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High Wind in Little Belt and Highwood Mountains, Montana
High Wind December 16, 2025 · Little Belt and Highwood Mountains, Montana
What the National Weather Service wrote
Mesonet station MTMON Monarch Canyon and RAWS station SFJM8 South Fork Judith measured gusts in excess of 58 mph, including a peak gust of 63 mph at Monarch Canyon.
The wider storm
Strong zonal flow ahead of an initial shortwave during the afternoon of the 15th was translated to the surface through early on the 16th. These winds were stronger and more widespread than the previous event a day prior, but paled in comparison to the winds that developed just a day or so later on the 17th.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1303308. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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