Rain

It's hard to believe after days of rain, but National Weather Service Hydrologist Ray Nickless said the amount of water hitting Montana over the past month is below normal.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected throughout the rest of the week in the Missoula area, but Meterologist Luke Robinson with the National Weather Service said there are more than thunderstorm watches to be aware of this evening.

A new weather system is expected to push through western Montana this weekend bringing lots and lots of rain with it.

In Billings, U.S. Senate candidates Steve Daines and Amanda Curtis squared off last night, each pounding home familiar themes. Republican Daines on his job-building skills, and Democrat Curtis on being an outsider,or as she said 'one of us'.

Heavy rains are expected to continue through Saturday, leading to a flood watch being issued for western Montana by the National Weather Service.

Here's a close up view of Friday's thunderstorm out the back door of the Peter Christian home. In the Helena valley where I grew up, we called this a 'gully washer'..  

The National Weather Service Office in Missoula is looking at the summer of 2014 to be perhaps a bit warmer, and a bit wetter than last year.

A very cold and wet weather system will impact Western Montana through Wednesday.

Residents in the areas affected by last summer's Lolo Creek fire complex were advised  by fire and sheriff's office personnel on Tuesday afternoon to prepare for possible flooding this spring.

Given the recent wetness we’ve been so fortunate to have lately, I decided to look at it positively rather than negatively because it seems as though it’s going to stick around for a while. So, here are some creative, and not so creative, ways I’ve come up with to make it through rainy season in Missoula.

Numerous spectacular lightning strikes in the South Hills area of Missoula were reported on Thursday evening, as a strong storm cell swept through the area, bringing with it strong, gusty winds and soaking rains in some locations.

A very warm, moist system that started in Hawaii has been making its presence felt in Western Montana this weekend with more than a half-inch of rain.