This is a continuation of the January 31st High Wind Event. Strong winds from this event lingered into the early morning hours on February 1st in Dawson County.
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The episode as NWS GGW wrote it up.
This is a continuation of the January 31st High Wind Event. Strong winds from this event lingered into the early morning hours on February 1st in Dawson County.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Glasgow, MT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 31, 8:37 PM MST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Glasgow MT 837 PM MST Mon Jan 31 2022 .DISCUSSION... Going forecast in good shape but wind gusts are flirting with High Wind criteria for Valley county with gusts here at GGW in the mid 50s. Counties remaining in the warning into much of the night looks good. Light snow over the central zones will probably dissipate soon and have little impact except for slightly lower visibility. TFJ Previous Discussion... Afternoon Update (2130Z): Outside of the next 24 hours, the forecast remains relatively untouched and the same as the morning. In the near term, observations have shown that winds are definitely more enhanced than had been previously thought, and with precipitation falling right along the front and with these winds, visibility reduction has been a concern. It was decided that at least for several hours into the overnight, the entire region needed a High Wind Warning. Once the overnight hours commence, the western half of the region begins to show slowing winds, while the eastern half of the region is likely to get further wind enhancement as the low pressure center (currently lagging a bit behind the cold front) swings closer and through to the east. As had been the thought from the last several days, Wind Chills will be a concern tonight and through tomorrow, especially with such high winds. Thus a Wind Chill Advisory was needed for much of the northern and eastern areas through around noon Monday. Likely, this is just the first of multiple days of Wind Chill Advisory or Warning for northeast Montana. Cliff PREVIOUS DISCUSSION: Shortwave trof moving through the northern Rockies this morning with lee low beginning to shift east from Alberta. As the system continues moving east today, cold air will begin to spill across the border into Montana. Tightening pressure gradient and cold air advection along with 50+ kt 700mb jet will bring strong post frontal winds into Montana. Guidance all still suggestive of wind gusts near but not necessarily over 55 mph. The most likely areas to meet High Wind Criteria for a sustained period continue to be southwest Phillips county and to a lesser extent Petroleum county where High Wind Warning is already in effect. The other location is Sheridan county due to proximity to surface low during the evening hours. So have expanded warning to the northeast corner of the state. The remainder of the zones have some potential for meeting criteria but it is much more limited. Warm front pushing across eastern Montana this morning with some radar echoes in the vicinity of the front. Observations under the echoes suggest little if any precipitation is making it to the ground, but this could change as the front moves east through the morning. As the cold front drops south this afternoon another round of precipitation is possible. The first round of precipitation will be mostly rain, although some colder temperatures in the northeast could result in freezing rain or snow. The second round will be snow or will quickly transition to snow as the cold air spills south. QPE/Snow amounts with both rounds will be generally light. Temperatures will be in free fall behind the front, dropping below zero on Tuesday night, with little recovery on Wednesday. Wind chill advisories are expected to be needed perhaps as soon as Tuesday morning. Ridge begins to build across the west coast on Thursday with temperatures starting to rebound over Montana. Ensemble data suggest this warming trend will extend into the weekend. RAE && .AVIATION... UPDATED: 0335z The last heavy snowshowers have exited the area to our east and now we wait for these strong NW winds to diminish. They will gradually overnight from west to east. Weather the next few days look ok for flying, just cold with wind chills and temperatures not getting much above zero. TFJ && .GLASGOW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Chill Advisory from midnight tonight to noon MST Tuesday for Central and Southern Valley...Daniels...Dawson...Eastern Roosevelt...McCone...Northern Phillips...Northern Valley... Prairie...Richland...Sheridan...Western Roosevelt...Wibaux. High Wind Warning until 3 AM MST Tuesday for Daniels...Dawson... Eastern Roosevelt...McCone...Prairie...Richland...Sheridan... Western Roosevelt...Wibaux. && weather.gov/glasgow
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
715 PM MST MON JAN 31 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0702 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 W BLOOMFIELD 47.42N 104.96W
01/31/2022 M66 MPH DAWSON MT MESONET
MESONET STATION GW0525 BLOOMFIELD.
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TFJPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GLASGOW MT
736 PM MST MON JAN 31 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0654 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 12 WSW NOHLY 47.92N 104.33W
01/31/2022 M63 MPH RICHLAND MT MESONET
MESONET STATION 302004 15 SSW BAINVILLE.
0602 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 S COMERTOWN 48.81N 104.25W
01/31/2022 M62 MPH SHERIDAN MT MESONET
MESONET STATION MTCOM 6.0 S COMERTOWN (MT
DOT).
0332 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 ESE ZORTMAN 47.91N 108.50W
01/31/2022 M62 MPH PHILLIPS MT MESONET
MESONET STATION ALDM8 ZORTMAN 1E.
0515 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 5 W VAN NORMAN 47.35N 106.49W
01/31/2022 M62 MPH GARFIELD MT MESONET
MESONET STATION MTM88 JORDAN E.
1258 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 WNW JORDAN 47.33N 106.95W
01/31/2022 M61 MPH GARFIELD MT ASOS
ASOS STATION KJDN JORDAN.
0630 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 NE SAINT MARIE 48.41N 106.52W
01/31/2022 M60 MPH VALLEY MT MESONET
MESONET STATION 07MT 1.0 NE SAINT MARIE
(GGWWFO).
0720 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 S DOOLEY 48.83N 104.38W
01/31/2022 M60 MPH SHERIDAN MT MESONET
MESONET STATION 242454 3 S DOOLEY.
0718 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 NNW SPROLE 48.13N 105.07W
01/31/2022 M60 MPH ROOSEVELT MT MESONET
MESONET STATION POPM8 POPLAR RAWS.
0415 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 11 N VANDALIA 48.51N 106.91W
01/31/2022 M59 MPH VALLEY MT MESONET
MESONET STATION MTM34 10.9 N VANDALIA
(MT-MESO).
0655 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 ENE PLENTYWOOD 48.78N 104.52W
01/31/2022 M58 MPH SHERIDAN MT AWOS
AWOS STATION KPWD PLENTYWOOD.
0631 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 9 SW BREDETTE 48.43N 105.44W
01/31/2022 M58 MPH ROOSEVELT MT MESONET
MESONET STATION 269001 8 WSW BREDETTE.
0530 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 NW SIDNEY 47.78N 104.25W
01/31/2022 M58 MPH RICHLAND MT MESONET
MESONET STATION MTM10 6.3 NW SIDNEY
(MT-MESO).
1145 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 ESE WAGNER 48.35N 108.00W
01/31/2022 M58 MPH PHILLIPS MT MESONET
MESONET STATION MTM69 3.6 E WAGNER
(MT-MESO).
0650 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 E FORT PECK 48.01N 106.40W
01/31/2022 M58 MPH MCCONE MT MESONET
MESONET STATION GGWFP 2.4 E FORT PECK
(GGWWFO).
0540 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 N NAVAJO 48.81N 105.06W
01/31/2022 M58 MPH DANIELS MT MESONET
MESONET STATION MTRED 1.3 N NAVAJO (MT DOT).
&&The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
At the Lindsay Divide MT-200 DOT site and the GW0525 Bloomfield mesonet site in Dawson County, sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph were sporadic and brief from midnight into the early morning hours.
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