high wind warning

Portions of Montana's are getting pummeled with nasty winds Tuesday. A High Wind Warning is currently in effect for some counties and High Wind Watches are in effect for others. Some areas to the west are also dealing with dangerous avalanche conditions.

Saturday and Sunday will very unpleasant at times for Montana travel, especially through almost all of our mountain passes and high elevation in general. Heavy bands of snow combined with 50+ MPH winds are expected at times which will drop visibility to near zero. Conditions are going to fluctuate rapidly in dozens of Montana counties.

Extremely gusty winds and high temperatures will create dangerous conditions across most of Montana throughout Monday. Expect wind gusts up to 65 MPH and temperatures in the 90s and triple digits.

Whoa. Cut Bank, Browning, Heart Butte, and Choteau are going to see some crazy wind gusts through Friday morning. Please use extra caution if you're traveling through any of these areas.

A High Wind Warning is affecting several counties in northern Montana through Friday night with gusty winds of 60 to 75 mph in towns like Shelby and Havre.

Extremely gusty winds up to 65 mph will plague north central Montana near Great Falls with a High Wind Warning in effect. Downed trees and power outages are expected.

Use extreme caution in the Livingston area through Wednesday morning as dangerous wind gusts are possible, up to 75 MPH.

Much of northern Montana is under a High Wind Warning until Monday night with EXTREMELY gusty winds possible, up to 70 MPH. Travel conditions could be hazardous at times.

Blowing and drifting snow will be an issue for the Helena, Montana area until Monday afternoon with extremely gusty winds possible.

Extremely high winds continue across Western Montana and mountain areas could receive well over a foot of snow this weekend. Details here: