Q2 Billings Area Weather: A healthy dose of Winter [Video]

BILLINGS — An area of low pressure moving across Canada will help drive an ample amount of Pacific moisture across the region Friday and Saturday. This will bring hefty snow to the higher elevations of the Beartooths and Absarokas, especially across the west facing slopes. Over a foot of snowfall is possible by Saturday night. Cooke City could pick up a foot as well. Some accumulation is possible in the foothills, too.

This west-northwest flow will also bring windy conditions across the western foothills on and off through Monday with gusts between 35-50 mph with the strongest expected on Saturday.

Confidence is growing that a winter weather system combined with plenty of Pacific moisture will bring more snow late Sunday into Monday with the bulk of the accumulation expected over the western mountains which could pick up another 10″ or even more.

The lower elevations will get rain on Sunday …