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Winter Storm Warning 16, NWS Riverton, WY

December 29, 20116 counties in Wyoming

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 31, 4:34 AM MSTSNOW 216 Ne Dubois, WYCASTLE CREEK SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:34 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 711 N Dubois, WYBURROUGHS CREEK SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:34 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 1121 W Clark, WYBEARTOOTH LAKE SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:35 AM MSTSNOW 140 W Thermopolis, WYOWL CREEK SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:35 AM MSTSNOW 226 Wsw Clark, WYWOLVERINE SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:35 AM MSTSNOW 318 Sw Cody, WYMARQUETTE SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:35 AM MSTSNOW 330 Sw Meeteetse, WYKIRWIN SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:35 AM MSTSNOW 556 Sw Cody, WYYOUNTS PEAK SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:35 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 1714 Ne Pahaska, WYEVENING STAR SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:37 AM MSTSNOW 510 N Bondurant, WYGRANITE CREEK SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:37 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 614 E Bondurant, WYLOOMIS PARK SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:37 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 128 Wnw Jackson, WYPHILLIPS BENCH SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:37 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 138 W South Entrance, WYGRASSY LAKE SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:39 AM MSTSNOW 118 W Lander, WYHOBBS PARK SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:39 AM MSTSNOW 119 Ssw Lander, WYDEER PARK SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:39 AM MSTSNOW 212 N Cora, WYNEW FORK LAKE SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:40 AM MSTSNOW 115 Nne Cokeville, WYKELLEY RANGER STATION SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:40 AM MSTSNOW 115 S Afton, WYSALT RIVER SUMMIT SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:40 AM MSTSNOW 126 N Kemmerer, WYHAMS FORK SNOTEL
Dec 31, 4:40 AM MSTSNOW 236 N Kemmerer, WYINDIAN 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2011-12-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2011-12-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

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