Heavy Great Lakes Snow through Friday; Watching Potential for Major Winter Storm Late Week into this Weekend

Heavy lake effect snow will continue in the Great Lakes into Wednesday before another storm brings a widespread general snow followed by another round of heavy lake effect snow. A wide-ranging winter storm will produce great swaths of heavy snow, sleet, and treacherous freezing rain from the southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South starting Friday and shifting toward the East Coast through Sunday. Read More >

Current conditions at

Essex US-2 MP 179.9 (MTESX)

Lat: 48.28176°NLon: 113.60657°WElev: 3848.0ft.

27°F

-3°C

Humidity	72%
Wind Speed	NW 4 MPH
Barometer	NA
Dewpoint	19°F (-7°C)
Visibility	NA
Wind Chill	22°F (-6°C)
Last update	20 Jan 12:00 PM MST

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Extended Forecast for

5 Miles WNW Essex MT

This Afternoon
High: 20 °F
Sunny
Tonight
Low: 9 °F
Partly Cloudy
Wednesday
High: 18 °F
Slight Chance
Snow then
Mostly Cloudy
Wednesday Night
Low: 7 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Thursday
High: 14 °F
Mostly Sunny
Thursday Night
Low: 3 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Friday
High: 11 °F
Slight Chance
Snow then
Sunny
Friday Night
Low: 2 °F
Partly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 14 °F
Slight Chance
Snow

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

Sunny, with a high near 20. West southwest wind 9 to 13 mph.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with a low around 9. Wind chill values as low as -7. West southwest wind 11 to 13 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Wednesday

A 20 percent chance of snow before 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 18. Wind chill values as low as -7. Southeast wind 9 to 13 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. Wind chill values as low as -7. South southwest wind 8 to 11 mph.

Thursday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 14. South wind around 14 mph becoming north in the afternoon.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 3.

Friday

A 20 percent chance of snow before 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 11.

Friday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 2.

Saturday

A slight chance of snow. Mostly sunny, with a high near 14.