winter

If Santa is taking requests, I want more snow next winter, and one of these cool battery powered tracks. An inventor out of Quebec has developed a rad new way of getting around in the winter months, among other handy uses.

I hate scraping snow and ice off my car, so if I was in this guy's snow boots, I would have thrown a fit to rival any two year old!

The National Weather Service reported on Sunday morning, February 9, that the perfect combination of temperature and moisture met at about midnight, and dumped from five to 13 inches of snow on Western Montana.

A weather reporter in Pennsylvania, recently went off on a 3 minute long rant about the cold temperatures in the east coast. According to the reporter, people are dying in the streets of Philly from the arctic temperatures.  As the reporter goes off on her marathon tangent, with out taking a breath, all I can think about is how good the ice fishing must be in Pennsylvania.

A winter weather advisory for blowing snow is in effect for the Missoula area through Tuesday, February 4.

For many northwest Montanans, the 2013-14 winter hasn't felt like much of a winter at all. Although there haven't been a lot of record-setting warm temperatures, things on average have been warmer than most past years.

Next Tuesday and Wednesday, January 28 and 29, the Bitterroot Winter Special Olympics will be held at Lost Trail Powder Mountain. Organizer Carla Christopherson says the all-volunteer event in need of more help.

A winter weather advisory for the Missoula and Bitterroot valleys will virtually assure the area a white Christmas, as three to five inches of snow are expected between Friday afternoon December 20 and Saturday morning, December 21.

The calendar says winter doesn't officially begin until December 21, nevertheless Missoula set a new record for snowfall on December 9.

In a matter of about 24 hours, Missoula is transitioning from harsh cold to heavy snow.

The first snow of the season reminds us to do several things, put on the snow tires, change the furnace filter, and, oh yes, shovel the sidewalk by 9 a.m. according to city statutes.

Old man winter is making an early visit to the mountains of western Montana.