Advisory Archive

Over the past 24 hours the mountain around West Yellowstone including the southern Madison Range picked up 8-12 inches of new snow. Cooke City picked up 6-8 inches while the mountains around Bozeman and Big Sky received 3-5 inches. At 5 a.m. it’s still snowing and temperatures are in the 20s F. Winds are blowing 15-30 mph out of W-SW with gusts up to 40 mph. Today, snow will continue and another 1-3 inches is expected by this afternoon. Snow tapers off later in the day and skies will become partly to mostly cloudy. Temps will warm into the upper 20s to low 30s F and winds will continue to blow 15-30 mph out of the W-SW. There will be a break in the weather tonight, but another round of moisture is forecasted to impact the area tomorrow into Wednesday.

Overnight the mountains around Cooke City picked up three inches of new snow. The rest of the advisory are picked up a trace to one inch. This morning, skies are partly to mostly cloudy and temperatures are in the 20s F. Winds are blowing 15-30 mph out of the W-SW with ridgetop gusts pushing 40 mph. Today, temps will warm to into the upper 20s to low 30s F and winds will remain moderate to strong out of the W-SW. A storm system moves into the area this afternoon producing a good chance of mountain snow. By tomorrow morning the mountains around Big Sky, West Yellowstone and Cooke City should receive 4-6 inches of new snow while the mountains around Bozeman will see 2-4 inches. Snow will likely continue through the day Monday.   

Since yesterday morning no new snow has been recorded in the advisory area. At 5 a.m. mountain temps range from the upper 20s to upper 30s F under mostly clear skies. Winds are blowing 15-30 mph out of W-SW with stronger gusts pushing 40 mph. Today, skies will start out mostly clear, but become partly to mostly cloudy by this afternoon. Temperatures will warm into the upper 30s to mid-40s F and winds will remain moderate to strong out of the W-SW. The chance of precipitation increases through the day and the mountains will likely see a passing rain or snow shower this afternoon. These showers will be light and no real accumulation is expected. A stronger storm is forecasted to impact the area Sunday night and Monday.

At 6 a.m. the mountains south of Big Sky received 7” of snow, 3-4” fell around Big Sky, Cooke City, and the Lionhead area near West Yellowstone, 1-2” fell in the mountains south of Bozeman, and the Bridger Range remained dry. Winds overnight were out of the southwest at 20-30 mph, and gusts exceeded 50-60 mph over the last 24 hours. Winds subsided this morning and will be southerly at 10-15 mph today, and then increase tonight to 20-30 mph. Temperatures this morning are in the high 20s F and will reach the mid-40s F this afternoon. The mountains will get light showers this morning then remain dry through Saturday.

Since yesterday morning, the mountains near Bozeman and Big Sky received 1” of new snow and the southern mountains got 2-3”. Temperatures this morning are in the 20s F, and wind is out of the southwest at 20-30 mph with gusts around 50 mph near Big Sky and south of Bozeman. Today, wind will be strong, out of the southwest at 30-40 mph with lighter speeds in the southern mountains. Skies will be mostly cloudy with temperatures in the 30s F. Scattered showers will bring possible rain this afternoon and 1-2” of snow overnight.

Yesterday afternoon’s snowfall was not evenly distributed. Lionhead got the most with 11”, the Big Sky area came in with 6”, and 3” fell in the Bridger Range, up Hyalite, Taylor Fork and Cooke City.  West winds spiked into the 20s during the storm and are currently southwest at 10 mph with gusts of 15 mph. Today will be mostly cloudy, winds will slightly increase and temperatures will rise from the mid-teens this morning into the high 20s this afternoon.

At 5 a.m. skies are mostly cloudy, mountain temperatures are in the high teens and winds are light, measuring 10 mph out of the west. There’s been no new snow, but snow showers are expected this afternoon. Temperatures are warm enough that precipitation may begin as rain and the National Weather Service is even warning of a few thunder claps. By morning I expect 1-3 inches of new snow in the mountains.

Yesterday’s fast moving storm dropped 4-5 inches of snow in the mountains around Bozeman and Big Sky. The mountains near West Yellowstone picked up 6-8 inches while Cooke City received 3-4 inches. This morning, skies are mostly clear as a ridge of high pressure builds over the area. Limited cloud cover has allowed temps to drop into the mid-teens to low 20s F and winds are blowing 10-20 mph out W-NW. Today, skies will be mostly clear and temps will warm into the upper 20s F. Winds will remain light to moderate out of the W-NW. The next chance for snow looks to be tomorrow night into Wednesday.

At 5 a.m. there is no new snow to report and mountain temps range from the 20s to 30s F. Winds are blowing 15-30 mph out of S-SW. Today, a storm will move into the area producing widespread valley rain and mountain snow. Precipitation will begin by late morning-early afternoon and will continue through the day. Expect strong winds and rapidly dropping temperatures as the storm moves into the area. By tomorrow morning the mountains south of Bozeman will likely see 3-6 inches of new snow while the Bridger Range will see 2-4 inches.  

The mountains did not receive any new snow in the last 24 hours. Temperatures are in the high 20s to low 30s F this morning. Winds overnight were out of the south-southwest at 10-20 mph with gusts over 40 mph in Hyalite and Big Sky. Today will be partly sunny with increased cloud cover this afternoon. Temperatures will be in the 40s F and wind will be out of the southwest at 25-35 mph. Isolated snow showers tonight will deliver a trace of snow to the southern mountains with more accumulation throughout the area tomorrow afternoon.