Heavy Snow — Gallatin and Madison County Mountains and Centennial Mountains, Montana

2025-01-10 to 2025-01-11 · Gallatin and Madison County Mountains and Centennial Mountains, Montana

Event narrative

Snotel equipment at Shower Falls estimated 9 inches new snow over a 24 hour period ending 3 PM January 11.

Wider weather episode

Upper level troughing initially brought a round of strong winds across Central and North-central Montana before the event transitioned to a long duration snowfall event, mostly for the mountains and northerly upslope areas of Central Montana. Areas in the Bears Paw and around Lewistown received 2 feet of new snow or more.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1226760. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.