Travel & RV Weather Forecast a.m. Friday 18 February

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Clipper system producing high winds and some snow today and tonight for the Upper Mid-West and Michigan.
High winds tonight over Montana east of the Rockies, spreading into Wyoming on Saturday.
Heavy snow Saturday and Sunday in the Washington Cascade Mountains.

For details, check out the latest weather animations.

Here’s the long-range travel & RV weather outlook (updated Wednesday evening)

— WA northern Cascades: Winter Storm Watch above 3000 feet Saturday morning through Sunday afternoon. 8-21 inches of snow possible. Wind gusts to 40 mph. I-90 impacted.

— Northwest, central and south-central MT: High Wind Warnings and Watches tonight and Saturday along and east of the Rocky Mountain Front: Gusts 6-70 mph. I-15 impacted. I-90 impacted around Livingston and the Beartooth foothills.

— North-central ID; southwest and central MT: Winter Weather Advisories tonight through midday today. Accumulations generally 1-4 inches. I-15, I-90 impacted.

— Portions of north-central, central and southeast WY: Winter Weather Advisories today and tonight. Accumulations ranging from 3-8 inches. I-25, I-80 impacted.

— Southeast WY: High Wind Watches Saturday morning through Sunday morning. Gusts 70-80 mph possible. I-25, I-80 impacted.

— ND, SD, MN, northeast IA, WI: A combination of High Wind Warnings (ND), Blizzard Warnings (ND/MN border), Wind Advisories and Winter Weather Advisories for today and tonight (WI). New snow accumulations generally less than 2 inches, but winds will gust to 65 mph (ND), 55 mph (SD, MN) and 50 mph (WI). I-29, I-35, I-90, I-94 impacted.

— MI Eastern Upper Peninsula and northwest Lower Peninsula: A combination of Blizzard Warnings (UP) and Winter Weather Advisories this afternoon and tonight. Snow accumulations 2-5 inches with wind gusts 45-55 mph. I-75 impacted.

— South-central IN, southern and eastern OH: Flood Warnings continue through late this morning.

— Extreme northeast OH, extreme northwest PA, western and northern NY, central and northern NH, northern ME: A combination of Winter Storm Warnings (lake effect snows), Winter weather Advisories, Flood Warnings and Watches today. Conditions improve starting late morning. Generally 1-3 inches additional snowfall. I-81, I-87, I-89, I-90 impacted.

— DE; MD; eastern PA; NJ; southern and eastern NY; MA; CT; RI; Down East ME: Wind Advisories this morning. Gusts 45-55 mph.

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