PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
639 PM MDT SAT OCT 6 2007

AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON FOR
PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTANA LAST NIGHT AND EARLY
THIS MORNING. WHILE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WERE
LIGHT...MUCH HEAVIER SNOW FELL OVER THE BEARTOOTH AND CRAZY
MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING FOOTHILLS. THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF
SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE AREA AS OF 6 PM SATURDAY EVENING.

MYSTIC LAKE.....................8.0 INCHES
RED LODGE.......................7.0 INCHES
NYE.............................4.0 INCHES
RAPELJE 8S......................2-3 INCHES
RYEGATE 18NW....................2.2 INCHES
CLYDE PARK......................1.5 INCHES
RAPELJE 4S......................0.8 INCHES
ROUNDUP 10SE....................0.5 INCHES
BRIDGER.........................0.5 INCHES
JOLIET..........................0.4 INCHES
LIVINGSTON......................0.3 INCHES
POMPEY`S PILLAR 16N.............0.3 INCHES
ROUNDUP.........................TRACE
BIG TIMBER......................TRACE
BILLINGS........................TRACE

CRAZY MOUNTAIN SNOTEL SITES:
SOUTH FORK SHIELDS (8100 FT)....6.9 INCHES
PORCUPINE (6499 FT).............4.2 INCHES

BEARTOOTH/ABSAROKA MOUNTAIN SNOTEL SITES:
SHOWER FALLS (8100 FT)..........11.9 INCHES 
PLACER BASIN (8829 FT)..........10.9 INCHES 
MONUMENT PEAK (8852 FT).........12.9 INCHES
COLE CREEK (7850 FT)............8.2 INCHES

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