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AREA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
411 PM MDT FRI APR 26 2002

FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING...
CLOUDS COVERED MOST OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN WYOMING...WITH A MIX OF 
SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS ELSEWHERE.  SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW 
SHOWERS FELL IN THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS ACROSS 
LINCOLN AND SUBLETTE COUNTIES. BIG PINEY AND PINEDALE RECEIVED A 
PERIOD OF HEAVY WET SNOW AROUND MIDDAY...MOST OF WHICH MELTED AS IT 
FELL. BIG PINEY RECEIVED 0.15 INCHES OF WATER EQUIVALENT.  ISOLATED 
AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED IN SOUTHERN NATRONA COUNTY SOUTH OF 
CASPER.

WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE IN THE WESTERN BASINS.  A SOUTHWEST 
WIND AT 10 TO 20 MPH WAS COMMON ACROSS THE SOUTH...WITH SOME GUSTS 
TO AROUND 30 MPH AT ROCK SPRINGS.  ELSEWHERE WINDS WERE EAST OR 
SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH.  AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE 
LOW 40S AROUND BIG PINEY AND LAKE YELLOWSTONE TO THE MID 60S IN ROCK 
SPRINGS.

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