Winter Weather — Beaverhead and Western Madison Below 6000ft, Montana

2024-01-09 · Beaverhead and Western Madison Below 6000ft, Montana

Event narrative

Snow Squall. Snow and blowing snow reducing visibility to a quarter mile.

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 1194763. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.