BOZEMAN – A powerful Pacific storm is passing through Montana Wednesday and quickly heading east tonight. The good news is the incredible wind gusts will slowly subside overnight and hopefully will be gone Thursday.
High Wind Warnings continue through 9 pm for most of SW Montana and there is still a good chance that occasional peak gusts could hit 60 mph.
Considerable areas of blowing snow and nearly zero visibility have impacted Big Hole Pass near Dillon and Monida Pass on I-15 Wednesday afternoon. Travle in these areas are not recommended for the rest of today.
Local storm reports across SW Montana for peak wind gusts are as follows (as of 1 pm Wednesday):
Butte 41 mph
Wisdom 59 mph
Jackson 61 mph
Glen 68 mph
Garrison 60 mph
Whitehall 58 mph
Boulder 57 mph
Pony 65 mph
Harrison 57 mph
Logan 60 mph
Belgrade/Bozeman 60 mph
Gallatin Gateway 60 mph
West Yellowstone 58 mph
Livingston 72 mph
Mt. Sentinel (near Missoula) 125 mph
