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1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (532+ words) Hydrologists forecast streamflows to be about 80% of normal on the three forks of the Flathead River following a wet but warm winter while a spring flood risk remains low Despite April precipitation that helped boost snowpack in northwest Montana's high…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (826+ words) After a record-breaking warm and wet winter, hydrologists are forecasting streamflow deficits ranging from 75% to 90% of normal in northwest Montana as the chance of late-season snowpack recovery diminishes Despite the mid-March storm that dropped up to 10 inches of snow-stored water…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (596+ words) I'd be more impressed with record snowfall, but instead we got record heat with Libby and West Glacier ranking No. 1 as having their respective warmest winters on record, while Kalispell barely missed the podium, ranking No. 4 since 1899. The National Weather…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (541+ words) Downed powerlines have prompted outages along U. S. Highway 2 from Libby to Essex as National Weather Service officials describe a "highly complex series of events" that include widespread wind, snow and fluctuating temperatures forecast through Saturday night Amid a storm that has…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (511+ words) Gusts of 70 mph swept through northwest Montana Wednesday morning causing destruction that uprooted trees and closed roads and prompted officials to issue emergency travel warnings More than 31, 000 Flathead Electric Cooperative (FAC) members across northwest Montana lost power after violent winds…...