Cheyenne, WY

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2-Day Hourly Forecast for Wind-Prone Locations
Interstate 80 at Arlington	Interstate 80 at Buford


Interstate 25 at Bordeaux	Interstate 25 at Wyo Hill

Map of Wind-Prone Locations across Southeast Wyoming

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Southeast Wyoming Wind Prone Locations Map

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This guidance is based on local wind research conducted at NWS Cheyenne. See this research article in the American Meteorological Society Journal of Weather and Forecasting for more details:

Brothers, M. D., and C. Hammer, 2021: Random forest approach for improving non-convective high wind forecasting across southeast Wyoming. Wea. Forecasting, 38, 47-67, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-21-0215.1

Latest High Wind Warnings

(Non-Precipitation Weather Product)

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WWUS75 KCYS 122356
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
556 PM MDT Sun Oct 12 2025

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ106>108-117>119-131500-
/O.CON.KCYS.FR.Y.0002.251013T0600Z-251013T1500Z/
Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-
Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County-Northern Sioux
County-Southern Sioux County-Central Laramie Range and Southwest
Platte County-East Platte County-Goshen County-South Laramie
Range Foothills-Central Laramie County-East Laramie County-
Including the cities of Guernsey, Harrison, Torrington, Horse
Creek, Cheyenne, Bordeaux, Wheatland, Bayard, Bridgeport,
Kimball, Whitaker, Harrisburg, Gering, Sidney, Chadron, Alliance,
Hemingford, Pine Bluffs, Scottsbluff, Brownson, Agate, Angora,
Redington, Chadron St Park, and Federal
556 PM MDT Sun Oct 12 2025

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM
MDT MONDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 28 will result in frost formation.

* WHERE...Portions of panhandle Nebraska and southeast Wyoming.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive
outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

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CG