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Current Alerts for Joliet, MT: High Wind Watch

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 Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds