Alert archive / Wyoming / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 13, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this winter storm warning at Dec 12, 2008, 9:25 PM MST for 10 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Dec 12, 2008, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 23 hr. 56 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2008, 9:25 PM MST (04:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 12, 2008, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2008, 9:44 PM MST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
Counties Big Horn County, WY, Fremont County, WY, Hot Springs County, WY, Johnson County, WY, Lincoln County, WY, Natrona County, WY, Park County, WY, Sublette County, WY, Teton County, WY, Washakie County, WY
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 7:16 AM MST | SNOW 0.5 | Pinedale 13.8 Nw, WY | |
| Dec 13, 7:16 AM MST | SNOW 2.6 | Thayne 4.2 Nne, WY | |
| Dec 13, 7:16 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Moose .4 S, WY | |
| Dec 13, 7:18 AM MST | SNOW 2.5 | Kemmerer 23ene, WY | |
| Dec 13, 7:43 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Jackson 5.3 Nw, WY | |
| Dec 13, 7:45 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | Thayne 1se, WY | |
| Dec 13, 11:34 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Cora 12 N, WY | NEW FORK LAKE SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:34 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Boulder 24 Ese, WY | BIG SANDY OPENING SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:34 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Kendall Rngr Stn Snotel, WY | KENDALL RANGER STATION SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:34 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Gunsight Pass Snotel, WY | GUNSIGHT PASS SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:34 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Pindale 12 Nne, WY | ELKHART PARK G.S. SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:34 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Bondurant 14 E, WY | LOOMIS PARK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:34 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Lander 19 Ssw, WY | DEER PARK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:35 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Lander 26 Nw, WY | ST. LAWRENCE ALT SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:35 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Lander 12 Sw, WY | TOWNSEND CREEK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:35 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Dubois 6 Wsw, WY | LITTLE WARM SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:35 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Lander 18 W, WY | HOBBS PARK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:35 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Atlantic City 7 Nw, WY | SOUTH PASS SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:35 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Dubois 25 Nw, WY | TOGWOTEE PASS SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:37 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Dubois 11 N, WY | BURROUGHS CREEK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:37 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Wapiti 19 Wsw, WY | BLACKWATER SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:37 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Clark 21 W, WY | BEARTOOTH LAKE SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:38 AM MST | SNOW 1 | Cody 18 Sw, WY | MARQUETTE SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:38 AM MST | SNOW 1 | Meeteetse 18 Wsw, WY | TIMBER CREEK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:38 AM MST | SNOW 1 | Thermopolis 40 W, WY | OWL CREEK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:38 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Meeteetse 30 Sw, WY | KIRWIN SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:38 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Pahaska 14 Ne, WY | EVENING STAR SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:39 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Clark 26 Wsw, WY | WOLVERINE SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:39 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Cody 56 Sw, WY | YOUNTS PEAK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:39 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Kemmerer 26 N, WY | HAMS FORK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:39 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Afton 8 Se, WY | COTTONWOOD CREEK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:39 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Blind Bull Summit, WY | |
| Dec 13, 11:40 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Kelley Rngr Stn Snotel, WY | KELLEY RANGER STATION SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:40 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Kemmerer 36 N, WY | INDIAN CREEK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:41 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Afton 15 S, WY | SALT RIVER SUMMIT SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:41 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Afton 17 E, WY | TRIPLE PEAK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:41 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Big Piney 21 W, WY | SNIDER BASIN SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:41 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Afton 19 Se, WY | SPRING CREEK DIVIDE SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:41 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | Afton 8 Ne, WY | WILLOW CREEK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:42 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Bondurant 12 Ese, WY | EAST RIM DIVIDE SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:43 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Bondurant 10 N, WY | GRANITE CREEK SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:43 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Moran Junction 8 Nne, WY | BASE CAMP SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:43 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | South Entrance 8 W, WY | GRASSY LAKE SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:44 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Jackson 8 Wnw, WY | PHILLIPS BENCH SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:44 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Alta 6 Ene, WY | GRAND TARGHEE SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:44 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Bondurant 20 Ne, WY | GROS VENTRE SUMMIT SNOTEL |
| Dec 13, 11:59 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Cody, WY | |
| Dec 13, 11:59 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Jackson 1sw, WY | |
| Dec 13, 12:07 PM MST | SNOW 3 | Afton 12.2 S, WY | |
| Dec 13, 12:10 PM MST | SNOW 3 | Jackson 12.3 Ne, WY | |
| Dec 13, 12:11 PM MST | SNOW 2 | Crandall Creek, WY | |
| Dec 13, 12:12 PM MST | SNOW 4 | Pahaska, WY | |
| Dec 13, 12:14 PM MST | SNOW 4 | White Pine Ski Area, WY | |
| Dec 13, 12:15 PM MST | SNOW 3 | Jackson Hole Mid Mtn, WY | |
| Dec 13, 12:15 PM MST | SNOW 3 | Jackson Hole Raymer, WY | |
| Dec 13, 12:15 PM MST | SNOW 3 | Jackson Hole Summit, WY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 60 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS45 KRIW 130425 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 925 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED TO BRING SNOWFALL AND LOCALLY STRONG WIND TO THE MOUNTAINS AND FAR WEST VALLEYS OF WESTERN WYOMING... .A VIGOROUS PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASING PACIFIC MOISTURE TO WYOMING AND PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN VALLEYS OF WESTERN WYOMING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. WYZ002-131300- /O.UPG.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081213T0600Z-081214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.W.0013.081213T0600Z-081214T0600Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS- 925 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR STRONG WIND...SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 75 TO 80 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT AND INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS WILL SUBSIDE AROUND NOON SATURDAY WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF LATE SATURDAY EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ015-131300- /O.UPG.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081213T0600Z-081214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.W.0013.081213T0600Z-081214T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 925 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR STRONG WIND...SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 75 TO 80 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. SOUTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH LATE TONIGHT...WHICH COULD LEAD TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND HEAVY DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. STORM TOTALS OF AROUND 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT SOUTH PASS...WHILE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE EAST SLOPES...INCLUDING TOGWOTEE PASS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ013-131300- /O.EXA.