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August?

by Wayne Mumford August 12, 2009

The weather seems hardly anything but. The end of July seemed like it was priming us for a hot finish to the summer but it hasn’t happened. Thunderstorms, torrential downpours and wind have been the norm. Fire, smoke, oven heat and dry lightening, the usual August stuff are nowhere to be found. I did have [...]

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Here comes the water, May snow pack and precipitation

by Wayne Mumford May 16, 2009

Warm temperatures, clear skies and still some water that is not running coffee and cream. The time to jump on em’ is now, the temperatures are coming up for awhile, throw in a little rain here and there and runoff will be on it’s way.
Check this chart out! Holy cow, you think late April and [...]

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Picture of the Day

by Wayne Mumford April 27, 2009

And that’s the way it was, Monday, April 27, 2009.

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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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January Thaw

by Wayne Mumford January 7, 2009

Well, that nice blast of light powdery snow over the last month has now been turned into a giant slushy. Anything under about 3,500 feet is condensing or melting into a big soupy mess. I’m not sure if I should wear waders, galoshes, or flippers. Some sort of amphibious craft would be handy too.
It’s supposed [...]

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Why does snow have to be cold?

by Wayne Mumford December 22, 2008

If you live in Montana, snow and cold in winter is just a fact of life. This year, by late November we had no snow to hunt in, skiers were SOL and the usual end of the month run on snow was nowhere to be found. The first week of Decemeber rolls in and the [...]

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Late season snow boosts snow pack

by Wayne Mumford June 12, 2008

The storm that blew through northwest Montana on Tuesday-Wednesday left from a foot to two feet of new snow in the northern ranges of the state boosting them into the 160% of normal range for this time of the year. The forecast is calling for a jump into the 70’s this weekend and into the [...]

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Imagine the horror…

by Wayne Mumford June 10, 2008

of waking up on your vacation in June and seeing this. Imagine that its supposed to last for most of your week off. Welcome to my nightmare.

I’m sure the tourists think its a novelty (except the guy thats two days out in Yellowstone or a day in on the Smith) but personally, I think it [...]

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