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 030231
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
831 PM MDT Sun Aug 2 2026

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101-102-104-107>109-111-118-
119-030345-
/O.EXP.KCYS.HT.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-260803T0300Z/
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-East Platte
County-Goshen County-Central Carbon County-Southwest Carbon
County-Central Laramie County-East Laramie County-
Including the cities of Seminoe Dam, Gering, Douglas, Glenrock,
Sidney, Harrisburg, Kimball, Harrison, Cheyenne, Agate, Deer
Creek, Wheatland, Angora, Bayard, Hemingford, Bridgeport,
Guernsey, Rawlins, Scottsbluff, Brownson, Bill, Pine Bluffs,
Redbird, Chadron, Lusk, Redington, Baggs, Chadron St Park,
Alliance, and Torrington
831 PM MDT Sun Aug 2 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.

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