HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 500 AM MST SAT DEC 5 2009
Expiration: 500 AM MST SUN DEC 06 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STORM SYSTEM MOVING SOUTH...FROM EASTERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN
WYOMING INTO NORTHERN UTAH...TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL AFFECT THE
AREA...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EAST OF THE
DIVIDE...AND OVER SOUTHERN WYOMING TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN WIND RIVER
MOUNTAINS...LANDER FOOTHILLS AND THE GREEN AND RATTLESNAKE RANGES.
BREEZY NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AS
WELL AS VISIBILITY LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY
FROM SWEETWATER COUNTY...NORTHEAST INTO NATRONA COUNTY...INCLUDING
ROCK SPRINGS...JEFFERY CITY...CASPER...AND SOUTH PASS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SNOWFALL EAST OF THE DIVIDE WILL TAPER OFF SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH 2
TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN WYOMING AND SOUTH
CENTRAL WYOMING. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE EASTERN WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS...LANDER FOOTHILLS
AND THE GREEN AND RATTLESNAKE RANGES BY SUNDAY EVENING.
A SECONDARY STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY...
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...MAINLY FROM THE ROCK
SPRINGS AREA...NORTHEAST TO CASPER.
BITTERLY COLD WEATHER IS EXPECTED OVER THE REGION SUNDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES 20 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL REPORTS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.
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