A cold front blew into Montana, dropping temperatures my more than 40 degrees in less than 24 hours, reported the Newsweek on September 18.
Parts of Montana had been experiencing record for the date high temperatures before the storm front blew in. Baker, Montana on the state’s eastern border near North Dakota, saw its temperature drop from the 90s to the 50s in less than a day.
The NWS reported that the same cold front brought stormy weather, dropping heavy rain in some areas and deep snow in others.
“The storm has already produced up to 8 inches of snow in the higher elevations of the Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains west of Baker,” Newsweek wrote. “‘Heavy wet snow occurring,’ the NWS said when issuing Winter Storm Warning. “‘Additional snow accumulations up to two inches. … Winds gusting as high as 50 mph,’ the NWS continued.
“‘Recreation in the high country will be impacted by heavy accumulating snow,’” said the NWS warning, according to Newsweek.