WINTER weather advisory for wind and blowing snow
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE…CORRECTED… MON JUN 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW… FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
WINTER WEATHER TO RETURN TO THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY…
A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS APPROACHING THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE WEST TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING BACK COLD WINTER LIKE TEMPERATURES TO THE MOUNTAINS ALONG WITH PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS ALONG WITH BRISK WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-
SNOW SHOWERS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO FALL ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS…INCLUDING THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS… TETONS… AND SOUTHERN ABSAROKAS.
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT…WITH PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT…DECREASING IN INTENSITY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT…BEFORE PICKING UP AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…6 TO 12 INCHES ABOVE 8500 FEET…WITH AN ISOLATED AREA OR TWO GETTING AS MUCH AS 15 INCHES.
* WIND AND VISIBILITY…WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ACROSS THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS…10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN THE TETONS AND ABSAROKAS. VISIBILITY MAY DROP TO UNDER 2 MILES IN HEAVIER SHOWERS.
* IMPACTS…HIGH MOUNTAIN ROADS AND PASSES WILL BECOME SLUSHY AND SNOW PACKED… WHICH MAY MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES.
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link