September. Two years ago it was 68 degrees one week before Thanksgiving and then 20 below by 9am on turkey day. Two days ago it was almost 70 and yesterday we got a foot of snow.
You brainwashed foxbots can say what ever you want but this is not normal weather for this part of the country.
I seem to remember my mother telling me a story about a man who had a premonition about a big flood coming. He tried to warn the town folks but they just laughed at him because their propaganda news network which was controlled by the energy industry who didn't want people using anything other form of energy than what they were selling until they could wring every last dollar out of the sheeplike imbeciles. So Noah built a boat for he and his family. As the glaciers melted causing the low lying areas to flood, all the town folks begged Noah to let them on the boat but he knew this was mother natures way of giving the earth much needed enema and washing away all the idiots and the greedy capitalists who controlled them.
Sure it's dumping 4 foot of snow on where I live just days after being 68 degrees, but soon that snow will melt and it will travel down to the low lying areas of the south giving that area a much needed enema and washing away all the tea turds so that the rest of the world may live in peace for a thousand years. So I am not looking at global climate change as a bad thing because I live at 6000 feet above sea level and I have a 4 wheel drive while the morons from Georgia who came up here to work because there are no jobs in their state have a two wheel drive and are stuck in the parking lot of their motel and wont be earning that $72/hr double time rate for working Saturday swing shift like I will.
The moral of the story is when the oil companies stand to make $400 trillion dollars over the next 50 years by conning the people into keeping the status quo you should shut your propaganda news network, Fox, off and get your redneck ass to hire ground very quickly.
It must be God demonstrating that the political win for Michelle Bachman is an abomnation upon mankind
Alan did your mother feed you paint chips?
tracon,
Bachmans a hot chick from Iowa liveing in Minnesota...nothing to do with Montana, get a map.and a clue then study them both for say a couple years.........
An interesting view on global warming.
wow, Alan-1380274, it's the ignorance of people like you who are going to destroy this world, not your god. People like you scare the hell out of me. Since you are so trusting of your little book, do you also believe the world is flat? Your little book says it is. Do you also believe in slavery. Your little book CLEARLY condones it. Do you believe little kids should be stoned to death? Do you hate your parents? Jesus himself said if you don't hate your parents you can't be his follower. Of course he also says in another part of your little book that you must honor your parents, so which is it? Its really scary you base your beliefs on this little "book". Why don't you pick up a real book to read and actually learn something.
Ally katz you wrong Jesus was the first to say the world was round. He said that at the end time he will come for a church or a group of people that believe in him. He said that one will be sleeping and other will be working in the field. How did he know that one part of the world is dark and the other with light. you might think Alan is crazy but all of the sign that are going on is a sign of the beginning of the end.
I don't know if this is all signs that the world is ending and all that, but I do think the Earth is changing at a rate that is abnormal for her. Yes she has changed weather patterns before, history shows us this. But to go around with blinders on and suggest we are not making any impact with our pollution is just as ignorant as suggesting the earth is 6000 years old. God or not, whether you believe in a divine being or not, we are responsible during our time here on Earth for what we do and how we act and right now we are trashing our home. I can only hope we don't reach the tipping point before we figure this out.
Lyrica the earth is not 6000 years old. this baby earth has many millions of years on her back and counting.
Winter has been late coming these past few years and major snows in city area's only came after Christmas/New Year. This year we have had two "significant" snowfalls and this last one left about a foot in the Alberta foothills area including Calgary. -15C/about 0F today. Clear and BEAUTIFUL! Sparkling snow, everything white....the mountains and our in town Olympic Hill are ready for the season. Can't wait to hit that champagne powder in the mountains (if we can get there :-).
Lol gregorio, I know :D She's a grand ol' gal.
Sounds like it's getting back to normal Blackbird...no global warming after all.
It is just a big winter storm, in Montana, in mid November. Somehow that does not seem to prove or prove that the climate is or is not changing, or that mankind is or is not involved.
Of myself, I certainly believe that the climate has warmed markedly since the 60s and 70s, and at a time when the suns radiance cannot be shown to have increased.
Man-influenced global warming? I'd say there's good ground to believe so. But is this storm some final piece in the puzzle? Doubtful. Is snow, even heavy snow, in the rockies in November really that extraordinary?
Oh, and lest I forget to add, I love snow, and cold weather. So with sympathy to those to whom all winter weather is a dreaded nuisance, and this particular storm a near disaster, I'm hoping for a cold and snowy winter.
