Ryan Shollenberger

Temperatures dropped some in the Cheyenne region Sunday compared to Saturday. The rest of the state saw temperatures remain unchanged or a few degrees warmer than Saturday. There was a stripe of clouds from Yellowstone to Cheyenne that hung around for the afternoon. Look for those clouds to scatter overnight. Monday night skies will be clear to permit an excellent viewing opportunity of Jupiter for any astronomy enthusiasts. Tonight’s low temperatures will be in the 40s with the 30s along the western border. Tomorrow’s high temperatures will be in the low 80s around the Nebraska panhandle and mostly 70s to low 80s throughout Wyoming.

A beautiful Saturday will be followed by an equally beautiful Sunday. Autumn is here with cool temperatures and more predictable weather systems as the polar front jet lowers from the north and will make weather events more frontal boundary based opposed to the warmer unstable atmosphere. It were breezy winds throughout Wyoming today. The eastern half of Wyoming was most effected as winds ranged from the mid 20s to 30mph. The winds will persist until around midnight when they lower to mostly single digits around the state. Tonight’s low temperatures will be in the 30s in higher elevations and out west and 40s around Cheyenne and to the north. Sunday high temperatures will lower some after an influx of cold air bringing the 70s to Wyoming and west Nebraska.

A couple thunderstorms made an appearance in northwest Wyoming Sunday afternoon. The rest of the state had few clouds, if any. Temperatures were warmer Sunday than yesterday. This trend will continue into tomorrow with peak high temperatures Monday and Tuesday before a cold front moves in Wednesday. Monday low temperatures will be in the 40s and 50s. Monday high temperatures will be in the 70s and 80s and mid 90s in west Nebraska. Most light smoke went north with the exception of the northern and eastern Wyoming borders. By Monday morning, that too will exit the state leaving clean air until Tuesday morning when a cold front from the north starts to push a thinner line of smoke back down over Wyoming. Stronger breezy winds from Rock Springs to El Mountain were above 30mph. The breezy winds will continue into the night and morning hours to some extent as it will set up what will be a very breezy Monday afternoon across Wyoming. Most locations will near 30mph in the afternoon hours while some locations in the higher elevations will near 40mph.

General thunderstorms and rain showers started in southwest Wyoming in the early afternoon. They streaked northeast through the afternoon, into the evening and even the morning hours as nocturnal storms will dissipate after midnight. After the long duration of weather Saturday and early Sunday, a warming and clearing will occur Sunday and Monday. Sunday morning low temperatures mostly range from the 40s to low 50s. Sunday high temperatures will start the warming trend with Wyoming temperatures in the low 80s and 70s with the exception for Wheatland and western Nebraska.

As a beautiful weather weekend concludes, we prepare for lithometers (smoke) opposed to hydrometers (rain) to start our weather week. Smoke and haze will pose a problem to those with breathing sensitivities outdoors Monday and Tuesday across much of Wyoming as westerly winds bring smoke in from the west and winds shift from the northeast in the northeast part of the state pulling the plume down across eastern and central Wyoming. Temperatures will warm Sunday to Monday about 10 degrees for high temperatures to the 80s in Wyoming and low 90s in west Nebraska. Low temperatures are mostly in the 40s.

Weather is much more favorable lately after the heat wave finally loosened its grip this week. Going from record high temperatures to frost advisories shows how volatile the weather can be. With the heat behind us, we can look forward to more fall-like temperatures in the near future as a cold front was able to break the high pressure blocking pattern that starved the region of moisture and brought unbearable heat. Clouds continue to clear Saturday evening and weather is a non-factor the next few days. Clouds will return early Tuesday morning in the western part of Wyoming ahead of the next encroaching cold front by mid-week. Currently, there is a frost advisory over Shirley Basin, Upper North Platte River Basin and Laramie County until 9am Sunday.

