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High Wind in Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine, Montana
High Wind January 23, 2025 · Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine, Montana
What the National Weather Service wrote
ASOS station KCTB Cut Bank Airport measured a 60 mph gust. The ASOS also measured high sustained winds averaging 40+ mph over at least an hour. Additional sensors in this zone also measured criteria winds/gusts.
The wider storm
Upper level troughing diving southeastward from the Gulf of Alaska brought a period of zonal to slightly northwesterly flow aloft to the region January 23. A strong ridgetop inversion allowed for mountain wave activity to develop, which in combination with an increased pressure gradient and cross barrier flow resulted in gusty winds along the Rocky Mountain Front out to Cut Bank.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1240223. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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