What is the Long-Term Weather Forecast Going to be for Montana? Are We Ever Going to Get the Snowpack We Need?

01/20/24 • 46 min

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks with Matthew Rosencrans in the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center. Matthew is the Climate Testbed Director in the Climate Prediction Center and knows a great deal about predicting the weather. In fact, he used to be one of the weather forecasters for the United States Airforce! Over the last few years, the National Weather Services Prediction Team has increased their average accuracy a great deal. So, on average how accurate are they? Listen now and find out! Downrigger talked to Matthew about what the weather outlook is for the rest of this winter here in Montana. Rigger and Matthew even went way beyond that and talked about what the weather looks like for the State this spring, summer, and fall. Is it good news or is it not looking so good as far as moisture and drought conditions? Are we in a El Niño or a La Niña? Do you know what those things are? Who named them that? How is the National Weather Service and their team of scientists like Matthew able to predict the weather that far out? No, it is not a crystal ball! How do storms like hurricanes get their names. Rigger and Mr. Rosencrans get into some incredible topics and most all those topics are all about things that will directly affect you! So, listen now to this week's Montana Outdoor Podcast!
If you would like to learn more about the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center, click here. If you would like to learn more about the weather in your area:
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For northern and central Montana click here or call (406) 453-2081.

For northeastern Montana click here or call (406)228-4042.

For southeastern Montana click here or call (406) 652-0851.
As always if you have any suggestions for podcasts topics just click here to send an email to Downrigger Dale.

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A Conversation with Montana’s Outdoor Governor, Greg Gianforte! What’s Next for Montana’s Outdoors in 2024?

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This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host, Downrigger Dale has a conversation with Montana Governor, Greg Gianforte. Rigger and the Governor get into all kinds of topics about Montana’s great outdoors. Things like: What is the overall outlook for Montana’s Outdoors for 2024? What About Montana’s outdoor economy, which is a huge part of our overall economy, will it keep growing? Can Montana’s population continue to grow without ruining the things that has made it the best place in the world to live? You can get the Governor’s answers to those and many other questions by listening to this week’s Podcast! A few other very interesting tidbits about Montana’s outdoor economy that Governor Gianforte brought up during his conversation with Rigger; Do you know how fast Montana’s Outdoor Economy grew in one year? How many people are employed in jobs directly connected to Montana’s outdoor economy? Spoiler Alert! If all those folks lived in the same town, they would become the 7th largest city in the State! There is a TON of important information in this podcast for sure and even a great recipe for duck from the Governor! So, listen now!
If you would like to learn more about Montana’s outdoor economy, click here for an interesting report from the Montana Department of Labor and Industry. You can also click here to get another interesting report about Montana’s outdoor economy from the University of Montana. Rigger and the Governor also talked about the Black Butte Copper Mine and the gold mine near Emigrant Montana that was opposed by the community. Click here to get more information about Black Butte Copper Mine and the Community support. To read an article about the ban on mining near Emigrant click here. If you have a question for Governor Gianforte, click here to send him an email. Downrigger Dale would love to hear your thoughts about this podcast or your ideas for future podcast topics! Click here to email Downrigger Dale.

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Josh Parrow is Making it Happen on the Hi-Line! Hear what is going on up on Montana's Hi-Line!

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This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host, Downrigger Dale caught up with a guy who has been VERY busy. We are talking about Josh Parrow of Havre Montana. You probably have heard Josh a time or two on the Montana Outdoor Radio Show give a report from Montana’s Hi-Line or you may have seen him out on the Walleye Circuit or maybe even out on a stretch of railroad track repairing a train engine. Yeah, the guy stays busy for sure. In fact, he and his wonderful wife Kari just welcomed their first child, a baby girl named Aniyah! If that were not enough Josh just became the Region Four Director of Walleyes Unlimited and Kari is the new Treasurer! Oh, but he is not stopping there he also just became a guide under Kits Tackle Outfitters, “Jiggin’ the Dream”! Oh, and wait until you hear about where Josh is going to be guiding! It is long overdue that this great body of water got a guide to help you unlock its incredible secrets! Needless to say, he had a lot to talk about with Downrigger. Listen to the Montana Outdoor Podcast now and hear all about what is going on up on the Hi-Line . Josh gave out all kinds of great news about things going on in Montana’s Walleye Circuit, some awesome projects that Walleyes Unlimited Chapters are doing, great news about youth competing in tournaments and how the Fresno Chapter just helped the Fresno Ice Fishing Tournament hosted by the Fresno Tavern. They gave them a great donation and folks from the chapter will be helping out there Saturday 1/27/24 as well. If you want more information about the Fresno Ice Fishing Tournament you can also click here and read the Article that Angela Montana posted last week. Josh also talked about all the great reasons for joining your local Walleyes Unlimited Chapter. It sounds like you will be VERY happy you did! And those are just a few of the things that Rigger and Josh talked about. We just want to know where does this guy get all his energy anyway!?
If you would like to learn more about Montana Walleyes Unlimited and find a chapter near you click here. If you want to get to know the Fresno Chapter of Walleyes Unlimited click here. For information about Josh Parrow’s guiding service click here. To book a trip with Josh and to learn more about Kits Tackle Outfitters, “Jiggin’ the Dream” be sure and click here. If you have a question for Josh, click here to send him and email. As always your old buddy Downrigger would love to hear your ideas for podcast topics, click here to email Downrigger Dale.