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

High Wind January 16, 2025 · Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera, Montana

81 mph

Measured gust (70 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Multiple stations in this zone measured sustained winds and gusts reaching criteria, including ASOS station KCTB Cut Bank Airport, which measured a peak gust of 80 mph.

The wider storm

An upper level ridge was broken down across the region, resulting in strong zonal flow aloft. These stronger winds aloft were translated to the surface along the Rocky Mountain Front, adjacent plains, and across portions of the MT-200 corridor.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1240214. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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