Over 10 high temperature records were broken in the last 24 hours throughout Wyoming. Additionally, there were 10 high temperatures reported at or over 100F Sunday. The weather pattern will not change for the next several days as ridging from Utah will intend into Wyoming as the high pressure blocks almost all moisture into the western states. Tonight’s low temperatures range from the mid 50′s to low 60′s. High temperatures in the east and northeast will be in the mid 90s to 100F as the hottest region.

Summer is not going away quietly. There are some near record breaking high temperatures forecasted to conclude the Labor Day holiday weekend. Sunday will be the hottest. One reason is due to the lack of cloud coverage over Wyoming the next several days. High pressure will build in the desert southwest lacking moisture that has typically funneled its way to Wyoming over the past several weeks. That will be the lacking ingredient over most of this week to produce unseasonably high temperatures in the last month of summer.

Sunday weather concluded with some breezy wind gust measurements across Wyoming. A dry cold front made its way from the north toward the southeast over the course of the day. Wind gusts were highest in Laramie at 44 mph and Rock Springs at 43 mph. Breezy conditions will decrease in speed to light wind speeds by midnight. Tonight’s low temperatures are cooler than last night. Low to mid 50s in southeast Wyoming while the remainder of the state has upper 40s to low 50s cool off the state after the cold front passage. Tomorrow high temperatures will be in the 80s.

Over the afternoon, the weather started to dissipate and turned to clouds as radar reflectivity decreased in returns. Winds gusted to 55 mph in Big Piney and Buffalo. Greybull, Rock Springs, Riverton, Rawlins, Casper and Douglas saw wind gusts above 40 mph. No wonder there were several Fire Weather Watches and Warnings issued by the NWS in the southeast quadrant of the state that expired at 8pm. It won’t be a surprise to see a reissuance of Fire Weather Watches and Warnings Sunday as low relative humidity and breezy winds will be the dominant weather as the feature.

Smoke originating from the 90,000 acre wildfire in Idaho is the main weather threat Sunday and Monday. With general thunderstorms forecasted to the west and northern parts of Wyoming Monday, inclement storm weather can solve an airborne weather problem. Smoke finally makes its way to northeast Wyoming Tuesday after blanketing the state for a couple days.

For Sunday, the thunderstorm outlook does not change much with the exception of general thunderstorms extending further east a bit into central Wyoming. This is due to the monsoon moisture being pulled from the southwest part of the country into the state of Wyoming. Cloud coverage will increase around noon and showers will develop soon after.

At this point, the trailing edge of clouds will be exiting Wyoming by Monday morning. This clearing will be brief as residual moisture from the wet weekend will cause cumulus fields to pop up Monday afternoon. Storms and rain showers will be much more isolated than the weekend weather. Higher terrain areas in the north and eastern Wyoming will be more prone to these few storms. Cheyenne is likely to see little if any weather besides some cloudy conditions.

A Flash Flood Watch will not expire until Sunday at midnight for most of Wyoming. Storms will start in western Wyoming by noon Sunday and progress eastward throughout the afternoon and into the evening. The eastern border is in a marginal thunderstorm area meaning heavy rain, small hail, and damaging winds are possible. Sunday we will be on the lookout for Severe Thunderstorm Warnings to the east and Flash Flood Warnings state-wide to conclude the weekend. Winds are not very significant by sustained measures gusting up to 30 mph in Torrington, Douglas and Gillette. Higher wind speeds will be associated with nearby thunderstorms.

Monday will start the continuance of high pressure building from the western Wyoming border. As a result, clearing weather to the east and a slow climb of high temperatures will occur throughout the week. There is a slight chance of rain showers and isolated thunderstorms to return Monday afternoon impacting the area from Laramie to South of Scottsbluff as a repeat event from Sunday. Besides this small area for weather recurrence, Wyoming hasn’t had this clear a weather forecast in awhile since the monsoon season started. High temperatures will warm slightly from Sunday ranging from the low 80s to the low 90s. Winds will be light gusting into the teens and up to 20mph during the day on the rare occasion.

