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)

100
WWUS75 KCYS 142333
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
533 PM MDT Thu May 14 2026

WYZ106-110-116-150045-
/O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-260515T0000Z/
Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County-North Snowy
Range Foothills-South Laramie Range-
Including the cities of Vedauwoo, Arlington, Bordeaux, Pumpkin
Vine, Elk Mountain, and Buford
533 PM MDT Thu May 14 2026

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

Winds will continue to decrease over the next few hours. Therefore,
the High Wind Warning will be allowed to expire.

$$

RZ