WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 653 PM MST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MST
SATURDAY.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY
MORNING.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY.
* WINDS/VISIBILITIES...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY WITH WINDS
DECREASING SLOWLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT WIDESPREAD BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES OF ONE HALF MILE OR
LESS...AND LOCALLY BRIEF PERIODS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. WIND
CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RANGE FROM 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW
ZERO TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...THE BLOWING SNOW WILL BE A HAZARD TODAY RESULTING IN
REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS AND LOCALLY TO
NEAR ZERO TONIGHT. THE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL ADD TO THE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT...THE VERY COLD WIND
CHILLS WILL ALSO CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR THOSE SPENDING
TIME OUTDOORS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING OVER THIS HOLIDAY PERIOD
...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS WHERE VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO
NEAR ZERO FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME.
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