NOAA: Winter Weather Advisory for Wyoming Today | 4-12″ of Snow Forecast

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The Bighorn Mountains of WY should be looking like this today. stock image.
The Bighorn Mountains of WY should be looking like this today. stock image.

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
Snow forecast map for Wyoming on Saturday. image: noaa, today
Snow forecast map for Wyoming on Saturday. image: noaa, 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

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11-20" of snow forecast in the Bighorn Mountains, WY. image: noaa, today
11-20″ of snow forecast in the Bighorn Mountains, WY. image: noaa, today
PURPLE = Winter Weather Advisory. image: noaa, today
PURPLE = Winter Weather Advisory. image: noaa, 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.

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