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The Western Montana Fair really felt the rain and wind this evening.

Missoula police investigate the shooting death of an unidentified man who died en route to a local hospital.

Evacuation levels in Glacier National Park are being downgraded as the weather improves and more firefighters arrive to battle the blaze.

A major change in the weather is coming to northwest Montana.

UPDATE -- 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 8. The National Weather Service is predicting wet thunderstorms with the potential for flash flooding Thursday and Friday that could continue through the weekend. The southern Bitterroot Valley could be hardest hit.

Western Montana is under a heat advisory for most of the weekend—reaching temperatures that most of the state hasn’t seen for over a century.

The perfect storm of near record high temperatures will clash with record low rainfall and streamflows later this week, and forecasters are worried.

Despite more recent weather activity in western Montana, U.S. Senator Steve Daines worked the floor today in Washington to ensure the state be prepared to respond to potential drought conditions and wildfire activity.

It's hard to believe after days of rain, but National Weather Service Hydrologist Ray Nickless said the amount of water hitting Montana over the past month is below normal.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected throughout the rest of the week in the Missoula area, but Meterologist Luke Robinson with the National Weather Service said there are more than thunderstorm watches to be aware of this evening.