Fire Weather in the Central and Southern Plains; Pacific Storms Impacting the West

Gusty to high winds and low relative humidity will bring elevated to critical fire weather to the central and southern Plains into Wednesday. 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.

30°F

-1°C

Humidity	69%
Wind Speed	SSE 2 MPH
Barometer	NA
Dewpoint	21°F (-6°C)
Visibility	NA
Last update	16 Feb 08:15 PM MST

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Extended Forecast for

3 Miles SE Cooke City MT

High Wind Warning February 17, 02:00am until February 17, 05:00pm

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High Wind Warning

Tonight
Low: 20 °F
Partly Cloudy
then
Scattered
Snow Showers
and Breezy
Tuesday
High: 22 °F⇓
Windy. Heavy
Snow then
Scattered
Snow Showers
Tuesday Night
Low: 9 °F
Scattered
Snow Showers
and Windy
Wednesday
High: 20 °F
Snow Showers
Wednesday Night
Low: 5 °F
Snow Showers
Thursday
High: 12 °F
Snow Showers
Likely and
Breezy
Thursday Night
Low: 1 °F
Chance Snow
Showers
Friday
High: 13 °F
Snow Showers
Likely
Friday Night
Low: 5 °F
Chance Snow
Showers

Detailed Forecast

Tonight

Scattered snow showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Breezy, with a southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tuesday

Snow showers likely, mainly before 11am. The snow could be heavy at times. Partly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 13 by 5pm. Wind chill values as low as -10. Windy, with a west wind 23 to 32 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Tuesday Night

Scattered snow showers, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9. Wind chill values as low as -10. Windy, with a west southwest wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 8 to 13 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday

Snow showers, mainly after 11am. High near 20. Wind chill values as low as zero. South southwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Wednesday Night

Snow showers. Low around 5. West wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Thursday

Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 12. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday Night

A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 1. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Friday

Snow showers likely, mainly after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 13. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night

A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 5.

Saturday

A 30 percent chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 16.

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 5.

Sunday

A slight chance of snow showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 26.