Weather

The National Weather Service has issued warnings that a winter storm is headed towards Western Montana late this week.

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New York, New Jersey and other coastal states announced evacuations of citizens living in low-lying coastal areas on Sunday, as Hurricane Sandy and an accompanying storm surge threatened the East Coast of the United States.

A winter weather advisory is in effect for the mountains and foothills around Western Montana from 9 o'clock tonight through noon on Tuesday.

A solar storm that occurred on October 5th has disrupted earth's magnetic field enough to produce an Aurora Borealis that was visible in Missoula on Sunday night.

There is no rain forecast for today, the last day of September, and if that prediction holds true, Missoula will have made it through the entire month without seeing a drop.

So far, 2012 is outpacing all past years on record, including the 1930's, for being the hottest yet in the continental United States going all the way back t0 1895.

Red Flag Warning for almost all of Western Montana.

This summer has been unusually hot, with record-breaking temperatures all over the country. But in a few months, we may be wishing for a little of that heat — forecasters are warning we should brace for a particularly harsh winter.

Red Flag Warning for Bitterroot National Forest for Thursday.