HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 348 PM MST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 500 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IN
EAST CENTRAL WYOMING THROUGH 5 PM SATURDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BRING SNOW
TO PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WYOMING TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW...MODERATE AT
TIMES TONIGHT...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS NATRONA AND JOHNSON COUNTIES
AS WELL AS THE BIG HORN...RATTLESNAKE AND GREEN MOUNTAINS WITH
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30
MPH WITH 45 MPH WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING ACROSS JOHNSON
COUNTY THIS EVENING AND WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...MAKING
TRAVEL MORE DIFFICULT. THESE WINDS WILL DECREASE TO SPEEDS OF 15 TO
25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 MPH LATER TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY EVENING ACROSS JOHNSON AND NATRONA
COUNTIES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN NATRONA COUNTY WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO
7 INCHES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 7 TO 13 INCHES ON CASPER
MOUNTAIN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IN JOHNSON
COUNTY. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN JOHNSON COUNTY SATURDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AMOUNTS AND ANY WIND GUSTS
OVER 40 MPH. THANK YOU.
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