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msongs

(71,790 posts)
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 06:41 PM Jun 21

winter storm warning for MT and ID, freeze warning for NV

up to 2 feet of snow on the highest peaks and 4 inches down low. and lots of rain below the snow level. winter is not quite done yet. The east coast might be liking some of this about now.

https://www.weather.gov/

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winter storm warning for MT and ID, freeze warning for NV (Original Post) msongs Jun 21 OP
East Coast says no thanks! NutmegYankee Jun 21 #1
I remember when my cousin took me up into The Rockies outside of Denver when we got to this lake ... electric_blue68 Jun 21 #2
I only WISH... As I spend the weekend installing double insulated black-out curtains to keep the 95-100F heat hlthe2b Jun 21 #3
Those curtains will help. blue neen Jun 21 #5
Me too.......and is that weather normal for that area??? a kennedy Jun 21 #7
Colorado had an intensely hot summer last year, but this is REALLY EARLY... And it is really affecting/causing hlthe2b Jun 21 #8
i've been melting in illinois the past couple of days w/more to come orleans Jun 22 #29
My cousin took me up into The Rockies near Denver. We stopped at a lake. Can't remember electric_blue68 Jun 21 #4
It's 48F outside right now, it is our high for the day Maru Kitteh Jun 21 #6
It's 58 here in Missoula now. MontanaMama Jun 21 #9
Thinking of you... 2naSalit Jun 21 #10
There you are! MontanaMama Jun 22 #16
Yeah... 2naSalit Jun 22 #19
100%. We will need every scrap of food MontanaMama Jun 22 #21
Big smile... 2naSalit Jun 22 #33
It was Eyore, all day long in the Valley and surrounding area, lol Maru Kitteh Jun 21 #12
Ugh. Flathead not getting to full pool MontanaMama Jun 22 #18
A couple years ago electricmonk Jun 21 #11
Looked at the 48F thinking wth? Then I Saw -your- location! Ok, That makes some sense. electric_blue68 Jun 22 #24
Spent more than a couple July 4ths wearing my parka to watch fireworks over Canyon Ferry Lake Attilatheblond Jun 22 #26
Maps informs me that is a 4-hour 241 mile drive from my house, lol! Maru Kitteh Jun 22 #27
Forth largest state in the union, if memory serves Attilatheblond Jun 22 #28
Gonna be 96 here tomorrow with a 104 heat index. Xavier Breath Jun 21 #13
Excessive heat coming to the ohio area starting tomorrow Tribetime Jun 21 #14
Kinda crazy, considering the heat wave starting now in Michigan and other places... Jack Valentino Jun 21 #15
Yikes! H2O Man Jun 22 #17
Yikes! electric_blue68 Jun 22 #25
Here it hit 30 C, everyone was sweltering (that's 86F). Now it has clouded over, thunderstorm expected. DFW Jun 22 #20
It's 92 F here Marthe48 Jun 22 #22
It's mid-June! Wow! nt ecstatic Jun 22 #23
It's been cool and rainy last few days Tree Lady Jun 22 #30
Honolulu - hi today 88, record hi 89, average hi 87. not a lot of variation here lol nt msongs Jun 22 #31
In June, no less. Iggo Jun 22 #32

NutmegYankee

(16,428 posts)
1. East Coast says no thanks!
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 06:50 PM
Jun 21

We had a miserable cold wet Spring and I want to keep my summer vegetable garden going.

electric_blue68

(22,337 posts)
2. I remember when my cousin took me up into The Rockies outside of Denver when we got to this lake ...
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 06:51 PM
Jun 21

Echo Lake, but we looked southwest towards to Mt Evans [now renamed Mt Blue Sky] which still had some snow on it (?early July); he said it would a few more days before the snow would melt.

Even more impressive, looking north west was a line of snow-capped peaks all "blued" by atmospheric distance. They were part of The Continental Divide. What a glorious view. I still have the slide!

hlthe2b

(110,629 posts)
3. I only WISH... As I spend the weekend installing double insulated black-out curtains to keep the 95-100F heat
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 06:58 PM
Jun 21

out and make it at least possible to afford to cool only my bedroom this summer but still keep my pup comfortable. The past two days have been hell. Even at 7PM it is 95F and I can hardly get my girly dog to go on her evening walk. (She's 14 and I feel awful dragging her out in that, but fortunately it is cool enough for our pre-dawn walks).

