URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID
227 AM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016
...FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON TO POTENTIALLY PRODUCE DIFFICULT
TRAVEL AT PASS LEVEL MONDAY...
SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS-
WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-
LOST RIVER/PASHIMEROI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STANLEY...CLAYTON...ST. ANTHONY...
ASHTON...ISLAND PARK...DRIGGS...VICTOR...HENRY...SODA SPRINGS...
DOWNEY...LAVA HOT SPRINGS...MONTPELIER...HAILEY...KETCHUM...
BELLEVUE...ARCO...CHALLIS...MACKAY
227 AM MDT SUN OCT 2 2016
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
MDT MONDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY
TO MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...MOUNTAIN PASSES MAY BECOME SLUSHY AND SNOW-COVERED. IF
TRAVELING, REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS AND CHECK THE LATEST
CONDITIONS BEFORE DEPARTING. MAKE SURE YOUR VEHICLE IS
WINTERIZED.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST ACROSS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
MONDAY MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON AND HEAVIEST ACROSS THE EASTERN
HIGHLANDS AND IDAHO WASATCH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET ELEVATION
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* LOCATIONS...GALENA SUMMIT, WILLOW CREEK SUMMIT, EMIGRATION PASS,
GENEVA SUMMIT, PINE CREEK PASS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.