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High Wind in Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera, Montana
High Wind February 26, 2026 · Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera, Montana
What the National Weather Service wrote
Montana mesonet station Buffalo Lake E measured two gusts of 58 mph or greater, including a peak gust of 61 mph. Additioally, two sensors at the SHelby Airport measured 58 mph gusts (AWOS KSBX and mesonet GW0664).
The wider storm
Strong zonal flow aloft combined with cold frontal passage, a strong pressure gradient, and ridgetop stability combined to result in an extended stretch of strong winds across the region February 26th into the 27th.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1317193. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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