Curtis Grevenitz

A powerful storm continues to bring severe weather conditions to much of Montana, with most of the impact currently coming from relentless wind.

After a wild week of record heat, severe thunderstorms, a tornado, destructive wind, blowing dust closing down roads, and new wildfire starts, now rain, snow and cold will hit Montana this weekend.

Forty-six years ago, the catastrophic eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington began at 8:32 a.m. with a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that caused the entire north face to collapse.

That was a cold and unsettled weekend with many areas seeing some snow and freezing temperatures, and some spots hitting record cold.

There's been a lot to look at in Big Sky Country with a rare conjunction of the moon, Venus and Jupiter, as well as sunshine, showers and thunderstorms.

Much needed May moisture will fall across Montana through Thursday with solid rain and some healthy mountain snow.

After a cool, rainy and mountain snowy stretch, the weather will be warming up and drying out heading into Memorial Day Weekend.

A few thunderstorms are hitting Big Sky Country again, but the storms will become stronger and more numerous over the next few days.

From severe thunderstorms to heavy rain, flooding and mountain snow, the weather over the next several days will be intense for most of Montana.

One of the wettest weekends in a while, possibly in the last few years, will drench Montana with too much rain that could lead to flooding.