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High Wind in Upper Blackfoot and Macdonald Pass, Montana
High Wind January 12, 2026 · Upper Blackfoot and Macdonald Pass, Montana
What the National Weather Service wrote
Mesonet station MTFPS Flesher Pass S-279 Mp 30.5 measured a 69 mph wind gust.
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 1304954. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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