The National Weather Service Office in Missoula is reporting that the snowpack in the mountains of western and northwestern Montana has benefited from the early spate of winter weather.
The National Weather Service released a webinar on Tuesday detailing the potential for flooding in western Montana as spring eventually turns to summer.
So far, the winter of 2017-2018 has been significantly warmer than the winter of 2016-2017, according to the National Weather Service Office in Missoula.