Extremely Critical Fire Weather in the Central Plains; Active Pattern in the West

Gusty to high winds and low relative humidity will bring critical to extremely critical fire weather conditions to the central and southern Plains today into Wednesday. Use caution with any potential ignition sources. Two Pacific storms will impact the western U.S. into Wednesday with gusty winds, low elevation rain and heavy mountain snow. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

TOWER FALLS RANGER STATION AT YELLOWSTONE NP (TFAW4)

Lat: 44.916944°NLon: 110.420556°WElev: 6279.0ft.

29°F

-2°C

Humidity	47%
Wind Speed	W 5 MPH
Barometer	NA
Dewpoint	11°F (-12°C)
Visibility	NA
Wind Chill	24°F (-4°C)
Last update	17 Feb 02:15 PM MST

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Extended Forecast for

5 Miles SE Cooke City MT

High Wind Warning until February 17, 05:00pm

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High Wind Warning

High Wind Warning until February 17, 05:00pm
NOW until 5:00pm Tue
High Wind Warning
This Afternoon
High: 17 °F
Isolated Snow
Showers and
Patchy
Blowing Snow
Tonight
Low: 7 °F
Scattered
Snow Showers
and Patchy
Blowing Snow
Wednesday
High: 21 °F
Scattered
Snow Showers
then Snow
Showers
Wednesday Night
Low: 1 °F
Snow Showers
then Snow
Showers
Likely
Thursday
High: 13 °F
Snow Showers
Likely
Thursday Night
Low: -2 °F
Scattered
Snow Showers
Friday
High: 14 °F
Scattered
Snow Showers
Friday Night
Low: 1 °F
Chance Snow
Showers then
Partly Cloudy

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

Isolated snow showers before 4pm. Patchy blowing snow. Mostly sunny, with a steady temperature around 17. Wind chill values as low as -5. Windy, with a west wind 24 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight

Scattered snow showers, mainly after 4am. Patchy blowing snow before 8pm. Increasing clouds, with a low around 7. Wind chill values as low as -5. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday

Snow showers, mainly after 10am. High near 21. South southwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming west northwest in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Wednesday Night

Snow showers. Low around 1. Wind chill values as low as -10. West northwest wind around 7 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Thursday

Snow showers likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 13. West wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday Night

Scattered snow showers, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around -2. West southwest wind 5 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday

Scattered snow showers, mainly after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 14. West southwest wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday Night

A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 1.

Saturday

A 20 percent chance of snow showers after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 19.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 4.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 29.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 14.

Monday

A chance of snow showers. Sunny, with a high near 32. Breezy.