Next Storm Slated for Sunday Night

Next Storm Slated for Sunday Night

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
132 PM MST SAT DEC 12 2015

...MORE SNOW ON THE WAY FOR THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS...

.MORE PACIFIC MOISTURE ALONG WITH FAVORABLE TERRAIN AND UPPER
LEVEL LIFT WILL INCREASE SNOW INTENSITY AND COVERAGE BY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
MOUNTAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...EXPANDING SOUTHWARD THROUGH
THE DAY....WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO MONDAY MORNING.

WYZ013-023-131100-
/O.NEW.KRIW.WW.Y.0030.151213T2200Z-151214T2200Z/
JACKSON HOLE-STAR VALLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKSON...AFTON...ALPINE...
STAR VALLEY RANCH...THAYNE
132 PM MST SAT DEC 12 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 3 PM MST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 3 PM SUNDAY TO 3 PM MST MONDAY.

* TIMING...ANOTHER WINTER WEATHER DISTURBANCE AND INCREASED
  MOISTURE FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BRING MORE SNOW TO THE
  REGION SUNDAY...INTENSIFYING THROUGH THE DAY...AND CONTINUING
  THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY MONDAY.

* SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
  GUSTS TO 25 MPH ACROSS OPEN AREAS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING
  SNOW WITH VISIBILITY UNDER ONE MILE AT TIMES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY
  NIGHT...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL IMPACT TRAVEL FOR THOSE
  WITH OUTDOOR INTERESTS SHOULD ALSO PREPARE FOR WINTER WEATHER
  CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
PERIODS OF SNOW WILL MIX WITH GUSTY WINDS CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITIES
AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS...LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.