National Weather Service

Rain has been falling steadily all night around western Montana, according to meteorologist Leeanne Allegretto with the National Weather Service Office in Missoula. She provided the overnight numbers as of 4:00 a.m.

The National Weather Service and the Missoula County Office of Emergency Management are teaming up to let residents in western Montana know that a very warm and moist weather system is headed into western Montana with heavy rain and possible flooding.

The National Weather Service is calling for a storm system to move through Idaho and western Montana bringing strong winds, thunderstorms and rain.

The National Weather Service is predicting that the Clark Fork River will experience minor flooding as the warm weather melts the snow pack in western Montana mountains.

The National Weather Service office in Missoula is calling for an end to the warm springtime weather in time for the weekend when a cold arctic front is headed toward western Montana from the east.

Visions of an early spring will be interrupted later this week as a winter cold snap accompanied by mountain snow will enter western Montana.

The National Weather Service is assuring valley residents that even though there wasn’t a great deal of snowfall this winter that mountain snow pack is in excellent shape

The National Weather Service has issued a high wind watch until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

The National Weather Service is reporting that Monday's snowfall set a record for that date at the Missoula International Airport.

The National Weather Service produced a You Tube video describing a wind event in western Montana, according to senior forecaster Bob Nester.