Weather Alerts for Montana

Recent Locations: Trail, MN Warren, VT Carter, MT

Current Alerts for Carter, MT: High Wind Warning

1. High Wind Warning for: Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine; Fergus County below 4500ft

2. High Wind Warning for: Crazy Mountains

3. 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

4. High Wind Warning for: Eastern Toole and Liberty; Eastern Pondera and Eastern Teton; Western and Central Chouteau County; Cascade County below 5000ft; Judith Basin County and Judith Gap; Upper Blackfoot and MacDonald Pass; Gates of the Mountains; Little Belt and Highwood Mountains; Helena Valley; Big Belt, Bridger and Castle Mountains; Meagher County Valleys; Elkhorn and Boulder Mountains

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

6. High Wind Warning for: Madison River Valley

7. High Wind Warning for: Northwest Beaverhead County; Beaverhead and Western Madison below 6000ft

8. High Wind Warning for: Southwest Phillips

9. Lake Wind Advisory for: Central and Southeast Phillips; Central and Southern Valley; Petroleum; Garfield; McCone

10. Wind Advisory for: Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains; Butte/Blackfoot Region

11. Wind Advisory for: Kootenai/Cabinet Region; Flathead/Mission Valleys; Lower Clark Fork Region

12. Wind Advisory for: Livingston Area; Beartooth Foothills

13. Wind Advisory for: Missoula/Bitterroot Valleys

14. Wind Advisory for: West Glacier Region; Potomac/Seeley Lake Region

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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Cumulonimbus Clouds Next Topic: Cumulus Clouds

The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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Weather Topic: What is Drizzle?

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Drizzle Next Topic: Evaporation

Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are smaller than raindrops.

Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle, a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface. Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can potentially result in hazardous road conditions.

Next Topic: Evaporation