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081213T0600Z-081214T0600Z/ JACKSON HOLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 925 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOWFALL AND WIND...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY IN THE JACKSON VALLEY OVERNIGHT. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SATURDAY ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 191 NORTH OF JACKSON AND HIGHWAY 390 AROUND TETON VILLAGE. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE JACKSON VALLEY WITH THIS SYSTEM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ023-131300- /O.EXA.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081213T0600Z-081214T0600Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...THAYNE 925 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE STAR VALLEY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON THE BENCHES WEST OF HIGHWAY 89. WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ025-131300- /O.EXA.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081213T0600Z-081214T0600Z/ UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PINEDALE 925 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM PINEDALE TO BONDURANT WITH THIS SYSTEM...THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN BONDURANT. NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ001-131300- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081213T0600Z-081214T0600Z/ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL 925 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME MODERATE OVERNIGHT. SOUTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...WHICH COULD LEAD TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ012-131300- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081213T0600Z-081214T0600Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 925 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME MODERATE OVERNIGHT. SOUTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...WHICH COULD LEAD TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE TETONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ024-131300- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081213T0600Z-081214T0600Z/ SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 925 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME MODERATE OVERNIGHT. SOUTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...WHICH COULD LEAD TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ014-131300- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081213T0600Z-081214T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST- 925 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME MODERATE OVERNIGHT. SOUTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...WHICH COULD LEAD TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE SATURDAY EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ007>009-131300- /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.A.0011.081214T0100Z-081214T1900Z/ OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST- BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 925 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY SATURDAY NIGHT...TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY NOON SUNDAY. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. $$ WYZ010-011-131300- /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.A.0011.081214T0100Z-081214T1900Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 925 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVER EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY SATURDAY NIGHT...TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY NOON SUNDAY. NORTH WIND AT 2O TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATES 25 AND 90 THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. $$ WYZ020-022-131300- /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.A.0011.081214T0100Z-081214T1900Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 925 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVER NATRONA COUNTY AND ESPECIALLY THE CASPER AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NATRONA COUNTY WITH 8 TO 14 INCHES ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. NORTH WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. $$
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KRIW 130822 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 122 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOWFALL AND LOCALLY STRONG WIND TO THE MOUNTAINS AND FAR WEST VALLEYS OF WESTERN WYOMING TODAY... .A VIGOROUS PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASING PACIFIC MOISTURE TO WYOMING AND PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN VALLEYS OF WESTERN WYOMING TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. WYZ015-132315- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 122 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 75 TO 80 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. SOUTHWEST WIND WILL ALSO CONTINUE BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH...WHICH WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND HEAVY DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. STORM TOTALS OF AROUND 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT SOUTH PASS...WHILE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE EAST SLOPES...INCLUDING TOGWOTEE PASS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ002-132315- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS- 122 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 75 TO 80 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS WILL SUBSIDE AROUND NOON TODAY WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ001-132315- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL 122 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. SOUTHWEST WIND WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...WHICH COULD LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ012-013-132315- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-JACKSON HOLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 122 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE JACKSON VALLEY TODAY. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 191 NORTH OF JACKSON AND HIGHWAY 390 AROUND TETON VILLAGE. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE JACKSON VALLEY WITH THIS SYSTEM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ023-024-132315- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ STAR VALLEY-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...THAYNE 122 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE STAR VALLEY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON THE BENCHES WEST OF HIGHWAY 89. WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY THROUGH THE DAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ014-025-132315- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PINEDALE 122 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM PINEDALE TO BONDURANT WITH THIS SYSTEM...THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN BONDURANT. NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY THROUGH THE DAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ007>009-132315- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.A.0011.081214T0100Z-081214T1900Z/ OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST- BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 122 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY NOON SUNDAY. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. $$ WYZ010-011-132315- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.A.0011.081214T0100Z-081214T1900Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 122 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVER EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY NOON SUNDAY. NORTH WIND AT 2O TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATES 25 AND 90 THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. $$ WYZ020-022-132315- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.A.0011.081214T0100Z-081214T1900Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 122 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVER NATRONA COUNTY AND ESPECIALLY THE CASPER AREA TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NATRONA COUNTY WITH 8 TO 14 INCHES ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. NORTH WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. $$
