Western Railroad Discussion > Extreme winds MT

Forecast is winds Cut Bank to Great Falls of 65-80 mph, East Glacier has recorded a gust of 106 mph. It looks like BNSF is detouring stack trains eastbound now over MRL. Livingston to Billings will see high winds and snow especially in mountain areas.

From Libby to the Flathead Valley more than 8,100 people are without power mostly due to fallen trees across power lines. The Bitterroot Valley south of Missoula has towns (Lolo and Florence) shut down (shelter in place) due to trees across roads and streets, trees across homes and power lines.

All this may last through Sunday.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/01/20 14:24 by fbe.

Definitely extreme winds.  Info here https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2020/02/01/windy-you-say-100-plus-mph-gust-recorded-glacier-county-montana-browning-babb-great-falls/4633501002/

Strong dry cold front coming down CA coast tomorrow too.    gusts to 60, so they say....but not enough to affect any rail operations..

We've got gusts to 60 down on the desert as well.

Out 

hey callum,

it's been weird up here in k-town today.  this morning, it was windy in kingman canyon and then dead still in the hackberry area.  it is now very calm in kingman..........

66

It was windy all over the PNW today, but rain proved to be the worse problem in Western Washington and BC. Washouts and slides everywhere!

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

Winter Storm Warning posted in Ogden, Utah.  Can't wait for Summer!!

Strange, network weather people dont know about it, must be fake news, no they dont know we even exist for the most part ignoring anything much west of the great lakes. And about all those towns being shut down to most in them its just another winter soon in the books. Most have lived around the areas most of there lives and expect some problems every winter.   Hope all goes weil and there are few if any problems the people have due to it.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/02/20 05:24 by BAB.

If it's west of Chicago it doesn't exist, at least in their New York eyes.