Alert archive / Wyoming / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 16, NWS Riverton, WY
NWS Riverton, WY issued this winter storm warning at Dec 29, 2011, 3:52 PM MST for 6 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Dec 29, 2011, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 30 hr. 20 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 29, 2011, 3:52 PM MST (22:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2011, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2011, 5:00 AM MST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Riverton, WY
Counties Fremont County, WY, Hot Springs County, WY, Lincoln County, WY, Park County, WY, Sublette County, WY, Teton County, WY
The radar
The Riverton/Lander radar (KRIW), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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 31, 4:34 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 16 Ne Dubois, WY | CASTLE CREEK SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:34 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 11 N Dubois, WY | BURROUGHS CREEK SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:34 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 21 W Clark, WY | BEARTOOTH LAKE SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:35 AM MST | SNOW 1 | 40 W Thermopolis, WY | OWL CREEK SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:35 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 26 Wsw Clark, WY | WOLVERINE SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:35 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 18 Sw Cody, WY | MARQUETTE SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:35 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 30 Sw Meeteetse, WY | KIRWIN SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:35 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 56 Sw Cody, WY | YOUNTS PEAK SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:35 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 17 | 14 Ne Pahaska, WY | EVENING STAR SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:37 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 10 N Bondurant, WY | GRANITE CREEK SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:37 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 14 E Bondurant, WY | LOOMIS PARK SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:37 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 8 Wnw Jackson, WY | PHILLIPS BENCH SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:37 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 13 | 8 W South Entrance, WY | GRASSY LAKE SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:39 AM MST | SNOW 1 | 18 W Lander, WY | HOBBS PARK SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:39 AM MST | SNOW 1 | 19 Ssw Lander, WY | DEER PARK SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:39 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 12 N Cora, WY | NEW FORK LAKE SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:40 AM MST | SNOW 1 | 15 Nne Cokeville, WY | KELLEY RANGER STATION SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:40 AM MST | SNOW 1 | 15 S Afton, WY | SALT RIVER SUMMIT SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:40 AM MST | SNOW 1 | 26 N Kemmerer, WY | HAMS FORK SNOTEL |
| Dec 31, 4:40 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 36 N Kemmerer, WY | INDIAN CREEK SNOTEL |
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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 1940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
716 WWUS45 KRIW 292252 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 352 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF FAR WESTERN WYOMING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .ANOTHER VIGOROUS PACIFIC TROUGH WILL FOLLOW RIGHT BEHIND THE EXITING TROUGH THAT PRODUCED SNOW IN WESTERN WYOMING EARLIER TODAY. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN AGAIN AROUND 11 PM THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. WYZ001-301000- /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.W.0016.111230T0600Z-111231T1200Z/ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL 352 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR YELLOWSTONE PARK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN AROUND 11 PM THIS EVENING. THE SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PARK AND 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PARK INCLUDING MAMMOTH AND THE LEMAR VALLEY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...RECREATIONISTS IN THE PARK CAN EXPECT LIMITED VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ012-301000- /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.W.0016.111230T0600Z-111231T1200Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 352 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE TETON AND GROS VENTRE RANGE WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN AROUND 11 PM THIS EVENING. THE SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE TETONS AND 10 TO 13 INCHES IN THE GROS VENTRE RANGE.. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...INCLUDING TETON PASS. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ024-301000- /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.W.0016.111230T0600Z-111231T1200Z/ SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 352 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE SALT AND WYOMING RANGES WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN AROUND 11 PM THIS EVENING. THE SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING SALT RIVER PASS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ002-301000- /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.W.0016.111230T0600Z-111231T1200Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS- 352 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN AROUND 11 PM THIS EVENING. THE SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE RANGE...3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE EAST SLOPES AND 6 TO 10 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING WEST WINDS...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT...WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST SLOPE INCLUDING DEAD INDIAN PASS ALONG THE CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON THE CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ014-301000- /O.NEW.KRIW.WS.W.0016.111230T0600Z-111231T1200Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST- 352 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE WEST SLOPE OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN AROUND 11 PM THIS EVENING. THE SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 13 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING WEST WINDS...