Heavy Snow — Missouri Headwaters, Montana

2024-02-15 to 2024-02-16 · Missouri Headwaters, Montana

Event narrative

A trained spotter reports 6 inches event total snow. Start, end, and verification time are estimations.

Wider weather episode

A compact H500 upper low opened into a wave as it moved from the Pac NW toward the Northern Rockies. Although weakening, this system still resulted in impressive lift through the DGZ, resulting in heavy snow across portions of the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1153715. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.