High Wind — Fergus County Below 4500ft, Montana
2024-04-06 · Fergus County Below 4500ft, Montana
51 MG
Magnitude
Event narrative
AWOS station K1OM Oscar measured a 59 mph gust.
Wider weather episode
A negatively tilted longwave trough with an associated closed low lifted NE from ID toward the northern US. Gulf moisture was drawn northwestward across eastern portions of the plains thanks to a developing surface low across the Great Plains. Isentropic ascent and favorable upper level dynamics related in a band of snow, impacting Fergus county the greatest. mid level northwesterly flow resulted in a single wind gust in excess of 58 mph in eastern Fergus county, where snow was less impactful.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1161964. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.