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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 141839
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
1239 PM MDT Wed Oct 14 2026

WYZ116-151200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.FZ.A.0003.261016T0600Z-261016T1500Z/
/O.CON.KCYS.FG.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-261015T0000Z/
South Laramie Range-
Including the cities of Vedauwoo, Buford, and Pumpkin Vine
1239 PM MDT Wed Oct 14 2026

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog.

* WHERE...South Laramie Range.

* WHEN...For the Dense Fog Advisory, until 6 PM MDT this evening. For
the Freeze Watch, from late Thursday night through Friday morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing. Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of
distance ahead of you.

&&

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NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101-102-104>111-113-115-
117>119-151200-
/O.NEW.KCYS.FZ.A.0003.261016T0600Z-261016T1500Z/
Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-
Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County-Northern Sioux
County-Southern Sioux County-Converse County Lower Elevations-
Niobrara County-Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-Shirley Basin-
Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County-East Platte
County-Goshen County-Central Carbon County-North Snowy Range
Foothills-Southwest Carbon County-Upper North Platte River Basin-
Laramie Valley-South Laramie Range Foothills-Central Laramie
County-East Laramie County-
Including the cities of Rawlins, Encampment, Angora, Bordeaux, Pine
Bluffs, Redbird, Whitaker, Redington, Shirley Basin, Bosler, Bill,
Arlington, Kimball, Harrison, Gering, Horse Creek, Chadron, Alliance,
Medicine Bow, Deer Creek, Baggs, Seminoe Dam, Wheatland, Laramie,
Hemingford, Torrington, Bridgeport, Guernsey, Scottsbluff, Bayard,
Douglas, Lusk, Brownson, Glenrock, Saratoga, Sidney, Agate, Cheyenne,
Chadron St Park, Harrisburg, Federal, and Elk Mountain
1239 PM MDT Wed Oct 14 2026

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures between 26 and 30 degrees
possible. Localized temperatures as low as 20 degrees are possible
in the valleys of Carbon and Albany counties.

* WHERE...Portions of panhandle Nebraska and east central, south
central, and southeast Wyoming.

* WHEN...From late Thursday night through Friday morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

MN