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Supt Upham: "After consulting with the National Weather Service and giving sincere consideration regarding the weather, Billings Public Schools will be cancelling school tomorrow, Wednesday, February 27. "

The National Weather Service released preliminary snowfall reports showing 6.0 inches fell in parts of Yellowstone County on Wednesday. On Monday, NWS reported 10 inches of snow fell in the northwestern part of the county. Carbon County had the high mark for Wednesday's snow storm with 7.5 inches in Red Lodge as of 10pm Wednesday night.

Hydrologists say the Clark Fork is on track for record flooding. According to the National Weather Service, the latest projection is for it to reach the 13-and-a-half foot range in Missoula, and some of the high country weather stations show 60-to-70 inches of water has yet to melt out...

The Gazette reports that, with the shortest month of the year in the rear view mirror, Billings had its second-snowiest February on record, adding almost 32-and-a-half inches of powder to a year that already ranks in the top 10 for snowfall, according to the National Weather Service...

It seems daily during the late afternoon we are all checking the Billings weather forecast.  Doing our own storm chasing via the internet.

Thursday and Thursday night expect very strong winds amd blowing snow will create blizzard conditions in the Beartooth/Absaroka foothills and the Livingston region. This will create  dangerous driving conditions along I-90 from east of Springdale to the Bozeman Pass area...