National Weather Service

The National Weather Service said early Veteran's Day morning that the south side of Missoula could have anywhere from 10 to 12 inches of heavy wet snow on the ground by 6:00 a.m.

The National Weather Service is calling for valley snow and colder temperatures for the coming weekend.

It may come as no surprise to anyone who had to shovel their way out of their driveway on Saturday, but the National Weather Service hasn’t seen this kind of winter weather in Missoula for over 100 years.

Before most Missoulians can rake up their autumn leaves, they could be under a coverlet of light snow by the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

The beginning of the Labor Day weekend will be idyllic in western Montana, with blue sky and warm sunshine, but from Sunday night into Monday, the National Weather Service is warning of a drastic and possibly dangerous change in the weather.

If you woke up on Monday and couldn’t see the mountains surrounding the Missoula valley on Monday, you can blame California and Oregon for the smoke and haze.

The National Weather Service is predicting a system with heavy rains to move into western Montana starting Sunday and lasting most of the following week.

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.