Winds clocked at up to 72 miles per hour battered western Montana and eastern Idaho overnight, according to the National Weather Service Office in Missoula.
Despite the lack of significant snowfall this winter in western Montana valleys, the National Weather Service told KGVO News on Wednesday that area mountain snowpack is at or above 100 percent.
Western Montana is experiencing what meteorologists call ‘an atmospheric river,' as a large area of moisture in the form of rain and snow is now affecting the area.
Bob Nester, Senior Meteorologist with the National Weather Service Office in Missoula told KGVO News at about 3:30 a.m. that Wednesday is officially the coldest morning of the winter.
Senior Meteorologist Bob Nester with the National Weather Service Office in Missoula was ready and waiting for the call from KGVO News early Tuesday morning with details of the current cold snap.