montana weather

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Western Montana conditions

by Wayne Mumford June 4, 2008

If you like cream in your coffee then you have a pretty good idea what the color of the rivers are now. Pump it out the end of a giant firehose and you get an idea what flows are like. Even the tailwaters are cranking. The weather has basically consisted of rain storms that vary [...]

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Montana Weather Update

by Wayne Mumford April 5, 2008

Does butt ugly seem appropriate? For northwest Montana it does. If I had my choice I would be somewhere in the southwest or central part of the state today. Here’s a rundown of a couple temps of note yesterday: Billings-56° Bozeman:50° Great Falls:51° Dillon:51° Thats the good… I’m imagining myself back on the Bighole a [...]

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