Advisory Archive

Since yesterday morning the mountains near West Yellowstone and Cooke City got 3-4” of snow, and elsewhere got 1-2”. Yesterday wind was west-southwest at 10-20 mph with gusts of 30-40 mph. This morning wind is 5-10 mph with gusts of 15-20 mph, and temperatures are teens to low 20s F. Today temperatures will be high teens to mid-20s F. Wind will shift to the northwest at 5-15 mph with gusts to 25 mph, then will increase tonight. Light, scattered snow showers today will drop 1-2” in the southern half of our advisory area with less than inch near Bozeman.

One to 3” of new snow fell overnight across most of the advisory area, with the area south of Big Sky picking up 5-6”. Winds around Bozeman and Big Sky are 25-30 mph out of the south and west, with 40-50 mph gusts. Winds are a bit lighter near West Yellowstone and Cooke City. Temperatures this morning are in the single digits and teens F and will rise into the teens and low 20s F today. Winds will continue out of the south and west, with the peak gusts moderating a little. Periods of snowfall today and tonight will deposit 2-4” by tomorrow morning around Bozeman and Big Sky and 4-8” near West Yellowstone and Cooke City.

In the last 24 hours the mountains around Bozeman and Big Sky picked up 4-5”, most of it falling last night while everywhere else remained dry. Temperatures are in the low single digits F and wind is light at 10-20 mph out of the west to northwest. Today will become partly cloudy and mountain temperatures will rise into the low 20s F. A southwest flow will drop 1-2” in the mountains tonight with light snowfall continuing Friday and Saturday.

At 5 a.m. it is still snowing, but will taper off today. In the last 24 hours 8-12” fell in the Bridger, northern Gallatin and northern Madison Ranges and 2-4” everywhere else. With temperatures in the single digits wind is from the west to northwest at 15 mph with gusts of 25-30 mph. Wind will continue today and snowfall will end this morning with another 3-5” expected around Bozeman and Big Sky and 2-3” around West Yellowstone and Cooke City.

This morning mountain temperatures are in the mid-teens F with 10-20 mph winds from the west. The Bridger Range through the Southern Madison and South Gallatin Ranges received 8-12” of new snow, and the mountains around West Yellowstone and Cooke City received 4-5”. Temperatures today will rise to the low to mid-20s F with 10-20 mph winds from the west to northwest. By morning the mountains around Bozeman and Big Sky will have 5-8” of new snow and West Yellowstone and Cooke City will see 2-3”.

In the last 24-hours, the Bridger Range got 8” of fresh snow and the mountains near Big Sky, West Yellowstone, Cooke City, and south of Bozeman got 2-4”. Temperatures are around 10 degrees F except in the Taylor Fork and Cooke City where they are hoovering above and below 0 degrees F. Winds are blowing 5-15 mph from the southwest to northwest.

Temperatures will warm through the day with highs in the mid-teens F to low 20s F and winds will be 10-20 mph from the southwest. Continued snowfall will bring 5-8” by morning with more expected tomorrow.

Since yesterday morning the mountains got a trace of new snow. In the Bridger Range, east wind has been 25-35 mph with gusts of 30-50 mph. Elsewhere wind has been easterly at 5-15 mph with gusts to 20 mph. This morning temperatures are teens below zero to single digits above zero F. Today temperatures will climb to single digits and low teens above zero F. Wind direction will be variable at 0-10 mph. Snow is expected tonight with 1-2” possible by morning and more through Tuesday.

There is a trace to 2” of new snow across the advisory area this morning. Temperatures range from the negative teens F to the positive single digits F. Winds are generally westerly at 5-15 mph, with gusts of 20-25 mph. In the Bridger Range and Lionhead area light winds are out of the east. Winds today will be 5-15 mph from the northwest. Temperatures will rise to the single digits F in most areas. Light snowfall today will bring a trace to 2” by tomorrow morning.

This morning there is an inch of new snow near West Yellowstone with none elsewhere. Temperatures range from -20 F in the Bridger Range to the positive teens F near West Yellowstone. Winds are generally westerly at 10-20 mph, with gusts of 30-40 mph last night, except for the Bridger Range where they are light and out of the east. Winds today will be 5-15 mph from the west and northwest. Temperatures will stay in the negatives in the Bridger Range, rising to around 0 F in Big Sky and the low teens F in West Yellowstone and Cooke City. A trace to 3” will fall across the advisory area today, with potential for a smidge more in Cooke City.

At 5 a.m. there’s a dusting of snow around Bozeman. An arctic cold front is nudging into our forecast area. Alpine at Bridger Bowl is reading -22F, while Big Sky is near 0F and other areas are near 10F. Around Big Sky and Taylor Fork wind is blowing westerly at 20-30 mph with gusts of 40-60 mph and 10-25 mph everywhere else. Temperatures will rise to zero in the north and high teens in the south before plummeting tonight to below zero in all places except balmy West Yellowstone. Snowfall later this afternoon and tonight will drop 4” around Cooke City and 2” elsewhere.