Friday, January 29, 2016

Update On Winter Storm Warning for Star Valley

141 AM MST FRI JAN 29 2016

...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO RETURN TO WESTERN AND SOUTHERN
WYOMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

.A POTENT PACIFIC WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WYOMING
BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
WYOMING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY.


STAR VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH...
THAYNE

141 AM MST FRI JAN 29 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT
  THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...6 TO 11 INCHES...HIGHEST AROUND ALPINE AND
  EAST OF THAYNE.

* WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST...BECOMING WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO
  20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY
  WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS DIFFICULT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
  SATURDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ALONG
WITH STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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