Yo Celtic - I've been livivg in Montana my entire life (50 + years) and we have gotten storms like these EVERY year. Winter storms hit here as early as October so this is NOT AT ALL unusual. Read up a bit on our location - gee, I wonder if that has anything to do with it? So quit the "storms are getting stronger BS" and go back to your nap. I'll sit here all warm and toasty and marvel at the magificent whitescape that 15 inches of snow created.
And look, we survived without FEMA! If sh*t hits the fan, I will be so glad I live in a place where we know how to take care of ourselves.
as much as i hate that four letter word, we do need the water.............
I live in Wyoming and we should have had this a month ago. I say bring it on I'm kind of sad that we are getting bypassed by all the crappy weather. Why when I was a kid, well you know what I mean.
GM Scooter
Panhead: I know what you mean. I've yet to really crank up the wood stove this winter and it was going every night by mid-Oct last year (and we thought that was an Indian Summer).
gm pan
Great puttin there, did it a couple times. kinda a round trip to sturgis thing. whats the name of that town with all the boots on the fence? you know?
we are having an Indian summer this weekend, lots of us trying to get in just one more ride, and one more cook out. without freezing
Global warming filling up reservoirs. Snow happens.
"Global Climate Change" is real, yes we have wild and hairy winters up here in the northern praire, but the wide swings we are seeing all around the world cannot be dismissed as normal. For those who are giving GOD credit for this as punnishment, it would make sense to me. If there is a GOD then it would explain it all. Made in his image explains it to me. Humans are responsible for most of the polution and carbon released into the atmosphere and that is causing climate change. Huricanes in the northeasr, melting ica packs in the arctic and antartctic regions. It is real and it is here to stay.
So it's real and it's here...so now what Danny boy. What we gonna do?
Sit back and watch the show. If it's for real, we will know soon enough. And about all we can do is watch.
I wonder if there is any truth to the 2012 hype
Guess we'll find out next month. If we do I'll probably be sleepin, I'm so tierd of the election.
Gary
Naaahhh!
theres a ton of truth to it Gary....but i can help...ya see i am selling magic rocks that will protect you from it....just send $ 199.95 plus $25.00 S&H to.............
Scooter are those anything like Indian sex stones. Ya know just another effin rock.
This rightie says its time to go snowboarding.
rightie? WTF has that got do do with...oh the hell with it...have fun....and don't worry about a helmet .....its too late............
Hey Scooter there's a couple of places with the boots 1 is from Orin Junction to Lusk and one in the northwestern part of the state. Won't be ridein today 6" on the ground and single digits. But still grillin. Be cool my friend and stay on two wheels, the alternative well I'm sure you know.
What do you mean, "WTF has that got to do with it?". It's Obama's fault.
Four feet of snow in Montana in November IS NOT NEWSWORTHY.
Awwww, poor Merrill.
My husband's hanging over my shoulder, checking out all his ski resorts' websites. "Go to Mammoth! Go to Targhee! Go to WolfCreek!" Daggone skiiers. Well if 'ya can't beat 'em...time to break out the snowshoes.
Nurse I'd be more inclined to break out the schnapps and sit in front of the fireplace.
Let it snow-Let it snow. Nothing like watching a football game when it's snowing. Mostly when I'm in my living room nice and warm.
I agree deb I just wish that I lived a few hundred miles south in Colo. I'd just ROOOOOOOLLLLLLL up another one just like the last one, put my feet up, break open the Cheetos and Gold Fish, ah and enjoy.
This should just about do in New York City
Riley
We'll have to wait and see. The system is coming from NW traveling SE(Montana, then Wyoming, then AZ, CO, then NM, TX etc). IF NYC gets any, it'll have to go across TX and then be pushed NE (sorta the path that Sandy took). However,we will keep our fingers crossed that NJ/NY/CT are spared. Keep the positive waves coming that it won't affect the NJ/NY/Ct areas!
WHERE'S FEMA!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? oh wait.. we live in the west and not only know how to prepare for severe weather, but feel an individual reponsibility to do so.
Have a nice wildfire season next year!
God, damn that was pretty harsh.
FEMA has nothing to do with wildfires, try the Forest Service.
Ski resorts are loving this "global warming", last 5 years or so have served up some of the snowiest winters in recorded history.
what about the Great day that is coming?
Critical times hard to deal with, will be here.
God doesn't get involved in the politics of men.
Of course he does!
