Weather and Avalanche Log

Hard rain in the valley, snow in the high mountains

Good freeze last night. Temps low 30s to high 20s F

Light rain overnight, then possible freeze this morning. Fisher SNOTEL shows >1" SWE and 0" precip? webcam showed rain.

high/mid-30s F and clear skies overnight, some freeze

Slight freeze last night, clear skies and low-mid 30s F

Good freeze overnight

Good freeze overnight except in the Bridgers. 

Warm but cloudy today. Freeze overnight. Wet loose potential this afternoon. 

Good freeze overnight. Warm and sunny today. 

12" of new snow Bridger. Big avalanche potential once it warms up. 

No freeze at Brackett Ck (34F @ 7200').

Avalanche Fatality Saddle Peak

AVALANCHE WARNING in Bridger Range

.1-.2" of rain at start of storm to ~9,000'

Lightening hit Bridger Bowl, knocked out some wx stations.

East wind is cold: 2F at Bridger @5am; 30F at Lionhead.

Snow totals at 0500 forecast heavy snow to continue

Calmer today

Fisher Creek under reported. Ben Z said there was close to a foot of fresh around the Yurt. 

Very windy in Bridgers (40-50 mph, G70 mph) at all elevations and directions.

wind calm this morning

Heavy rain below 8,000 ft. 

people reported 3+" new up Hyalite

Dropping temps, no wet avalanche danger 

Temperatures reached upper 40s F in afternoon.

Temperatures reached 40F.

Strong wind yesterday. light to moderate this morning.

LuLu Pass Wx not reporting.

4% density snow measured at Bridger Bowl and Big Sky.

LuLu Pass Wx not reporting.

LuLu Pass Wx not reporting.

SNOTEL down @ 2000 yesterday

Storm moving in this afternoon/evening. 

AVALANCHE WARNING Cooke City 

AVALANCHE WARNING issued for Cooke City. Heavy snow in the Bridgers and Cooke. 

AVALANCHE WARNING Cooke City

HIGH danger wind loaded slopes Cooke City

HIGH danger wind loaded slopes Cooke City 

Snow developing today. 

Gusted from W-SW at 50-70 Tue afternoon when snow started.

AVALANCHE WARNING Lionhead

Avalanche Fatality

AVALANCHE WARNING Lionhead

Avalanche Fatality

Avalanche Fatality; Bridger had strong downhill winds.

AVALANCHE WARNING Cooke, Lionhead, S. Madison, S. Gallatin

High danger on wind load, Cooke City. 

High danger on wind load, Cooke City.

5% density in north, closer to 10% in south.

@ 0600.

Inversion: At 5 a.m. above freezing temps (35-38F) at ridgetops (excluding West Yell and Cooke).

Highs around 40 F yesterday

Wind gusts reached close to 50 mph around Cooke.

Winds were steady 35 mph from all directions in the Bridgers yesterday; lots of unusual loading.

Temps in low single digits at 5am;
Storm Totals: 14-18" Bridger and Hyalite; 10" Big Sky; 6" West Yell; 12" Cooke

Storm totals of 3" Bridger's, 6"-8" elsewhere. Overnight lows of 10F.

Precip. @ 0500

Freezing level above 9,000' at 0400

Bridger Bowl won't be opening due to loss of snow. 

Freezing level at 0600 near 10,000'.

Temps above freezing @ 8,500'

Temps: mid 20's in N; high teens in S

Temps were warm during the storm, hovering right around freezing. Lots of water down south with high density snow.  

weather @ 0700

Wind gusts around Cooke City were in the 40s. 

Very strong winds from the W-SW, transporting lots of snow. 

Most snow fell yesterday morning.

lows around 20F

single digits F overnight

Not all wx sites reporting on website

Recorded about 0800.

wind-loading

Temps at 5am are in the mid-20s.

snow line around 9k in Bridgers

First day of Fall

24 hr precip @ 8am

24 hr precip @ 9am

24 hr precip as of 9am

First snow in mountains. 4-11" Bridger and Big Sky. 48 hour precip. totals