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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
313 AM MST MON DEC 9 2013

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CASPER MOUNTAIN-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY-FLAMING GORGE-
GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE-
NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-
WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-
313 AM MST MON DEC 9 2013

SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40
MPH ALONG WITH SOME WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH FROM ROCK SPRINGS...
ACROSS THE RED DESERT...SOUTH PASS...GREEN MOUNTAINS AND TO CASPER
THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE WIND
GUSTS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PREVALENT ALONG HIGHWAY 28 OVER SOUTH PASS
AS WELL AS ALONG WYOMING BOULEVARD JUST SOUTH OF CASPER.

IF TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 80 THROUGH SWEETWATER COUNTY...HIGHWAY
28 OVER SOUTH PASS...HIGHWAY 287 BETWEEN BEAVER RIM AND MUDDY GAP...
HIGHWAY 220 SOUTHWEST OUT OF CASPER...HIGHWAY 20/26 WEST OUT OF
CASPER...INTERSTATE 25 NORTH AND EAST OUT OF CASPER OR WYOMING
BOULEVARD...ANTICIPATE SUDDEN CROSS WINDS. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND...
SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A
QUARTER OF A MILE IN SOME AREAS. ALSO...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND
LINGERING COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS
BETWEEN 10 AND 20 BELOW ZERO.

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ABSAROKA MOUNTAINS-CODY FOOTHILLS-
313 AM MST MON DEC 9 2013

WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40
MPH ALONG WITH SOME WIND GUSTS OF 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE WIND GUSTS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
PREVALENT BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 122 ALONG HIGHWAY 120
BETWEEN CODY AND CLARK.

IF TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAY 120 FROM THE VICINITY OF CODY TO CLARK...
AS WELL AS ALONG THE CHIEF JOSEPH HIGHWAY...ANTICIPATE SUDDEN CROSS
WINDS. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND...SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY REDUCE
THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE IN SOME AREAS.
ALSO...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LINGERING COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 BELOW ZERO.

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LIPSON