A wild and wintry weekend storm carried over into Monday. Heavy snow fell in western Montana, and not just in the mountains. This storm also produced very heavy rain and severe thunderstorms at times through the course of the weekend and Monday. This area of low pressure is finally moving out and conditions will improve for Tuesday. The day will start out with mostly sunny skies but clouds will increase through the day. A few isolated showers will push across the Continental Divide. Highs will be warmer but remain below average. A warmer and drier trend will continue through Wednesday into Thursday. A new storm system will likely start making its presence felt on Friday. Temperatures will climb into the 70s and 80s as it will be the "warm before the storm". Isolated thunderstorms will develop by Friday evening. Low pressure will move through the state this weekend. Saturday will be partly cloudy, warm and windy with scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. Sunday will be cooler, mostly cloudy, windy with showers and mountain snow showers. Another weekend storm could carry over into Monday again. The good news is continued rain and high elevation snow over the next few weeks should slow the onset of fire season.
Have a great day.
Curtis Grevenitz
Posted at 5:54 PM, Jun 08, 2020
and last updated 2020-06-08 20:43:59-04
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