Winter Weather Blast in Store for Laramie this Evening [Win Tickets]

Ready or not a winter blast is headed for Laramie to start out the month of February. The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a winter weather advisory for our area in effect from 5 PM this afternoon to 5 PM MST on Friday.

When it snows we like to give away prizes on our facebook page and it's the perfect time to give away pairs of tickets to see the UW Theatre's next play, "The Beaux Strategem." We will be playing over under on facebook. Simply reply to this facebook post with the word "over" or "under" indicating whether we will get over or under 3" of snow with this storm. You must guess by 8PM tonight; we will measure when the storm is over and pick random winners that guessed correctly to win the tickets. Our pairs of tickets to the Beaux Strategem are for the nights of February 9th through the 11th and we will be picking three winners. Jump on our facebook page and make your guess to win!

Here is more information on the storm followed by the forecast from weather.com:

* TIMING... SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH FRIDAY.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 3 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE LARAMIE VALLEY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR THE SNOWY RANGE.

* WINDS/VISIBILITIES... NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW IS POSSIBLE ALONG INTERSTATE 80.

* IMPACTS... SNOW WILL PRIMARILY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AND DRIVING OVER RAILROAD CROSSINGS.  

More Information
... WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...

.A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS REGION EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN MOVE EASTWARD INTO COLORADO LATER TODAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN SPREAD INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY ALONG INTERSTATE 80 WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT TIMES ON FRIDAY AS WINDS BECOME GUSTY OUT OF THE NORTH. THE SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

Laramie Area Forecast