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High Wind in Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera, Montana
High Wind January 11, 2026 – January 12, 2026 · Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera, Montana
What the National Weather Service wrote
ASOS station KCTB Cut Bank Airport measured a 69 mph wind gust an averaged a high sustained wind of 41 mph on the 11th between 7:50 PM and 8:50PM MST. A few other stations also reported high wind gusts and sustained winds during this period. There was also a public report of a trailer tipped over 9 NW of Ledger.
The wider storm
An upper-level disturbance moving through the region brought strong winds aloft and strengthened the surface pressure gradient along the Rocky Mountain Front. This brought a period of high winds to the Rocky Mountain Front on the 11th. These stronger winds aloft progressed east across the plains on the 12th, which brought high winds to North-Central MT, primarily along the Montana Highway 200 Corridor.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1304946. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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