National Weather Service issues High Winds Warning

The National Weather Service has issued a High Winds Warning for Tuesday as Havre starts a week of plummeting temperatures and high chances of snow, the area's unseasonable warmth appearing to come to an end.

National Weather Service in Great Falls put out a warning this morning to central, north-central and southwest Montana saying there will likely be winds of between 35 and 45 miles per hour with gusts of up to 65 miles per hour between noon and midnight Tuesday.

The warning says travel could be difficult, particularly for high profile vehicles and people should be extremely cautious.

"People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind," the warning said.

Havre specifically is predicted to get winds between 23 and 33 miles per hour, with gusts as high as 50 miles per hour after noon that day, decreasing to between 17 and 22 miles per hour after midnight, though gusts could remain as high at 43 miles per hour.

Wind speeds are expected to vary across the affected area of Montana.

As for temperatures and precipitation, National Weather Service reports that Havre got just under two inches of snow, though some of the surrounding areas only got around one inch.

Havre's low hit minus 6 Sunday night.

Today, the Weather Service is predicting a mostly sunny day with a high of 27 and a low of 14, with a wind chill as low as -20.

During the day, winds coming from the south will be between 9 and 14 miles per hour, with gusts of up to 21 miles per hour, calming to about 11 miles per hour tonight.

Despite a predicted high of 43 Tuesday, there is a high chance of snow before 11 a.m. as the high wind warning goes into effect.

Weather Service predicts new accumulation of less than a half inch during the day.

Tuesday night will see a low of 5, with a wind chill of -5, as well as a high chance of snow with a predicted new accumulation of less than one inch.

Wednesday the temperatures are expected to continue their drop to a high of 15 and a low of -8, with more snow throughout the day.

New accumulation that day is expected to be less than an inch predicted during the day and another less than inch during the night.

Winds will be between 10 and 15 miles per hour with gusts as high as 23 miles per hour during the day.

Temperatures will continue to drop Thursday with a predicted high of 0, a low of -20 and a very high chance of snow with winds remaining between 9 and 14 miles per hour that day with gusts of up to 20 miles per hour.

The weather service predicts another day of less than an inch of new accumulation Thursday.

Havre's precipitous drop in temperatures will continue as the weekend arrives with a Friday high of -10 and a low of -30, followed by a Saturday high of -10 and low of -28.