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High Wind in Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera, Montana

High Wind January 7, 2025 – January 8, 2025 · Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera, Montana

70 mph

Measured gust (61 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

ASOS station KCTB Cut Bank Airport measured multiple gusts in excess of 58 mph in addition to several spells of high sustained winds (40 mph averaged over an hour or more). Additionally, the Sunburst DOT site and Shelby Airport also measured strong gusts and sustained winds.

The wider storm

Upper level ridging across the Northern Rockies was broken down by a shortwave dropping SE from Canada. Strong winds aloft combined with an increasing pressure gradient resulted in a few areas of high winds, mostly in and around Cut Bank.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1228225. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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