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT...WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL OVER SOUTH PASS WILL BE SEVERELY HAMPERED DUE TO STRONG WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADAYS...ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ013-301000- /O.NEW.KRIW.WW.Y.0045.111230T0600Z-111230T1800Z/ JACKSON HOLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 352 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE JACKSON VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM MST FRIDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN AROUND 11 PM THIS EVENING. THE SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN LATER THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES BY 8 AM FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 191 AND 22 WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED LATER TONIGHT. HIGHWAYS WILL THEN BECOME SLUSHY BY LATE IN THE MORNING FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ LIPSON
7 follow-up statements
173 WWUS45 KRIW 300353 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 853 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND WIND IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF FAR WESTERN WYOMING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... .ANOTHER VIGOROUS PACIFIC TROUGH WILL FOLLOW RIGHT BEHIND THE EXITING TROUGH THAT PRODUCED SNOW IN WESTERN WYOMING EARLIER TODAY. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN AGAIN AROUND 11 PM THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...MIXING WITH RAIN IN THE VALLEYS DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY...CAUSING VERY SLICK ROADS...CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY NIGHT AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE...LOCALLY GUSTING OVER 70 MPH AT RIDGE TOPS BY FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. WYZ001-301200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.111230T0600Z-111231T1200Z/ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL 853 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PARK AND 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PARK INCLUDING MAMMOTH AND THE LEMAR VALLEY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT...GUSTING OVER 60 MPH AT TIMES...WHICH WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...RECREATIONISTS IN THE PARK CAN EXPECT LIMITED VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ012-301200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.111230T0600Z-111231T1200Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 853 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE TETONS AND 10 TO 13 INCHES IN THE GROS VENTRE RANGE.. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT...GUSTING OVER 65 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES... INCLUDING TETON PASS. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ024-301200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.111230T0600Z-111231T1200Z/ SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 853 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS...GUSTING OVER 80 MPH AT TIMES...WILL INCREASE FRIDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING SALT RIVER PASS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ002-301200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.111230T0600Z-111231T1200Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS- 853 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE RANGE...3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE EAST SLOPES AND 6 TO 10 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 70 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT...WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST SLOPE INCLUDING DEAD INDIAN PASS ALONG THE CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON THE CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ014-301200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.111230T0600Z-111231T1200Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST- 853 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 13 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 70 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT...WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL OVER SOUTH PASS WILL BE SEVERELY HAMPERED DUE TO STRONG WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ013-301200- /O.EXT.KRIW.WW.Y.0045.111230T0600Z-111231T1200Z/ JACKSON HOLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 853 PM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN LATER THIS MORNING AND COULD COMPLETELY CEASE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CHANGE TO ALL RAIN...HOWEVER A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL DROP TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY FRIDAY EVENING AND SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING FRONTAL PASSAGE...LASTING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF RAIN DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY...AND THEN ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW COULD BRING AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES. * IMPACTS...AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 191 AND 22 WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED LATER TONIGHT. HIGHWAYS WILL THEN BECOME SLUSHY BY LATE IN THE MORNING FRIDAY...AND WILL THEN BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK AGAIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$
