Of course served up with the requisite grain of salt (or two), NOAH’s climatology forecasts for the next three months (November, December, January) suggest fairly normal / seasonal temps for the northern Rockies with above normal precipitation. May it be so, as early snowpack (any snowpack for that matter) is always good.
One month never a trend makes, but the month of September was a wet one for Montana watersheds per the new reporting graphic below; most river basins were well above normal in overall precip for the month.
Time to dust off the snow dance and start to lay some snowpack in.