rabbit in snow
© AP Photo/Casey Riffe, Billings GazetteA rabbit heads for cover along a snow-covered path in Montana.
A spring snowstorm is expected to dump up to 2 feet snow in parts of southern Montana.

The National Weather Service has issued winter storm warnings for an area that includes Red Lodge, Cooke City and Roscoe.

The heaviest snow is expected to fall late Saturday and into Sunday in the mountains with 6 to 10 inches possible in the lower elevations.

A winter weather advisory has been posted for the area including the cities of Helena, Great Falls, Livingston and West Yellowstone.