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High Wind in Cascade County Below 5000ft, Montana

High Wind December 10, 2023 · Cascade County Below 5000ft, Montana

58 mph
Estimated gust (50 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

NWS employee found a 3 to 6 inch diameter branch broken in Great Falls associated with the passing mountain wave.

The wider storm

Strong wind gusts associated with a mountain wave developed across the MT-200 corridor December 9 into December 10. Winds gusted into the 70s mph in higher criteria zones along the Rocky Mountain Front, and into the upper 50s to lower 60s in lower criteria zones further east (Cascade and Judith Basin Counties).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1144799. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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