Weather Alerts for Montana

Recent Locations: Big Sky, MT

1. Flood Watch for: Mineral, MT

2. High Wind Watch for: Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains; Crazy Mountains

3. High Wind Watch for: Central and Southeast Phillips; Central and Southern Valley; Daniels; Sheridan; Western Roosevelt; Petroleum; Garfield; McCone; Richland; Dawson; Prairie; Wibaux; Northern Phillips; Northern Valley; Eastern Roosevelt

4. High Wind Watch for: East Glacier Park Region; Northern High Plains; Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera; Eastern Toole and Liberty; Southern Rocky Mountain Front; Southern High Plains; Eastern Pondera and Eastern Teton; Cascade County below 5000ft; Upper Blackfoot and MacDonald Pass; Gates of the Mountains

5. High Wind Watch for: 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; Little Belt and Highwood Mountains; Snowy and Judith Mountains; Big Belt, Bridger and Castle Mountains; Meagher County Valleys; Madison River Valley

6. High Wind Watch for: Judith Gap; Northern Sweet Grass; Melville Foothills; Southern Wheatland

7. High Wind Watch for: Livingston Area; Beartooth Foothills

8. High Wind Watch for: Musselshell; Treasure; Northern Rosebud; Custer; Fallon; Powder River; Carter; Northern Big Horn; Southern Rosebud; Southern Big Horn; Bighorn Canyon; Northern Carbon; Northeastern Yellowstone; Southwestern Yellowstone; Sheridan Foothills

9. High Wind Watch for: Northern Stillwater; Golden Valley

10. High Wind Watch for: Southwest Phillips

11. Wind Advisory for: Flathead/Mission Valleys

12. Wind Advisory for: Kootenai/Cabinet Region; Lower Clark Fork Region

13. Wind Advisory for: Livingston Area; Beartooth Foothills

14. Wind Advisory for: West Glacier Region

15. Winter Storm Watch for: Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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Cumulonimbus Clouds Next Topic: Cumulus Clouds

The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

Next Topic: Cumulus Clouds

Weather Topic: What is Drizzle?

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Drizzle Next Topic: Evaporation

Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are smaller than raindrops.

Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle, a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface. Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can potentially result in hazardous road conditions.

Next Topic: Evaporation