UPDATE: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Posted For Several Wyoming Counties
UPDATE: 12:35 P.M.: The National Weather Service has posted s Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 8p.m. for the following counties until 8 p.m.:
CAMPBELL CONVERSE CROOK GOSHEN JOHNSON LARAMIE NIOBRARA PLATTE SHERIDAN WESTON
A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming until 8 PM MDT. The highest risk is located east of I-25. While all severe hazards are possible today, large hail is the primary concern today
Original Post: The Cheyenne Office of the National Weather Service says heavy rain, 60 mile-per-hour wind and golf ball sized hail are possible in southeast Wyoming later today.
The agency has posted a severe thunderstorm watch
Tornadoes are possible, but the agency says that risk is "low to isolated."
The agency posted the following on it's website: "The weather pattern will remain active with scattered thunderstorms by this afternoon. A few of the storms have the potential to become strong to severe. The primary hazards will be lightning, strong gusty winds, and isolated large hail. The tornado risk is low to isolated. The timing for today’s storms will be 1PM-9PM."
Cheyenne, Laramie Forecasts
Cheyenne Forecast
Today
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.
Tonight
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the evening.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 10 to 20 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Wednesday
A slight chance of showers before noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between noon and 3pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 3pm. Mostly sunny during the morning, then cloudy during the afternoon, with a high near 72. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Wednesday Night
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before midnight, then a chance of showers. Low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Thursday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50.
Friday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 89. Breezy.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Breezy.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy.
Laramie Forecast
Today
Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. South southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
Tuesday
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. East southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Sunny during the morning, then mostly cloudy during the afternoon, with a high near 75. South southeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming north northwest in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a chance of showers between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Thursday
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy.
Thursday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Breezy.
Friday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy.
Friday Night
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. Breezy.
Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 83. Windy.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 48. Breezy.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 76. Windy.
Old Cheyenne Buildings, New Purpose
Wyoming owner of TJoe's Restaurant and all-around entrepreneur Sherrie Lyle purchased some old buildings on the west side of downtown Cheyenne, Wyoming.
There is an opportunity to transform these once grand and now forgotten structures into a new business area.
Many new businesses are looking at this old side of Cheenne. Restaurants and stores are looking at the old structures and imagining what new things they can do with them.
Gallery Credit: Glenn Woods
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