000 WWUS45 KRIW 130922 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 222 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOWFALL AND LOCALLY STRONG WIND TO THE MOUNTAINS AND FAR WEST VALLEYS OF WESTERN WYOMING TODAY... .A VIGOROUS PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASING PACIFIC MOISTURE TO WYOMING AND PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN VALLEYS OF WESTERN WYOMING TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. WYZ015-132230- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 222 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 75 TO 80 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. SOUTHWEST WIND WILL ALSO CONTINUE BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MPH...WHICH WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND HEAVY DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. STORM TOTALS OF AROUND 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT SOUTH PASS...WHILE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE EAST SLOPES...INCLUDING TOGWOTEE PASS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ002-132230- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS- 222 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 75 TO 80 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE STRONGER WIND GUSTS WILL SUBSIDE AROUND NOON TODAY WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ027-028-132230- /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0000Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE...ROCK SPRINGS... GREEN RIVER 222 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST WYOMING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AND WESTERN SWEETWATER COUNTY TODAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY THROUGH THE DAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ001-132230- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL 222 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. SOUTHWEST WIND WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH...WHICH COULD LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ012-013-132230- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-JACKSON HOLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 222 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE JACKSON VALLEY TODAY. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 191 NORTH OF JACKSON AND HIGHWAY 390 AROUND TETON VILLAGE. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE JACKSON VALLEY WITH THIS SYSTEM. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ023-024-132230- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ STAR VALLEY-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...THAYNE 222 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE STAR VALLEY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON THE BENCHES WEST OF HIGHWAY 89. WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY THROUGH THE DAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ014-025-132230- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PINEDALE 222 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM PINEDALE TO BONDURANT WITH THIS SYSTEM...THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN BONDURANT. NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY THROUGH THE DAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ007>009-132230- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.A.0011.081214T0100Z-081214T1900Z/ OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST- BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 222 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY NOON SUNDAY. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. $$ WYZ010-011-132230- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.A.0011.081214T0100Z-081214T1900Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...KAYCEE 222 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVER EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY NOON SUNDAY. NORTH WIND AT 2O TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATES 25 AND 90 THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. $$ WYZ020-022-132230- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.A.0011.081214T0100Z-081214T1900Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-CASPER MOUNTAIN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 222 AM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVER NATRONA COUNTY AND ESPECIALLY THE CASPER AREA TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NATRONA COUNTY WITH 8 TO 14 INCHES ON CASPER MOUNTAIN. NORTH WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. $$
000 WWUS45 KRIW 131906 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WIND TO WESTERN WYOMING TODAY AND TO MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT... .A VIGOROUS PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASING PACIFIC MOISTURE TO WYOMING. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS IN WESTERN WYOMING TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING AND PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS IN MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WYZ010-140000- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0011.081214T0100Z-081214T1900Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.BZ.W.0003.081213T2100Z-081214T0900Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BUFFALO 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVER EASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. NORTH WIND AT 2O TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATES 25 AND 90 THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. $$ WYZ022-140000- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0011.081214T0100Z-081214T1900Z/ /O.EXB.KRIW.WS.W.0013.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ CASPER MOUNTAIN- 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVER CASPER MOUNTAIN TONIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES. NORTH WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ008-009-140000- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0011.081214T0100Z-081214T1900Z/ /O.EXB.KRIW.WS.W.0013.081213T2100Z-081214T1200Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOWFALL WILL INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 20 INCHES. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ012-013-140000- /O.UPG.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-JACKSON HOLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE JACKSON VALLEY...THE TETON MOUNTAINS AND THE GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 191 NORTH OF JACKSON AND HIGHWAY 390 AROUND TETON VILLAGE. WIND GUSTS IN THE HIGHER PASSES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 35 TO 50 MPH. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE JACKSON VALLEY WITH THIS SYSTEM...WHILE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ023-024-140000- /O.UPG.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ STAR VALLEY-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...THAYNE 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE STAR VALLEY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON THE BENCHES WEST OF HIGHWAY 89. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WYOMING AND SALT RIVER RANGES. WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ001-140000- /O.UPG.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WIND WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...WHICH COULD LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ015-140000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WIND WILL ALSO CONTINUE BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH...WHICH WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND HEAVY DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. STORM TOTALS OF AROUND 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT SOUTH PASS...WHILE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE EAST SLOPES...INCLUDING TOGWOTEE PASS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ002-140000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS- 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 65 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS AND PASSES. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ007-140000- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0011.081214T0100Z-081214T1900Z/ /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY EARLY TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF BY SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ011-020-140000- /O.UPG.KRIW.WS.A.0011.081214T0100Z-081214T1900Z/ /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KAYCEE...CASPER 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVER SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NATRONA COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS AT 2O TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATES 25 AND 90 THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ029-030-140000- /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAMSUTTER 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL SHIFT TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ019-140000- /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFREY CITY 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE BY SUNDAY MORNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 40 MPH WILL SHIFT TO NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH BY MID EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ018-140000- /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ LANDER FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANDER 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE LANDER FOOTHILLS BY SUNDAY MORNING. NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ003-004-140000- /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081213T2100Z-081214T0900Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS-NORTH BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...POWELL...LOVELL... GREYBULL...BASIN 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS BY EARLY MORNING SUNDAY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 40 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ005-006-140000- /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THERMOPOLIS...WORLAND 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BIG HORN BASIN BY SUNDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ027-028-140000- /O.EXT.