Weather Alerts for Montana

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1. High Wind Warning for: Central and Southeast Phillips; Central and Southern Valley; Petroleum; Garfield; Northern Phillips; Southwest Phillips; Northern Valley

2. High Wind Warning for: Daniels; Sheridan; Western Roosevelt; McCone; Richland; Dawson; Prairie; Wibaux; Eastern Roosevelt

3. High Wind Warning for: Eastern Toole and Liberty; Hill County; Northern Blaine County; Western and Central Chouteau County; Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine; Fergus County below 4500ft

4. High Wind Warning for: Red Lodge Foothills

5. Red Flag Warning for: Fort Peck Reservation and Daniels/Roosevelt/Sheridan Counties; Dawson/McCone/Prairie/Richland/Wibaux Counties; Northern Valley and Northern Phillips Counties; The Little Rockies; The Lower Missouri River Breaks including the Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge; Southern Petroleum and Southern Garfield Counties

6. Red Flag Warning for: Northern Rosebud/Northern Treasure Counties; Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation/Ashland Ranger District Custer Natl Forest; Custer County; Sioux Ranger District Custer National Forest

7. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: Daniels, MT; McCone, MT; Richland, MT; Roosevelt, MT; Sheridan, MT

8. Special Weather Statement for: Central and Southern Valley; Daniels; Sheridan; Western Roosevelt; Garfield; McCone; Richland; Northern Valley; Eastern Roosevelt

9. Special Weather Statement for: Northern Blaine County

10. Special Weather Statement for: Northern Rosebud; Custer

11. Wind Advisory for: Livingston Area; Beartooth Foothills

12. Winter Storm Warning for: Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains

13. Winter Storm Warning for: Crazy Mountains

14. Winter Storm Warning for: Gallatin and Madison County Mountains and Centennial Mountains

15. Winter Storm Warning for: Judith Basin County and Judith Gap

16. Winter Storm Warning for: Little Belt and Highwood Mountains

17. Winter Weather Advisory for: Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine; Fergus County below 4500ft; Snowy and Judith Mountains

18. Winter Weather Advisory for: Big Belt, Bridger and Castle Mountains

19. Winter Weather Advisory for: Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains

20. Winter Weather Advisory for: Butte/Blackfoot Region

21. Winter Weather Advisory for: Canyon Ferry Area; Missouri Headwaters; Madison River Valley; Beaverhead and Western Madison below 6000ft

22. Winter Weather Advisory for: Cascade County below 5000ft

23. Winter Weather Advisory for: East Glacier Park Region; Northern High Plains

24. Winter Weather Advisory for: Gallatin Valley

25. Winter Weather Advisory for: Helena Valley

26. Winter Weather Advisory for: Northern Valley

27. Winter Weather Advisory for: Potomac/Seeley Lake Region

28. Winter Weather Advisory for: Southern Rocky Mountain Front; Upper Blackfoot and MacDonald Pass; Gates of the Mountains; Elkhorn and Boulder Mountains; Northwest Beaverhead County; Ruby Mountains and Southern Beaverhead Mountains

29. Winter Weather Advisory for: West Glacier Region

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Next Topic: Rain

Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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