High pressure will build from the northwest and push weather east over the next 24 hours as the stationary boundary lingers along the southern Wyoming border. Sunday afternoon general thunderstorms will develop over the southeast third of the state. Temperatures will remain cool as the stationary front takes its time to push south and clear to Colorado and Nebraska. Overnight temperatures will be in the low 60s to upper 50s in the Cheyenne region and low to upper 50s elsewhere in Wyoming. Tomorrows high temperatures will be in the upper 70s to mid 80s across the state.

Cheyenne Frontier Days was supposed to conclude with some chance showers and storms. Instead, Cheyenne was briefly overrun with smoke for almost an hour as visibility went down to 2 statute miles. After further investigation, preliminary reports were found of a wildfire in Carter Canyon near Gering, NE that started late Saturday. Some reports indicated an evacuation of Carter Canyon Road that same night as 1,000 acres had already burned. More recent reports have the wildfire as large as 13,000 acres with multiple starting points and a breeze of 20 mph adding to the fast growth throughout Sunday. Winds from the northeast will indicate whether Cheyenne will receive more smoke from the blaze. The Monday smoke forecast is not favorable. Throughout the day, smoke will become heavier until midnight when a change in wind direction will clear out southern Wyoming from the fumes and haze.

A few rain showers and thunderstorms moved into Cheyenne Saturday and across Wyoming Saturday. They were short-lived as the nature of these showers and storms would build and collapse within a couple radar scans. These showers covered Wyoming in the afternoon and stayed more to the south of the state as the afternoon continued. Temperatures will be in the lower 60s in the Cheyenne region tonight and the low 60s to upper 50s in the rest of the viewing area. Tomorrow high temperatures will be in the mid 80s in Cheyenne and the mid 90s for Nebraska and cities to the north of the Capital City.

Tonight’s low temperatures are in the low 60s to mid 50s. Monday will be mostly adverse weather-free with few clouds and a rare shower or storm. Isolated showers and storms are forecasted to hug the eastern Wyoming border but will likely develop further east with a lack of moisture. The lack of clouds will turn the heat up a notch to the upper 80s and low 90s throughout the state.

A cold front passed over Wyoming Saturday to provide some temperature relief into Sunday. While cooler temperatures are welcomed, there are stronger storms forecasted Sunday afternoon for eastern Wyoming. Wind gusts above 50 mph, heavy rain, and small hail are likely in the paths of these storms. East of Casper by 2pm and through Gillette by 6pm are likely locations and times for the most adverse weather.

Sunday was hot across Wyoming as weather was mostly absent. Monday will be even hotter. The only weather question is when clouds will start to fill the skies as all locations enter the max heating hours of the day. As of now, south and southeast Wyoming, to include the Nebraska panhandle, are forecasted for additional cloud coverage and the start of isolated rain showers and thunderstorms by 2 to 3pm. By this measure, it can thwart rising temperatures to reach as high as they would otherwise.

A few thunderstorms and rain showers made their way across Wyoming Saturday with above average temperatures. The heat won’t stop there as by Monday we may be facing record breaking high temperatures. Before that, Sunday will not have much weather besides the rising temperatures from the 90s to triple digits. Low temperatures tonight will be in the 50s and low 60s across Wyoming.

Sunday was warm across Wyoming before clouds developed into storms in the Cheyenne area. Two rounds of thunderstorms passed through Cheyenne Sunday. Temperatures were hot in Wyoming but not close to record breaking as we saw Saturday. All this weather is associated with a shallow cold front passing through. Relief from the heat will be felt Monday and Tuesday. Tonight low temperatures will be in the 50s. Tomorrow high temperatures will be in the upper 70s for Cheyenne and 80s for western Nebraska and the viewing area.

