HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 658 PM MST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 700 AM MST SAT DEC 19 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG WILL PREVAIL ACROSS CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY
OVERNIGHT. VISIBILITY OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS WILL BE COMMON...
ESPECIALLY WITHIN ABOUT A 15 TO 20 MILE RADIUS AROUND RIVERTON.
VISIBILITY WILL BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. LOCAL AREAS OF DENSE FOG MAY
ALSO FORM IN LOW LYING AREAS OF BIG HORN COUNTY OVERNIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
DENSE FOG IN CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE DURING
THE MORNING HOURS. EARLY MORNING TRAVELERS CAN STILL EXPECT
WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS.
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN
MOUNTAINS OF WYOMING SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. MOUNTAIN
PASSES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED.
ON TUESDAY...A STRONG CANADIAN COLD FRONT IS ANTICIPATED TO PLUNGE
SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL WYOMING...SPREADING SNOW AND MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY. LIGHT SNOW AND BITTER
COLD TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. STAY TUNED TO UPDATES ON THIS ABRUPT CHANGE TO COLD AND
SNOWY WEATHER AND ITS IMPACTS ON HOLIDAY TRAVEL AS DETAILS OF THE
TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THIS WINTER STORM BECOME MORE CLEAR OVER
THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT LOW VISIBILITIES AND ANY HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DENSE FOG TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING.
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