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)

525
WWUS75 KCYS 052339
NPWCYS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
539 PM MDT Sat Oct 5 2024

WYZ104-106-107-109-110-116-060045-
/O.EXP.KCYS.HW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-241006T0000Z/
Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-Central Laramie Range and
Southwest Platte County-East Platte County-Central Carbon County-
North Snowy Range Foothills-South Laramie Range-
Including the cities of Pumpkin Vine, Elk Mountain, Arlington,
Seminoe Dam, Bordeaux, Vedauwoo, Wheatland, Buford, Guernsey, and
Rawlins
539 PM MDT Sat Oct 5 2024

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

Winds have decreased below high wind criteria, so the High Wind
Warning will expire on time. Gusty winds will continue for the next
few hours.

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