Weekend truckers to face high winds, snowfall (with forecast video)

Tractor-trailer heading down highway with "Caution: High Winds" sign ahead.

Wicked winds

High winds will challenge drivers Friday in parts of Montana as a cold front sweeps across the Continental Divide.

Southwesterly gusts could reach 60 to 80 mph in places such as Helena, Great Falls and Cut Bank. These crosswinds will make deadheading — pulling an empty trailer —  very risky on Interstate 15 and U.S. Highway 2 through this region.

Saturday the high wind threat shifts to the Dakotas. Gusts will hit 50 to 60 mph on I-90 and I-94 in Pierre, Rapid City, Bismarck and...

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