Setting winter records - and it's not over yet

Don’t put your shovels away yet, or at least keep them close by.

That was the warning from Jim Brusda, chief meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Great Falls Thursday.

Brusda was referring to the fact that indications are winter weather is far from over in Havre.

And there’s quite a few reasons why — but the biggest is snow.

“The snow pack,” Brusda said of why Havre is experiencing well below normal temperatures deep into March, and more colder temps are being forecast for the beginning of April. “The snow pack right now in Havre is deep. And that’s going to b...