Cheyenne, Laramie Could See 5-7 Inches Of Snow, More In Mountains

Cheyenne, Laramie Could See 5-7 Inches Of Snow, More In Mountains

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Winter Weather Advisories and Winter Storm Warnings have been posted for much of southeast Wyoming today and tonight.

That's according to the Cheyenne Office of the National Weather Service. The agency posted the following on its website:

Winter Weather Advisory and Winter Storm Warning headlines have been expanded for your Friday forecast. Light snowfall accumulations outside of the winter headlines are expected, but impacts will not be as high. Expect rapidly deteriorating conditions this afternoon when snow showers become locally heavy at times. Some areas could see snowfall rates of 1 inch or more per hour this afternoon in the heaviest snow bands that occur east of the Laramie Range. 2 to 5 inches can be expected in the Advisory areas, with locally higher amounts possible where snow bands persist longer. Higher amounts of 6 or more inches are expected in the Winter Storm Warning headlines. 

Forecasts For Cheyenne and Laramie

Cheyenne Forecast

Today
Snow showers, mainly after 11am. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 25. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.
Tonight
Snow showers likely before 11pm. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 7. Wind chill values between zero and 5. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 37. Wind chill values between zero and 10. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 15. West wind around 10 mph.
Sunday
Partly sunny, with a high near 47. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Breezy.
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Sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.
Tuesday
Sunny, with a high near 55. Breezy.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 32. Breezy.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.
Wednesday Night
A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.
Thursday
A chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 44.
Laramie Forecast
Today: Snow showers, mainly after 11am. Temperature rising to near 28 by 11am, then falling to around 19 during the remainder of the day. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
Tonight
Snow showers likely before 11pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 3. Wind chill values between -5 and zero. East wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 30. Wind chill values between -5 and 5. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 9. Wind chill values between zero and 5. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday
Patchy blowing snow between 10am and 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Windy, with a west southwest wind 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Breezy.
Washington's Birthday
Sunny, with a high near 45. Breezy.

State High School Cheer & Dance

State High School Cheer & Dance

Gallery Credit: Kolby Fedore

Wyoming Black History in Pictures

Some of these pictures are part of a collection of photographs and negatives created and used by the Casper Star Tribune from 1967 until the middle of 1995 according to a newspaper article on the donation from February of 2000. In the words of Special Collections Curator, Kevin Anderson, the photographs serve to document "events in our own lives, events in our own history." Others come from a collection of photographs of people who lived in Casper's Sand Bar as found in the Walter R. Jones Papers available in and through the repository. Many others came from the Casper College Western History Center and the Wyoming State Archives from a wide-variety of original sources.

Gallery Credit: Kolby Fedore, Townsquare Media

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