As of 4:00 a.m. two school districts in western Montana have announced that they will be closed today due to heavy snow, and several others will be delaying the start of their school days.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for parts of eastern Idaho and northwest Montana due to the arrival of a wet weather system coming in from California.
The National Weather Service has announced that Sunday brought a record snowfall for Missoula, and freezing rain and snow are in the forecast for the remainder of the week.