Heavy Snow — Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine, Montana

2024-01-10 · Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine, Montana

Event narrative

Estimated 8 inches of new snow in the past 48 hours at Badger Pass SNOTEL.

Wider weather episode

A brief period of warm conditions accompanied strong to gusty southwesterly winds across much of North-central and Southwest Montana. An Arctic cold front arrived shortly after, which brought much colder temperatures and accumulating snow to much of the Treasure State, including snow squalls to portions of Southwest Montana.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1151346. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.