Heavy Snow — Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine, Montana

2025-01-10 to 2025-01-12 · Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine, Montana

Event narrative

Snotel equipment, the public, and a trained spotter all reported at least 9 inches new snow, including a peak report of 30 inches from the trained spotter 7 miles SE of Rocky Boy in the Bears Paw.

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 1226761. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.