BOZEMAN – It appears we have good timing with the long holiday weekend and the weather.
A cold core Pacific Low-pressure system that was over Montana Wednesday is now moving farther downstream heading toward the Great Lakes.
A cool NW is currently in place as this Pacific Low drives eastward and a High-pressure ridge is building into the Pacific NW.
This ridge pattern should lock us into a warmer than normal pattern this weekend and it should produce mostly dry conditions as well through Labor Day.
A west to SW flow aloft could pave the way for increased wildfire smoke from fires mostly in central Idaho and a few in far western Montana.
