STRONG SPRING SNOWSTORM EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY… WED APR 15 2015
A STRONG PACIFIC TROUGH AND COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL OVER MUCH OF WYOMING WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COLDER. IN ADDITION TO THE EXPECTED SNOW…STRONG NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW… RESTRICTING THE VISIBILITY. RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS DURING THE DAY TODAY.
WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-APR 15 2015
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT THURSDAY…
* SUMMARY AND TIMING…PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT… POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW TILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…10 TO 18 INCHES (25 to 45 cm).
* WIND AND VISIBILITY…NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 ON SOUTH PASS MAY RESULT IN NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY DUE TO BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS…HIGHWAY 28 OVER SOUTH PASS MAY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY.
http://www.weather.gov/riw/Storm14April
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link