Winter Storm in Beartooth Foothills, Montana

Winter Storm February 2, 2020 – February 3, 2020 · Beartooth Foothills, Montana

What the National Weather Service wrote

Snowfall of 5 to 12 inches occurred across the area.

The wider storm

After temperatures in the 60s on the 1st, a strong cold front moved across the forecast area on the 2nd. A moist, northeasterly upslope flow developed behind the front. This upslope flow, combined with an upper level disturbance moving within an unstable northwest flow aloft, resulted in heavy snow across portions of the Billings Forecast Area. The heaviest snow occurred along the Beartooth/Absaroka and Big Horn Mountain Foothills.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 871267. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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