Weather Alerts for Montana
1. High Wind Watch for: Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains; Crazy Mountains
2. High Wind Watch for: Butte/Blackfoot Region
3. High Wind Watch for: East Glacier Park Region; Northern High Plains; Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera; Eastern Toole and Liberty; Southern Rocky Mountain Front; Southern High Plains; 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; Canyon Ferry Area; Missouri Headwaters; Madison River Valley; Gallatin Valley; Northwest Beaverhead County; Beaverhead and Western Madison below 6000ft; Ruby Mountains and Southern Beaverhead Mountains; Gallatin and Madison County Mountains and Centennial Mountains
4. High Wind Watch for: Hill County; Northern Blaine County; Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine; Fergus County below 4500ft; Snowy and Judith Mountains
5. High Wind Watch for: Kootenai/Cabinet Region
6. High Wind Watch for: Livingston Area; Beartooth Foothills
7. High Wind Watch for: Lower Clark Fork Region
8. High Wind Watch for: Musselshell; Red Lodge Foothills; Northern Big Horn; Southern Big Horn; Southeastern Carbon; Bighorn Canyon; Northern Carbon; Northeastern Yellowstone; Southwestern Yellowstone; Sheridan Foothills
9. High Wind Watch for: Northern Park; Paradise Valley
10. High Wind Watch for: Northern Stillwater; Golden Valley; Judith Gap; Northern Sweet Grass; Melville Foothills; Southern Wheatland
11. High Wind Watch for: Pryor/Northern Bighorn Mountains; Northeast Bighorn Mountains
12. High Wind Watch for: Treasure; Northern Rosebud; Custer; Fallon; Powder River; Carter; Southern Rosebud
13. Winter Storm Watch for: Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains
14. Winter Storm Watch for: East Glacier Park Region; Southern Rocky Mountain Front
15. Winter Storm Watch for: West Glacier Region
16. Winter Weather Advisory for: Southern Big Horn; Sheridan Foothills
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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Nimbostratus Clouds
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A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless,
smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud,
because it is thicker.
Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat
of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate
before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.
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Weather Topic: What is Rain?
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Next Topic: Shelf Clouds
Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain.
Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period
of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.
Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency
depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have
an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island.
Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of
cities is 30% greater.
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