jtheissen
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Post by jtheissen on Feb 2, 2020 11:19:36 GMT -5
Here in lovely Montana. Yesterday was a record high for any January OR February in history. 61 degrees. But the wind.....82 mph at the Great Falls airport, 65ish gusts on the drive to Missoula. Highway then closed to emergency traffic only due to uprooted trees and an overturned semi on the road. Winds in Glacier NP.......106 mph. Pretty quiet in my neck of the woods........but it snowed last night😁
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Post by Chris Greene on Feb 2, 2020 12:36:18 GMT -5
Dang, that make our local winds look like sissy winds. I've been plotting another trip up to Glacier as soon as weather permits.
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Post by Taildragger on Feb 2, 2020 12:38:11 GMT -5
I've been plotting another trip up to Glacier as soon as weather permits. Pretty place: sounds like you'll be "blown away" by it... |
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Post by stl80 on Feb 2, 2020 13:43:56 GMT -5
Here in lovely Montana. Yesterday was a record high for any January OR February in history. 61 degrees. But the wind.....82 mph at the Great Falls airport, 65ish gusts on the drive to Missoula. Highway then closed to emergency traffic only due to uprooted trees and an overturned semi on the road. Winds in Glacier NP.......106 mph. Pretty quiet in my neck of the woods........but it snowed last night😁 I was born and raised in Missoula. Sentinel HS 1968, UofM 1972. Great city. Jim
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Post by Seldom Seen on Feb 2, 2020 14:20:08 GMT -5
It was an unusually warm 58 F here in Salt Lake City ahead of the same storm that's driving the winds in MT. Winter snow had just about melted off in the valleys just in time for another 10-12" tonight and tomorrow. I'm glad the winds are predicted to be less than half of what they were up north. Hold on!
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Post by Ragtop on Feb 2, 2020 17:12:59 GMT -5
65 degrees and sunny today up here at 8500 feet. Our January thaw came late.
Snow tomorrow, though 4-6".
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jtheissen
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Post by jtheissen on Feb 2, 2020 19:38:36 GMT -5
Very cool stl80. Obviously a very rare event here. Came here 25 years ago. My Mom was born and raised here. I was hatched in SoCal and live about 2 hours south of Missoula in a very rural area.
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stl80
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Post by stl80 on Feb 3, 2020 9:54:16 GMT -5
Rural western Montana is beautiful. That's one nice thing about Missoula, drive 1/2 hour in any direction and you are close to an official wilderness area. I spent a fair amount of time in the Bitterroots.
Jim
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Post by oldnjplayer on Feb 3, 2020 10:32:08 GMT -5
Hey were far from Montana, but our weather here in NJ has been the warmest in years. 40 to 50 degrees and no snow all of January, and expected for February. I'll take it,,
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jtheissen
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Post by jtheissen on Feb 3, 2020 10:51:53 GMT -5
The Bitterroots are my back yard. Best time to visit Glacier is in the late fall. WAY less people. People back from vacation and kids back in school. Yellowstone and Glacier both had over 3 million visitors........again.
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