Weather

Weather in Billings is going to be windy on Saturday, but it's nothing like the winter weather that's blowing through America's first national park this weekend.

From our 23rd floor studios in the DoubleTree Hotel, the hundreds of brake lights from cars stopped on downtown streets, made it look like a big display of Christmas lights spread across the city.

After several days in the mid-70's, a Montana weather reality check it about to hit late this weekend, with a chance of some accumulating snow in Yellowstone County.

Billings dodged the heavier snowfall on Thursday (10/22), with between two and three inches of accumulation reported in most parts of Yellowstone County as of this morning,

The preliminary snowfall totals from this past weekend have been posted, and several areas of Yellowstone County had more than a foot of snow over the weekend, with more expected to accumulate through the week.

The National Weather Service is issuing a Winter Weather Advisory for Yellowstone County that will run through noon on Sunday (10/18), with several inches of snow expected to accumulate through the weekend.

Yellowstone County is under a High Wind Warning until 6pm MDT this evening (Wednesday 10/14), with gusts up to 70 mph possible, and hazardous travel conditions.

This is typical for Montana: fighting fires last week and plowing snow this weekend.

You only have today (Friday 10/9) and tomorrow to journey across one of America's most scenic routes, with seasonal closures planned for this upcoming weekend

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The Red Flag Warning for Yellowstone County expired at 9pm on Tuesday night (10/6), but the National Weather Service is warning residents that the threat of wildfires will continue at least until the weekend.

With low humidity, dry conditions, and gusty winds expected Saturday (9/26), the National Weather Service is warning of "critical fire weather conditions" tomorrow for Billings.