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Mild Winter? Missoula Has Not Has a Below-Zero Day for Two Years [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:07:34 +0000

Now that spring is officially less than a week away, the National Weather Service has revealed some interesting statistics about the winter of 2012. Meteorologist Bob Nestor said Friday the average daily temperature this winter was 30.6 degrees, making it the seventh warmest winter in the last 30 years, and the 12th warmest since 1948. [...]

Western Montana Snow Report for Area Ski Resorts – February 13, 2013

Nikki — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:03:20 +0000

In the last 72 hours, some of the following resorts have seen a good amount of fresh snow. Enough snow in fact, that a few of you might be willing to call in sick for work, because you can’t wait until the weekend to shred it up. For all you hard working employees that [...]

Heavy Snow Headed For The Bitterroot Area [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:18:43 +0000

A moist weather system will arrive Monday afternoon and drop over a foot of snow on the west slopes of the Bitterroot mountains. Forecaster Ryan Leach with the National Weather Service office in Missoula says Lolo and Lost Trail passes will receive significant snowfall Monday might through Tuesday. Leach says the Missoula area will receive [...]

Update – Missing Snowmobilers Found Safe [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:10:04 +0000

Update 12:00 p.m. Monday..

Deputy Bob Parcell says the two missing snowmobilers from Helena were found safely just before noon on Monday not far from Seeley Lake by a helicopter from Kalispell. Parcell says the two men built a fire and stayed put with their snowmobiles overnight, then tried to hike out in the morning. The helicopter picked up the two men who were tired and cold, but uninjured.

Deputy Bob Parcell

Missoula County Search and Rescue was called out at about 10:30 Sunday night to look for two missing snowmobilers in the Seeley Lake area.

Nasty Weather Headed to Southwest Montana [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:06:07 +0000

A winter weather advisory is in effect for all of Western and West Central Montana through Friday at 9 a.m. National Weather Service forecaster Bob Nestor says the Missoula and Bitterroot valleys could see anywhere from 1 to 4 inches of snow through Friday. The main reason for the advisory is that Thursday’s rain has [...]

Current Western Montana Ski Reports

Nikki — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 02:15:12 +0000

Now, that the holidays are over, the slopes are not NEAR as packed as they have been since opening for the season. If you are planning on hitting up the mountain in the next few days, you want to ensure you are making the trip worthwhile. Which means, you must have good snow conditions, and [...]

Jimmy Fallon – Snowball [VIDEO]

KC — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 03:00:48 +0000

Snow has been threatening us for the last few weeks. I keep expecting a huge storm like the ones recently received on the east coast. But so far nothing huge. I figured that we would have worn out our snow shovels by now. Meteorologist, Mark Heyka, from KECI says that we may see a little [...]

Winter Weather Advisory Until 11 Monday Night [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:51:50 +0000

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory until 11 p.m. Monday. mostly because of blowing snow on Western Montana highways. Forecaster Leanne Allegretto says the mountain passes surrounding Missoula will be the hardest hit with heavy snow and gusty winds causing difficult or even dangerous driving conditions. Allegratto says the Missoula and [...]

Missoula Snow Lovers Rejoice – El Nino Season Cancelled

Nikki — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 06:34:21 +0000

As another winter develops in Montana, skiers can sleep easy and wait for the snow to stack up.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center canceled the prediction of an El Nino season.