Winter Weather — East Glacier Park Region, Montana

2024-12-07 to 2024-12-08 · East Glacier Park Region, Montana

Event narrative

Snotel equipment at Badger Pass estimated a chance in snow depth of 10 inches between 11 AM 12/7 and 5 PM 12/8. No impacts were observed with this localized heavy snow.

Wider weather episode

An upper level ridge across the Northern Rockies was flattened by a potent shortwave over Dec 6-8 timeframe. Initially stout zonal mid-level flow was aided by a strengthening pressure gradient to result in quite a few strong winds gusts over the multi-day period. Adequate moistures resulted in locally heavy snow along the Rocky Mountain Front and into Central Montana by Dec 9.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1221618. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.