Posted on 08/22/2014 5:03:49 PM PDT by Hojczyk
While much of the U.S. will swelter in heat and humidity this weekend, it will feel more like fall, or even winter, for much of Montana and Wyoming.
An unseasonably cold low pressure system is expected to bring below-average temperatures to the northern Rockies through early next week. Temperatures will be up to 35 degrees below average in some locations this weekend. Glacier National Park may not even reach 50 degrees for a high on Saturday.
In fact, low temperatures will drop below freezing in the higher elevations, leading to the chance for the first snow of the season to fall. In West Glacier, Montana, the average date for the first temperature below 32 degrees is Sept. 13, so the cold conditions are about three weeks ahead of schedule.
(FORECAST: Glacier National Park | Yellowstone National Park)
There is abundant moisture with this system that will bring rain to the region with snow possible in the higher elevations. There will be gusty winds as well. The cold rain will be heavy at times and enhanced by deepening upslope flow on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains.
Snow accumulations will generally be a few inches or less, and the snow is expected to melt quickly. Up to 5 inches of snow is possible at the highest elevations through Sunday.
Snow levels will lower to near 6,500 feet in Glacier National Park, with light accumulations possible at Logan Pass. The higher peaks of the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming could see about 3 inches of snow by Sunday.
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night time 50-60 ... day time 75-80 ... a LOT of rain
Been goin' on since ... er ... spring ... time.
This is gonna hurt the orange crop in Montana.
This winter won’t be much fun.
unless you are a kid and loooooove snow
Damn global warming.
Maybe even November thru March ... or until the phoney groundhog .... never mind.
Winter is comin' ... just don't know when nor what it'll be like.
This is a great time of the year to go whale watching in Wyoming.
The country never really warmed up properly this summer.Lake Superior is 20 degrees cooler now than it was a year ago.We’ve had a couple polar vortex invasions of cold air this summer too.This winter may be record cold,we hit-16 degrees last winter-the record here is -23 from 1994.
It was a little rainy here in northern Colorado today, but we usually don’t expect snow til the end of September.
and the newspaper route sucks
Here in South Jersey, I don’t think we have had any day hitting triple digits, only a handful of days in the 90’s. Most between 75-85 degrees.
We had so many snow days that we were in school until June 25th.
A little below normal here in SoCal. No sizzling going on here.
Have to remember to send my kids in NC some ice cleats.
http://www.winterwalking.com/index.php
Wish I had these while I was down there last winter. Nothing worse than ice. Love snow. Powder, anyway.
We haven’t hit 90 since July 1.
Al Bore, SF Nan, Box of Rocks Boxer, $Bil Steyer, $Bil Sorcos and Pres Obozo to the cold white courtesy conference call phone please!
Its been really hot here in Alabama this week, but this summer has been pretty mild. We had two lovely cool spells. We are definitely headed for a cold winter. My horses are starting to hair up. It’s real early for that. Plus the trees are losing leaves already.
Wait for the new meme...GLOBAL FREEZING...
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