May in Montana
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The 6" of rain we have had in the past week would have amounted to how much snow?
OP
It would take a foot or more of wet snow and maybe 4ft of powder snow to make 6" of rain.
Melting snow tends to soak in to the ground more than rain
We'll be in the low 90's this coming week.
The Norseman
Member
Snow Day
We had rain turning to snow Fri. 3May24.
Didn’t amount to anything, roads dry by
1500(3:00pm).
Nice today, 60°F in the afternoon. Windy
later also.
MAY go Fly Fishing late afternoon, not a
morning Fly Fisherman.
We had rain turning to snow Fri. 3May24.
Didn’t amount to anything, roads dry by
1500(3:00pm).
Nice today, 60°F in the afternoon. Windy
later also.
MAY go Fly Fishing late afternoon, not a
morning Fly Fisherman.
HOUSTON RICK
Member
To each their own. I hope you enjoy every day. Remember friend, there are four kinds of lies: Big lies, Little lies, Statistics, and everything a salesman says. God bless you!
My sincere condolences.
The high last year at my cabin was 84°. Even that was too much.
OP
Another little May storm blowing through. Sheriff just posted this warning on the road east out of town
Please avoid the Divide on 87 East due to High Winds, Snow, low visibility, and Ice/slush covered roads! Travel is extremely dangerous in this area!
Please avoid the Divide on 87 East due to High Winds, Snow, low visibility, and Ice/slush covered roads! Travel is extremely dangerous in this area!
Looks like May brings your 3rd Season - Late Winter. When does your 4th Season - Road Repair - start?Another little May storm blowing through. Sheriff just posted this warning on the road east out of town
Please avoid the Divide on 87 East due to High Winds, Snow, low visibility, and Ice/slush covered roads! Travel is extremely dangerous in this area!
OP
Oh, road repair season has started as it always overlaps with both late and early winter. Those are frozen mud seasons
Another little May storm blowing through. Sheriff just posted this warning on the road east out of town
Please avoid the Divide on 87 East due to High Winds, Snow, low visibility, and Ice/slush covered roads! Travel is extremely dangerous in this area!
This was our drive through Wisconsin a couple of weeks ago.
We don't call the 99 Tahoe the "snow cat" for nothing.
OP
Another good reason not to move to Montana
Out my door on a beautiful May 9th spring morning
Out my door on a beautiful May 9th spring morning
Bill Bates
Member
Nothing like Springtime in the Rockies.
Last Sunday here in Utah Valley it was 64 degrees at 9 in the morning. It was snowing at 3:30 in the afternoon.
It put about an inch down at our home. We had to go out and shake the leafed out trees and shrubs to keep the snow from busting them up.
Alta ski resort got over three feet of new snow.
This time of year the furnace might be running in the morning and the air conditioner in the afternoon.
Last Sunday here in Utah Valley it was 64 degrees at 9 in the morning. It was snowing at 3:30 in the afternoon.
It put about an inch down at our home. We had to go out and shake the leafed out trees and shrubs to keep the snow from busting them up.
Alta ski resort got over three feet of new snow.
This time of year the furnace might be running in the morning and the air conditioner in the afternoon.
Oh, yeah, the Rockies.
Luckily the aspen buds have not opened.
The pretty Douglas firs are resilient, but that big drooping pine
bough at left center is the result of a heavy 4" snow two weeks
ago. it's about 4" in diameter where it snapped.
Supposed to be 60° on Saturday.
Luckily the aspen buds have not opened.
The pretty Douglas firs are resilient, but that big drooping pine
bough at left center is the result of a heavy 4" snow two weeks
ago. it's about 4" in diameter where it snapped.
Supposed to be 60° on Saturday.
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OP
Heavy wet snow breaks a lot of stuff. I had a big branch bust off an apple tree and land in the driveway. But thats nothing. Here is something
west of town
A creek runnng over
west of town
A creek runnng over
OP
I have to go deal with another Montana common occurrence. Wife hit a deer on road beside the creek. Have to replace right headlight assembly and the grill in her Lincoln. A bunch of them go back and forth from creek to golf course and the way the road goes its hard to see them before they are on it. But, if your not careful you could hit one driving down main street.
Heavy wet snow breaks a lot of stuff. I had a big branch bust off an apple tree and land in the driveway. But thats nothing. Here is something
west of town
I remember a spring storm laying a lot of transmission poles over near Judith Gap. If your selling power to the coast and can't get it there it's not a minor inconvenience. Then you get the ice build up on wires to 2" diameter and you have a lor of weight swinging around. One goes and pretty soon they all go.
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OP
Right now it is cooling off to the high 50s at night and during the day it is getting up in the mid 80s with low humidity.
How has the weather been down there below I-10?
