WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
1044 AM MST MON DEC 26 2016

...STRONG WIND AND BLOWING SNOW OVER SOUTH PASS...
...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND WIND ACROSS THE FAR WEST MOUNTAINS AND
VALLEYS DEVELOPING TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

.INCREASING WEST WIND AND FRESH SNOW COVER WILL RESULT IN
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS OVER SOUTH PASS
BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. A MAJOR WINTER
STORM WILL IMPACT THE FAR WEST MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS TUESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH SNOW AND STRONG WIND.

STAR VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH...
THAYNE
1044 AM MST MON DEC 26 2016

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY BE
  TUESDAY NIGHT.

* SNOWFALL...5 TO 9 INCHES WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS ON THE NORTH
  END OF THE VALLEY INCLUDING ALPINE...BEDFORD...STAR VALLEY
  RANCH...THAYNE AND ETNA.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTH WIND 20 TO 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
  AND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT AND
  WEDNESDAY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE
  AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY LIMITED
  VISIBILITY AT TIMES AS WINDS AND SNOW INCREASE LATER TUESDAY
  INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED
  WITH DRIFTING SNOW CREATING DRIFTS ACROSS THE ROAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND/OR BLOWING SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.