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For those living in the coastal and interior valleys, expect to begin your day with some marine layer stratus and fog his ...

These clouds can occasionally produce light showers, drizzle or fog, and they are typically associated with calm weather rather than storms. For weather forecasting, stratus clouds can be ...

Sunday night will have decreasing clouds with lows down to around 10 degrees. The wind will be westerly at 5 to 10 mph. If ...

Our second cold snap of the month will last through Thursday morning, with dangerous overnight wind chills on the Plains.

As a result, air stagnation advisories have been issued. We'll also be seeing increased chances of freezing fog and stratus clouds. At the moment, we're predicting that the pattern breaks down by ...

Today will be the calm before a big weather shift. Low stratus clouds will remain in place for the Flathead and Mission Valleys. Daytime highs will be in the 20s for Missoula and Kalispell.