I would adore another round of cold weather, snow--whatever they want to send to me in Colorado, but I see nothing like that on our horizon.

I HATE HOT HOT WEATHER! So does my doggy girl and every other sane person I know out here.

a kennedy

(33,924 posts)
7. Me too.......and is that weather normal for that area???
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 07:10 PM
Jun 21

We’re warmer than The Villages, Tampa Bay, and Mount Dora in Florida……we’re 94 degrees. The Villages is, 73, Tampa is 74, and Mount Dora is 73. It’s INSANE HERE!!! Southeast MN. 🥵 🥵 🥵

hlthe2b

(110,629 posts)
8. Colorado had an intensely hot summer last year, but this is REALLY EARLY... And it is really affecting/causing
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 07:14 PM
Jun 21

...the snowpack early melt, so that will mean major drought along the front range from Pueblo to Colorado Springs to Denver, north to Boulder-Fort Collins, and on to the WY border.

Sigh... If only we had politicians willing to address climate change all these decades...

orleans

(36,251 posts)
29. i've been melting in illinois the past couple of days w/more to come
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 07:02 PM
Jun 22

heat index yesterday 105, today 103, tomorrow 102 maybe?

so i went out and bought my little dog (who is also around 13 or 14 yrs) a doggie "cooling pad"

i've talked to her about it, put it under the bed where she chooses to sleep and after 3 or 4 days she is still like: "what the hell is this thing"

i put my hand on it and it feels cool. i wish she'd give it a chance. she had her chin resting on it for awhile. her arms awhile. last night i was on hands & knees, talking to her, telling her to give it a try. she reached out a little farther and put her two hands on it!

i really love cool and cold weather too. not this hot crap

electric_blue68

(22,337 posts)
4. My cousin took me up into The Rockies near Denver. We stopped at a lake. Can't remember
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 07:05 PM
Jun 21

Last edited Sun Jun 22, 2025, 06:24 PM - Edit history (1)

the name, (Echo Lake) but we looked southwest towards to Mt Evans/Mt Blue Sky which still had some snow on it (?early July); he said it would a be a few more days before the snow would melt.

Even more impressive, looking north west was a line of snow-capped peaks all "blued" by atmospheric distance. They were part of The Continental Divide.
A majestic view!

Maru Kitteh

(30,368 posts)
6. It's 48F outside right now, it is our high for the day
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 07:09 PM
Jun 21

Not expecting a blizzard here though. Perhaps in the park.


Edit to add, here = NW Montana.


MontanaMama

(24,495 posts)
9. It's 58 here in Missoula now.
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 07:57 PM
Jun 21

Only because the sun came out…but the wind is howling and it’ll start raining again shortly. My whole porch is stacked to the gills with my house plants because that’s where they live all summer…looks like a low of 41 tomorrow morning and that’s too cold for my plant babies. Guess they all get to come in for the next two nights. Sigh. Happy Solstice in the Rockies!

2naSalit

(97,317 posts)
10. Thinking of you...
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:32 PM
Jun 21

As I heard about this cold today. Good grief. Normal, a bit warm though, over here. Going to be really hot the next few days, not thrilled about that but glad my garden is doing well.

MontanaMama

(24,495 posts)
16. There you are!
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 12:28 PM
Jun 22

I hope you’re settled and doing well in your new place. AND that a Good Samaritan found your wallet along the way!

How in the world have you had time to plant a garden already? Good on you! What did you plant?

2naSalit

(97,317 posts)
19. Yeah...
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 12:44 PM
Jun 22

That was one of the luckiest days of my existence! DUers helped me with unloading my car and reloading after I blasted 70 miles back to retrieve it. The guy who found it was there and wouldn't accept a thank you gift, the $50 I had stashed inside.

As it turned out, I only lost about 14 hours and was only about 40 miles off course when I got back on the road. Unbelievable.

I put in the garden right away, there was no time to waste as I was a couple weeks off my timeline when I returned from Fargo in April. But things are growing and the conditions are perfect so I was lucky with that too.

Haven't found a place yet but haven't looked that hard as I had a lot to deal with when I arrived and had some grace period on housing priorities so I'm using it. I created the cushion so I could rest up after the move. Once I find a spot, I can settle in and carry on. I hope we still have a country then!

And I hope it warms up enough for you to have a flourishing garden too. I have a feeling we'll be needing the food they give us more than usual.



