Advisory Archive
Over the past 24 hours, 1-3” of snow fell across the advisory area. This morning temps are in the single digits under partly cloudy skies and winds are blowing 15-35 mph out of the W-SW. Today, light snow will develop over the mountains and 1-3” is possible by this afternoon. A heavier shot of snow impacts the area tonight. The mountains will likely see an additional 2-4” by tomorrow morning. Winds will remain moderate to strong out the W-SW, but will shift to a more NW direction this evening. Temps will warm into the upper teens to mid-20’s under mostly cloudy skies.
Overnight the mountains around Bozeman picked up 4-5” of new snow while the mountains around Big Sky, West Yellowstone and Cooke City picked up 6-8”. This morning snow has mostly exited the area and temps are in the single digits to low teens F under partly to mostly cloudy skies. Winds are blowing 15-25 mph out of the west with ridgetop gusts near Big Sky and Cooke City breaking 30 mph. Today, lingering snow showers could deposit an additional to 1-2”, mainly in the southern mountains. Skies become partly cloudy by this afternoon and no snow is expected tonight. Temps warm today into the teens to low 20’s F and moderate winds will continue out of the west.
The southern mountains got an inch of snow last night while other areas were missed. Temperatures are in the teens to low 20s with winds out of the southwest at 25-40 mph. Today will become cloudy, winds will decrease and a cold front will usher in snow later this afternoon. By morning 2-4” will blanket the mountains with another couple inches on Thursday.
This is the 3rd morning in a row without new snow to report, the first time in 23 days to have such a drought! Under clear skies temperatures are in the single digits and winds are blowing W-SW at 20-35 mph in the north and 10-15 mph in the south. Today will be sunny and temperatures will rise into the 20s and drop into the teens tonight. No snow is expected until later Wednesday.
The mountains did not get any new snow since yesterday morning. Temperatures this morning are negative teens F in the Bridger Range and single digits above and below zero elsewhere. Wind has been east-southeast at 5-15 mph and 25-35 mph in the Bridger Range. Today, temperatures will reach single digits to high teens F. Wind will be easterly at 5-20 mph and shift to the north-northwest this evening. The southern mountains will get light snow showers today with 1-2” possible by tomorrow.
Yesterday morning the mountains near Bozeman and Big Sky received a trace of snow as showers tapered into a cold, clear day throughout the advisory area. This morning, temperatures are in the single digits F and will reach high teens to low 20s F today. Strong north-northwest wind yesterday afternoon shifted overnight to westerly at 15-25 mph with gusts of 30-45 mph. West wind at 20-30 mph will continue this morning. Cloud cover will increase later today and snow showers tonight will bring 1-3” to the mountains by morning.
Since yesterday morning the mountains got 6” of low density snow in Hyalite, 2-4” in the Bridger Range, Big Sky and near Cooke City, and zero near West Yellowstone. Temperatures this morning are single digits to low teens F and wind is north-northwest at 5-15 mph. Under mostly sunny skies today, temperatures will reach teens F with north-northwest wind at 5-15 mph. Winds will increase to 20-30 mph tonight and the next chance for snow is Sunday night.
Over the past 24 hours the mountains around Cooke City picked up 8-10” of new snow while the rest of the advisory area picked up 1-2”. At 5 a.m. temps range from the single digits F in the Bridgers to teens and 20’s elsewhere. Winds are blowing 15-30 mph out of the W-NW with ridgetop gusts around Hyalite and Big Sky breaking 40 mph. Today, temps will warm into the teens to low 20’s and winds will continue to blow 15-30 out of the west. Llight snow will linger in the mountains with an additional 1-2” possible. Snow moves out of the region by this evening and this weekend looks to be cold and dry.
Since yesterday morning the mountains around Cooke City picked up close to a foot of new snow. The Bridger Range picked up 6-8” while Hyalite and Big Sky received 2-4”. The mountains around West Yellowstone squeezed out 1-2”. This morning it’s still snowing around Cooke City while the rest of advisory area remains dry. Temps range from the 20’s to low 30’s F and winds are blowing 15-30 mph out the W-SW with ridgetop gusts around Big Sky breaking 40 mph. Today, snow will continue around Cooke City where an additional 4-6” will fall by this evening. The rest of the advisory are could see 1-2” by later today. Snow increases tonight and much of the advisory area will see 4-6” by morning. The exception is the mountains around West Yellowstone which will see 1-3”.
Since yesterday morning 3-4” fell in the mountains around Bozeman, Big Sky, Cooke City and 1-2” outside West Yellowstone. Under cloudy skies, west winds are averaging 25-30 mph with gusts of 55 mph in the north and 15-30 mph in the south. By tomorrow morning expect 2-4” in the mountains around Bozeman and Big Sky, and 4-8” around West Yellowstone and Cooke City. Temperatures will reach the low 20’s this afternoon with strong westerly winds.