WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1008 PM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
11 AM TO 11 PM MST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF LIGHT
SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4
INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR CASPER MOUNTAIN.
* WIND/VISIBILITY...WIND SPEEDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. A NORTH
WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE
OPEN AREAS OF NATRONA COUNTY. THIS WILL RESULT IN REDUCED
VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK OR SNOW PACKED WEDNESDAY.
HOLIDAY TRAVELERS WILL NEED TO CHECK THE LATEST ROAD AND WEATHER
CONDITIONS. INTERSTATE 25 WILL BE IMPACTED AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 20
26 WEST OF CASPER.
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.
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