Weather Alerts for Montana
1. Blizzard Warning for: Little Belt and Highwood Mountains
2. High Wind Warning for: Central and Southeast Phillips; Central and Southern Valley; Petroleum; Garfield; Prairie; Southwest Phillips
3. High Wind Warning for: East Glacier Park Region; Northern High Plains; Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera; Southern Rocky Mountain Front; Southern High Plains
4. High Wind Warning for: Eastern Toole and Liberty; Hill County; Northern Blaine County; Western and Central Chouteau County; Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine; Judith Basin County and Judith Gap; Fergus County below 4500ft; Snowy and Judith Mountains
5. High Wind Warning for: Judith Gap; Livingston Area; Beartooth Foothills; Northern Sweet Grass; Melville Foothills; Southern Wheatland
6. High Wind Warning for: Little Belt and Highwood Mountains
7. High Wind Warning for: Musselshell; Northern Big Horn; Northeastern Yellowstone
8. High Wind Warning for: Northern Stillwater; Golden Valley; Southern Big Horn; Northern Carbon; Southwestern Yellowstone; Sheridan Foothills
9. High Wind Warning for: Powder River; Carter; Southern Rosebud
10. High Wind Warning for: Treasure; Northern Rosebud; Custer
11. High Wind Warning for: Upper Blackfoot and MacDonald Pass; Gates of the Mountains; Helena Valley; Big Belt, Bridger and Castle Mountains; Meagher County Valleys; Elkhorn and Boulder Mountains; Canyon Ferry Area
12. Hydrologic Outlook for: Garfield, MT; McCone, MT; Petroleum, MT; Phillips, MT; Prairie, MT; Valley, MT
13. Lake Wind Advisory for: Flathead/Mission Valleys
14. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Carter, MT; Fallon, MT
15. Wind Advisory for: Butte/Blackfoot Region
16. Winter Storm Warning for: East Glacier Park Region
17. Winter Storm Warning for: Snowy and Judith Mountains; Big Belt, Bridger and Castle Mountains
18. Winter Storm Warning for: Southern Rocky Mountain Front
19. Winter Weather Advisory for: Butte/Blackfoot Region
20. Winter Weather Advisory for: Cascade County below 5000ft; Judith Basin County and Judith Gap; Fergus County below 4500ft
21. Winter Weather Advisory for: Eastern Toole and Liberty; Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine
22. Winter Weather Advisory for: Upper Blackfoot and MacDonald Pass; Elkhorn and Boulder Mountains; Gallatin and Madison County Mountains and Centennial Mountains
23. Winter Weather Advisory for: West Glacier Region
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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?
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Next Topic: Snow
Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary
components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones,
and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and
therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.
The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be
wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer
layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air
it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water
droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is
freezing rain.
Next Topic: Snow
Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?
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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds
Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their
fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.
A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure
the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally
an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a
stratocumulus cloud.
It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do
it is usually a light rain or snow.
Next Topic: Stratus Clouds