Advisory Archive
This morning most places had temperatures in the teens F. Winds were blowing stronger near Bozeman and less so further south. W and SW winds near Bozeman were blowing 20-30 mph. Near West Yellowstone and Cooke City winds were blowing 10-15 mph. Today will have more sunshine and temperatures approaching 30 F near Bozeman with winds from the W and SW blowing 15-30 mph. Further south temperatures will be in the mid to low 20s F and winds will be a little calmer.
The Bridger Bowl Cloud was in full force yesterday and dropped a total of 26 inches! Put the kids in daycare, call in sick, skip school and shred. This is why we live here, right? All other mountain ranges picked up 2-4 inches yesterday. Winds are still blowing at 20-30 mph, but the direction has switched from west to southwest. This morning is clear with mountain temperatures in the single digits, but this afternoon temperatures will rise into the 20s under partly cloudy skies. Winds will continue to be moderate out of the southwest and no precipitation is expected in the next 24 hours.
I did a double take when I looked at my thermometer in Bozeman this morning. It read 18 degrees, thirty degrees warmer than a couple days ago--almost t-shirt weather! Mountain temperatures are still chilly with minus 5-10F around West Yellowstone and Cooke City; 5-10F elsewhere. At 6 a.m. it’s snowing in the mountains with 2-4 inches falling so far. Winds picked up yesterday and are currently blowing westerly at 20-30 mph and gusting into the 40s. Snowfall will end this afternoon and winds will taper off tonight. Another 3-6 inches will fall, but I expect double that in the Bridger Range given the favorable moist, northwest flow.
Over the past 24 hours a trace of new snow fell over most mountain locations. At 4 a.m. temperatures remain frigid. The mercury is reading -20 F in the mountains around Cooke City and West Yellowstone and -10 to -15 F elsewhere. To make matters worse, westerly winds are blowing 15-25 mph with gusts in the 30s. Although temperatures will actually warm above zero today, strong winds will continue to make it dangerously cold. Skies will be partly to mostly cloudy and there is a slight chance of mountain snow showers later this afternoon. The good is – temperatures will gradually warm throughout the week. Tomorrow looks to be a much warmer day with a good possibility of snow. The mountains could pick up 4-6 inches by Wednesday morning.
Overnight the mountains around Cooke City and West Yellowstone received 1-2 inches of new snow. The rest of our advisory area remained dry. This morning, cold temperatures continue with most locations ranging between -5 and -10 F. Currently, winds are blowing 5-10 mph out of the WNW with the exception of Big Sky where winds are blowing 10-20 mph. Today, temperatures will struggle to climb above zero degrees F under partly to mostly cloudy skies. Winds will increase slightly throughout the day blowing 10-15 from the WNW. Even light to moderate winds can create dangerous wind chills with these frigid temperatures. There is a slight chance for mountain snow showers this afternoon and evening. No major accumulations are expected.
Cold continues with mountain temperatures around -10 F most places this morning. Valley temperatures were coldest near Bozeman and the Bridger Range around -20 F. For comparison, it was -18 F at the South Pole this morning. Winds increased last night but eased a little this morning blowing 3-8 mph from the south gusting 10-15 mph. Today will have some sun and a few clouds near Bozeman and a chance of snow and more clouds near West Yellowstone. High temperatures should remain below zero F. Winds will decrease and become more easterly today.
It’s cold. This morning temperatures were near -20 degrees F, and winds were barely blowing. Unfortunately today will have some clouds and high temperatures will struggle to reach the negative single digits. Winds will increase from the SW and blow 10-15 mph which will feel like a lot with such cold temperatures. There’s a chance for snow today but no accumulation.
No new snow fell yesterday, but storm totals since Sunday are impressive. Most places received a total of 10-15 inches of new snow while Cooke City received over 2 feet. Cold weather is the story this morning with temperatures in the negative teens F and northerly winds blowing 10 mph and gusting to 15 mph. On Lionhead near West Yellowstone, winds were blowing 10-15 mph and gusting to 25 mph from the NNW. Today, there will be some sunshine but high temperatures will only reach the negative single digits F and maybe 0 F if we’re lucky. Fortunately winds should lessen a bit through the day and only blow 5-10 mph by this afternoon.
Cooke City has gotten over a foot and a half of new snow since yesterday morning. The southern Madison and Lionhead area are showing six to eight inches. The Big Sky area has nine inches since late Saturday night while the northern Gallatin and Bridger Ranges have about two inches of new. Winds are out of the west averaging 20-30 mph with gusts hitting 50 mph at the ridgelines. Temperatures are in the high 20’s which will look like a heat wave compared to tomorrow morning. An arctic cold front is coming early this evening which will last through the weekend bringing low temperatures of -5 to -10 and highs only reaching the single digits. Snow will continue ahead of the front and by tomorrow morning the southern mountains could get another 8-10 inches with 6-8 inches around Big Sky and 3-6 inches near Bozeman.
Our last snows were a week ago and since then we have been under sunny skies. This morning brings more of the same with temperatures in the high 20s and light winds of 10-20 mph out of the west to southwest. Daytime highs will reach the upper thirties. This quiet weather pattern will continue until late Sunday when cold, snowy weather drops down from Canada. The weather models predict a foot of snow falling in the mountains, but since the storm is still four days away my confidence level is low.
