High Wind — Southern Wheatland, Montana

2020-12-19 to 2020-12-20 · Southern Wheatland, Montana

Event narrative

Winds gusted to 70 mph at the Kilo RAWS site.

Wider weather episode

A strong jet stream moved across the Billings Forecast Area. Westerly winds aloft at 700mb were around 60-70kts. 850mb winds were also westerly about 40-50kts. Some of these winds aloft mixed to the surface which resulted in high wind gusts across the entire forecast area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 932084. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.