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE...ROCK SPRINGS... GREEN RIVER 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AND WESTERN SWEETWATER COUNTY TODAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY THROUGH THE DAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ014-025-140000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PINEDALE 1206 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM PINEDALE TO BONDURANT WITH THIS SYSTEM...THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN BONDURANT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WEST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY THROUGH THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SMITH
000 WWUS45 KRIW 132152 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 252 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS TO WESTERN WYOMING TODAY AND TO MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT... .A VIGOROUS PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PACIFIC MOISTURE TO WYOMING. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS IN WESTERN WYOMING THROUGH THIS EVENING AND PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS IN MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT. WYZ010-140900- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081214T0900Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BUFFALO 252 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY THIS EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. NORTH WIND AT 2O TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATES 25 AND 90 THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. $$ WYZ015-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 252 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH...WHICH WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND HEAVY DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. STORM TOTALS OF AROUND 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT SOUTH PASS...WHILE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE EAST SLOPES...INCLUDING TOGWOTEE PASS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ002-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS- 252 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS AND PASSES. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ022-140900- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ CASPER MOUNTAIN- 252 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVER CASPER MOUNTAIN THIS EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ001-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL 252 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WIND WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ012-013-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-JACKSON HOLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 252 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE JACKSON VALLEY...THE TETON MOUNTAINS AND THE GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 191 NORTH OF JACKSON AND HIGHWAY 390 AROUND TETON VILLAGE. WIND GUSTS IN THE HIGHER PASSES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 35 TO 50 MPH. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE JACKSON VALLEY WITH THIS SYSTEM...WHILE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ023-024-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ STAR VALLEY-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...THAYNE 252 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE STAR VALLEY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON THE BENCHES WEST OF HIGHWAY 89. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WYOMING AND SALT RIVER RANGES. WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ008-009-140900- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 252 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT... TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 20 INCHES. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ027-028-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE...ROCK SPRINGS... GREEN RIVER 252 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AND WESTERN SWEETWATER COUNTY BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ014-025-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PINEDALE 252 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM PINEDALE TO BONDURANT WITH THIS SYSTEM...THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN BONDURANT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WEST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY THROUGH THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ029-030-140900- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAMSUTTER 252 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL SHIFT TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ019-140900- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFREY CITY 252 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE BY SUNDAY MORNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 40 MPH WILL SHIFT TO NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH BY MID EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ018-140900- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ LANDER FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANDER 252 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE LANDER FOOTHILLS BY SUNDAY MORNING. NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ003-004-140900- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0900Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS-NORTH BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE...POWELL...LOVELL... GREYBULL...BASIN 252 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS BY EARLY MORNING SUNDAY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 40 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ005>007-140900- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THERMOPOLIS...WORLAND 252 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY EARLY TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF BY SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ011-020-140900- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KAYCEE...CASPER 252 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NATRONA COUNTY EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS AT 2O TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATES 25 AND 90 THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SMITH
000 WWUS45 KRIW 132252 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS TO WESTERN WYOMING TODAY AND TO MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT... .A VIGOROUS PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PACIFIC MOISTURE TO WYOMING. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS IN WESTERN WYOMING THROUGH THIS EVENING AND PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS IN MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT. WYZ004-140700- /O.UPG.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0900Z/ /O.EXB.KRIW.WS.W.0013.081213T2252Z-081214T0900Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POWELL...LOVELL...GREYBULL...BASIN 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR STRONG WIND...SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHWEST WIND AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH SOME SNOW DRIFTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE NORTHERN BIG HORN BASIN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TONIGHT INCLUDING STRONG WIND AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO...IN ADDITION TO BLOWING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ010-140700- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081214T0900Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BUFFALO 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY THIS EVENING... BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. NORTH WIND AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES ALONG INTERSTATES 25 AND 90 THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES PLUNGING BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WIND WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO...RESULTING IN THE ONSET OF FROSTBITE WITHIN 10 MINUTES TO ANY EXPOSED SKIN. