Cheyenne, Laramie Facing -10 Lows, Snow This Weekend

The Cheyenne Office of the National Weather Service has released projected snowfall totals for this weekend showing that some areas could get up to a foot and a half of snow.

Even populated areas like Casper and Lusk could get a foot of the white stuff, according to the projections.

Cheyenne and Laramie probably will avoid the really heavy snowfall totals, but could still get up to four inches. But those communities won't totally escape the effects of winter weather. Cheyenne could see -10 degrees on Sunday and Monday night, while the mercury in Laramie could plunge to minus 11.

The agency on Friday morning sent out an email warning of the following weather conditions:

• Prolonged winter impacts today through Sunday with combination of new snow, high wind, blowing snow, and arctic cold across the region. Timing and elevation will be key for impact magnitude and start time today into Saturday morning.

• Chronologically - Ongoing High Winds, Blowing Snow, and Falling snow is occurring across Carbon and Albany Counties with Blowing snow across SE WY & portions of NE Panhandle. Winds will decrease Saturday morning.

• Arctic Cold front will surge south Saturday morning. Wind chills will drop to single digits and then negative by Saturday afternoon. Wind Chills will remain below zero Saturday evening through next Wednesday. -20 to -30 wind chills likely Monday AM and Tuesday AM.

Here are the projections:

Here are the latest updates for snowfall totals across southeast Wyoming and the Nebraska panhandle. Refer to the "speedometers" on the left to see the overall range for snow totals in light blue, the most likely range for snow totals in the darker blue, and the arrow pointing at the official NWS forecast. Note that these snowfall totals are spread across three days: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The heaviest accumulations are currently forecast to be Saturday.

Here is the Forecast for Cheyenne: