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| Model Total Snow Forecast in inches ending 6PM Saturday |
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 157 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2017 ...MORE SNOW TO RETURN TO THE WEST LATER TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND AMPLE PACIFIC MOISTURE MAY BRING MORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO WESTERN WYOMING FROM LATE TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. STAR VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH... THAYNE 157 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2017 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOWFALL...5 TO 9 INCHES. * 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR BLOWING SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 346 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2017 UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS- WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ST. ANTHONY, ASHTON, ISLAND PARK, DRIGGS, VICTOR, HENRY, SODA SPRINGS, DOWNEY, LAVA HOT SPRINGS, AND MONTPELIER 346 AM MST FRI FEB 3 2017
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL REDEVELOP RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEW AND EXISTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED ESPECIALLY AT MID AND UPPER SLOPES. * TIMING...SNOW AND WIND DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 6000 FEET. UP TO 16 INCHES ABOVE 6000 FEET WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ABOVE 7000 FEET. * WINDS...10 TO 20 MPH AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AT TIMES FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * CONFIDENCE...MODERATE TO HIGH FOR TIMING AND AMOUNTS. * LOCATION...THE HIGHLANDS OF EASTERN IDAHO... ESPECIALLY FROM MACKS INN SOUTH THROUGH SODA SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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