The National Weather Service has formalized what its Weather Prediction Center has been signaling for two days. At 1:15 a.m. MDT Thursday, May 21, NWS Billings issued two bulletins covering high mountain ranges of NW Wyoming and S Montana, with both running through Thursday evening. The warning was anticipated in our coverage of the Weather Prediction Center’s outlook earlier this week.Where It’s Hitting TodayZoneHighway / LocationSnowWindNWS Bulletin ThroughWPC Signal ThroughAbsaroka/Beartooth Mountains (Warning)Cooke City, Beartooth Pass8–15″30 mph6 PM Thu6 AM FriPryor/Northern Bighorns (Advisory)Story, Burgess Jct (MT)5–10″30 mph9 PM Thu6 AM FriNortheast Bighorns (Advisory)US 14 through Burgess Jct (WY)5–10″30 mph9 PM Thu6 AM FriNWS Billings on the Bighorns advisory: “Expect wintry travel conditions on US-14 through Burgess Junction. Recreation in the high country will be impacted by heavy accumulating snow.” The full national list of active Winter Storm Warnings is updated continuously by the NWS.Beartooth Highway Is the StoryUS 212, the Beartooth Highway between Red Lodge, Montana and the northeast entrance of Yellowstone, is the second-highest paved road in the United States at 10,947 feet. It closes every winter and typically reopens for the season …
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Author: Adam Lynton
