Advisory Archive

Overnight the mountains around Big Sky, West Yellowstone and Cooke City received 4-6” of new snow and it’s still snowing. The mountains around Bozeman received 1-2”. At 5 a.m. temperatures range from the teens to mid-20s F and winds are blowing 15-30 mph out of the W-SW with gusts upwards of 50 mph being recorded around Big Sky and Hyalite. Today, a strong westerly flow will continue to push moisture into the area producing additional mountain snowfall. The southern ranges will see consistent snowfall today and tonight with 8-10” likely by tomorrow morning. The mountains around Bozeman will see more intermittent snowfall, but should see 3-6” by tomorrow morning. Highs today will warm into the mid to upper 20s F and winds will remain moderate to strong out of the W-SW. 

There’s no new snow to report this morning. Winds are out of the west at 15-20 mph with gusts in the 30s and temperatures near 0F. Clouds will thicken today as a westerly flow of moist Pacific air brings snow tonight through tomorrow. By morning the mountains will have 5-7” with the storm continuing through Thursday. Today, mountain temperatures will rise to near 10F as winds continue out of the west at 20 mph.

In the last 24 hours the mountains around Big Sky and Cooke City picked up an inch of snow. Skies are clearing, temperatures are zero to 10F and winds are blowing 20-30 mph with gusts in the 40s out of the west to northwest. Today will become mostly cloudy and remain windy with mountain temperatures climbing into the teens. A trace to one inch of new snow may fall in the southern mountains tonight. Another storm will hit Wednesday evening with subzero temperatures by weeks end.

Since yesterday morning the mountains near Big Sky and Cooke City received 3-4” of new snow, other mountains in our area got 1-2” of snow, and the Bridger Range did not get any new snow. Temperatures this morning are in the single digits to low teens F. Wind has been out of west-northwest at 15-25 mph with gusts between 30-50 mph. Westerly wind will continue today at 25-30 mph. Temperatures will be reminiscent of last week with highs in the low teens F. The mountains will get 1-2” of new snow by tomorrow, with more near Cooke City.

Snowfall totals since yesterday morning are 6-8” in the Bridger Range and Cooke City, and 3” throughout the rest of our advisory area. Wind has been out of the west to northwest at 15-25 mph with gusts over 50 mph yesterday afternoon. Today, wind will be out of the west to southwest around 10-15 mph with speeds increasing to around 30 mph this evening. Temperatures this morning are in the single digits F and will reach the mid-20s F today. The mountains will get 3-6” inches of snow tonight with more expected through tomorrow.

This is my type of weather pattern – warm and snowy. Over the past 24 hours the mountains across the advisory area picked up 3-5” of new snow. Currently, light snow is falling in the mountains south of Bozeman. Temperatures are in the 20s F and winds are blowing 15-30 mph out of the W-SW. Today, a strong westerly flow will continue to usher moisture into the area. The southern ranges will likely pick up 2-4” by tomorrow morning while the mountains around Bozeman will pick up 1-2”. This pattern will also keep temperatures on the mild side. Today, highs will climb into the upper 20s F, a welcomed change from the sub-zero temps that gripped the area over the past week. Winds will continue to blow 15-30 mph out of the W-SW.

Overnight the mountains around Big Sky and West Yellowstone received 3-5” of low density snow. Cooke City picked up 1-2” while the mountains around Bozeman squeezed out a trace to 1”. At 5 a.m. snow has tapered off and temperatures are the warmest they’ve been in days. Currently, temps are in the single digits in the Bridger Range and Cooke City area and the low teens elsewhere. Winds are blowing 15-25 mph out of the W-SW with gusts over 40 mph being recorded at Big Sky and Hyalite. Today, strong winds will continue out of the W-SW and temperatures will warm into the teens to low 20s F under mostly cloudy skies. Another round of snow moves into the forecast area tonight and tomorrow. By tomorrow morning the southern ranges should see 2-4” while the northern areas will see 1-2”.   

At 5 a.m. there’s no new snow to report. Under clear skies and light winds, mountain temperatures are -6 to -15F. Tonight, a front from the southwest will bring warmer temperatures and snowfall as it collides with the colder air. Temperatures will reach the single digits today and high teens Friday. Snowfall will begin tonight and by morning there will be 2-3” in the north and 3-5” in the south with a bit more by Saturday. Winds will increase tonight and blow 30-40 mph out of the west-southwest.

Last night a trace of snow fell with light winds out of the southwest to west. Mountain temperatures rose to the single digits yesterday before dropping to -10F this morning. Under mostly sunny skies temperatures will warm to a few degrees above zero and fall to -15F early tomorrow morning. Winds will remain light and no new snow is expected in the next 24 hours, but Thursday night into Friday looks promising for snowfall and warmer temperatures.

Last night Bridger Bowl picked up 4 inches of snow while the rest of our area got a trace to an inch. Winds are blowing lightly out of the southwest at 10-15 mph and mountain temperatures are zero to -8F. Partly cloudy skies will become mostly cloudy this afternoon as temperatures warm into the high single digits. Tonight, scattered snow showers will amount to an inch with temperatures falling to at least -10F. Winds will remain light out of the SW to NW. Subzero temperatures are forecasted through Thursday morning, so wear your balaclava and fill up your thermos if you head into the mountains. It feels like Montana again.