Sunday, February 5, 2017

Winter Storm Warning Star Valley and Western Wyoming through Tuesday Evening



Total model forecast snow in inches through midnight Tuesday
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
208 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017

...MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW FOR THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS...

ANOTHER STRONG PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL MOVE IN LATER TONIGHT...WITH MODERATE
TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.


JACKSON HOLE-STAR VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...AFTON...ALPINE...
STAR VALLEY RANCH...THAYNE
208 PM MST SUN FEB 5 2017

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM
MST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 AM MST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...ISOLATED AREAS LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL AROUND THE AREA
  THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEN MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW
  WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
  WINDS WILL GUST IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AT TIMES.

* TOTAL SNOWFALL...5 TO 12 INCHES FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
  TUESDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BE SLICK AND SNOW PACKED
  AND TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. VISIBILITY COULD BE
  REDUCED TO UNDER ONE QUARTER MILE IN SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW, AND OR
BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS COULD MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL KEEP SOME FOOD,
WATER, AND AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY. CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AT WYOROAD.INFO OR BY
DIALING 5 1 1.




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