Weather Alerts for Montana

Recent Locations: Butte, MT

1. 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

2. High Wind Warning for: Judith Gap; Northern Sweet Grass; Melville Foothills; Southern Wheatland

3. High Wind Watch for: Cascade County below 5000ft; Judith Basin County and Judith Gap; Fergus County below 4500ft

4. High Wind Watch for: Crazy Mountains

5. High Wind Watch for: Eastern Toole and Liberty; Hill County; Northern Blaine County; Eastern Pondera and Eastern Teton; Upper Blackfoot and MacDonald Pass; Gates of the Mountains; Little Belt and Highwood Mountains; Snowy and Judith Mountains; Helena Valley; Big Belt, Bridger and Castle Mountains; Meagher County Valleys; Elkhorn and Boulder Mountains; Canyon Ferry Area; Missouri Headwaters; Gallatin Valley

6. High Wind Watch for: Kootenai/Cabinet Region; West Glacier Region; Flathead/Mission Valleys; Lower Clark Fork Region; Missoula/Bitterroot Valleys; Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains; Butte/Blackfoot Region; Potomac/Seeley Lake Region

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

8. High Wind Watch for: Musselshell

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

10. High Wind Watch for: Southwest Phillips

11. High Wind Watch for: Western and Central Chouteau County; Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine

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Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds

Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes (between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes water vapor to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.

In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrus Clouds

Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.

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