I have served as the Meteorologist in Charge at the National Weather Service in Missoula for 20 years. The people in this office are definitely my high point and what makes this office a special place. I can also not think of a more beautiful place to live than western Montana. We get ...
I quickly fell in love with weather and meteorology. The two biggest events that I can remember that really made me even more interested in the world of meteorology, as well as the world of the National Weather Service, were the Rochelle-Fairdale tornado of 2015 and the Groundhog...
The National Weather Service cited 80 mph winds at the Missoula Montana Airport and over 100 mph winds at the apex of Mount Sentinel. Powerful winds left behind a path of broken trees, downed power lines, failing traffic lights, and debris as far as the eye can see. Gallery Credit:Ace Ac...
Chris V. Gibson, NOAA/NWSFO, Missoula, MT; and P. D. Bothwell, S. Sharples, E. D. Delgado, and R. Lamoni Recorded presentation Poster PDF (720.1 kB) During the 2008 fire season, the National Weather Service (NWS) office at Salt Lake City worked with the National Centers for En...
The outlook for the future in bicycles is positive, though stability has been the story of the recent past. The bicycle industry is a seasonal business that can be impacted by unusual weather, particularly late-arriving Spring weather. It is also an industry that relies on discretionary spending...
The woman’s body was then flown to the 1913 Ranger Station near St. Mary, MT where they were met by the Glacier County coroner. The coroner will transport the body to the medical examiner in Missoula, MT for an autopsy. The death is under investigation and additional details are still ...
The California Rim fire started on August 17th, 2013 in a remote canyon of the Stanislaus National Forest as the result of an illegal campfire. The fire was discovered when it was approximately 40 acres in size but due to drought, extreme weather conditions, inaccessible terrain, and erratic...
The downside of early summer is that the weather can be quite unpredictable. The high on the day we went was 34 Fahrenheit, which was kind of fun for us Floridians. Overall, I will take cold weather over huge crowds, hands down. ...
USDA-Forest Service Region 1, WRHP P O Box 7669 Missoula, MT 59807 Camping, hunting, trapping, collecting or digging are prohibited. Any person who, without an official permit, injures, destroys, excavates or removes any historic or prehistoric ruin, artifact, object of antiquity, or other ...
USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, 5775 US Highway 10W, Missoula, MT 59808, USA 4 Department of Forest Engineering, Resources and Management, Oregon State University, Peavy Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA * Author to whom correspondence should ...