• Visitors stand on the boardwalk of Grand Prismatic, the park's largest hot spring which is ringed with orange, brown and yellow runoff channels.

    Yellowstone

    National Park ID,MT,WY

Winter Daily Reports - 03/02/07

Date: Friday, March 02, 2007

STATION

MAX TEMP

MIN TEMP

PRES TEMP

NEW SNOW

SNOW DEPTH

OC

BC

SC

PRESENT CONDITIONS

CANYON

18

-18

-14

Tr.

43

X

Calm

EAST ENTRANCE

19

-10

-10

1

37

X

Calm

GRANT VILLAGE

17

-17

-14

Tr.

54

Clear, Calm

LAKE

19

-17

-13

Tr.

42

Clear, Calm

MADISON

33

-22

-18

1

28

Clear/calm Red Day

MAMMOTH

25

0

5

T

7

Clear/Calm

OLD FAITHFUL

SNAKE RIVER

24

-13

-8

2

56

Clear Calm

TOWER

24

-13

-10

0

17

Clear/calm

LAMAR

21

-21

-16

0

14

Clear/calm Red Day

WEST ENTRANCE

18

-20

-19

0

36

Clear/calm Red Day

OC-Overcast, BC-Broken Clouds, SC-Scattered Clouds

Temp above 20 Green//0 to 20 Yellow//0 to -20 Red//Colder than -20 Blue

Special Information

Virginia Cascades Drive is closed for the remainder of the season.

Weather Forecast

Today

Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow. West winds 15 to 25 mph. Highs 15 to 20. Lows 0 to 5.

Saturday

Mostly cloudy with isolated snow showers. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph turning to the west by evening causing chill readings of 10 below to 20 below. Highs 25 to 30. Lows 5 to 10.

Sunday and Monday

Partly cloudy. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Highs 30 to 35. Lows 10 to 15.

Tuesday through Thursday

Breezy and mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow. Highs 30 to 40. Lows 15 to 20.

******** FOR CURRENT ROAD INFORMATION PLEASECALL 307-344-2117********

ROAD REPORT

Friday, March 2, 2007

All over snow travel is commercially guided only

ROAD

CLOSES TO PUBLIC

ADMIN

REQS

CONDITIONS

GARDINER TO MAMMOTH

YR

N/A

POOR

STA

MAMMOTH TO TOWER

YR

N/A

POOR

STR

TOWER TO NE ENTRANCE

YR

N/A

POOR

STR

TOWER TO CANYON

(Dunraven Pass)

OPEN (Canyon to Washburn Overlook only)

CLOSED (Tower to Washburn Overlook)

Y (Canyon to Washburn Overlook only)

GOOD

Over snow travel only from Canyon to Washburn overlook

Closed to all travel from Tower to Washburn overlook

MAMMOTH TO NORRIS

OPEN

Y

GOOD

Over snow travel only

NORRIS TO CANYON

OPEN

Y

GOOD

Over snow travel only

NORRIS TO MADISON

OPEN

Y

GOOD

Over snow travel only

MADISON TO WEST YELLOWSTONE

OPEN

Y

GOOD

Over snow travel only

MADISON TO OLD FAITHFUL

OPEN

Y

GOOD

Over snow travel only

OLD FAITHFUL TO GRANT (Craig Pass)

OPEN

Y

GOOD

Over snow travel only

CANYON TO LAKE

OPEN

Y

GOOD

Over snow travel only

LAKE TO EAST ENTRANCE (Sylvan Pass)

OPEN

Y

FAIR

Over snow travel only

LAKE TO GRANT

OPEN

Y

GOOD

Over snow travel only

GRANT TO SOUTH ENTRANCE

OPEN

Y

FAIR

Over snow travel only

JUNCTION TO CHIEF JOSEPH HWY.

CLOSED

N/A

CLOSED

CLOSED

BEARTOOTH HWY.

CLOSED

N/A

CLOSED

CLOSED

STR=Snow Tires/Chains Required STA=Snow Tires Advised NR=Norestrictions


Did You Know?

Summer Crowd at Old Faithful.

At peak summer levels, 3,500 employees work for Yellowstone National Park concessioners and about 800 work for the National Park Service.