641 WWUS45 KRIW 300906 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 206 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND WIND IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF FAR WESTERN WYOMING TODAY AND TONIGHT... .ANOTHER VIGOROUS PACIFIC TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE STATE TODAY. SNOWFALL WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS BY SUNRISE AND WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING...MIXING WITH RAIN IN THE VALLEYS DURING THE DAY TODAY...CAUSING VERY SLICK ROADS. THE RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE...LOCALLY GUSTING OVER 70 MPH AT RIDGE TOPS BY TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. WYZ001-301715- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL 206 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PARK AND 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PARK INCLUDING MAMMOTH AND THE LEMAR VALLEY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT... GUSTING OVER 60 MPH AT TIMES...WHICH WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...RECREATIONISTS IN THE PARK CAN EXPECT LIMITED VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ012-301715- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 206 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE TETONS AND 10 TO 13 INCHES IN THE GROS VENTRE RANGE.. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT ...GUSTING OVER 65 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...INCLUDING TETON PASS. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ024-301715- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 206 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS...GUSTING OVER 80 MPH AT TIMES...WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING SALT RIVER PASS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ002-301715- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS- 206 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE RANGE...3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE EAST SLOPES AND 6 TO 10 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 70 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT...WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST SLOPE INCLUDING DEAD INDIAN PASS ALONG THE CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON THE CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ014-301715- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST- 206 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL BEFORE SUNRISE AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 13 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 70 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT...WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL OVER SOUTH PASS WILL BE SEVERELY HAMPERED DUE TO STRONG WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ013-301715- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0045.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ JACKSON HOLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 206 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OFF AND ON THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN LATER THIS MORNING AND COULD COMPLETELY CEASE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE TO ALL RAIN...HOWEVER A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL DROP TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING FRONTAL PASSAGE...LASTING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES BY LATE THIS MORNING ...HEAVIEST NORTH OF JACKSON. FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF RAIN DURING THE DAY TODAY...AND THEN ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW COULD BRING AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 191 AND 22 WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED EARLY THIS MORNING. HIGHWAYS WILL THEN BECOME SLUSHY BY LATE IN THE MORNING...AND WILL THEN BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK AGAIN ON TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$
469 WWUS45 KRIW 301136 CCA WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 434 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND WIND IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF FAR WESTERN WYOMING TODAY AND TONIGHT... .ANOTHER VIGOROUS PACIFIC TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE STATE TODAY. SNOWFALL WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS BY SUNRISE AND WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING...MIXING WITH RAIN IN THE VALLEYS DURING THE DAY TODAY...CAUSING VERY SLICK ROADS. THE RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AND INCREASING IN INTENSITY WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE...LOCALLY GUSTING OVER 70 MPH AT RIDGE TOPS BY TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. WYZ001-302000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL 434 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PARK AND 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PARK INCLUDING MAMMOTH AND THE LEMAR VALLEY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT... GUSTING OVER 60 MPH AT TIMES...WHICH WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...RECREATIONISTS IN THE PARK CAN EXPECT LIMITED VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ012-302000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 434 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE TETONS AND 10 TO 13 INCHES IN THE GROS VENTRE RANGE.. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT ...GUSTING OVER 65 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...INCLUDING TETON PASS. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ024-302000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 434 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS...GUSTING OVER 80 MPH AT TIMES...WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING SALT RIVER PASS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ002-302000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS- 434 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE RANGE...3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE EAST SLOPES AND 6 TO 10 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 70 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT...WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON THE EAST SLOPE INCLUDING DEAD INDIAN PASS ALONG THE CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON THE CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ014-302000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST- 434 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...STEADY LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL BEFORE SUNRISE AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 13 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 70 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT...WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL OVER SOUTH PASS WILL BE SEVERELY HAMPERED DUE TO STRONG WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ON TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ013-302000- /O.COR.KRIW.WW.Y.0045.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ JACKSON HOLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 434 AM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OFF AND ON THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN LATER THIS MORNING AND COULD COMPLETELY CEASE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE TO ALL RAIN...HOWEVER A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL DROP TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY THIS EVENING AND SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING FRONTAL PASSAGE...LASTING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 4 INCHES BY LATE THIS MORNING ...HEAVIEST NORTH OF JACKSON. FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF RAIN DURING THE DAY TODAY...AND THEN ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW COULD BRING AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 191 AND 22 WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED EARLY THIS MORNING. HIGHWAYS WILL THEN BECOME SLUSHY BY LATE IN THE MORNING...AND WILL THEN BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK AGAIN ON TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$
