Heavy Snow — Little Belt and Highwood Mountains, Montana

2024-05-01 to 2024-05-02 · Little Belt and Highwood Mountains, Montana

Event narrative

Snotel equipment at Onion Park estimated 9 inches new snow.

Wider weather episode

The latter of a few embedded shortwaves within a more broad trough across the west pivoted across the region within westerly flow aloft. Snow showers were the initial concern at higher elevation locations before a trowal pivoted southwestward toward the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountain Front. Eventually this better forcing shifted southeastward toward the Central Montana mountains.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1176072. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.