Billings dodged the heavier snowfall on Thursday (10/22), with between two and three inches of accumulation reported in most parts of Yellowstone County as of this morning,
Looking out the windows west of Billings from the top floor of the Doubletree Hotel I said to Pence, "It looks like an Iraqi dust storm out there." You could not only hear the wind howling, you could see it.
A snowstorm is expected to bring more than a foot of snow to parts of Montana and create difficult driving conditions for people traveling for Thanksgiving.
Storm watchers had a treat on Saturday night into Sunday morning as spectacular thunderstorms moved through western Montana dishing out an amazing amount of lightning and thunder.
How cold did it get this week? According to the National Weather Service in Glasgow, a spotter near Opheim recorded a wind chill approaching 70 below zero!