Gillette, WY Hazardous Weather Outlook

Gillette, Wyoming

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 647 AM MDT SAT OCT 11 2008
Expiration: 600 AM MST SUN OCT 12 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH NOON TODAY FOR NORTHEAST
WYOMING...

...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON SUNDAY FOR
NORTHEAST WYOMING...FAR NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA...THE BLACK
HILLS...AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS...

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH NOON SUNDAY
FOR PERKINS...MEADE...RAPID CITY AND EASTERN PENNINGTON...EASTERN
CUSTER...AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS. HEAVIER SNOW WILL END ACROSS
NORTHEAST WYOMING DURING THE MORNING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE DAY ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING...
THE BLACK HILLS...AND NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA.

A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...
BRINGING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
COLD ENOUGH FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST
WYOMING...THE BLACK HILLS...AND FAR NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.
SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THESE AREAS...WITH SNOWFALL
TOTALS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES LIKELY BY SUNDAY MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE BLACK HILLS
AND BEAR LODGE MOUNTAINS. SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED
FURTHER EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
SOUTH DAKOTA. FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST...A GENERAL RAIN IS EXPECTED
ACROSS CENTRAL AND MOST OF SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL GENERALLY END ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA SUNDAY MORNING. COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER
WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA INTO MONDAY...WITH DRY AND WARMER
WEATHER RETURNING FOR THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.