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. $$ WYZ015-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH...WHICH WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND HEAVY DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. STORM TOTALS OF AROUND 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT SOUTH PASS...WHILE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE EAST SLOPES... INCLUDING TOGWOTEE PASS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ002-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS- 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS AND PASSES. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ022-140700- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ CASPER MOUNTAIN- 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVER CASPER MOUNTAIN THIS EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ001-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WIND WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ012-013-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-JACKSON HOLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE JACKSON VALLEY...THE TETON MOUNTAINS AND THE GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 191 NORTH OF JACKSON AND HIGHWAY 390 AROUND TETON VILLAGE. WIND GUSTS IN THE HIGHER PASSES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 35 TO 50 MPH. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE JACKSON VALLEY WITH THIS SYSTEM...WHILE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ023-024-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ STAR VALLEY-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...THAYNE 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE STAR VALLEY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON THE BENCHES WEST OF HIGHWAY 89. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WYOMING AND SALT RIVER RANGES. WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ008-009-140700- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT... TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 20 INCHES. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ027-028-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE...ROCK SPRINGS... GREEN RIVER 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AND WESTERN SWEETWATER COUNTY BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ014-025-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PINEDALE 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM PINEDALE TO BONDURANT WITH THIS SYSTEM...THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN BONDURANT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WEST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY THROUGH THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ029-030-140700- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAMSUTTER 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL SHIFT TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ019-140700- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFREY CITY 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE BY SUNDAY MORNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 40 MPH WILL SHIFT TO NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH BY MID EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ018-140700- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ LANDER FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANDER 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE LANDER FOOTHILLS BY SUNDAY MORNING. NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ003-140700- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0900Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS BY EARLY MORNING SUNDAY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 40 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ005>007-140700- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THERMOPOLIS...WORLAND 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY EARLY TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF BY SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ011-020-140700- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.081214T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KAYCEE...CASPER 352 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NATRONA COUNTY EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS AT 2O TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ALONG INTERSTATES 25 AND 90 THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS45 KRIW 140003 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS TO WESTERN WYOMING TODAY AND TO MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT... .A VIGOROUS PACIFIC WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PACIFIC MOISTURE TO WYOMING. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS IN WESTERN WYOMING THROUGH THIS EVENING AND PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS IN MUCH OF CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT. WYZ011-020-140815- /O.UPG.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KAYCEE...CASPER 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...STRONG WIND...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE AREAS OF SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. ADDITIONALLY...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE THOUGH THE SINGLE DIGITS TO NEAR OR BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING RESULTING IN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CASPER ALONG WYOMING BOULEVARD. THE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 10 MINUTES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ010-140815- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081214T0900Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BUFFALO 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY THIS EVENING... BEFORE TAPERING OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. NORTH WIND AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES ALONG INTERSTATES 25 AND 90 THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES PLUNGING BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WIND WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO...RESULTING IN THE ONSET OF FROSTBITE WITHIN 10 MINUTES TO ANY EXPOSED SKIN. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. $$ WYZ015-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH...WHICH WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND HEAVY DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. STORM TOTALS OF AROUND 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT SOUTH PASS...WHILE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE EAST SLOPES... INCLUDING TOGWOTEE PASS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ002-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS- 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS AND PASSES. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ004-140815- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0900Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POWELL...LOVELL...GREYBULL...BASIN 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHWEST WIND AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH SOME SNOW DRIFTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE NORTHERN BIG HORN BASIN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TONIGHT INCLUDING STRONG WIND AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO...IN ADDITION TO BLOWING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ022-140815- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ CASPER MOUNTAIN- 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVER CASPER MOUNTAIN THIS EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ001-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WIND WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ012-013-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-JACKSON HOLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE JACKSON VALLEY...THE TETON MOUNTAINS AND THE GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 191 NORTH OF JACKSON AND HIGHWAY 390 AROUND TETON VILLAGE. WIND GUSTS IN THE HIGHER PASSES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 35 TO 50 MPH. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE JACKSON VALLEY WITH THIS SYSTEM...WHILE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ023-024-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ STAR VALLEY-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...THAYNE 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE STAR VALLEY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON THE BENCHES WEST OF HIGHWAY 89. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WYOMING AND SALT RIVER RANGES. WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTS OF UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ008-009-140815- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT... TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 20 INCHES. