Heavy Snow in Helena Valley, Montana

Heavy Snow January 3, 2025 · Helena Valley, Montana

What the National Weather Service wrote

A trained spotter and a cocorahs observation both reported 6 inches new snow 4 miles North of East Helena during the daytime of the 3rd.

The wider storm

A moist southwesterly flow aloft overrunning a cold surface airmass across much of the region resulted in a period of moderate to heavy snow January 3rd and 4th. Snow amounts added up to around a foot in several lower elevation locations before the event concluded.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1226617. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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