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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
328 PM MST SAT NOV 30 2013

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BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-CASPER MOUNTAIN-
CODY FOOTHILLS-EAST SWEETWATER COUNTY-FLAMING GORGE-
GREEN MOUNTAINS AND RATTLESNAKE RANGE-LANDER FOOTHILLS-
NATRONA COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NORTH BIG HORN BASIN-
NORTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-OWL CREEK AND BRIDGER MOUNTAINS-
ROCK SPRINGS AND GREEN RIVER-SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST BIG HORN BASIN-SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST BIG HORN BASIN-UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN-
UPPER WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER BASIN-WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS EAST-
328 PM MST SAT NOV 30 2013

...SNOW IN THE WEST TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY...SNOW AND COLD SPREADING
EAST OF THE DIVIDE LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS WESTERN
WYOMING TONIGHT...AND LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS
INCLUDES THE WESTERN HALF OF THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS...STRETCHING
TO SOUTH PASS WEST OF THE DIVIDE UNTIL MONDAY. LOWER ELEVATIONS EAST
OF THE DIVIDE WILL REMAIN MAINLY DRY AND MILD THROUGH MONDAY...WITH
BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS IN TYPICAL WINDY AREAS. PEOPLE TRAVELING
ACROSS WESTERN WYOMING TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
WINTRY DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING OVER TETON AND
TOGWOTEE MOUNTAIN PASSES. THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT
TRAILERS EASILY BLOWN AROUND BY THE WIND ARE URGED TO AVOID MOUNTAIN
PASSES...MUCH OF INTERSTATES 80 AND 25...AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 26
BETWEEN CASPER AND SHOSHONI...AND HIGHWAY 789 BETWEEN MUDDY GAP AND
BEAVER RIM ON MONDAY.

AN ARCTIC FRONT WILL SPREAD SNOW SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL WYOMING MONDAY
NIGHT AND ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR TUESDAY.  SNOW COULD
BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING...FROM THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR
ACROSS THE UPPER GREEN RIVER BASIN...FREMONT AND NATRONA COUNTIES.
ALSO...EXPECT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...LIMITED VISIBILITY AND BITTER
COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES.

AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY
THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...ABOVE AND
BELOW ZERO...AND LOW TEMPERATURES MOSTLY FROM 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO.  MAKE SURE YOUR HOMES AND VEHICLES ARE PROPERLY WINTERIZED
IN PREPARATION FOR THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF FRIGID TEMPERATURES.

STAY TUNED FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE ADVISORIES...WATCHES
AND WARNINGS AS THIS ANTICIPATED WINTER WEATHER EVENT UNFOLDS.

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TEAM RIVERTON