Blizzard in Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera, Montana

ASOS station KCTB Cut Bank Airport. Blizzard conditions began at 10:30am and lasted until 12:45pm MST, with frequent wind gusts between 35 to 45 mph. Montana Department of Transportation reported severe driving conditions on I-15, with emergency travel only enacted between Shelby and the International Border.

A complex, multi-day weather system moved across the region bringing rounds of wind, snow, and when combined, blizzard conditions. Strong winds aloft brought a round of high winds to the region beginning late on the 11th through the 12th. A low pressure system with a cold front pushed south through the 12th, ending the high wind threat, but bringing a heavy snow threat to the mountains and lower elevations of North-Central MT. The front then stalled, continuing periods of heavy snow through the 14th when gusty winds developed across the I-15 and MT Highway 200 corridor which led to blizzard conditions.