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High Wind in Southern High Plains, Montana

High Wind August 27, 2024 – August 28, 2024 · Southern High Plains, Montana

68 mph
Measured gust (59 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

RAWS station TR276 L-C Portable No. 1 measured two gusts in excess of 60 mph, including a max gust of 68 mph.

The wider storm

An upper level wave brought a cold front and associated stronger winds aloft to the region the evening of the 27th through the early morning on the 29th. After the front, a pressure gradient developed along the Rocky Mountain Front that helped keep stronger winds going into the 28th, which prompted High Wind Warnings. A few rouge strong wind gusts were observed across the plains east of the warning into the 29th, but were too few and far in between to warrant widespread High Wind Warnings. Additionally, snow level dropped just enough to result in a period of heavy snow at Logan Pass behind the front on the 28th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1204131. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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