UPDATE: High Wind Warning for Northern Sweetgrass – 60mph Gusts

Areas around Big Timber, Montana will experience VERY STRONG wind gusts this evening. Gusts of 60 mph will occur, which may make travel hazardous at times.

According to the National Weather Service:

HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT...

RESIDENTIAL HAZARDS... UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRAMPOLINES CAN BE BLOWN AWAY AND BECOME AIRBORNE. CONSTRUCTION WORK IN PROGRESS SHOULD BE SECURED.

TRAVEL IMPACTS... STRONG NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON INTERSTATES 90 AND 94 AND US HIGHWAYS 12... 87... 89... 191... 212 AND 310.

WIND SPEEDS... GUSTS AROUND 60-65 MPH CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.

TIMING... STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY LATE THIS EVENING.