Tight pressure gradients across the Beartooth/Absaroka Mountain Foothills resulted in high winds across the area. especially in the Livingston and Nye areas.
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The episode as NWS BYZ wrote it up.
Tight pressure gradients across the Beartooth/Absaroka Mountain Foothills resulted in high winds across the area. This resulted in the recent fresh snow cover to significantly blow and drift...especially in the Livingston and Nye areas. Visibilities near zero at times combined with large snow drifts resulted in I-90 in the Livingston area being closed for nearly two days.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Ground Blizzard conditions with near zero visibilities and drifting snow occurred on Highway 191.
Blizzard conditions as a result of sustained winds of 50 mph with gusts to 72 mph were reported in the Livingston area. I-90 was closed due to severe blowing and drifting snow.
Sustained winds of 45 mph with gusts to 65 mph resulted in near zero visibilities at the Stillwater Mine.
Ground Blizzard conditions with near zero visibilities were reported around Big Timber. I-90 was drifted over and the plows could not keep up with the drifting.
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