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Montana Snow Pack- March 20, 2011

by Wayne Mumford March 21, 2011

It’s snowing here in NW Montana this morning, not the nice fluffy powder stuff we’ve seen all winter but the wet messy stuff that will just add a little less consistency to the growing mud bogs. It’s spring, whether it looks like it or not. The main stem of the Flathead is pumping up, has [...]

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Montana Snow Pack- February 11, 2011

by Wayne Mumford February 11, 2011

The snow continues to fall but it’s starting to feel like the cold spells are losing their grip. A couple weeks back we had a good shot of arctic air  that came in and hung on for a few days. Early this week it dipped again but not so hard and only stayed on for [...]

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Montana Snow Pack | January 22, 2011

by Wayne Mumford January 22, 2011

Since early January the weather has settled down some compared to the barrage of cold, precip heavy storms in December. We went through the traditional January thaw mid month and have settled into a weather pattern more like what we’ve seen the last few years. Who knows what it will do, it’s been one of [...]

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Montana Snow Pack, April 3, 2009

by Wayne Mumford April 3, 2009

Well, NOAA is pretty much spot on so far for the first week of their latest 8-14 day forecast. Still cold, still freakin’ snowing. Everybody has had it with winter around here. I suspect that curtains are probably being shredded at an accelerated rate now and those sounds coming from the “man caves” are not [...]

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Montana Snowpack- February,14,2009

by Wayne Mumford February 14, 2009

Things were starting out pretty good but we really haven’t had a lot of precipitation since the first of the year. While the Trout Underground is mourning over going another round with the snow blower from hell we are watching our snow condense into glacial ice. No need to start worrying just yet. Even though [...]

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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% [...]

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