Special Weather Statement
656 WWUS85 KCYS 161117 SPSCYS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 517 AM MDT WED OCT 16 2013 NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-162200- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS- NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE- FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS-SHIRLEY BASIN- CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY- SIERRA MADRE RANGE-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF... GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY... HARRISON...AGATE...DOUGLAS...GLENROCK...LUSK...MUDDY GAP... MEDICINE BOW...BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...CHUGWATER... GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...RAWLINS...SINCLAIR...HANNA...ARLINGTON... ELK MOUNTAIN...BAGGS...DIXON...SARATOGA...ENCAMPMENT... RIVERSIDE...CENTENNIAL...ALBANY...WOODS LANDING...LARAMIE... VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN... WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS 517 AM MDT WED OCT 16 2013 ...COOL AND WET WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH AND ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THURSDAY ALONG WITH LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW GRADUALLY BEFORE BEING ALL SNOW BY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...BEFORE ENDING SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY. THE SNOW MAY FALL AT A MODERATE RATE THURSDAY NIGHT SOUTH OF A PINE BLUFFS TO LARAMIE LINE. MOST PLACES WILL RECEIVE BETWEEN ONE HALF AND 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. HOWEVER... OVER FAR SOUTHEAST WYOMING...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PINE BLUFFS... CHEYENNE AND LARAMIE...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. OVER THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE RANGE AND THE SNOWY RANGE...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL. NORTH WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH DURING THIS EVENT SO THE MAIN IMPACTS FOR THIS BRIEF SNOW EVENT WILL BE SLICK ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE SNOW MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE UPCOMING CHANGE BACK TO WINTRY WEATHER AND CHECK THE LATEST FORECAST AND ROAD CONDITIONS BEFORE LEAVING. $$ WEILAND