Weather
NOAA has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains that is calling for 6-12″ of snow today and tomorrow.
This Winter Weather Advisory will be effect from 6pm today until 6pm on Saturday.
* SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS
ACROSS THE HIGHEST TERRAIN SEEING UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW...
- NOAA Riverton, WY today
Western Wyoming, Jackson Hole, is also forecast to see snow from this system. A Hazardous Weather Outlook has been issued that says this about northwestern Wyoming:
SNOW LEVELS POSSIBLE DROPPING TO PASS LEVEL LATE TONIGHT. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT OVER THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. - NOAA Riverton, WY today
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for WYOMING:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 117 AM MDT FRI SEP 23 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY... .A LARGE DEEP MOIST UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL TRACK ACROSS WYOMING TODAY...EVENTUALLY DEVELOPING A STRONG SURFACE CYCLONE OVER SOUTHEASTER WYOMING BY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS CYCLONE WILL HELP IN KEEPING DEEP MOISTURE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WYOMING...INCLUDING THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP FROM NEAR 10000 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO AROUND 8500 FEET BY MIDNIGHT...THEN DOWN TO NEAR 8000 FEET BY SUNRISE SATURDAY. EXPECT MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOWFALL...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. * SNOWFALL...SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED AREAS ACROSS THE HIGHEST TERRAIN SEEING UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW...WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE BIGHORN MOUNTAINS. * IMPACTS...OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL AND COLDER TEMPERATURES. HYPOTHERMIA WILL BE POSSIBLE. TRAVEL ALONG MOUNTAIN PASSES WILL BECOME SLICK AT TIMES.