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ027-028-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE...ROCK SPRINGS... GREEN RIVER 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY AND WESTERN SWEETWATER COUNTY BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ014-025-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PINEDALE 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM PINEDALE TO BONDURANT WITH THIS SYSTEM...THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN BONDURANT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE WEST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. NORTHWEST WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY THROUGH THIS EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ029-030-140815- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAMSUTTER 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL SHIFT TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ019-140815- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFREY CITY 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE BY SUNDAY MORNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 40 MPH WILL SHIFT TO NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH BY MID EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ018-140815- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ LANDER FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANDER 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE LANDER FOOTHILLS BY SUNDAY MORNING. NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ003-140815- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0900Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS BY EARLY MORNING SUNDAY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 40 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ005>007-140815- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THERMOPOLIS...WORLAND 503 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY EARLY TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF BY SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS45 KRIW 140206 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 706 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 WYZ001-012-013-023-024-140315- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK-TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- JACKSON HOLE-STAR VALLEY-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL... JACKSON...AFTON...ALPINE...THAYNE 706 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ONLY OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF LIGHT FLUFFY SNOW EXPECTED IN THE STAR AND JACKSON VALLEYS WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. $$ WYZ014-025-027-028-140315- /O.CAN.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS- SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PINEDALE...KEMMERER...COKEVILLE... ROCK SPRINGS...GREEN RIVER 706 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ONLY OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF LIGHT FLUFFY SNOW EXPECTED BELOW 7500 FEET WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS. $$ WYZ010-140900- /O.CON.KRIW.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081214T0900Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BUFFALO 706 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY. LIGHT SNOW...STRONG WIND WITH AREAS OF SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL READINGS OF 35 TO 40 BELOW ZERO WERE OBSERVED ACROSS NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY AT 7 PM. MOST ROADS IN THE BUFFALO AREA REMAIN CLOSED AT 7 PM. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AND VISIBILITY WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THIS EVENING BUT STRONG NORTH WIND OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. FROSTBITE WILL OCCUR WITHIN 10 MINUTES IN THESE CONDITIONS. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH SNOW DRIFTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET WILL MAKE DRIVING TREACHEROUS SHOULD ANY ROADS RE-OPEN TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR...WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED IN THESE BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS...SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS. CALL 5 1 1 IN WYOMING FOR THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS. $$ WYZ015-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 706 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH...WHICH WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND HEAVY DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. STORM TOTALS OF AROUND 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT SOUTH PASS...WHILE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE EAST SLOPES... INCLUDING TOGWOTEE PASS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ002-140600- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS- 706 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS AND PASSES. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG SOUTHWEST AND WEST FACING SLOPES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ004-140900- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0900Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POWELL...LOVELL...GREYBULL...BASIN 706 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH NORTHWEST WIND AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES WITH SOME SNOW DRIFTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE NORTHERN BIG HORN BASIN SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS TONIGHT INCLUDING STRONG WIND AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 25 TO 40 BELOW ZERO...IN ADDITION TO BLOWING SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ011-020-141015- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KAYCEE...CASPER 706 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW COMBINED WITH NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE AREAS OF SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. ADDITIONALLY...TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE THOUGH THE SINGLE DIGITS TO NEAR OR BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING RESULTING IN BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CASPER ALONG WYOMING BOULEVARD. THE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT COULD RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 10 MINUTES. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ022-141015- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ CASPER MOUNTAIN- 706 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY OVER CASPER MOUNTAIN THIS EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADS AND HIGHWAYS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ008-009-141015- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 706 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT... TAPERING OFF SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 20 INCHES. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. $$ WYZ029-030-141015- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ FLAMING GORGE-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAMSUTTER 706 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. WEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL SHIFT TO NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ019-141015- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JEFFREY CITY 706 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE BY SUNDAY MORNING. SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 25 TO 40 MPH WILL SHIFT TO NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH BY MID EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ018-141015- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ LANDER FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANDER 706 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE LANDER FOOTHILLS BY SUNDAY MORNING. NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ003-140900- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0900Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 706 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE CODY FOOTHILLS BY EARLY MORNING SUNDAY. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 25 TO 40 WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AND LIMITED VISIBILITY TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ WYZ005>007-141015- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THERMOPOLIS...WORLAND 706 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY. SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY EARLY TONIGHT...TAPERING OFF BY SUNDAY MORNING. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL LIKELY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS45 KRIW 140444 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 944 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... .A VERY COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO CENTRAL WYOMING OVERNIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES PLUNGING WELL BELOW ZERO. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH NORTH WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 30 TO 50 BELOW ZERO. WYZ010-141245- /O.CAN.KRIW.