Post by KNOWTHIS on Dec 27, 2006 5:54:23 GMT -5
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Wind record broken
Montana's wind record was blown away this week.
A wind gauge on Snowslip Mountain, just east of the Continental Divide along Highway 2, clocked a gust of 164 mph Wednesday.
That's akin to a hurricane. A category 5 storm carries sustained winds of more than 155 mph.
And it blew away the old state record of 143 mph, set at the Miller Colony just north of Choteau in 2002.
Wind record broken
Montana's wind record was blown away this week.
A wind gauge on Snowslip Mountain, just east of the Continental Divide along Highway 2, clocked a gust of 164 mph Wednesday.
That's akin to a hurricane. A category 5 storm carries sustained winds of more than 155 mph.
And it blew away the old state record of 143 mph, set at the Miller Colony just north of Choteau in 2002.