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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

(Select Locations on Map to View Local Wind Guidance)
CheyenneLaramieRawlinsMuddy GapColemanArlingtonBufordWhitakerBordeauxDeer Creek
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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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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
832 PM MDT Sun Jul 26 2026

NEZ002-095-270345-
/O.EXP.KCYS.XH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260727T0300Z/
Dawes County-Northern Sioux County-
Including the cities of Chadron, Harrison, and Chadron St Park
832 PM MDT Sun Jul 26 2026

...EXTREME HEAT WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

Temperatures have dropping below critical levels and are expected to
continue cooling through this evening. Therefore, the Extreme Heat
Warning will be allowed to expire.

$$

NEZ003-019>021-054-055-096-WYZ101-102-107-108-118-119-270345-
/O.EXP.KCYS.HT.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-260727T0300Z/
Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-Morrill County-
Kimball County-Cheyenne County-Southern Sioux County-Converse
County Lower Elevations-Niobrara County-East Platte County-Goshen
County-Central Laramie County-East Laramie County-
Including the cities of Redington, Redbird, Angora, Deer Creek,
Sidney, Bill, Cheyenne, Douglas, Brownson, Torrington, Kimball,
Wheatland, Agate, Glenrock, Bridgeport, Scottsbluff, Bayard, Pine
Bluffs, Guernsey, Hemingford, Gering, Lusk, Harrisburg, and
Alliance
832 PM MDT Sun Jul 26 2026

...HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

Temperatures have dropped below critical levels and are expected to
continue cooling this evening. Therefore, the Heat Advisory will be
allowed to expire.

$$

RZ