Winter Daily Reports - 12/24/06

Date: Sunday, December 24, 2006

STATION	MAX TEMP	MIN TEMP	PRES TEMP	NEW SNOW	SNOW DEPTH	OC	BC	SC	PRESENT CONDITIONS
CANYON	17	3	10	4	22		X		Calm
EAST ENTRANCE	28	-9	18	4	24	X			Variable Winds
GRANT VILLAGE	27	-4	11	3	31				Clear/Calm
LAKE	20	-3	8	4	22		X		Calm
MADISON	23	3	12	1	14				Clear/Calm
MAMMOTH
OLD FAITHFUL	23	5	8	1	21				Clear/Calm
SNAKE RIVER	19	0	16	8	34			X	Calm
TOWER	27	0	18	1	7		X		W @ 4-5mph
LAMAR
WEST ENTRANCE	17	3	10	4	22				Clear/Calm

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

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

Weather Forecast

Today

Partly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow showers. Highs 17 to 23 and lows 1to 7. West winds 15 to 20 mph.

Christmas Day

Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow. Highs 18 to 24 and lows 10 to 16. West winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday

Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow. Highs 21 to 27 and lows 9 to 15. Southwest winds around 15 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday through Saturday

Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow. Highs in the 20s and lows 6 to 14.

ROAD CONDITIONS

OVER SNOW VEH. ROUTES	GOOD	FAIR	POOR	OTHER CONDITIONS
MAMMOTH TO NORRIS			X	Commercially Guided Oversnow with rubber tracks only
CANYON TO NORRIS		X		Commercially Guided Over-snow only
CANYON TO WASHBURN OVERLOOK		X		Commercially Guided Over-snow only
CANYON TO MUD VOLCANO			X	Commercially Guided Over-snow with rubber tracks only from South Rim Drive to Mud Volcano
LAKE TO MUD VOLCANO		X		Commercially Guided Over-snow with rubber tracks only
LAKE TO CUB CREEK				CLOSED
LAKE TO PUMICE POINT		X		Commercially Guided Over-snow only
EAST ENT TO CUB CREEK				CLOSED
GRANT TO PUMICE POINT	X			Commercially Guided Over-snow only
GRANT TO SOUTH ENTRANCE	X			Commercially Guided Over-snow only
GRANT TO CRAIG PASS	X			Commercially Guided Over-snow only
OLD FAITHFUL TO CRAIG PASS	X			Commercially Guided Over-snow only
OLD FAITHFUL TO FOUNTAIN FLATS	x			Commercially Guided Over-snow only
MADISON TO FOUNTAIN FLATS	X			Commercially Guided Over-snow only
MADISON TO WEST ENTRANCE	X			Commercially Guided Over-snow only
MADISON TO NORRIS	X			Commercially Guided Over-snow only

WHEELED VEHICLE ROADS: STR-Snow Tires Required, STA-Snow Tires Advised, NR-No Restrictions

Mammoth to Gardiner- STA

Mammoth to Tower- STR

Tower to Northeast- STR

OTHER ROAD NOTATIONS:

Firehole Canyon Driveis closed to all travel.

Fountain Flats Drive is open to coaches (matrack and bombers) only.