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A system is approaching this weekend that promises a massive temperature drop. According to model data, the temperature may drop some 30 to 40 degrees in 24 hours. An early breakdown of this event was just written by Pierce Larkin. Let’s be honest, a 30 to 40 degree temperature drop in 24 hours is pretty […]
Tag: Montana
Montana is the Weather Capital of the US Right Now
While the majority of the US is in no-man’s-land in terms of weather, Montana has been producing some incredible storms. When I say incredible, I mean incredible. Because the ridge has been so prevalent across the central and eastern portions of the US, Montana has been excellently placed within southwesterly mid and upper level flow. This […]
Dangerous Wind Chills in the Rockies
A strong cold front pushed south across portions of the northern United States last night and brought some wintry weather to parts of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. The cold front also ushered in a very cold air mass that is causing temperatures to plummet in the Rockies. As a result, a wide variety of wind […]
Weather Across the Nation
A wide array of weather is occurring across the lower 48. Take a look at some of the weather highlights over the last day. Flooding in Memphis this morning Pool expansion… RT @spencerdentonwx: Lauren Squires sent this pic of her backyard in Bartlett. pic.twitter.com/T4L2VojtIz #memflood #tnwx — MemphisWeather.net (@memphisweather1) September 11, 2014 Total Rainfall 8:34 […]
September Snow in Continental U.S.
Here is a word you probably haven’t heard in a while…snow. Even though it is way too early to begin thinking about snow in Kentucky, portions of Montana may get an early-season snowfall tonight. A winter weather advisory has been issued for portions of northern Montana along the Canadian border. This advisory is in effect […]
Spotting A Hail Core With Radar
As of this writing, there is a pretty large thunderstorm affecting portions of Montana. I’m going to use this storm to show you how meteorologists monitor radar for the development of hail. So, the above image is your basic base reflectivity image. This is what you generally see posted on social media, or what you […]
Satellite Captures Smoke in Western Canada.
NOAA satellites captured this impressive photo of dense smoke across western and central Canada yesterday. The red dots you see on the image are active wildfires in northwest Canada. Northwesterly winds helped to carry the areas of smoke south and east across Canada. Currently, the heaviest smoke is in the Northwest Territories, but the main […]
Active Afternoon In Big Sky Country
A supercell thunderstorm developed near Newcastle, Wyoming earlier this evening. It had very nice structure…see for yourself: Oh my. pic.twitter.com/cy6ksv7gex — Ian Livingston (@islivingston) May 18, 2014 Encapsulating… Storm SW of Newcastle WY. Tossing hail at us now pic.twitter.com/1LwlTKwiLu — Ian Livingston (@islivingston) May 18, 2014 Incredible striated supercell WSW of Newcastle, WY dropping baseball […]