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A City of Havre grader plows snow on Second Street this morning. Snow and cold blanketed the region after most of the first three weeks of February having highs in the 30s and 40s, melting off the previous significant accumulation of snow. Havre had received less than an inch of snow all month at the National Weather Service recording station at the Havre City-County Airport, but by midnight Tuesday had received 6.2 inches, including a record 4.4 inches Tuesday alone. A winter weather advisory remains in place through 5 a.m. Thursday, with up to two more inches primarily in Hill and Blaine counties and the Bear Paw Mountains and extreme cold through Friday night.
After a brief reprieve from snow and ice, this area received a blast of the white stuff with Havre receiving nearly six inches of snow in a two-day storm that caused dangerous road conditions and hazardous conditions for anyone outside.
After one of the snowiest Decembers on record the area saw a blanket of snow and ice become a near constant feature of the local landscape, but in recent weeks the sheet had been slowly melting as milder weather hit Havre.
The National Weather Service recorded highs in the upper 30s and low 40s in this region for most of the month, with lows fluctuating between single digits and upper 20s, sometimes lower 30s.
Snow depth was listed in Havre at four inches on the first of the month, reducing to 3 inches by Feb. 4, 2 inches Feb. 6, 1 inch Feb. 11, and zero inches Feb. 13, a day with a high of 44 degrees and a low of 30.
That changed this week, with, between Monday and Tuesday, that number jumping from 0 inches to 6 inches, with 1.3 dropping Monday and 4.4 Tuesday.
The high in Havre dropped to 22 Tuesday and a low was minus 2, down from a Monday high of 32 and low of 21 and a Sunday high of 41 and low of 28. the temperature continued to drop, with Havre listed at minus 8 at 9:30 this morning.
Temperatures are expected to stay lower for the rest of the week with the Weather Service issuing a winter weather and wind chill advisory through 5 a.m. Thursday.
The service is predicting a 50 percent chance of snow in Havre after 2 p.m. today with a high of minus 3 and wind chills as low as minus 40 with east-northeast gusts of up to 18 mph.
Tonight is predicted to have a low of in the negative single digits in Big Sandy and in the negative teens for most of this region, with wind chill around minus 30 and an 80 percent chance of precipitation predicted for Havre.
Less than an inch of new snow is expected as a result of possible snowfall by Thursday morning and another half inch later that day before 11 a.m.
Thursday's high in Havre is expected to be around minus 4 with wind chills around minus 30 with winds slowing to between 11 and 13 mph.
The Thursday night low is predicted to be around minus 19 with a wind chill of minus 25.
The service predicts a Friday high of 0 and a low of minus 13 with evening winds between 6 and 14 mph and gusts of 21 mph.
Highs are expected to climb back into the 30s over the weekend with lows in the single digits and teens.
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