Western and Central Wyoming

Weather Forecast Office

Winter Storm Impacting the West through Wednesday, High Wind in Central Wind Corridor

SYNOPSIS: Ongoing Light to occasional moderate snow over portions of western Wyoming is expected to continue this evening with a mix of rain and snow below 7000 feet. A strong cold front will push across Western Wyoming late tonight into early Wednesday morning with a 3 to 6 hour time frame when snowfall rates around an inch an hour could occur especially over far western Wyoming. Snow levels will also drop to valley floors with frontal passage. This strong cold front will push across the rest of the Cowboy State Wednesday bringing much colder temperatures along with some light to moderate snowfall. The winter storm comes to an end from northwest to southeast Wednesday afternoon and evening. For snowfall amounts, please check out the graphics below.

Road conditions can be found at wyoroad.info.
Please monitor JHAVALANCHE.org if your plans include travel into the back country.

IMPACTS:

	Snow causing slick road conditions across the west especially tonight and Wednesday. The rest of the area will see slick roads after frontal passage on Wednesday
	High winds from southeast Fremont County into Natrona County including the Casper area will create a blowover risk for lightweight or high-profile vehicles through Tonight.
	Cold and wet conditions could have a significant impact on young livestock especially in wake of the cold front Tonight and Wednesday.

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NWS Text Products and Forecasts

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**Quick View of Hazards (created at 3 PM on 1/9)**

Click Image To Enlarge Winter Weather Advisory and Winter Storm Warning across western Wyoming in effect through Noon Wednesday. High Wind Warning in effect through midnight Tonight.

Snow Forecasts


Model Forecast of Hourly Precipitation Darker Blues indicate heavier snow Click Image To Enlarge	Forecast Snowfall Tonight thru Wednesday Evening Click Image To Enlarge

Wednesday's Forecast Peak Wind Gusts
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**High Temperature Forecasts**

Today's High Temperature Click Image To Enlarge	Wednesday's High Temperature Click Image To Enlarge

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Snow Totals and Wind Reports will be posted and updated here once the storm occurs
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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Riverton WY
848 AM MDT Sat Jun 29 2024

...Star Valley NOAA Weather Radio Off-Air for Maintenance Sunday...

NOAA Weather Radio station WNG-569 operating at 162.475 MHz serving
Star Valley, Wyoming, will be down for routine maintenance between
7 AM and 7 PM MDT Sunday, June 30. We apologize for the
inconvenience.

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Current Radar & Web Cams - Click Thumbnails To Enlarge

Northern Rockies Radar	Riverton Radar

Pocatello	Billings

Salt Lake	Cheyenne

Road Conditions and Web Cameras

Teton Pass - Hwy 22	Alpine Junction - U.S. Hwy 26/89/191	Jackson	Togwotee Mountain Lodge

Togwotee Pass - U.S. Hwy 26	Dubois	Granite Pass - U.S. Hwy 14	Powder River Pass - U.S. Hwy 16

South Pass - Hwy 28	Cody	Buffalo - I-25/I-90 Interchange	Casper Mountain

Casper	Beaver Rim - U.S. Hwy 287	I-80 - Rock Springs	I-80 - Laramie

Click Here to See All Webcams

If you plan to travel, we recommend checking road conditions along your route and staying on top of road closures here. If you are on Twitter, follow the hashtag: #WyoRoad (or look below) for the latest weather affecting roads and road conditions in and around Wyoming.

Tweets by @NWSRiverton	#WyoRoad Tweets
Get the play-by-play on this storm and contribute your own snow reports to #wywx Follow Us on Twitter @NWSRiverton	On the road? Tweet road conditions to #WyoRoad!

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