Sunday, high temperatures will heat up again but average 3 to 5 degrees cooler than Saturday for some relief. Wyoming will also return to the more common summer weather pattern as afternoon thunderstorms will develop in the southeast and northeast part of the state. Near Cheyenne, showers and storms will develop in the afternoon and strengthen as they move northeast into the Nebraska panhandle. Near sunset, northeast Wyoming will see storms pick-up as they move toward Sundance and South Dakota. These storms are capable of producing high winds and hail as head eastward. Breezy winds will return Sunday as a weak cold front moves through the state though gusts won’t exceed 30 mph as it passes. Winds will shift from the northwest to bring cooler air overnight and set up the high temperature drop Monday.

Monday isn’t all clear weather-wise for the holiday. The forecast has brought general thunderstorms west slightly to include southeast Wyoming for the afternoon and early evening hours. This can put a damper on outdoor activities and early evening fireworks though the storms will be less frequent and less intense than what we saw Sunday. As a result, the southeast Wyoming region will remain cloudy until around midnight before it pushes east toward Nebraska.

Sunday, more eastern Wyoming thunderstorms will develop in the afternoon hours. This time there is a more severe risk in northeast Wyoming and the eastern border. Small hail and high winds are the main threat associated with these storms. Outside the storms breezy winds from the southwest will gust above 20 mph across Wyoming in the afternoon and early evening. Temperatures will stay consistent for the next few days as no change of air mass occurs. Highs will be in the mid to upper 80s and low 90s while low temperatures are in the mid 50s to low 60s.

Weather passed to the south again Sunday as it did Saturday. Rain showers and a few isolated thunderstorms started to develop along the southern Wyoming border. Then they migrated southeast into Utah and Colorado. Clouds in southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska will scatter overnight. Temperatures remained cool Sunday at 80F to the upper 60s for much of Wyoming. Tomorrow will start a warming trend for the next few days as temperatures will reach the upper 80s and low 90s Tuesday and Wednesday. Low temperatures tonight will be in the low 50s to mid 40s throughout Wyoming.

Rain showers missed Cheyenne to the south late afternoon Sunday. All of I-25 between Cheyenne and Ft. Collins got the rainfall. More broadly, Wyoming saw a big cool down after the cold front passed and polar air from the north cooled Wyoming and neighboring states off from summer temperatures. This will continue into Sunday. Not only by temperatures, but weather potential too as south Wyoming will see a few showers and couple isolated storms Sunday afternoon. Low temperatures around Cheyenne and most of Wyoming will be cooler than usual in the 40s and colder in the northwest into the 30s. Tomorrows high temperatures will be in the 70s for most locations. Enjoy this while you can as temperatures jump to the 80s starting Monday.

Wyoming was spared from the most dangerous weather and was able to catch up with precipitation totals as it received much desired rainfall. Rain and storms will taper off into the Sunday night hours and skies will scatter temporarily at least until Monday afternoon. Then another round of afternoon thunderstorms will spark mainly northeast of the Sheridan-Gillette region and extend to Rapid City, SD. Bursts of high winds and small hail are likely in the vicinity of these cells.

Sunday has the most concerning weather as severe criteria is not out of the question for eastern Wyoming as starting place as those storms will spill into South Dakota and Nebraska. High winds in excess of 45mph and small hail are possible if a you are to cross one of these severe storm cells. The development of this weather will start in the early afternoon and reach its strength a few hours later as maximum heating approaches. But most of Wyoming will see mostly rain showers, general thunderstorms, and breezy winds for Father’s Day. Low temperatures will be warm tonight mostly in the 60s in the eastern half of the viewing area. Tomorrows high temperatures will range from the 90s in western Nebraska to the 80s and 70s in eastern Wyoming. Out west will drop to the 60s giving the region a much wanted cool down for the next few days.

Besides the hotness, strong storms in east Wyoming developed in the late afternoon. Some were forecasted while others were a surprise. Forecasts indicated severe thunderstorm and tornado watches in northeast Wyoming while severe thunderstorms in the Nebraska panhandle added a brief tornado warning 8 miles north of Scottsbluff at 5:23pm to 5:45pm moving northeast. There was no reissuance or extension but severe storms will continue into South Dakota and west Nebraska for a few more hours into the evening.