He personally stumped for Herman Cain, Michelle Bachmann and Rick Santorum, remember? They were all chosen by god, remember?
god's just a loser, that's all.
Update from the great state of Wyoming, it's clear and still, clear up to our A$$ and still coming. But I'm short.
Here in Denver it got close to 70 on Wednesday but has gradually cooled off since because of minor cold fronts. As for it being in the 70's a few days ago in several places where it is now snowing...the winds preceding the fronts are usually from the South or Southwest...where it is warmer.
This morning the stronger front arrived about 7 AM. The temperature at that time was in the upper 40's, but has dropped to around freezing at 2 PM, with some rain and snow showers. All one has to do is look at the Western GOES satellite to see how the Jet Stream is carving out a large trough that is causing the clash of the air masses. In a few days a ridge of high pressure will move back in. All of this is NORMAL.
I am continually amazed by the lack of scientific knowledge exhibited by so many posters as regards climate, weather, and atmospheric physics. This is particularly true of the climate change clowns who have no idea of what they are talking about.
Seems to me like it's 'the 70's' throughout Colorado all over again (Happy 4/20)
Better them than us! :)
Oh, please, people. I understand the science behind fossil fuel burning/climate change very well and I am not here to argue for or against, but as someone who lives in Montana, I have to tell you, it just WINTER !! It's what happens here, every year, we just don't usually see it reported in the national news.That honor is usually reserved for East Coast snow storms. Must be because that snow is harder to shovel or something....
I'm always amazed how people can predict what will happen to this earth based on 175 years of record keeping. Compared to the age of this old world, the records are a nano second. Any change is a catastrophe. The world has changed for millions of years and will continue to do so. I liken this to predicting your child's future from the last 10 seconds of their behavior. Get over it.
You wouldn't be so amazed if you realized that they have been keeping records for a lot longer than that (we have records of climate events going back over 2000 years), and they also had 4.5 billion years of geological records and 10,000 years of archaeological records to study.
It's called "science" Don't worry about it. Go watch TV.
Dear God, perhaps folks should be reminded how Noah knew a flood was coming.
Seriously, people - It's Montana. It's November. It's snow. That's about as newsworthy as the fact that the sun rose in the east this morning. Those of us who actually LIVE here are happy as hell to see moisture in any form, and yeah, we can deal with it. We have blankets and snow tires and, believe it or not, most of us even have electricity these days!
Don't forget, most of us have at least 3 dogs
There's truth behind that saying about it being a 3 dog night ! ;>}
74 years old from Montana. 4 feet is just a skiff.
I live in a valley at the foot of the Beartooth Mountains in Absarokee Montana.
Here in town we got around 6 inches but, the closer you get to the mountain passes it gets into 1-2 feet.
First snow fall is so beautiful !
I live in Montana in the Swan Mountain Range.....and we didn't get 4 feet of snow. Somehow I think I was cheated! We only got a miserable 5 to 6 inches here. Perhaps they got 4 feet in Glacier national Park, but that's good for that area. I'm jealous........... And yes Richard, the first snowfall is beautiful. And every day I go outside and pray for 5 to 8 feet of snow so we don't have a drought in the summer.
I'm glad that we Montana people love our winters here, and all the snow we can get. Freezer full of elk, antelope, slow elk (beef to you city slickers), chicken, turkey, etc., and we're all set for a normal winter. We've had snow in September here that was up to the knees, and on the other end - in June. One June we got 3 feet of snow here, and lost power for almost 7 days. That is very normal for us here. We are tough people.
For you whiners...leave. If you haven't noticed Montana is located in the northern part of the US and it gets snow. I lived in Missoula for five years and in Helena for eleven, then was homeless living in the mountains for about a year (before being taken in by a very kind person down in Arkansas). I have seen late spring snows that dumped a couple of feet in the valleys and early fall snows as well. It's called weather. Guess what, they get "Venturie (sp?) Winds" as well that take out large swaths of forest with wind speeds around 100 mph. Montana has seasons: spring, summer, fire, fall, and winter (ha..I just threw the fire in due to this year's fires). I gues they all are some kind of pestilence or plague due to external factors...or it could just be the normal cycle of ...yes...wait for it...climate.
Oh, well. I plan on coming back in the spring. Looking forward to it. Would love to take some of you scaredy cats up in the mountains with me and show you what outdoor living is like and coping with the weather.
Well, you almost got the seasons right... it's Winter, More Winter, STILL More Winter, and Road Construction.