448 WWUS45 KRIW 301923 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1223 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND WIND IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF FAR WESTERN WYOMING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .ANOTHER VIGOROUS PACIFIC TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATER THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BECOME ALL SNOW THIS EVENING IN THE JACKSON VALLEY. THE SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATER TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE...LOCALLY GUSTING OVER 70 MPH AT RIDGE TOPS BY TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. WYZ001-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL 1223 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PARK AND 5 TO 8 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PARK INCLUDING MAMMOTH AND THE LEMAR VALLEY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT... GUSTING OVER 60 MPH AT TIMES...WHICH WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...RECREATIONISTS IN THE PARK CAN EXPECT LIMITED VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ012-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 1223 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE TETONS AND 10 TO 13 INCHES IN THE GROS VENTRE RANGE.. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT GUSTING ...OVER 65 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...INCLUDING TETON PASS. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ024-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 1223 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 14 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS...GUSTING OVER 80 MPH AT TIMES...WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING SALT RIVER PASS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ002-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS- 1223 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...10 TO 13 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE RANGE...3 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE EAST SLOPES AND 6 TO 10 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ALONG THE EAST SLOPE OF THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 80 TO 90 MPH CANE BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 TO 70 MPH AT TIMES TONIGHT. THESE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES WITH THESE CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON DEAD INDIAN PASS ALONG THE CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON THE CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ014-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST- 1223 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 13 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 70 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT...WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL OVER SOUTH PASS WILL BE SEVERELY HAMPERED DUE TO STRONG WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ013-310000- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0045.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ JACKSON HOLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 1223 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OFF AND ON THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL DROP TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY THIS EVENING WITH THE MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW BECOMING ALL SNOW. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING FRONTAL PASSAGE...LASTING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RANGING FROM 3 INCHES AROUND JACKSON TO 6 INCHES IN MOOSE AND MORAN JUNCTION OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 191 AND 22 WILL BECOME SLICK AFTER THE SLUSH FREEZES OVER ON THE ROAD SURFACES AND IS COATED BY A NEW LAYER OF SNOW THIS EVENING. ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ LIPSON
682 WWUS45 KRIW 302127 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 227 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND WIND IS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF FAR WESTERN WYOMING TONIGHT... .ANOTHER VIGOROUS PACIFIC TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE STATE THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD LATER THIS EVENING ACROSS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL REDEVELOP IN THE JACKSON VALLEY THIS EVENING AND SPREAD INTO THE STAR VALLEY. THE SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WESTERLY WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE...LOCALLY GUSTING OVER 70 MPH AT RIDGE TOPS BY TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. WYZ001-311200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL 227 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PARK AND 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PARK INCLUDING MAMMOTH AND THE LEMAR VALLEY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT... GUSTING OVER 60 MPH AT TIMES...WHICH WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...RECREATIONISTS IN THE PARK CAN EXPECT LIMITED VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ012-311200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 227 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT GUSTING OVER ...65 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...INCLUDING TETON PASS. