wind

There's a word that most Montanans don't like to say out loud. If you've lived in the state during the winter, you've most likely experienced it. Most people in Montana don't hold back when expressing how much they hate it. I'm talking about the "W." ...

Wind and solar energy operate at a loss, here is how:

A new technology designed to save birds is making wind turbines more un-reliable.

and toxic waste too.

It might not be the bests weekend to string Christmas lights on the house. Gusts could top 55 mph on Saturday.

Up to 16 inches of snow could fall with higher amounts in the mountain areas and bitter wind chills are expected.

Missoula Rural Fire Department Battalion Chief Dan Merritt says the warmer weather has kept his department busy the past few weeks as people lose control of their controlled burns.

At least three people have been killed and hundreds of thousands were without power over the last 24 hours due to sometimes hurricane-force winds roaring into the northwest through to Montana.

It seems daily during the late afternoon we are all checking the Billings weather forecast.  Doing our own storm chasing via the internet.

The National Weather Service has posted that there is a sever thunderstorm watch in effect for the Billings area for the rest of today and tonight until 9 p.m.