Weather

Happy Independence Day!!  Foremost on my mind right now is weather....the unusual weather we are experiencing now and the type of weather we might encounter on our trip to Yellowstone later this month.  We are still suffering through Houston-like weather here.  We had heavy rains yesterday and the chance of thundershowers are in the forecast every day for the extended forecast.  Even when it is not raining, it is unbearably humid.  I am not sure whether this is the remnants of Hurricane Alex or some other phenomenon, but it is certainly not our typical Fourth of July weather.

Despite the local yucky weather, I have been thinking about what type of weather to expect on our vacation. It is COLD in Yellowstone!!  That did not really hit home to me until this morning when I saw that it is below freezing at the official Yellowstone National Park weather station!! Obviously our typical Texas summer wear will not be sufficient. 

Here is a link to weather at Yellowstone. I think it is actually to conditions to the West Yellowstone Airport, so it may be colder there than many points in the park. After going to the link, scan down through the page for lots of info, including a list of weather conditions at multiple Yellowstone sites:



Here is info about weather at Gardiner, MT, the north entrance to the park where we will be staying for much of our time in Yellowstone:



Finally, here is a link to an interactive weather map with weather stations in Yellowstone and vicinity: http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=44.83483887&lon=-110.44590759&zoom=10

As I am writing this, the temperature at the weather station in Yellowstone is 28 degrees. It may be summer in Yellowstone, but that counts as winter in Texas, so it looks like I am off to dig out winter clothes from the back of the closet.