High Wind in Northern High Plains, Montana

High Wind March 8, 2025 – March 9, 2025 · Northern High Plains, Montana

76 mph

Measured gust (66 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Dog Gun Lake Montana Mesonet measured a 76 mph wind gust and high sustained winds. Mesonet station MTBWG Browning, Mesonet station MTBRN Two Medicine Bridge, Mesonet station WETM8 Wetzel NE, and DYRM8 Dupuyer N Montana Mesonet reported high wind gusts and high sustained winds. Additionally, Mesonet station SHBM Browning reported a high wind gust.

The wider storm

A break down in the upper-level ridge brought strong mid-level winds and a strengthening pressure gradient across the Continental Divide. This brought strong surface winds to the Rocky Mountain Front, with these winds spreading out further east over time.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1237904. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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