High pressure aloft, combined with a very tight north/south pressure gradient, resulted in very high wind gusts across the immediate Livingston area. These winds, combined with fresh snow cover from a winter storm a few days prior, resulted in blizzard conditions.
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The episode as NWS BYZ wrote it up.
High pressure aloft, combined with a very tight north/south pressure gradient, resulted in very high wind gusts across the immediate Livingston area. These winds, combined with fresh snow cover from a winter storm a few days prior, resulted in blizzard conditions.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Ground blizzard conditions occurred. Winds gusted into the lower 70s mph. Interstate 90 was shut down for a period of time.
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