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ024-311200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 227 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON THE NORTH HALF OF THE RANGE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS...GUSTING OVER 80 MPH AT TIMES...WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING SALT RIVER PASS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ002-311200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS- 227 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES LATER THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WEST PORTION OF THE RANGE WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG THE EAST SLOPES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ALONG THE EAST SLOPE OF THE ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 80 TO 90 MPH CANE BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY TO 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 TO 70 MPH AT TIMES TONIGHT. THESE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES WITH THESE CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON DEAD INDIAN PASS ALONG THE CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON THE CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ014-311200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST- 227 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 9 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 70 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT...WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL OVER SOUTH PASS WILL BE SEVERELY HAMPERED DUE TO STRONG WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ023-311200- /O.EXB.KRIW.WW.Y.0045.111231T0100Z-111231T1200Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...THAYNE 227 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND WIND WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AS THE EVENING WEARS ON AND MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES IN. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON THE NORTH END OF THE VALLEY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND EVEN SOME DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON HIGHWAY 89 WILL BE HAMPERED BY SLICK TRAVEL AND REDUCED VISIBILITY LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ013-311200- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0045.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ JACKSON HOLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 227 PM MST FRI DEC 30 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SATURDAY. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OFF AND ON THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL DROP TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY THIS EVENING WITH THE MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW BECOMING ALL SNOW. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING FRONTAL PASSAGE...LASTING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RANGING FROM 3 INCHES AROUND JACKSON TO 6 INCHES IN MOOSE AND MORAN JUNCTION OVERNIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND EVEN SOME DRIFTING NORTH OF JACKSON. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 191 AND 22 WILL BECOME SLICK AFTER THE SLUSH FREEZES OVER ON THE ROAD SURFACES AND IS COATED BY A NEW LAYER OF SNOW THIS EVENING. ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SLICK AND SNOW COVERED LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ SKRBAC
938 WWUS45 KRIW 310953 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 253 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW AND WIND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS... .ANOTHER VIGOROUS PACIFIC TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST ACROSS THE STATE THIS MORNING. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF AFTER 5 AM...ONLY A FEW FLURRIES WILL REMAIN. WESTERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG...LOCALLY GUSTING OVER 70 MPH AT RIDGE TOPS. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF THIS MORNING AS WELL. WYZ001-311200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL 253 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PARK AND 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PARK INCLUDING MAMMOTH AND THE LEMAR VALLEY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE GUSTING OVER 60 MPH AT TIMES...CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...RECREATIONISTS IN THE PARK CAN EXPECT LIMITED VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ012-311200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS- 253 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE GUSTING OVER 50 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...INCLUDING TETON PASS. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING TETON AND TOGWOTEE PASS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ024-311200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- 253 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON THE NORTH HALF OF THE RANGE. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...STRONG WEST WINDS...GUSTING OVER 80 MPH AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EXPOSED RIDGES. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING SALT RIVER PASS SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ002-311200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS- 253 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE WEST PORTION OF THE RANGE WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG THE EAST SLOPES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. THESE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY FROM ONE QUARTER OF A MILE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES WITH THESE CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON DEAD INDIAN PASS ALONG THE CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY. * IMPACTS...THOSE TRAVELING ON THE CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY SHOULD PREPARE FOR SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ014-311200- /O.CON.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST- 253 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 9 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...INCREASING WEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 70 MPH AT TIMES WILL CAUSE INCREASING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL OVER SOUTH PASS WILL BE SEVERELY HAMPERED DUE TO STRONG WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AS WELL AS SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY EARLY THIS MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ013-311200- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0045.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ JACKSON HOLE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...JACKSON 253 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...RANGING FROM 3 INCHES AROUND JACKSON TO 6 INCHES IN MOOSE AND MORAN JUNCTION OVERNIGHT. