WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 335 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 THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.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...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL
BE GREATEST ALONG THE PINE RIDGE WHERE 4 TO 7 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE BY EARLY SATURDAY. ELSEWHERE...2 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW
SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED.
* WINDS/VISIBILITIES...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL OCCUR TODAY WITH WINDS DECREASING SLOWLY
TONIGHT AND THEN PICKING UP AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING. WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO. EXPECT
WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW
ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...THE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR THOSE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS. THE BLOWING SNOW
WILL BE A HAZARD TODAY RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO
BELOW ONE HALF MILE. THE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL ALSO ADD TO
THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT.
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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