HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 500 AM MST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 500 AM MST SUN JAN 03 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF WESTERN WYOMING THIS
MORNING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN
WYOMING TODAY. AREA ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED...ESPECIALLY OVER
TETON AND SALT RIVER PASSES WHERE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS ARE
POSSIBLE. LOCAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY OVER HIGHER PEAKS
AND IN EXPOSED AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
A COLD CANADIAN STORM SYSTEM AND THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE ARCTIC
FRONT WILL BRING SNOW BACK TO MANY AREAS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL
DIVIDE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. BITTERLY COLD AIR IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE RAPIDLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH WYOMING TUESDAY NIGHT.
BRIEF GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD AND SNOW ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL WYOMING. LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT COULD PLUNGE TO
10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN THE COLDEST WESTERN AND CENTRAL
VALLEYS. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS REGARDING THIS
POTENTIAL FOR BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. THIS COLD AND SNOW MAY BE FOLLOWED BY EXTENSIVE DENSE FOG
FORMATION IN WESTERN VALLEYS AND CENTRAL BASINS...ESPECIALLY THE
WIND RIVER BASIN...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS IN FAR WESTERN WYOMING ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS TODAY AND TONIGHT.
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