MontanaMama

(24,495 posts)
21. 100%. We will need every scrap of food
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 03:39 PM
Jun 22

we can grow. I started my garden way earlier this year to get a head start. There’s been lots of covering with the whacked out weather but I think it’ll end up being a win in the end even with all the extra efforts.

Even with the cold and rain, there’s a science fiction convention here in Missoula as well as the Pride celebration. The streets have been packed with glorious weirdos and people having a good time. Nobody being angry assholes that I’ve seen or heard about. It’s been a nice reprieve from the dystopian hellscape that is now our existence. Missoula recently adopted the Pride flag as an official city flag and our thug Governor’s panties were all bunched up over that…he said we should be ashamed. I thought that would make you crack a smile.

Maru Kitteh

(30,368 posts)
12. It was Eyore, all day long in the Valley and surrounding area, lol
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:31 PM
Jun 21

Boy - did we need the moisture though! Flathead Lake will not reach full pond.

MontanaMama

(24,495 posts)
18. Ugh. Flathead not getting to full pool
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 12:31 PM
Jun 22

and all the politics that go with that is its own thing, isn’t it? I saw Ryan Zinke having big public feelings about that.

Yes, we need the moisture badly. So many wildfires so early in the season already.

electricmonk

(2,011 posts)
11. A couple years ago
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:45 PM
Jun 21

on June 15 I was camping above Bozeman near Battle Ridge and it poured down snow for awhile. Didn't really accumulate much but it was fun to snap photos of to send back to my Virginia friends since at the time they were having a heatwave much like today. I'm in Virginia at the moment and would love some snow. Not a summer person at all, especially not an east coast miserable humid summer person.

Maru Kitteh

(30,368 posts)
27. Maps informs me that is a 4-hour 241 mile drive from my house, lol!
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 06:53 PM
Jun 22

Sometimes I forget how big this state really is.


Attilatheblond

(6,643 posts)
28. Forth largest state in the union, if memory serves
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 07:00 PM
Jun 22

When I lived in eastern part of MT, it was 3 hours, each way and only in good weather, to get to any shopping. Living in Helena was better.

Xavier Breath

(5,828 posts)
13. Gonna be 96 here tomorrow with a 104 heat index.
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:38 PM
Jun 21

Four inches of snow sounds quite refreshing, actually. But then, I'd take winter or autumn over summer any day.

YMMV.

Tribetime

(6,707 posts)
14. Excessive heat coming to the ohio area starting tomorrow
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:42 PM
Jun 21

I myself would rather have a cool weather

Jack Valentino

(2,795 posts)
15. Kinda crazy, considering the heat wave starting now in Michigan and other places...
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:46 PM
Jun 21

'Course, we were overdue for one, and two weeks ago I was bringing seedlings into the house some nights because the temps were so low (but not quite freezing).... this was the coolest spring in my recent memory.

Yeah, I was just saying to my neighbor "wish we could take ten degrees off this heat wave,
and add it to 3 weeks ago..."


H2O Man

(77,313 posts)
17. Yikes!
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 12:30 PM
Jun 22

Large-scale flooding in upstate New York. I'm fortunate to be up on a mountain, but my county is in a state of emergency.

DFW

(58,481 posts)
20. Here it hit 30 C, everyone was sweltering (that's 86F). Now it has clouded over, thunderstorm expected.
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 12:55 PM
Jun 22

If so, I hope it's over by 5 AM tomorrow, as I have to get an early start over to Sprout City, where my first work appointment starts at 10:00.

Meanwhile, back in North America, my brother in Virginia has sent photos of the aftermath of a huge storm that downed trees and power lines. It was 48 hours before the power came back on.

For the rest of this week, I have to be down in Bavaria Tuesday, and in Madrid by Wednesday night, having to stay until Sunday. There is no rest for the weary.

Marthe48

(21,204 posts)
22. It's 92 F here
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 03:45 PM
Jun 22

heat index is 101. Glad I'm in, thankful for ac!

Be careful of the snow, be careful of the heat!

Tree Lady

(12,534 posts)
30. It's been cool and rainy last few days
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 07:08 PM
Jun 22

In OR, tomorrow goes back to summer.

Been a nice reprieve able to keep curtains open all day instead of my sun blocking heat.

msongs

(71,790 posts)
31. Honolulu - hi today 88, record hi 89, average hi 87. not a lot of variation here lol nt
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 07:11 PM
Jun 22
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