The National Weather Service is predicting a warmer than usual winter with less than normal snowfall die to a weak El Nino pattern over western Montana.
Not to look a gift horse in the mouth, but there is a reason why we’ve had an extended stretch of beautiful fall weather, and it has nothing to do with President Trump’s visit to Missoula.
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.
Missoula set a new record for the number of days without ‘measurable’ rainfall, but that record fell on Monday morning with light rain in western Montana.
The National Weather Service office in Missoula is predicting that Western Montana Fair week will be brutally hot, with temperatures nearing the triple digits by the end of the week
National Weather Service Meteorologist Alex Lukenbeal in Missoula said a powerful high pressure system is settling over western Montana with temperatures getting near the mid 90’s.