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-081214T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.WC.W.0001.081214T0444Z-081214T1800Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BUFFALO 944 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTH WIND AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BUT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET TO FROM 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES NEAR 40 BELOW ZERO WILL HOLD NEARLY STEADY OVERNIGHT. THESE EXTREME WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO ANY EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 10 MINUTES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT AND VISIBILITY HAD IMPROVED ACROSS THE AREA THEREFORE THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ WYZ020-141245- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.WC.W.0001.081214T0444Z-081214T1800Z/ NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CASPER 944 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTH WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BUT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET TO NEAR 10 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL HOLD NEARLY STEADY OVERNIGHT. THESE EXTREME WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO ANY EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 10 MINUTES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT WITH ONLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF LIGHT FLUFFY ACCUMULATION THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ WYZ008-009-141245- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.WC.W.0001.081214T0444Z-081214T1800Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 944 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE TO NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE BIG HORN RANGE OVERNIGHT. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH NORTH WIND AT 10 TO 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THESE EXTREME WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO ANY EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 10 MINUTES. SNOW HAD TAPERED OFF THIS EVENING WITH ONLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF LIGHT FLUFFY SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ WYZ004-141245- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.WC.W.0001.081214T0444Z-081214T1800Z/ NORTH BIG HORN BASIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POWELL...LOVELL...GREYBULL...BASIN 944 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BUT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET TO FROM 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES FROM 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL HOLD NEARLY STEADY OVERNIGHT. THESE EXTREME WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO ANY EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 10 MINUTES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT WITH AN INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION...THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ WYZ011-141245- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.WC.W.0001.081214T0444Z-081214T1800Z/ SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KAYCEE 944 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTH WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BUT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET TO NEAR 10 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES OF 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL HOLD NEARLY STEADY OVERNIGHT. THESE EXTREME WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO ANY EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 10 MINUTES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT WITH ONLY AN INCH OR LESS OF LIGHT FLUFFY ACCUMULATION THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ WYZ002-141245- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.WC.W.0001.081214T0444Z-081214T1800Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS- 944 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUNGE TO NEAR 20 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE ABSAROKA RANGE OVERNIGHT. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH NORTH TO EAST WIND AT 10 TO 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 40 TO 50 BELOW ZERO THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THESE EXTREME WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO ANY EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 10 MINUTES. SNOW HAD TAPERED OFF THIS EVENING WITH ONLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF LIGHT FLUFFY SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ WYZ022-140545- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ CASPER MOUNTAIN- 944 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT WITH ONLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF LIGHT FLUFFY ACCUMULATION THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ WYZ015-140545- /O.CAN.KRIW.WS.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081214T0600Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST- 944 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT WITH ONLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF LIGHT FLUFFY ACCUMULATION THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ WYZ003-141245- /O.CAN.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KRIW.WC.W.0001.081214T0444Z-081214T1800Z/ CODY FOOTHILLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CODY...MEETEETSE 944 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. NORTH WIND AT 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BUT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET TO FROM 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES FROM 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO WILL HOLD NEARLY STEADY OVERNIGHT. THESE EXTREME WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO ANY EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN 10 MINUTES. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. $$ WYZ005>007-018-019-029-030-140545- /O.CAN.KRIW.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-081214T1200Z/ SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS-LANDER FOOTHILLS- GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE-FLAMING GORGE- EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THERMOPOLIS...WORLAND...LANDER... JEFFREY CITY...WAMSUTTER 944 PM MST SAT DEC 13 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. OCCASIONAL SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE ONLY AN INCH OR LESS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF LIGHT FLUFFY SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ AEM
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Riverton, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 12, 3:42 PM MST, 5 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 3:42 PM MST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 342 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY LARGE CLOSED UPPER LOW CAN BE SEEN AT 22Z ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD INTO EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON STATE WITH AN IMPRESSIVE PLUME OF PAC MOISTURE STRETCHING FROM SOUTHWESTERN OREGON INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IDAHO. GFS AND NAM IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN TRACKING THE UPPER LOW INTO EASTERN WA/ NORTHEASTERN OR TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN WY WITH NEARLY 70 MB OF UPGLIDE AND INCREASING LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE. ISSUED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR YELLOWSTONE PARK...THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS...THE TETON AND GROS VENTRE RANGES...THE SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES AND THE ENTIRE WIND RIVER RANGE FOR 11 PM MST TONIGHT THROUGH 11 PM MST SATURDAY NIGHT. EXCELLENT ACCORD IN PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS IN THE 12Z RUNS OF THE GFS...NAM AND ECMWF WITH AROUND 1.0 LIQUID EQUIVALENT IN THE TETONS AND THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF YELLOWSTONE PARK AND BETWEEN 0.4 TO 0.7 OF AN INCH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS THROUGH 11 PM MST SATURDAY. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE FAR WESTERN MOUNTAIN RANGES AND THE WEST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WITH 4 TO 10 INCHES IN THE ABSAROKAS AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS. A STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL CROSS NORTHERN WY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN WY BY 03Z SUNDAY. LOW LEVEL NORTH TO NORTHEAST UPSLOPE FLOW EAST OF THE DIVIDE SATURDAY NIGHT AND STRONG...MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL RESULT IN LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW EAST OF THE DIVIDE WITH GENERALLY LIGHT AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR LESS IN THE WIND RIVER AND BIGHORN BASINS AND 1 TO 3 INCHES IN JOHNSON AND NATRONA COUNTIES. POWERFUL COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL CAUSE LOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO IN NORTHERN WY...TO NEAR ZERO IN THE CENTRAL BASINS AND INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO IN SOUTHERN WY. TROUGH AXIS WILL CROSS WY SUNDAY WITH THE COLDEST AIR OF THE LATE FALL SEASON ENTRENCHED. H7 TEMPERATURES SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM MINUS 18 C TO MINUS 24 C...RESULTING IN LITTLE INCREASE IN DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW ZERO F IN THE NORTH AND IN THE LOWER TEENS IN SOUTHERN WY. RESIDUAL LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS WY SUNDAY AND WEAK FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH PASSAGE WILL GENERATE SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW SHOWERS SUNDAY WILL BE MOST LIKELY WEST OF THE DIVIDE...WHERE LIFTED INDICES WILL BE ONLY SLIGHTLY POSITIVE. ANOTHER DEEP UPPER LOW WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD FROM SOUTHWESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA INTO THE PAC NW SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING ZONAL FLOW ALOFT AND INCREASING PAC MOISTURE TO WESTERN WY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH LIGHT...UPSLOPE SNOW EXPECTED. THIS POSITION OF THIS UPPER LOW IN THE PAC NW WILL KEEP COLD AIRMASS ACROSS WY MONDAY WITH ONLY A SLIGHT MODERATION IN DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. HIGHS MONDAY WILL BE 3 TO 6 F HIGHER THAN SUNDAY BUT STILL 20 OR MORE F BELOW NORMAL. .