Wyoming broke a few high temperature records today. Cheyenne and Rawlins were 3 degrees warmer than their previous records, Laramie topped theirs by 1. We started to see rain shower development in the late afternoon today mostly along the southern and northern state borders with very few isolated thunderstorms mixed in. Rain showers and breezy winds will diminish into the evening Saturday hours. Low temperatures will be warmer than usual since it was hot across the state Saturday. Lows will be in the upper to mid 50s mostly. Tomorrows high temperatures will range from 50 in Yellowstone to 98 in Sidney with similar temperatures to today at near record breaking temperatures.

Rain showers and a few storms will continue across Wyoming into Sunday evening. The afternoon showers and storms trend will continue Monday and Tuesday. Tonight’s low temperatures will range from the low 50s in the east to the 40s in central and west Wyoming. Tomorrows high temperatures will stay consistent with 80s in the Nebraska panhandle, 70s in eastern and central, and 60s in the north and west of Wyoming.

For now, isolated general thunderstorms are forecasted for much of Wyoming. Stronger thunderstorm potential is in the northeast to include Sheridan and Gillette as we approach midnight with the possibility of hail as the energy diminishes from the wave over the northern plains. Low temperatures tonight are in the mid 50s to upper 40s for most of Wyoming. High temperatures tomorrow will not change much from today, 80s in the Nebraska panhandle, 70s in eastern Wyoming, and 60s in the southwest.

There were no shortage of rain and snow showers and a few thunderstorms Memorial Day. A large band of clouds sat over central Wyoming today. Casper had continuous light rain since the morning hours. Heavier rainfall was in southwest South Dakota and the northern Nebraska panhandle where they accumulated 1-2 inches. Several isolated thunderstorms came and went giving off a few strikes before they collapsed. Today made holiday outdoor activities difficult to plan as the weather stuck around all day. This trend is going to continue into the evening hours and for Tuesday. Some rain showers and a few thunderstorms are forecasted.

A rumble of thunderstorms passed over Cheyenne today heading to the Nebraska panhandle. Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued starting from Torrington to Scottsbluff as a bow of lightning made its way east across Nebraska. Behind the bow of storms was more stable with isolated rain and storms across Wyoming. Expect these to taper off into the night. In northwest Wyoming a different weather event is occurring. It is still winter for the region with snowfall accumulating. Lake Yellowstone had record precipitation in the last 24 hours with .59″. That location and region will add to that with stagnant snow showers continuing. Temperatures are cooling off around the state with lows in the 40s around Cheyenne and to the north and 30s west of Laramie and along the western Wyoming border. Tomorrows high temperatures will see a significant drop into the low and mid 50s in Cheyenne and the Nebraska panhandle with the exception for Sydney with 64F. The rest of Wyoming will range from the low 50s to mid 40s for high temperatures. Memorial Day Monday will not be short of weather events. As early as sunrise a large band of showers and storms will stretch from the Nebraska North Platte to Yellowstone National Park. This band will mimic a boundary layer as the weather remains quasi-stationary until Tuesday afternoon giving Wyoming an abundance of clouds and rain with a few storms.

Rain showers state-wide and thunderstorms in northeast Wyoming were the predominant weather features Saturday. Seven total high wind reports came from Campbell and Crook, WY. Pea to marble size hail was also reported. Rain showers will continue into the evening hours and taper off as we cool from the most recent warm spell. Low temperatures tonight will be relatively warm in the 50s in the southeast while the 40s and 30s are to the north and west. Tomorrows high temperatures will start to decline into the 70s in the Nebraska panhandle, 60s in eastern Wyoming, lower 50s to 60s in central, and 40s at the western border.

