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Hydrologic Outlook

Hydrologic Outlook
National Weather Service Missoula MT
712 PM MDT Fri May 4 2018

...Rivers and creeks on the rise due to snowmelt....

Warm temperatures this weekend and into next week will lead to
additional snowmelt from the much above normal snowpack in the
mountains of western Montana. The snowmelt runoff will combine
with already swollen creeks and rivers to bring many rivers and
creeks to flood levels. Rainfall is also expected in some river
basins on Sunday into Monday with most river basins receiving
less than 0.50 inches. The Bitterroot and Upper Clark Fork River
basins could see rain amounts in the 0.5 inch to 0.75 inch range.
The majority of runoff into creeks and rivers will come from the
snowmelt, however, areas of heavier rain will also combine with
the snowmelt runoff.

The following rivers will approach flood stage and possibly exceed
flood stage next week.
Bitterroot River
Blackfoot River
Clark Fork River
Swan River
Yaak River