Winter Weather

The National Weather Service is forecasting snow and much colder temperatures for western Montana starting as soon as Wednesday evening, according meteorologist Luke Robinson.

The National Weather Service has compiled the five major weather events that occurred in 2019, as well as looking ahead to a significant wind event headed towards western Montana this weekend.

Thanks to an enhanced budget for the Public Works Street Department, the City of Missoula has made some additions to their snowplow plan that will hopefully provide better service over the winter.

The National Weather Service is reporting that another early dose of winter weather is headed towards western Montana.

Drifting snow is making snow removal even more difficult than it already it.

Typically, we see a significant amount of snow on the ground this time of year, but that isn’t the case right now.

The extended autumn with its blazing colors is gone, and in its place will be snow and increasingly colder temperatures.

Western Montana had lots of snow in the high country last winter with the La Nina pattern that dominated the northwest, but the opposite is expected for this winter.

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.

A big change in the weather is coming this week. Several major arctic fronts will be moving into northwestern Montana starting Wednesday, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Jen Kitzmiller.