Cheyenne broke a low temperature record this morning of 26F with 29F as the previous record set in 1930. Wyoming came out of the freeze warning in the morning hours and we do not expect any reissuance this evening. What will happen is increasing showers of rain and snow throughout the state overnight and into Monday morning. An upper level trough is producing much of this weather where east of the feature is mainly rain while west of the feature is colder and more snow-like as it tracks across the state. South central Wyoming will receive the most snowfall and the southeast is primed more for thunderstorms. The Cheyenne region could see the rare occurrence of thundersnow around 6am as storms continue east to until noon. By then another cumulus field will pop up setting off another round of rain showers and isolated thunderstorms in eastern Wyoming.

After the cold snow spell Thursday into Friday morning, we saw near record low temperatures across Wyoming Saturday morning. Cheyenne was 24F with the record of 23F set in 1882. Casper was 29F with a record of 26F in 2001. As for snowfall totals, I can’t wow you where the most significant snowfall occurred due to a lack of reporting in the remote areas of Snowy Range and Sierra Madre but it was forecasted at the 6-12″ range. Closer to Cheyenne we saw 2″ in the last 24 hours bringing up our total for the month to 2.7″. The cold temperatures will stick around for one more morning. Long enough to issue a freeze warning for many eastern counties from 9pm Saturday to 8am Sunday. Low 30s and 20s are forecasted around Wyoming.

A picture perfect Sunday of weather is topped off with a total lunar eclipse. What more could you ask for? It helps tremendously that Wyoming will have minimal cloud coverage tonight during the lunar eclipse. A fifty percent eclipse will be from 8:59pm to 11:23pm with the peak being at 10:11pm to sight the most red version of the moon Sunday evening. Lows tonight will be in the mid 40s in the Cheyenne region and 40s throughout most of Wyoming.

Rain showers and isolated thunderstorms are forecasted in north Wyoming Saturday night into Sunday morning but will cease before sunrise. Wyoming saw a breezy day today with Rawlins topping the wind chart at 43mph and Rock Springs in a close second at 39mph. This is the last of winds that fast for the next couple days as high pressure will build over the western United States. With that building of high pressure, Wyoming will have slowly warming temperatures Sunday and Monday. Low temperatures are in the mid 40s to upper 30s. Tomorrow high temperatures will be from the mid 70s to mid 60s.

A breezy Mother’s Day dominated Wyoming before rain showers and isolated thunderstorms started in the late afternoon making their way across Wyoming and into the Nebraska panhandle. Numerous strikes were confirmed and will continue into the night hours. Western Nebraska has an elevated threat of storms possibly bringing small hail along with it. The threat of thunderstorms will decrease after midnight at the atmosphere stabilizes. Central Wyoming will have showers last long enough to turn into a rain/snow mix closer to the times of minimum temperatures Monday morning. Close to 1/2 an inch of rainfall is possible in the central region. Monday the storms will migrate north in the morning hours with the help of strong winds. The showers and isolated storms will impact the Sheridan and Gillette region into the afternoon clearing out everything south of northern Wyoming.

Sunshine and warm temperatures were ahead of the cold front that made its way across Wyoming Saturday. It brought with it light rain across the state. Thunderstorms were abundant in western South Dakota and western Nebraska. Those fortunately did not back-build nor did the rain showers grow in instability to produce lightning over Wyoming. Rain showers will linger in eastern Wyoming into the Sunday morning mostly ceasing by sunrise. This will provide a brief break for the day Sunday before we have additional rain showers and possible thunderstorms late afternoon Sunday into Monday morning.

Wyoming is set to receive several weather types into Sunday evening and Monday morning. Sunday afternoon was filled with isolated rain showers and a few thunderstorms. As the swath of moisture over the top of cold front passing to our south moves closer to Cheyenne, it will plant itself there from midnight to around noon Monday bringing rain, then snow as temperatures approach freezing. Snow totals are 1 to 2 inches from Cheyenne to Scottsbluff while other locations will have less than 1 inch or trace amounts of snow outside the southeast section of Wyoming.

