Weather

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) - Starting off today let’s talk about why we’re getting so much rain and so many storms. We have moisture coming in from the Gulf of Mexico due to lower level winds in the atmosphere coming into our area which makes the air very moist and loaded with moisture. Then we have this low pressure system over Cheyenne and extending down into Colorado. That’s providing the energy and lift for showers and storms to get started and fire up. Normally that low would move out of here in a day or two but it’s stuck here due to something called a “Rex Block” pattern. I’ve talked about it before but as a refresher, that high pressure system in the northwestern corner of Wyoming is blocking the normal westerly winds from pushing the low out of the area. With no winds to push it out, the low is stuck over our area for an extended period of time.