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Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Riverton, WY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
156 PM MST SAT MAR 8 2014

WYZ001-002-008-009-012>015-023>027-091200-
ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST-
BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-JACKSON HOLE-SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES-
SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-STAR VALLEY-TETON AND GROS VENTRE MOUNTAINS-
UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN FOOTHILLS-
WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS WEST-
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK-
156 PM MST SAT MAR 8 2014

...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WESTERN VALLEYS ON
MONDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM...

A LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE IN THE REGION LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...
FIRST IN THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE STATE. INITIALLY...SNOW
LEVELS WILL BE AT ABOUT 7500 FEET ACROSS YELLOWSTONE AND THE TETONS
WHERE THERE WILL BE A RAIN AND SNOW MIX SUNDAY NIGHT. ON MONDAY...
THE PRECIPITATION SPREADS SOUTH AND EAST. THE SNOW LEVELS ACROSS
THE WEST WILL REMAIN AT ABOUT 7000 FEET FOR MUCH OF THE
DAY...POTENTIALLY BRINGING 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES OF RAIN TO JACKSON
AND STAR VALLEYS. SLIGHTLY LESS RAIN IS EXPECTED IN SUBLETTE AND
LINCOLN COUNTIES BUT ANYWHERE FROM 0.10 TO 0.25 INCHES OF RAIN IS
POSSIBLE BEFORE EVERYTHING TURNS TO SNOW MONDAY NIGHT.

IN THE BIGHORNS AND ABSAROKAS...THE PERIOD OF RAIN WILL BE BRIEF...
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE WEST BIGHORNS...WHERE RAIN WILL FALL
BELOW 7000 FEET FOR MUCH OF THE DAY ON MONDAY...BUT ALONG THE
EASTERN SLOPES THERE COULD BE SOME RAIN...UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN
INCH...BEFORE SNOW FALLS MONDAY NIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.

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