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EXTENDED MODELS HAVE THEIR PROBLEMS WITH AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION AND COLD AIR OVER THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. IGNORED MUCH OF THE BIAS CORRECTED FORECAST GUIDANCE AS PAST WARMER TEMPERATURES LIKELY WARMING UP BIAS CORRECTED DATA TOO MUCH. OVERALL COMPLEX LONG WAVE TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE WESTERN U.S. WITH SERIES OF NORTHERN PUSHES FOLLOWED BY SOUTHWEST FLOW AS LOW CUT OFF OVER EASTERN PACIFIC OFF SOUTHERN CAL. THEN RETURN OF NORTHERLY TROUGHS. FLOW OSCILLATES FROM NORTHERLY TO SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE PERIOD MAKING FORECAST VERY DIFFICULT AND PRODUCES VERY LOW CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST. BIG CHALLENGE KEEPING TEMPERATURES MATCHED UP WITH THE SURROUNDING FORECASTS WITH OFFICES TO THE WEST AND SOUTH ON THE WARM SIDE AND THOSE TO THE NORTH AND EAST ON THE COLD SIDE WITH WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING IN BETWEEN. LOW CONFIDENCE SCATTERED POPS MAINLY IN THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS BUT THERE IS A THREAT OF PRECIPITATION EACH DAY DEPENDING ON TIMING AND ORIENTATION OF THE FLOW ALOFT. IN THE LONG RUN...THE PRECIPITATION AND COLD AIR IN THE SHORT TERM MAY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE TEMPERATURES IN THE VALLEYS AND BASINS IN THE EXTENDED. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WYOMING INTO TONIGHT. HOWEVER...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND LOW LEVEL COLD AIR WILL COLLIDE OVER THE REGION ON SATURDAY. FIRST SEQUENCE OF EVENTS WILL BE MOISTURE AND CLOUDS GRADUALLY INCREASING WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE LATER TONIGHT OR AFT 06Z..WITH SNOW DEVELOPING OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS. AFTER SUNRISE ON SATURDAY OR 15Z...MOST OF THE WESTERN MOUNTAIN RANGES WILL BE OBSCURED BY CLOUDS AND SNOW...RESULTING IN IFR CONDITIONS THERE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE HIGH COUNTRY ON SATURDAY. FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS EAST OF THE DIVIDE...CLOUD DECKS SHOULD BEGIN TO LOWER SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT SNOW SPREADING ACROSS THE BASINS BY SATURDAY EVENING. MOST WEST CENTRAL WYOMING LOCATIONS WILL BE EXPERIENCING MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL SETTLE OVER THE STATE WITH THIS ARCTIC AIRMASS. && .FIRE WEATHER... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO IDAHO TONIGHT AND THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN SATURDAY WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN WYOMING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN WYOMING WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 14 INCHES BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY ACROSS SWEETWATER AND NATRONA COUNTIES SATURDAY WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SWIFTLY SOUTHWARD ACROSS WYOMING LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY LATE EVENING. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED EAST OF THE DIVIDE SATURDAY NIGHT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE COLD FRONT. THE COLDEST AIR OF THE LATE FALL SEASON WILL MOVE INTO WYOMING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. HIGHS SUNDAY WILL EB NEAR ZERO IN THE NORTH AND NEAR 10 ABOVE ZERO IN THE SOUTH. && .RIW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 PM MST SATURDAY FOR WYZ001-002-012-014-015-024. && SHORT TERM...SMITH LONG TERM...C.BAKER AVIATION...KPL FIRE WEATHER...SMITH
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 12, 3:21 PM MST, 6 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 321 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 WYZ001>020-022>030-131200- ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-CASPER MOUNTAIN-CODY FOOTHILLS- EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY-FLAMING GORGE- GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE-JACKSON HOLE-LANDER FOOTHILLS- NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NORTH BIG HORN BASIN- NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN- SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-STAR VALLEY- TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN- WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST- YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- 321 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS OF WYOMING FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT A VIGOROUS WINTER STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARD WYOMING AND IT WILL BRING SNOWFALL TO MOST OF THE STATE THIS WEEKEND. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING ACROSS THE FAR WEST. IT WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. THE SNOW SHOULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COMMON OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 7 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLICK ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MOUNTAIN AND WESTERN VALLEY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND. SNOW IS EVEN LIKELY ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING BY SATURDAY EVENING. IN FACT...WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A RETURN TO WINTER WEATHER. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED AT TIMES SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS STORM IN THE COMING DAYS. PEOPLE SHOULD BEGIN TO PREPARE FOR THE MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACROSS WESTERN WYOMING NEED TO BE ACTIVATED BY SATURDAY MORNING FOR SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND WIND REPORTS. TEAM RIVERTON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 12, 4:20 PM MST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 420 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 WYZ003>011-013-016>020-022-023-025>030-130700- BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-CASPER MOUNTAIN- CODY FOOTHILLS-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY-FLAMING GORGE- GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE-JACKSON HOLE-LANDER FOOTHILLS- NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NORTH BIG HORN BASIN- NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS- ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-STAR VALLEY-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN- UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN- WIND RIVER BASIN- 420 PM MST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER RETURNS TO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND... A MOIST PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE ROCKIES BY SATURDAY. THIS STRONG SYSTEM WILL COMBINE WITH COLD CANADIAN AIR FROM THE NORTH TO GIVE WEST CENTRAL WYOMING SNOW. ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL WILL MAINLY BE CONFINED TO THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING BY SATURDAY EVENING. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND BASINS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. UP TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW WILL OCCUR IN PARTS OF THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS. REGARDLESS...IT WILL BECOME BITTERLY COLD LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH WIND CHILLS GENERALLY BELOW ZERO. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT THE RIVERTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE...WWW.WEATHER.GOV/RIVERTON...THIS WEEKEND FOR MORE UPDATES REGARDING THIS SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE WEATHER. KPL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 8:40 PM MST | High Wind Warning | RIW | Fremont, Hot Springs, Natrona, Sweetwater | 15 hr |
| Dec 12, 9:25 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | RIW | Big Horn, Fremont, Hot Springs, Johnson, Natrona, Washakie | 15 hr |
| Dec 13, 12:06 PM MST | Blizzard Warning | RIW | Johnson | 10 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.