Advisory Archive
Currently, under cloudy skies, mountain temperatures are in the teens with westerly winds blowing 20-30 mph. A quick moving system will roll through this morning on a west to northwest flow. Winds will increase with gusts reaching the 40s and snow will fall, but it won’t amount to much—only 1-2 inches in the mountains. Another shortwave disturbance is lined up to hit us again tomorrow. Wow, two storms in one week. Could this be La Nina knocking at our door?
A dry-upper level weather disturbance is moving across southwest Montana producing strong gusty winds. This morning winds are blowing 20-40 mph out of the WNW with gusts reaching into the 50s. Mountain temperatures are in the mid teens to low twenties with Cooke City being the coldest at 9⁰ F. Today, temperatures will warm into the upper twenties and winds will stay elevated through the morning hours with gusts in the 50s possible. Winds will gradually decrease this afternoon. A cool and dry pattern will persist over southwest Montana through Tuesday.
Unseasonably warm and dry conditions will remain over southwest Montana through Christmas Day. Currently mountain temperatures are in the high teens to mid 20s and winds are blowing out of the west at 10-20 mph. Today temperatures will climb into the mid 30s under partly cloudy skies. Winds will gradually increase from the west blowing 20-30 mph by this evening. A weak cold front will arrive later tonight bringing cloudy and cooler conditions tomorrow. Unfortunately very little precipitation will be associated with this front.
A dry and mild weather pattern will persist over southwest Montana through the holiday weekend. Santa will likely have smooth sailing while making his rounds tonight into tomorrow. Currently – mountain temperatures are in the mid teens to low 20s and winds are blowing predominately out of the west at 15-30 mph. Today, temperatures will rise into the mid to high 20s under partly cloudy skies and winds continue to blow 15-30 mph out of the WNW.
Yesterday was beautiful and clear but winds increased in the afternoon. This morning on ridgetops at Bridger Bowl and Hyalite Canyon winds were blowing 25-30 mph with gusts 40-50 mph from the W and NW. In other areas winds were blowing 15 mph gusting to 30 mph. Temperatures this morning were in the teens F and will climb into the 20s F today. Winds will remain strong generally blowing 15-30 from the NW; however, some downslope winds will occur today. It looks like the boys and girls of SW Montana have been bad this year and will not get any snow for Christmas. Instead of coal in our stockings, it looks like we’ll get a good dose of wind.
Since yesterday morning an additional 6-10 inches of snow fell in the Gallatin and Madison Ranges while the Bridger Range and Cooke City got an inch at most. Temperatures this morning were in single digits F and northerly winds calmed to 5-10 mph with some gusts of 15 mph. During the storm yesterday winds blew stronger at 15-30 mph sometimes from the E. Skies began clearing overnight and today will be mostly sunny with temperatures rising into the low teens F. Winds will remain northerly at 5-10 mph with some gust up to 20 mph.
It started snowing in the mountains around midnight which will continue today. At 6 a.m. the Gallatin and Madison Ranges (Bozeman to West Yellowstone) are showing 5-6 inches of light powder with Cooke City getting 2-3 inches and the Bridger Range 1-2 inches. Mountain temperatures are in the teens with northwest winds averaging 10-15 mph and gusts into the 20s. Snowfall will end later today with an additional six inches falling at the higher elevations.
Mountain temperatures are in the high teens this morning with west to north winds at 15-30 mph and gusts hitting 40 mph. Today will start sunny, but clouds will increase later this afternoon as a cold front brings snowfall late tonight. Steady 20-40 mph winds will blow ahead of the front with nighttime temperatures dropping into the low teens. By morning I’m expecting 3-4 inches of snow with storm totals of 6-8 inches by Wed night.
Over the past 12 hours a fast moving cold front has swept down from the north, depositing 2-3 inches of snow in the mountains around Bozeman and Big Sky. The southern ranges only picked up a trace. Winds spiked during the frontal passage, but have decreased to 5-15 mph out of the NNW. Mountain temperatures are currently in the high teens to low 20s F. Snow showers will taper off this morning and skies will become partly cloudy by this afternoon. Today, mountain temperatures will rise into the high 20s and winds will blow out of NNW at 10-20 mph.
Yesterday was a warm day with mountain temperatures reaching above freezing. Under a slight inversion, temperatures at 5 a.m. are in the high 20s as westerly winds blow 20-30 mph in the north and 10-20 mph in the southern mountains. A cold front drops in later this afternoon which will bring a small, but welcome shot of snow. I’m expecting 1-2 inches tonight as temperatures drop into the teens with west to northwest winds blowing 15-25 mph.
