Winter Weather Advisory Star Valley Tonight and Wednesday Morning

Winter Weather Advisory Star Valley Tonight and Wednesday Morning

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
146 PM MST TUE NOV 17 2015

...A QUICK ROUND OF SNOW AND WIND OUT WEST TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES...

.A QUICKLY APPROACHING WEATHER DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT WILL
COMBINE WITH A STRONG JET STREAM ALOFT TO PRODUCE SNOW AND WIND TO
THE FAR WEST TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL LESSEN
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN PICK BACK UP AGAIN
THURSDAY.

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STAR VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AFTON...ALPINE...STAR VALLEY RANCH...
THAYNE
146 PM MST TUE NOV 17 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 AM MST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WIND AND SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW AND WIND WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND THEN
  INCREASE TOWARDS MORNING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE WEDNESDAY
  MORNING.

* SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS
  ACROSS THE NORTH HALF OF THE VALLEY...INCLUDING ALPINE...STAR
  VALLEY AND BEDFORD.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT...INCREASING TO
  2O TO 35 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND SHIFTING MORE TO THE WEST.
  VISIBILITIES WILL BE UNDER ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND
  BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY LATER TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK OVERNIGHT AND VISIBILITIES
  WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES. SLOW DOWN AND ARRIVE SAFELY AT
  YOUR DESTINATION. CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS AT
  WYOROAD.INFO OR BY DIALING 5 1 1.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND WIND MEANS THAT PERIODS OF
SNOW AND WIND WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE
PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.