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High Wind in Southern Rocky Mountain Front, Montana
High Wind December 8, 2025 – December 9, 2025 · Southern Rocky Mountain Front, Montana
What the National Weather Service wrote
A personal weather device at Upper Elk Creek measured a 72 mph gust. Additionally, the Gleason RAWS GSNM8 measured a 61 mph gust.
The wider storm
Strong zonal flow coinciding with the passage of a shortwave trough was translated to the surface, primarily during the evening of the 8th and into the 9th over the plains and adjacent areas. The strongest winds were more isolated east of I-15 over the plains, but did occur.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1299066. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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