Montana
NWS: “Moderate” Risk of Hail Today Across NC Montana
A mammatus cloud passed over the KSEN/K96 studios in Shelby about an hour ago. That’s a cloud with what I would describe as a “bubbly texture” on the bottom. (I’m told whoever came up with the name “mammatus” thought the bumps looked like cows’ utters.) Mammatus clouds are often seen with thunderstorms, and indeed, our forecast for North Central Montana today does include the possibility of thunderstorms, and possibly even some hail.
The following information – and the hail-threat graphic above – are from the National Weather Service forecasters in Great Falls:
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected across most of North-central and Central Montana. Temperatures across North-central, Central, and Southwestern Montana will warm up to above average on Sunday.