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE. THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND EVEN SOME DRIFTING NORTH OF JACKSON. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...AREA HIGHWAYS INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 191 AND 22 WILL BECOME SLICK AFTER THE SLUSH FREEZES OVER ON THE ROAD SURFACES AND IS COATED BY A NEW LAYER OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ WYZ023-311200- /O.CON.KRIW.WW.Y.0045.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...THAYNE 253 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ON THE NORTH END OF THE VALLEY. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND EVEN SOME DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO AROUND ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ON HIGHWAY 89 WILL BE HAMPERED BY SLICK TRAVEL AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$
178 WWUS45 KRIW 311210 WSWRIW URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 510 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 WYZ001-002-012-014-024-311315- /O.EXP.KRIW.WS.W.0016.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK-ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS- TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST- SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAKE...MAMMOTH...OLD FAITHFUL 510 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL QUICKLY TAPER OFF AND END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH 8 AM. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT...AN INCH OR LESS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UNDER MORE PERSISTENT SNOW SHOWERS. $$ WYZ013-023-311315- /O.EXP.KRIW.WW.Y.0045.000000T0000Z-111231T1200Z/ JACKSON HOLE-STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...AFTON...ALPINE...THAYNE 510 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL QUICKLY TAPER OFF AND END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH 7 AM. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT...AN INCH OR LESS WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UNDER MORE PERSISTENT SNOW SHOWERS BETWEEN ALPINE AND THAYNE. $$ WYZ010-311600- /O.NEW.KRIW.WW.Y.0046.111231T1210Z-111231T1600Z/ NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BUFFALO 510 AM MST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST THIS MORNING. * SUMMARY AND TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 8 AM AND DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AFTERWARDS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES. * WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WIND AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH VISIBILITY LIMITED TO NEAR ONE-QUARTER MILE IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW. * IMPACTS...INTERSTATES 25 AND 90 WILL BE SNOW-PACKED AND VERY SLICK THIS MORNING WITH POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE AVAILABLE BY CALLING 5-1-1 OR ON THE INTERNET AT WYOROAD.INFO. && $$ 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 29, 11:24 AM MST, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 11:24 AM MST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1124 AM MST THU DEC 29 2011 .UPDATE... STARTING TO SEE MUCH IMPROVED CONDITIONS LATE THIS MORNING ACROSS FAR WESTERN WYOMING...ESPECIALLY PARTS OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE MOST AREAS BUT SNOWFALL WILL NOT. THIS BREAK IS DUE TO DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE STATE WITH SHORT WAVE RIDGING ALOFT. THEREFORE... WILL SOON CANCEL WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS. LATE AFTERNOON DISCUSSION WILL REINTRODUCE SNOWFALL FOR WESTERN WY. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED EARLY THURSDAY AM/ SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT A RELATIVELY WARM AND MOIST WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA TODAY. THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE WEST RECEIVED MAINLY RAIN FROM THIS EVENT...PROMPTING THE CANCELLATION OF THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE WEST...AND THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE DUBOIS AREA. THERE CONTINUES TO BE A HEALTHY STREAM OF MOISTURE EVIDENT IN SATELLITE IMAGERY...SO THERE IS NO NEED TO PREMATURELY CANCEL THE WARNINGS FOR THE MOUNTAIN ZONES. THE NEXT SYSTEM COMING IN ON FRIDAY APPEARS TO BEGIN AS A WARM SYSTEM AS WELL...SNOW AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN SHAVED DOWN IN THE LOWER ZONES AS A RESULT. A MENTION OF RAIN HAS ALSO BEEN ADDED. THIS NEXT SYSTEM WILL HAVE A DECENT COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH IT SO MENTION OF RAIN HAS BEEN REMOVED WITH FROPA AND SNOW RATIOS INCREASED ABOVE 10 TO 1. THE NEXT SYSTEM COULD ALSO LEAVE A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW EAST OF THE DIVIDE LATER IN ITS EVOLUTION ..HIGHLIGHTS MAY AGAIN BE NECESSARY FOR THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS BUT NONE ARE ANTICIPATED FOR AREAS EAST OF THE DIVIDE...AT LEAST NOT FOR SNOW. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ELEVATED INTO THE WEEKEND. HAVE EXTENDED THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY INCLUDING THE 789 TRAVEL CORRIDOR BETWEEN BEAVER RIM AND MUDDY GAP...THROUGH AT LEAST 06Z FRI. WESTERLIES WILL ALSO PICK UP IN EASTERN SWEETWATER AS THIS FIRST TROUGH PASSES...THIS IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES ALONG I80 AND ANY ROADS LEADING SOUTH TO THE COLORADO BORDER. THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL ALSO BE EXTREMELY WINDY...THOUGH THERE APPEARS TO BE ENOUGH OF A LULL BETWEEN SYSTEMS TO TREAT THEM AS TWO SEPARATE EVENTS. MORE WIND HIGHLIGHTS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AS STRONG WINDS WILL AGAIN BECOME WIDESPREAD. MUCH OF THE AREA WILL BE WINDY TODAY...WITH THE MOST OBVIOUS AREAS ALREADY COVERED BY WARNINGS...THOUGH MORE MAY BE ADDED AS THE SYSTEM EVOLVES TODAY...THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN COVERED BY SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS AND WILL BE WATCHED CLOSELY. LONG TERM...NEW YEARS DAY THROUGH THURSDAY NEW YEARS DAY...