Weather Alerts for Montana

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Current Alerts for Sand Coulee, MT: Cold Weather Advisory

1. Avalanche Warning for: Kootenai/Cabinet Region; West Glacier Region

2. Blizzard Warning for: Daniels; Sheridan; Western Roosevelt; Eastern Roosevelt

3. Cold Weather Advisory for: Central and Southeast Phillips; Southwest Phillips

4. Cold Weather Advisory for: East Glacier Park Region; Northern High Plains; Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera; Eastern Toole and Liberty

5. Cold Weather Advisory for: Hill County; Northern Blaine County; Southern Rocky Mountain Front; Southern High Plains; Eastern Pondera and Eastern Teton; Western and Central Chouteau County; Bears Paw Mountains and Southern Blaine; Cascade County below 5000ft; Upper Blackfoot and MacDonald Pass; Gates of the Mountains

6. Cold Weather Advisory for: Northern Phillips; Northern Valley

7. Extreme Cold Warning for: East Glacier Park Region; Northern High Plains; Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera; Eastern Toole and Liberty

8. High Wind Warning for: McCone; Dawson; Prairie

9. Winter Weather Advisory for: Big Belt, Bridger and Castle Mountains; Missouri Headwaters; Madison River Valley; Gallatin Valley; Beaverhead and Western Madison below 6000ft

10. Winter Weather Advisory for: Bitterroot/Sapphire Mountains

11. Winter Weather Advisory for: Flathead/Mission Valleys

12. Winter Weather Advisory for: Kootenai/Cabinet Region

13. Winter Weather Advisory for: Lower Clark Fork Region

14. Winter Weather Advisory for: Musselshell; Treasure; Northern Rosebud; Custer; Northern Stillwater; Powder River; Carter; Golden Valley; Northern Big Horn; Southern Rosebud; Southern Big Horn; Bighorn Canyon; Northeastern Yellowstone; Southwestern Yellowstone; Sheridan Foothills

15. Winter Weather Advisory for: Northern Park; Judith Gap; Paradise Valley; Livingston Area; Beartooth Foothills; Northern Sweet Grass; Melville Foothills; Southern Wheatland

16. Winter Weather Advisory for: Northwest Beaverhead County; Ruby Mountains and Southern Beaverhead Mountains; Gallatin and Madison County Mountains and Centennial Mountains

17. Winter Weather Advisory for: Pryor/Northern Bighorn Mountains; Northeast Bighorn Mountains

18. Winter Weather Advisory for: Red Lodge Foothills; Southeastern Carbon; Northern Carbon

19. Winter Weather Advisory for: Richland

20. Winter Weather Advisory for: West Glacier Region

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrus Clouds

Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Next Topic: Contrails

Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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