Winter Weather Advisory for Wyoming
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOWFALL...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST SUNDAY.
* SUMMARY AND TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS
MORNING...AND INTENSIFY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. DURING THE
PEAK SNOWFALL TIMES...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE. THE GREATEST IMPACT IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT AND
INTO SATURDAY WHEN ROADWAYS MAY BECOME IMPACTED.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES
WITH LOCALLY 8 INCHES IN SOME OF THE CASPER MOUNTAIN FOOTHILL
AREAS. CASPER MOUNTAIN WILL SEE 6 TO 9 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS
UP TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY...RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY
AND THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BY SATURDAY EVENING... A
NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH MAY DEVELOP. THIS WIND COMBINED
WITH HEAVIER SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER
OF A MILE AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED WITH SOME DRIFTING...
MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
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.