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW/FLURRIES IN THE WEST...OTHERWISE DRY AND COOL WITH HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE 20S TO LOWER 30S. MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS TUESDAY. OTHERWISE DRY AND WARMER IN WIND CORRIDORS WITH TEMPERATURES LAGGING IN FAR WEST VALLEYS AND CENTRAL BASINS. MEDIUM RANGE GLOBAL MODELS ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT THIS MORNING WITH TIMING OF SHORTWAVES THROUGH MERIDIONAL LONGWAVE PATTERN FEATURING UPPER RIDGE OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST FLANKED BY TROUGHS OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND EASTERN U.S. THE MAIN SHORTWAVE ADVERTISED IN THIS FLOW WILL EJECT OVER THE RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES MONDAY NIGHT WITH NEXT UPSTREAM TROUGH PUSHING ONTO WEST COAST THURSDAY. WARM ADVECTION...UPGLIDE PATTERN WITH LIMITED MOISTURE...SETS UP ACROSS THE WEST SUNDAY WITH STRATIFORM CLOUDS AND POSSIBLY SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES. PASSING HIGH CLOUDS AND LIGHT WINDS WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL RESULT IN LIMITED INSOLATION AND MIXING WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING BELOW NORMAL. A LEE SIDE SURFACE TROUGH...INCREASING WINDS ALOFT AND LESS CLOUD COVER WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM UP MONDAY...MORESO THROUGH WIND CORRIDORS THAN PROTECTED WESTERN VALLEYS AND BASINS. BETTER MIXING POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY WITH SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED PACIFIC COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE IN THE MORNING. UPPER RIDGE REBUILDS OVER AREA WEDNESDAY WITH BREEZY AND UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER THROUGH WIND CORRIDORS...TEMPERATURES REMAINING NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL IN CENTRAL BASINS AND WESTERN VALLEYS. GFS IS MORE SPLIT WITH NEXT PACIFIC TROUGH APPROACHING THE WEST COAST THURSDAY...WITH ECMWF SHOWING A BIT MORE PROGRESSION OVERALL WITH TROUGH ALONG WEST COAST BY 00Z FRIDAY. A WARM AND DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW PRECEDES THIS TROUGH ON THURSDAY. AVIATION.../18Z ISSUANCE/ CHANGES ARE NEEDED OVER THE NEXT SIX HOURS OR SO IN REGARDS TO WEATHER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WYOMING. CLOUDS WILL DECREASE MOST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. WEST OF THE DIVIDE TO BRIEFLY BECOME VFR WITH EAST REMAINING WINDY WITH VFR CONDITIONS. AGAIN...ANOTHER STORM ENTERS FAR WESTERN WYOMING TONIGHT. FIRE WEATHER... SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IN THE WEST AND SIGNIFICANT WIND IN THE EAST WILL REMAIN TO BE THE MAIN WEATHER STORIES FOR WYOMING TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE LITTLE CHANGED THROUGH THE DAY TODAY THEN COOLING ON FRIDAY...REMAINING COOL ON SATURDAY. LOW MIXING HEIGHTS AND EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AND SNOWFALL IN THE WEST WILL PRODUCE POOR SMOKE DISPERSAL. THE WINDIER AREAS EST OF THE DIVIDE WILL SEE FAIR TO GOOD SMOKE DISPERSAL THURSDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE FAVORABLE TO HIGH ACROSS THE AREA. && .RIW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING WYZ019-030. HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON WYZ020. && SHORT TERM...ALLEN LONG TERM...AEM AVIATION...KPL FIRE WEATHER...ALLEN
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 11:47 AM MST, 4 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 1147 AM MST THU DEC 29 2011 WYZ001>020-022>030-301300- 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- 1147 AM MST THU DEC 29 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNINGS FOR EASTERN SWEETWATER...SOUTHERN FREMONT... AND MUCH OF NATRONA COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WEST WIND WILL INTENSIFY AROUND MID DAY EAST OF THE DIVIDE BEHIND A COLD FRONT. HIGH WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 80 ACROSS EASTERN SWEETWATER COUNTY. PLEASE SEE HIGH WIND WARNING PRODUCTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION FOR THIS AREA. WIDESPREAD WEST WIND OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OTHER AREAS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. STRONG WEST WIND AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. AFTER A LULL IN SNOWFALL ACROSS THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...ANOTHER ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND WIND EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WYOMING FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT WINDS OVER 45 MPH...AND ANY DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONG WINDS. WESTERN WYOMING SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE SNOWFALL TOTALS. THANK YOU. TEAM RIVERTON
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 29, 1:33 PM MST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
0233 PM MDT THU DEC 29 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0518 AM SNOW 40 W THERMOPOLIS 43.66N 109.01W
12/29/2011 E1.00 INCHES HOT SPRINGS WY MESONET
OWL CREEK SNOTEL
0518 AM SNOW 18 WSW MEETEETSE 44.03N 109.18W
12/29/2011 E1.00 INCHES PARK WY MESONET
TIMBER CREEK SNOTEL
0518 AM SNOW 24 SW BUFFALO 44.16N 107.13W
12/29/2011 E1.00 INCHES WASHAKIE WY MESONET
POWDER RIVER PASS SNOTEL
0519 AM SNOW 14 WNW MAYOWORTH 43.89N 107.06W
12/29/2011 E1.00 INCHES JOHNSON WY MESONET
BEAR TRAP MEADOW SNOTEL
0519 AM SNOW 21 SW BARNUM 43.47N 107.24W
12/29/2011 E1.00 INCHES NATRONA WY MESONET
GRAVE SPRING SNOTEL
0519 AM SNOW 14 WSW BUFFALO 44.26N 106.98W
12/29/2011 E1.00 INCHES JOHNSON WY MESONET
HANSEN SAWMILL SNOTEL
0519 AM HEAVY SNOW 8 NNE MORAN JUNCTION 43.95N 110.45W
12/29/2011 E6.00 INCHES TETON WY MESONET
BASE CAMP SNOTEL
0523 AM SNOW 7 NW ATLANTIC CITY 42.57N 108.84W
12/29/2011 E1.00 INCHES FREMONT WY MESONET
SOUTH PASS SNOTEL
0524 AM SNOW 21 W BIG PINEY 42.49N 110.53W
12/29/2011 E3.00 INCHES SUBLETTE WY MESONET
SNIDER BASIN SNOTEL
0526 AM SNOW ALPINE 43.15N 111.00W
12/29/2011 M2.00 INCHES LINCOLN WY TRAINED SPOTTER
0527 AM SNOW AFTON 42.72N 110.93W
12/29/2011 M1.00 INCHES LINCOLN WY TRAINED SPOTTER
0530 AM SNOW 1 SE WILSON 43.49N 110.85W
12/29/2011 M2.50 INCHES TETON WY TRAINED SPOTTER
0533 AM SNOW WILSON 43.49N 110.87W
12/29/2011 M2.50 INCHES TETON WY TRAINED SPOTTER
0617 AM SNOW 23 NW DUBOIS 43.73N 110.01W
12/29/2011 E5.00 INCHES FREMONT WY PARK/FOREST SRVC
BROOKS LAKE LODGE
0617 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 NE ALTA 43.79N 110.94W
12/29/2011 E10.00 INCHES TETON WY PARK/FOREST SRVC
GRAND TARGHEE-CHIEF JOSEPH
0617 AM SNOW TOGWOTEE MOUNTAIN LODGE 43.82N 110.18W
12/29/2011 E4.00 INCHES TETON WY PARK/FOREST SRVC
0617 AM HEAVY SNOW 17.2 E THAYNE 42.97N 110.61W
12/29/2011 E6.00 INCHES LINCOLN WY PARK/FOREST SRVC
BLIND BULL SUMMIT
0617 AM SNOW 14.3 E THAYNE 42.87N 110.71W
12/29/2011 E5.00 INCHES LINCOLN WY PARK/FOREST SRVC
BOX Y RANCH
