RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
454 PM MST THU FEB 3 2005
...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET OR TIED IN WESTERN MONTANA TODAY...
A WARM AND DRY RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA HAS ALLOWED
TEMPERATURES TO REACH OR SURPASS PREVIOUS HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS.
LOCATION.......................... RECORD HIGH..... PREVIOUS RECORD.... HIGH AND YEAR
BUTTE BERT MOONEY AP......... 56............................... 54................................. IN 1963
KALISPELL GLACIER AP............ 51............................... 51 ..................................IN 1962
...COOPERATIVE OBSERVER STATIONS - MONTANA...
ANACONDA.................................... 61 ...............................54 ...................................IN 1962
DRUMMOND ..................................52 ...............................51 ...................................IN 1934
POLSON ..........................................60 ...............................53 ...................................IN 1962
HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT 902 AM MST WED FEB 2 2005 ...
NEAR RECORD LOW SNOWPACK ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...
SNOWPACK THAT HAS ACCUMULATED THIS WINTER IS BELOW AVERAGE. SNOW THAT HAS FALLEN FROM OCTOBER THROUGH THE LAST WEEK IN JANUARY IS RANGING BETWEEN 48 AND 65 PERCENT OF NORMAL. MANY OF THE SNOWPACK MONITORING SITES OPERATED BY THE NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION SERVICE ARE SETTING NEW RECORD LOW VALUES FOR THE END OF JANUARY. THE UPPER CLARK FORK RIVER BASIN HAS SET A NEW LOW RECORD SNOWPACK AT 58 PERCENT OF AVERAGE...
THE PREVIOUS LOW RECORD SNOWPACK WAS SET IN 1977. SNOWPACK SITUATION...
RIVER BASIN ....................2005 WATER YEAR................. 2001 DROUGHT YEAR
(PERCENT OF AVE THRU JAN) (PERCENT OF AVE THRU JAN)
KOOTENAI .....................................61................................................... 55
FLATHEAD .....................................63................................................... 56
UPPER CLARK FORK ...................58................................................... 81
BITTERROOT ................................54................................................... 68
LOWER CLARK FORK ..................48................................................... 66
CLEARWATER ...............................54 ...................................................64
SALMON .........................................65 ...................................................64
STREAMFLOW SITUATION...
IF SNOWPACK TRENDS CONTINUE TO REMAIN THE SAME OR DECLINE FURTHER... STREAMFLOWS WILL BE AT VERY LOW FLOWS IN THE SUMMER OF 2005. LOW STREAMFLOWS COULD LEAD TO POSSIBLE WATER SHORTAGES ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO.
