Weather Alerts for Montana

Recent Locations: Butte, MT

1. High Wind Warning for: Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains

2. High Wind Warning for: Cascade County below 5000ft; Fergus County below 4500ft

3. High Wind Warning for: Crazy Mountains

4. 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

5. High Wind Warning for: Eastern Toole and Liberty; Hill County; Northern Blaine County; Eastern Pondera and Eastern Teton; Western and Central Chouteau County; Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine; Upper Blackfoot and MacDonald Pass; Gates of the Mountains; Little Belt and Highwood Mountains; Snowy and Judith Mountains; Helena Valley

6. High Wind Warning for: Judith Basin County and Judith Gap

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

8. High Wind Warning for: Livingston Area; Beartooth Foothills

9. High Wind Warning for: Musselshell

10. High Wind Warning for: Northern Stillwater; Golden Valley

11. High Wind Warning for: Southwest Phillips

12. High Wind Warning for: West Glacier Region

13. High Wind Watch for: Big Belt, Bridger and Castle Mountains; Meagher County Valleys; Elkhorn and Boulder Mountains; Canyon Ferry Area; Missouri Headwaters; Gallatin Valley

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

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Weather Topic: What are Altocumulus Clouds?

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Similar to cirrocumulus clouds, altocumulus clouds are characterized by cloud patches. They are distinguished by larger cloudlets than cirrocumulus clouds but are still smaller than stratocumulus clouds.

Altocumulus clouds most commonly form in middle altitudes (between 2 and 5 km) and may resemble, at times, the shape of a flying saucer. These uncommon formations, called altocumulus lenticularis, are created by uplift in the atmosphere and are most often seen in close proximity to mountains.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrostratus Clouds

Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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