Mike Heard

A weak disturbance will drop into Montana from Canada Wednesday evening into Thursday morning and could produce areas of light snow east of the divide

Temperature forecasts next week are still expected to be above to well above normal across most of Montana with forecast highs around 10+ degrees above seasonal averages.

The blocking ridge will break down beginning Saturday as a cold front passes through the entire region Saturday evening into Sunday morning.

By Saturday afternoon the front is slowly moving SE ward, but this front is not expected to reach Butte until after sunset Saturday.

This pattern trend will continue on Thursday and Friday with milder temperatures in SW Montana vs much colder temperatures in NE Montana.

SW Montana will see light valley snow with a few inches possible around Bozeman and an inch or less around Butte.

A stronger Pacific storm will begin to move into Idaho and Montana Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning. Look for scattered snow showers Saturday night into Sunday

Western, Central and SW Montana are under a variety of high wind highlights with High Wind Warnings up from Butte to Bozeman

Snow accumulations will be highly varied but in general 3”-6” of snow is possible through late Tuesday morning in the Advisory areas.

Under cutting the ridge will be a weak disturbance Saturday evening and scattered rain or snow is possible by early Sunday morning for SW Montana