WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1141 AM MST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM MST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* TIMING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS
AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE TONIGHT AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PUSHES
SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING. WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT BUT ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG AS EARLIER ANTICIPATED. STILL...
SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.
* WINDS/VISIBILITIES...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON WILL TURN NORTHWESTERLY AND INCREASE IN SPEED THIS
EVENING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED MAINLY
TONIGHT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO CREATE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...AND POSSIBLY INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
PERIODS OF SNOW...AND WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING...WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED
FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.
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