Advisory Archive

A trace to an inch of new snow fell since yesterday morning. West and southwest winds are 20-30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph near Bozeman and Big Sky. Near West Yellowstone and Cooke City, winds are 10 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Temperatures are in the teens to low 20s F this morning and will rise into the 20s and low 30s F today. Scattered showers will bring a dusting to two inches of new snow by tomorrow morning, with winds staying steady.

Snow yesterday followed by a strong pulse last night dropped 8” in the Bridger Range, 6” in Hyalite and 13” in Big Sky. In the southern ranges, Cooke City has 6”, Carrot Basin 5” and 2” at Lionhead. Ridgetop winds are from the west and averaging 20-30 mph with gusts of 45 mph and temperatures are in the teens. Scattered showers today and tonight will drop another couple of inches with decreasing wind.

At 5 a.m. the mountains around Bozeman, Big Sky and Cooke City have 3-5” of new snow while the southern ranges to West Yellowstone have 6-8”. Winds are west to southwest at 20-35 mph with gusts of 60 mph in Hyalite. Temperatures are in the low 20s F in the north and 10 F in the south. Today, winds will lessen to 20 mph and temperatures will cool to the teens and single digits. By tonight an additional 4-6” will fall with 8” in Cooke City.

There was no new snow in our advisory area in the last 24 hours. This morning, mountain temperatures are in the single digits to teens F and winds are 10-20 mph out of the west to southwest. Winds are stronger in the Bridger Range and are currently blowing 20-35 mph from the west. The New Year will start right with snow beginning this afternoon and 6-10” falling by morning. Winds will blow 20-30 mph from the southwest and temperatures will rise into the 20s to low 30s.

Yesterday 1-2” of very low density snow fell near Bozeman and Big Sky, and elsewhere got no snow. This morning temperatures are single digits to low teens F. Wind is out of the northwest-northeast at 0-10 mph with gusts to 15 mph. In the Bridger Range wind is 5-15 mph with gusts to 25 mph at the ridgeline and downhill mid-mountain. Today will be partly sunny with temperatures in the teens to low 20s F and northerly wind at 5-15 mph. New snow is on tap for the New Year starting tomorrow night through Thursday morning.

Early yesterday morning the Bridger Range got 4” of near zero percent (0.5%) density snow. Elsewhere received no new snow. Yesterday wind was light out of the north-northwest. Overnight, wind shifted south-southwest at 5-10 mph with gusts over 20 mph. This morning temperatures are single digits below and above zero F. Today, under partly cloudy skies temperatures will be in the teens F and wind will be west-southwest at 5-15 mph. A few scattered snowflakes are possible, but no measurable snowfall is expected until early Wednesday.

This morning temperatures are in the single digits to low teens F and there is no new snow. Winds are 5-10 mph out of the north and west and will remain steady throughout the day. High temps will be in the teens F. Snow flurries today and tonight won’t bring significant accumulations.

A skiff of new snow fell yesterday morning in the Bridger’s, with no accumulations elsewhere. This morning, temperatures are in the single digits to teens F and winds are generally 10-20 mph from the southwest. High temps today will be in the teens to low 20s F. Winds will remain light out of the southwest. A dusting of snow will fall tonight, with more significant snowfall expected tomorrow night and into Sunday.

In the last 24 hours 1-2 inches has fallen in the northern mountains. This morning lingering showers will give way to clearing skies. Temperatures are in the high single digits to low teens and wind is gentle at 5-10 mph, mostly from the southwest. Temperatures will remain cool and wind light. More snow is expected late Friday that will continue through the weekend.

This morning we all know who has been naughty and nice. Me, I saw black coal dust rimming my stocking so I ignored it, a tactic of the naughty. Folks around West Yellowstone have been nice and they were rewarded with 8-12” of new snow since yesterday morning. The Taylor Fork received 7”, Big Sky and Cooke City 4-5” and the mountains around Bozeman 2”. Winds are from the west to southwest and have lessened to 10-20 mph from yesterday’s 40 mph gusts. Mountain temperatures are 15-20 F.  Today will be cloudy, temperatures will rise into the mid-20s, wind will remain the same and scattered snowfall will drop a trace to an inch.