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Snow could begin to fall Wednesday, peak on Friday and continue into Saturday, with snowfall totals in Billings potentially exceeding a foot, according to the National Weather Service in Billings.

Cold air has already settled over Billings, but more is on the way from Canada, said NWS meteorologist Nickolai Reimer said. That cold air is expected to meet a stream of Pacific moisture over Billings and other parts of southcentral Montana.

"It's going to be right in that sweet spot for temperatures where you can produce a lot of snow in a relatively fast time frame," Reimer said.

Billings has seen similar conditions before, during and after Christmas Day in 1996, when the area got more than a foot of snow in a few days. Billings saw those conditions again in January 2012, when well over a foot of snow fell on Billings in less than a week.

Snowfall estimates for the week show up to 2 inches of snow falling Wednesday afternoon. Forecasts show either a potential break in snow Thursday or snow throughout the day.