Mike Heard

Bozeman

Chief Meteorologist at KBZK-TV (Bozeman, MT)

Chief Meteorologist at KXLF-TV (Butte, MT)

Chief Meteorologist for KBZK and KXLF

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Weak disturbance could bring a few showers to SW Montana

1 day ago | kbzk.com | Mike Heard

BOZEMAN – A weak disturbance will push into SE Montana tonight into Thursday with a high probability of rain and mountain snow. A little bit of moisture could clip SW Montana, especially east of the divide, from this disturbance with the southern end of Beaverhead, Madison, and Gallatin Counties picking up a few showers and higher mountain snow. Another system appears to be on track for SW Montana Sunday into Monday.
A few showers possible Wednesday through Friday morning

2 days ago | kbzk.com | Mike Heard

BOZEMAN – The flow aloft will veer out of the SW for the rest of the week producing slightly milder temperatures, but the SW flow also paves the way for a weak Pacific storm to bring a few rain and snow showers to southern Montana Wednesday into Thursday. A Low-pressure system will clip SE Montana Thursday with eastern Montana and SE Montana having a higher chance of moisture.
April showers remain in the forecast

3 days ago | kbzk.com | Mike Heard

BOZEMAN – A cool and unsettled pattern continues to play out over Montana with a shallow trough producing scattered rain and snow showers with a few isolated weak thunderstorms. The flow aloft will begin to veer out of the SW by Wednesday, and this will help pave the way for a limited amount of moisture to pass through SW Montana. Not everyone will see showers Wednesday into Thursday. The next widespread cool and wet weather pattern will be Sunday and Monday.
Showers return to SW Montana on Easter Sunday

6 days ago | kbzk.com | Mike Heard

Posted BOZEMAN – A slight improvement in the weather for Saturday with weak High-pressure building over the region. Temperatures will be near to slightly above normal with most lower valleys reaching the 50s Saturday afternoon. The next Pacific cold front arrives Sunday into Monday. This storm system will produce scattered rain or snow showers Sunday into Monday but it will not be raining and snowing for two days straight, this should be a scattered off and on type storm.
Unsettled pattern continues into Thursday evening

1 week ago | kbzk.com | Mike Heard

BOZEMAN – A deep trough of Low-pressure will continue to produce scattered snow showers across Southern Montana east of the divide through Thursday evening into early Friday morning. Winter Storm Warnings and Winter Weather Advisories of SW Montana east of the divide remain in place through midnight Thursday but have been extended through noon Friday across SE Montana into central and eastern Wyoming.
Strong Spring Snowstorm Wednight night through Friday morning

1 week ago | kbzk.com | Mike Heard

BOZEMAN – A strong Spring snowstorm will impact most of Montana and Wyoming tonight into Thursday and could linger through Friday morning. First comes a strong cold front dropping sharply southward Wednesday evening and followed up by a slower moving area of Low-pressure. There is high confidence for moderate to heavy wet snow over all area mountain ranges with heaviest potential snow for the Bridger, Gallatin, Madison, Crazy, Absaroka-Beartooth ranges.
Spring snowstorm to impact most of Montana Wednesday night into Thursday

1 week ago | kbzk.com | Mike Heard

BOZEMAN – A Spring snowstorm will have a big impact on travel conditions especially for area mountain passes like Homestake Pass and Bozeman Pass. A cold Canadian Low-pressure system will drop down into Montana beginning Wednesday morning and reaching southern Montana by Wednesday evening. A cold front will bring increasing surface wind Wednesday afternoon and much colder air.
A Spring snow storm is on the way Wednesday night

1 week ago | kbzk.com | Mike Heard

BOZEMAN – Short term forecast is dominated by a High-pressure ridge which should continue to produce warm and dry conditions through Wednesday morning. This ridge will begin to break down Wednesday afternoon as a Low-pressure trough begins to drop down into Montana from Canada. This storm system could bring scattered showers and a few isolated thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and open the door for cooler air to roll in Wednesday night.
Cool, wet, and windy this weekend

1 week ago | kxlf.com | Mike Heard

BOZEMAN – A NW flow aloft will pave the way for scattered rain or snow showers to pass through Montana. A cold front arrives first on Saturday and this frontal passage will create scattered showers with a few isolated thunderstorms and higher mountain snow. Wind gusts will be increasing by Saturday afternoon with localized gusts greater than 30 mph.
Cool, wet, and windy this weekend

1 week ago | kbzk.com | Mike Heard

BOZEMAN – A NW flow aloft will pave the way for scattered rain or snow showers to pass through Montana. A cold front arrives first on Saturday and this frontal passage will create scattered showers with a few isolated thunderstorms and higher mountain snow. Wind gusts will be increasing by Saturday afternoon with localized gusts greater than 30 mph.