BOZEMAN – A warm cored mid-latitude cyclone with a well organized Low, cold front and warm front produced a wide variety of weather across Montana. The warm sector of the storm produced rain Saturday into Sunday and once the Low and cold front passed through colder temperatures and widespread wet snow.
This all came together to produce wet, snow covered and extremely icy roads by Monday morning. Temperatures will not warm up enough to thaw out area roadways so look for continued icy roads for your Monday evening and Tuesday morning commutes.
NEXT WEATHER MAKER:
Another storm is coming to Montana by Tuesday evening into Wednesday and will be exiting our region by Thursday morning.
More snow is likely at all levels with an additional 1″ – 4″ possible for most (not all) valleys and 3″ – 6″ or more for most mountain ranges. This will likely be another high impact travel event so plan on difficult commutes Wednesday into Thursday.
City by City Forecast:
BOZEMAN: LOW: 10°; HIGH TUESDAY: 31°. Colder tonight. Snow showers will continue to diminish into the early evening hours with the best chance for additional light accumulations over area mountain ranges. Look for partly cloudy skies by morning, possible early valley fog and continued icy roads. Localized gusty winds are possible with some minor blowing snow tonight. Tuesday look for some sunshine early with increasing clouds by sunset and the next weather maker arriving early Wednesday morning.
BUTTE: LOW: 8°; HIGH TUESDAY: 28°. Colder tonight. Snow is ending although there could be a few light snow showers over mountain passes through midnight. Patchy fog is possible Tuesday morning. Mostly sunny early Tuesday with increasing clouds by afternoon. Snow showers will return to Butte Tuesday evening into Wednesday.
DILLON: LOW: 9°; HIGH TUESDAY: 30°. As skies clear overnight temperatures will drop down into the single digits Tuesday morning. Mostly sunny early Tuesday but look for increasing clouds by nightfall and scattered snow by Wednesday morning.
WEST YELLOWSTONE: LOW: -14°; HIGH TUESDAY: 21°. Scattered snow is possible through midnight. After midnight look for clearing skies and bitterly cold temperatures by Tuesday morning. Mostly sunny early Tuesday with increasing clouds late day and more snow coming Tuesday night into Wednesday.
