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3 feet snow expected by this evening in Wyoming

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WINTER STORM WARNING… SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY… WED APR 17 2013

A COMPLEX WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT EAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES TODAY. THE HEAVIEST AND MOST WIDESPREAD SNOW SHIFTED INTO EASTERN WYOMING LAST TUESDAY EVENING.

UP TO 26 INCHES OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN ON CASPER MOUNTAIN WITH A SNOW TOTAL OF 3 FEET EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NATRONA COUNTY … INCLUDING THE TOWN OF CASPER…

12 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN (IN CASPER) FOR A TOTAL OF 17 TO 22 INCHES EXPECTED THERE BY THIS EVENING.

WIND AND VISIBILITY…EAST NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH.

TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE 25 AND ON STATE HIGHWAYS IN NATRONA COUNTY WILL BE HAZARDOUS. ROADS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SNOW PACKED AND VERY ICY TONIGHT THROUGH THIS EVENING ALONG WITH SOME  BLOWING SNOW REDUCING THE VISIBILITY TO BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A  MILE AT TIMES.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/unr/

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link


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