Yellowstone National Park-snow Likely

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL
705 PM MDT THU SEP 22 2005

.REST OF TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS
AND SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS 34 TO 40. SOUTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 15 MPH IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY...RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS
LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS 49 TO 55.
CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
EVENING...THEN SNOW AND RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. SNOW LEVEL 7700 FEET. LOWS 28 TO 34.
NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY...SNOW LIKELY AND CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
SNOW LEVEL ABOVE 8000 FEET. HIGHS 40 TO 46. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
60 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS 27 TO 33. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.SUNDAY...NOT AS COOL. MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S TO LOWER
60S.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S. CHANCE OF
RAIN 20 PERCENT.
.MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS...
SNOW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO
MID 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS...SNOW
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE 50S. CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN
SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 30S.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE 50S.
LOWS IN THE 20S TO MID 30S.
.THURSDAY...BREEZY. MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S.
http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/forecasts/zone/wy/wyz001.txt

That's not really out of the ordinary for Yellowstone this time of year. The normal daily low temperature is 26.1 degrees on september 23rd, and 28.6 for the month of September, so add a little precip, and you've got snow.

I grew up less than 100 miles from there, and we sometimes had snow on or before Halloween.

Yellowstone also has the lowest recorded temperature ever in the US for the month of September back around 1926 or so.

Actually 6 months of snow is starting to sound like it's not too bad considering recent weather events.

i love yellowstone park, and would LOVE to be there right now in the snow as opposed to the 95 degree weather here in charleston sc!

CuriousAnne said:

i love yellowstone park, and would LOVE to be there right now in the snow as opposed to the 95 degree weather here in charleston sc!

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Between the evacuees and the storm and the 100+ degree heat.... I would love to join you there.