Rocky Mountain Front

Montana’s snowpack is mostly normal following soggy weather conditions last month, but more snow is needed in the mountains.

Regions across Montana are forecasted to experience declines in air quality this weekend as smoke from Canadian wildfires moves south. According to Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality, plumes will concentrate along the Rocky Mountain Front and regions east of the Continental Divide.

Baristas at a Missoula Starbucks will be voting Friday on whether to unionize. The state’s first report of rabies has led to a countywide quarantine for some pets in southeastern Montana. Montana’s Department of Agriculture is asking residents along the Rocky Mountain Front to lookout for a newly detected noxious weed.

Today, I stand in the same early morning sunlight but on dry ground, looking up and west at what the Blackfeet call the “Backbone of the World,” the Rocky Mountain Front. I tip my head all the way back to look way up at this reef, now transformed by time.

An incoming weather system is expected to drop light snow and possibly create slick roads for Thanksgiving travelers this week.

High winds with gusts up to 70 mph are expected this weekend along the Rocky Mountain Front.

The list of flood and winter weather watches associated with excessive precipitation continues to grow. The incoming ‘atmospheric river’ is bringing 200%-300% of normal moisture into the northern Rockies this weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

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