THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS DOWNGRADED THE WINTER STORM WARNING TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE CHEYENNE, LARAMIE, SARATOGA AND RAWLINS AREA UNTIL  LATE MORNING.

SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL AFFECT
SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY....MUCH COLDER AIR WILL INVADE TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. BRISK NORTH WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND ENERGY FROM A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY WILL RESULT IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...NEAR
ZERO VISIBILITIES...AND VERY COLD WIND CHILLS.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT AND AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES TOMORROW. EXPECT ROADWAYS TO BE VERY ICY AND SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO CAUSE AREAS OF POOR VISABILITY INTO TOMORROW.

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