Overview

• A Pacific trough moving inland is delivering scattered showers and embedded thunderstorms today with occasional sunshine.
• Precipitation is expected to shift into northwest Montana on Wednesday with generally cloudier skies across the region.
• High temperatures are forecast to cool from the mid-60s midweek to the upper 50s by the weekend.
• If clouds thin, pockets of sub-freezing temperatures are possible Thursday and Friday nights in low-lying valleys, with typical cold spots highlighted by forecasters.
• Models suggest a colder push this weekend that could lower snow levels to around 5,000 feet with light accumulation along the Divide by Monday morning.