Snowpack

The National Weather Service Office in Missoula is reporting that the snowpack in the mountains of western and northwestern Montana has benefited from the early spate of winter weather.

A lot of snow - but rain could be coming.

The National Weather Service released a webinar on Tuesday detailing the potential for flooding in western Montana as spring eventually turns to summer.

So far, the winter of 2017-2018 has been significantly warmer than the winter of 2016-2017, according to the National Weather Service Office in Missoula.

The water supply folks are encouraged, but cautious.

February snowfall has improved the possibility that streams and rivers in western Montana will have more normal flows as spring approaches.

It's so unusual these days for Missoula to receive a heavy rain, that KGVO contacted the National Weather Service Office in Missoula to see if Tuesday's rainfall may have caused any problems in the Missoula area.

Senior Meteorologist Bob Nester with the National Weather Service Office in Missoula, has put together a look back at moisture levels for May, as well as a peek ahead into the probable forecast for summer and Montana's Wildfire Season.

Rain, rain go away…or maybe it should stay.

An armed robber forced employees and a patron into the restroom of a Missoula casino and gunpoint while he allegedly stole an undetermined amount of cash. No one was injured.