Heavy snow closes roads in Yellowstone

NATIONAL WEATHER SVC RIVERTON WY… SAT MAY 21 2016

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK-ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING CITIES OF…LAKE…MAMMOTH…OLD FAITHFUL

A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL BRING GUSTY WINDS…BOTH RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH IT TODAY. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN… SMALL HAIL…PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ABOVE 8000 FEET AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.

HEAVY SNOW HAS ALREADY CLOSED A COUPLE OF ROADS IN YELLOWSTONE THIS AFTERNOON.

http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=riw&wwa=special%20weather%20statement

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

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