Montana
SnowBrains Forecast: 2+ Feet For Montana This Weekend – SnowBrains
Montana trades its warm, breezy pattern for a colder, wintrier regime as a Pacific trough and a Canadian cold front meet over the state this weekend. Showers and a few rumbles of thunder pop Saturday, then colder air pours in Saturday night and organizes moisture against the terrain. The result is a widespread mountain snow event that peaks Sunday, with lingering orographic snow showers and early-week chill holding over the high country Monday. Confidence is highest along the northern Divide and Rocky Mountain Front, solid for the southwest and central ranges, and lower for broad valley impacts outside far northwest Montana.
Snow levels begin unhelpfully high on Saturday, then fall rapidly behind the front late Saturday night into Sunday. Expect roughly 9,000 to 12,000 feet during the day Saturday, stepping down to about 2,500 to 5,000 feet from northwest to southeast by daybreak Sunday. That opens a window for valley flakes in northwest Montana where easterly low-level flow squeezes moisture against the Divide. In and around Glacier National Park, upslope enhances snowfall while a quick flash-freeze risk rides the falling temperatures. Elsewhere, lower elevations trend wet and blustery until the colder air catches up, with accumulating snow favored from the foothills upward.
Totals favor the windward mountains with the northern Divide leading the way. Along the Continental Divide from Glacier through the Bob Marshall, a long, orographic-assisted hit can stack 12 inches or more on the upper peaks, with localized 18 to 24 inches where west flow aloft overlaps easterly surface winds. Valleys in far northwest Montana have a credible shot at 1 to 4 inches late Sunday night into Monday morning. Southwest and central Montana join the party with 4 to 12 inches near and above pass level in the Gallatin, Madison, Centennial, Little Belt, and Highwood ranges, while the Crazies can push toward 8 to 14 inches and the Absaroka/Beartooth toward 5 to 10 inches on favored slopes.
Timing runs clean from a showery Saturday into a colder, deeper Sunday, then a taper Monday. Saturday brings scattered showers and a few thunderstorms, then snow expands and lowers overnight as the Canadian front arrives. Sunday is the core snow day for the mountains and the best chance for a photogenic valley coating in the northwest. Monday taps the brakes to mountain snow showers with cold air lingering, then a cool and somewhat unsettled pattern hangs on into early next week. For turns, Sunday rides deepest, while Monday offers colder, cleaner snow on the upper mountain after the heaviest bands fade.
Montana
Half a million absentee ballots sent to Montana voters for primary election • Daily Montanan
Ballots for Montana’s June 2 primary began to hit voters’ mailboxes this weekend.
According to the Secretary of State’s website, 509,399 absentee ballots were mailed to voters. As of Monday morning, 358 voters had already returned their ballots.
“Montana’s 2026 Primary Election is well underway, and the Montana Election Team is honored to serve our voters,” Secretary of state Christi Jacobsen said in a press release. “As a reminder, Montanans can view their sample ballot, track their absentee ballot, confirm their voter registration information, and much more at VoteMT.gov.”
Voted ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, June 2nd.
The Montana Election Team reminds absentee voters to sign, date, and add their birth year when returning their absentee ballot. County election officials provide instructions in the ballot packet, and more information is also available online at https://votemt.gov/absentee-ballot/.
The Montana Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at May 10, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Big Sky Bonus numbers from May 10 drawing
06-22-28-31, Bonus: 08
Check Big Sky Bonus payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Millionaire for Life numbers from May 10 drawing
01-03-20-35-46, Bonus: 05
Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.
Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results
When are the Montana Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 9 p.m. MT on Tuesday and Friday.
- Lucky For Life: 8:38 p.m. MT daily.
- Lotto America: 9 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
- Big Sky Bonus: 7:30 p.m. MT daily.
- Powerball Double Play: 8:59 p.m. MT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Montana Cash: 8 p.m. MT on Wednesday and Saturday.
- Millionaire for Life: 9:15 p.m. MT daily.
Missed a draw? Peek at the past week’s winning numbers.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Great Falls Tribune editor. You can send feedback using this form.
The Socorro Independent School District honored and celebrated its top two educators at the 2026 Teacher of the Year Gala on Friday, May 8 at the El Paso Convention Center.
Cristina Garcia, a fifth-grade teacher at Mission Ridge Elementary School, was recognized as the 2026 SISD Elementary Teacher of the Year. Javier Esparza, an audio and video broadcast teacher at Socorro High School, was named the 2026 SISD Secondary Teacher of the Year.
https://www.ktsm.com/news/socorro-isd-honors-top-2-teachers-at-gala-celebration/
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