0618 AM HEAVY SNOW 9.4 NNW JACKSON 43.59N 110.87W
12/29/2011 M12.00 INCHES TETON WY PARK/FOREST SRVC
JACKSON HOLE-RENDEZVOUS BOWL
0618 AM HEAVY SNOW 9.3 NNW JACKSON 43.59N 110.84W
12/29/2011 M8.00 INCHES TETON WY PARK/FOREST SRVC
JACKSON HOLE-MID
0618 AM SNOW 8.6 NNW JACKSON 43.58N 110.85W
12/29/2011 M2.00 INCHES TETON WY PARK/FOREST SRVC
JACKSON HOLE-BASE
0619 AM HEAVY SNOW 9.9 NNW JACKSON 43.60N 110.85W
12/29/2011 M10.00 INCHES TETON WY PARK/FOREST SRVC
JACKSON HOLE-RAYMER
1238 PM SNOW 14 NW PINEDALE 42.98N 110.08W
12/29/2011 M2.00 INCHES SUBLETTE WY COCORAHS
1239 PM SNOW ALPINE 43.16N 111.00W
12/29/2011 M3.00 INCHES LINCOLN WY TRAINED SPOTTER
1243 PM HEAVY SNOW 3 SSW WILSON 43.46N 110.89W
12/29/2011 M6.00 INCHES TETON WY COCORAHS
1243 PM SNOW MOOSE 43.65N 110.71W
12/29/2011 M3.50 INCHES TETON WY COCORAHS
1243 PM SNOW 5 SSE SMOOT 42.55N 110.88W
12/29/2011 M3.00 INCHES LINCOLN WY COCORAHS
1243 PM SNOW 5 NW JACKSON 43.53N 110.82W
12/29/2011 M1.00 INCHES TETON WY COCORAHS
1244 PM SNOW PAHASKA 44.50N 109.96W
12/29/2011 M3.00 INCHES PARK WY CO-OP OBSERVER
0222 PM HEAVY SNOW 1 WSW CANYON 44.72N 110.51W
12/29/2011 E6.00 INCHES YELLOWSTONE WY MESONET
CANYON SNOTEL
0223 PM HEAVY SNOW 5 N SOUTH ENTRANCE 44.21N 110.67W
12/29/2011 E14.00 INCHES YELLOWSTONE WY MESONET
LEWIS LAKE DIVIDE SNOTEL
0223 PM HEAVY SNOW 16 N PAHASKA 44.73N 109.91W
12/29/2011 E10.00 INCHES YELLOWSTONE WY MESONET
PARKER PEAK SNOTEL
0223 PM HEAVY SNOW 10 W PAHASKA 44.48N 110.16W
12/29/2011 E6.00 INCHES YELLOWSTONE WY MESONET
SYLVAN LAKE SNOTEL
0223 PM HEAVY SNOW 4 WSW PAHASKA 44.48N 110.04W
12/29/2011 E11.00 INCHES YELLOWSTONE WY MESONET
SYLVAN ROAD SNOTEL
0223 PM HEAVY SNOW 14 ESE OLD FAITHFUL 44.37N 110.58W
12/29/2011 E11.00 INCHES YELLOWSTONE WY MESONET
THUMB DIVIDE SNOTEL
0223 PM HEAVY SNOW 25 NE MORAN JUNCTION 44.15N 110.22W
12/29/2011 E16.00 INCHES YELLOWSTONE WY MESONET
TWO OCEAN PLATEAU SNOTEL
0224 PM HEAVY SNOW 21 W CLARK 44.94N 109.57W
12/29/2011 E10.00 INCHES PARK WY MESONET
BEARTOOTH LAKE SNOTEL
0224 PM HEAVY SNOW 19 WSW WAPITI 44.38N 109.79W
12/29/2011 E11.00 INCHES PARK WY MESONET
BLACKWATER SNOTEL
0224 PM HEAVY SNOW 11 N DUBOIS 43.70N 109.67W
12/29/2011 E10.00 INCHES FREMONT WY MESONET
BURROUGHS CREEK SNOTEL
0224 PM SNOW 16 NE DUBOIS 43.67N 109.37W
12/29/2011 E5.00 INCHES FREMONT WY MESONET
CASTLE CREEK SNOTEL
0224 PM HEAVY SNOW 14 NE PAHASKA 44.65N 109.78W
12/29/2011 E15.00 INCHES PARK WY MESONET
EVENING STAR SNOTEL
0225 PM SNOW 30 SW MEETEETSE 43.86N 109.32W
12/29/2011 E4.00 INCHES PARK WY MESONET
KIRWIN SNOTEL
0225 PM SNOW 18 SW CODY 44.30N 109.24W
12/29/2011 E4.00 INCHES PARK WY MESONET
MARQUETTE SNOTEL
0225 PM SNOW 26 WSW CLARK 44.80N 109.66W
12/29/2011 E3.00 INCHES PARK WY MESONET
WOLVERINE SNOTEL
0225 PM SNOW 56 SW CODY 43.93N 109.82W
12/29/2011 E3.00 INCHES PARK WY MESONET
YOUNTS PEAK SNOTEL
0226 PM HEAVY SNOW 6 ENE ALTA 43.78N 110.93W
12/29/2011 E17.00 INCHES TETON WY MESONET
GRAND TARGHEE SNOTEL
0226 PM HEAVY SNOW 10 N BONDURANT 43.34N 110.43W
12/29/2011 E6.00 INCHES TETON WY MESONET
GRANITE CREEK SNOTEL
0226 PM HEAVY SNOW 8 W SOUTH ENTRANCE 44.13N 110.83W
12/29/2011 E16.00 INCHES TETON WY MESONET
GRASSY LAKE SNOTEL
0226 PM SNOW 20 NE BONDURANT 43.39N 110.13W
12/29/2011 E3.00 INCHES TETON WY MESONET
GROS VENTRE SUMMIT SNOTEL
0227 PM HEAVY SNOW 14 E BONDURANT 43.17N 110.14W
12/29/2011 E7.00 INCHES SUBLETTE WY MESONET
LOOMIS PARK SNOTEL
0227 PM HEAVY SNOW 8 WNW JACKSON 43.52N 110.91W
12/29/2011 E12.00 INCHES TETON WY MESONET
PHILLIPS BENCH SNOTEL
0227 PM SNOW SOUTH ENTRANCE 44.13N 110.67W
12/29/2011 E5.00 INCHES TETON WY MESONET
SNAKE RIVER STN SNOTEL
0227 PM HEAVY SNOW 25 NW DUBOIS 43.75N 110.06W
12/29/2011 E10.00 INCHES TETON WY MESONET
TOGWOTEE PASS SNOTEL
0228 PM SNOW 24 ESE BOULDER 42.65N 109.26W
12/29/2011 E5.00 INCHES SUBLETTE WY MESONET
BIG SANDY OPENING SNOTEL
0228 PM HEAVY SNOW 12 NNE PINEDALE 43.01N 109.76W
12/29/2011 E7.00 INCHES SUBLETTE WY MESONET
ELKHART PARK G.S. SNOTEL
0228 PM HEAVY SNOW 16 SW DUBOIS 43.38N 109.88W
12/29/2011 E6.00 INCHES SUBLETTE WY MESONET
GUNSITE PASS SNOTEL
0228 PM HEAVY SNOW 22 N CORA 43.25N 110.02W
12/29/2011 E10.00 INCHES SUBLETTE WY MESONET
KENDALL RANGER STATION SNOTEL
0228 PM SNOW 25 SW LANDER 42.58N 109.08W
12/29/2011 E5.00 INCHES SUBLETTE WY MESONET
LARSEN CREEK SNOTEL
0229 PM SNOW 12 N CORA 43.11N 109.95W
12/29/2011 E5.00 INCHES SUBLETTE WY MESONET
NEW FORK LAKE SNOTEL
0229 PM SNOW 16 E BOULDER 42.71N 109.41W
12/29/2011 E4.00 INCHES SUBLETTE WY MESONET
POCKET CREEK SNOTEL
0229 PM SNOW 14 W CROWHEART 43.28N 109.45W
12/29/2011 E4.00 INCHES FREMONT WY MESONET
COLD SPRINGS SNOTEL
0229 PM SNOW 19 SSW LANDER 42.59N 108.90W
12/29/2011 E5.00 INCHES FREMONT WY MESONET
DEER PARK SNOTEL
0229 PM SNOW 18 W LANDER 42.87N 109.09W
12/29/2011 E2.00 INCHES FREMONT WY MESONET
HOBBS PARK SNOTEL
0229 PM SNOW 6 WSW DUBOIS 43.50N 109.75W
12/29/2011 E4.00 INCHES FREMONT WY MESONET
LITTLE WARM SNOTEL
0230 PM HEAVY SNOW SOUTH PASS 42.52N 108.72W
12/29/2011 M7.00 INCHES FREMONT WY PUBLIC
0230 PM SNOW 26 NW LANDER 43.03N 109.17W
12/29/2011 E1.00 INCHES FREMONT WY MESONET
ST. LAWRENCE ALT SNOTEL
0230 PM SNOW 12 SW LANDER 42.70N 108.90W
12/29/2011 E2.00 INCHES FREMONT WY MESONET
TOWNSEND CREEK SNOTEL
0230 PM HEAVY SNOW 19 SW BONDURANT 42.96N 110.61W
12/29/2011 E15.00 INCHES LINCOLN WY MESONET
BLIND BULL SUMMIT SNOTEL
0230 PM HEAVY SNOW 8 SE AFTON 42.65N 110.81W
12/29/2011 E10.00 INCHES LINCOLN WY MESONET
COTTONWOOD CREEK SNOTEL
0230 PM SNOW 26 N KEMMERER 42.15N 110.68W
12/29/2011 E4.00 INCHES LINCOLN WY MESONET
HAMS FORK SNOTEL
0230 PM HEAVY SNOW 36 N KEMMERER 42.30N 110.68W
12/29/2011 E11.00 INCHES LINCOLN WY MESONET
INDIAN CREEK SNOTEL
0231 PM SNOW 15 NNE COKEVILLE 42.27N 110.81W
12/29/2011 E5.00 INCHES LINCOLN WY MESONET
KELLEY RANGER STATION SNOTEL
0231 PM SNOW 15 S AFTON 42.51N 110.91W
12/29/2011 E3.00 INCHES LINCOLN WY MESONET
SALT RIVER SUMMIT SNOTEL
0231 PM HEAVY SNOW SNIDER BASIN 42.49N 110.52W
12/29/2011 E8.00 INCHES SUBLETTE WY MESONET
0231 PM HEAVY SNOW 19 SE AFTON 42.53N 110.66W
12/29/2011 E14.00 INCHES LINCOLN WY MESONET
SPRING CREEK DIVIDE SNOTEL
0231 PM HEAVY SNOW 17 E AFTON 42.76N 110.59W
12/29/2011 E14.00 INCHES SUBLETTE WY MESONET
TRIPLE PEAK SNOTEL
0231 PM HEAVY SNOW 8 NE AFTON 42.82N 110.84W
12/29/2011 E12.00 INCHES LINCOLN WY MESONET
WILLOW CREEK SNOTEL
0231 PM SNOW 12 ESE BONDURANT 43.13N 110.20W
12/29/2011 E4.00 INCHES SUBLETTE WY MESONET
EAST RIM DIVIDE SNOTEL
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Riverton, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 3:52 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | RIW | Lincoln, Teton | 37 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.