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Cowering from the Sun

by Wayne Mumford February 25, 2010

We have had a run of “good” weather, we got to see the sun for a couple days without arctic temperatures and we seem to be moving into the early spring mode of a weather change every five minutes or so and temperatures creeping into the mid 40’s and even low 50’s. It has been [...]

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The sky is not falling

by Wayne Mumford February 12, 2010

And if it did, we’d never see it coming. In photography there is what is known as the 18% gray card. It’s a card you can carry around with you to hold up in the light you are shooting in and take an exposure reading off of with your on board camera meter. No need [...]

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Montana precipitation or lack of- December,3 2009

by Wayne Mumford December 3, 2009

The weather in western Montana has been about as flaky as it gets since the middle of the fall. October started out with a cold snap that set records for low temperatures.
Fall colors were just getting going good and the single digit temperatures ended it before it really got going. So, it was sort of [...]

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Montana snow pack and weather- April, 24,2009

by Wayne Mumford April 24, 2009

What’s the weather like? It’s about every kind of weather combination found in the northern hemisphere short of tornado’s and hurricanes. It’s about going from 70° and sunshine to a blizzard in minutes and dressing from shorts up to winter storm shells and everything in between. It’s spring time in Montana.
River flows are going up [...]

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Montana Snow pack, March 27, 2009

by Wayne Mumford March 27, 2009

Here’s the latest from Montana NRCS for the current state of Montana’s snow pack. Also included is Montana river flow forecast for April-July 2009.
If  NOAA’s climate model for early April is correct there will be little relief for  my nearly manic case of cabin fever. I am starting to have some serious doubts about this [...]

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Montana Snow Pack, January 18, 2009

by Wayne Mumford January 18, 2009

MONTANA SNOTEL Snow Water Equivalent Update Graph
As of SUNDAY: JANUARY 18 , 2009

Basin
Snow Water Equivalent Percent of Average

KOOTENAI RIVER BASIN
90%

FLATHEAD RIVER BASIN
90%

UPPER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
110%

BITTERROOT RIVER BASIN
106%

LOWER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
97%

JEFFERSON RIVER BASIN
110%

MADISON RIVER BASIN
93%

GALLATIN RIVER BASIN
100%

MISSOURI HEADWATERS
102%

HEADWATERS MISSOURI MAINSTEM
118%

SMITH, JUDITH, AND MUSSELSHELL RIVER [...]

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Overnight snow pack

by Wayne Mumford January 2, 2009

Between about midnight and 9:30 am the Flathead Valley was buried under a foot and a half of snow. That’s the biggest dump since 1996. Fortunately this snow was pretty light but I still had to climb up on the roof and clear off snow that was crotch deep on the north side of the [...]

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Current Montana Precipitation, June 11, 2008

by Wayne Mumford June 11, 2008

MONTANA SNOTEL Year-to-Date Precipitation Update Graph
As of WEDNESDAY: JUNE 11 , 2008

Basin
Year-to-Date Precipitation Percent of Average

KOOTENAI RIVER BASIN
106%

FLATHEAD RIVER BASIN
104%

UPPER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
101%

BITTERROOT RIVER BASIN
108%

LOWER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN
111%

JEFFERSON RIVER BASIN
106%

MADISON RIVER BASIN
112%

GALLATIN RIVER BASIN
112%

MISSOURI HEADWATERS
109%

HEADWATERS MISSOURI MAINSTEM
101%

SMITH, JUDITH, AND MUSSELSHELL RIVER BASINS
105%

SUN, [...]

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