Winds took the weather spotlight Friday and Saturday, especially in southeast Wyoming and the Nebraska panhandle. The Cheyenne airport and Sidney saw 49 mph Saturday. Wyoming will have clouds build overnight Saturday from the west ahead of the next cold front that will pass to our south over Utah and Colorado Sunday evening into Monday morning. The good news about this cold front is the change of pace it brings and the precipitation along with it. While the low pressure system will track under Wyoming, there is an abundant amount of moisture that will carry over the top. This should impact southeast Wyoming as the region has fallen behind its monthly and annual averages in March and April. Some models predict .50″ to .70″ inches of rain. Before that total amount by Monday morning, isolated thunderstorms are possible in the southeast along with rain showers Sunday afternoon and evening. As temperatures cool into Monday morning, the precipitation will turn mixed and into snow showers as it approaches freezing and the high temperature Monday is forecasted to be around 40F. Snow accumulation for the southeast is forecasted to over 1 inch so watch the road conditions to start your work week.

The wrap around moisture brought blizzards to the northeast part of the state from the last cold front. Luckily, Montana and the western Dakotas took the brunt of harsh winter weather with power outages reported in the thousands in the Dakotas without power. With that out of the picture, Wyoming can soak in some Spring rays over the next few days. Gillette saw 11.5 inches of snow in the heart of the blizzard warning while Cheyenne was passed over once again in the rain and snow category as the city falls further behind in monthly and annual precipitation averages. Like the deserts miss the rain, so do Wyomingites in Cheyenne. Moving forward, Wyoming will start off with a mild Monday to include light winds, plenty of sunshine, and high temperatures in the mid-40s to mid 50s. Overnight Sunday, clouds will scatter and low temperatures will drop from the upper teens to high 20s.

The backside of the closed-low system to our east has a lot of moisture behind it bringing snow showers over Wyoming with blizzard conditions in the northeast sector until Saturday night. Winter weather advisories, winter storm warnings over south central and high wind warnings in the southeast will expire by midnight tonight. Strong winds have been felt across the state Saturday with Buffalo topping the bunch at 63 mph. Snow totals have yet to calculated but the northeast will have the highest totals dealing with blizzard conditions Saturday. The snow and winds will move east northeast into Saturday evening leaving Wyoming with gusts in the mid 40s along the eastern state border Sunday morning into the afternoon. By Sunday evening all weather will have passed and we will start a sharp warming trend to start our week.

High wind gusts spread across Southeast Wyoming Sunday. The Cheyenne airport topped the wind gusts at 57mph. Both Rawlins and the Laramie airport tied for second at 51mph. These winds will taper off into Sunday night setting up a great weather day for Wyoming Monday. A light breeze around 20mph is the highest forecasted anywhere in the state. Additionally, clouds will clear overnight for mostly sunny skies for Monday warming to the mid 50s and low 60s throughout the state. Low temperatures Monday morning will range from the low to high 20s.

Ready for some strong winds to conclude your weekend? Ready or not, you’re getting them. But first a Saturday evening of rain showers will become snow showers after midnight for much of Wyoming. What snowfall occurs will be minimal with exception for the mountainous terrain and Laramie forecasted to have 1 inch. Tomorrow, winds will pick-up early morning from the west delivering wind warning level wind speeds with the concentration over the Cheyenne region and western Nebraska up to 60mph.

A windy Sunday dominated much of the southern border cities of Wyoming causing delays along I-80 and I-25 west and east of Cheyenne, respectively. A 58mph gust at the Cheyenne airport will do that. Wind speeds will decrease into the evening and remain breezy until midnight. Temperatures took a plunge today compared to yesterday well below Aprils monthly average. Isolated rain and snow showers across the state are diminishing Sunday into the afternoon and evening to give us some clearing for a short while. Low temperatures will be in the 20s throughout Wyoming Monday morning.