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1 week ago | 
oilcity.news | Garrett Grochowski
PINEDALE, Wyo. — It has been nearly a full week since the Horse Fire was first reported, and National Forest Service personnel report that the lightning-caused fire is still raging on. Fire danger for the entirety of the Bridger-Teton area has been elevated to moderate. According to the most recent update published on the Bridger-Teton National Forest Facebook page, the fire is now burning upwards of 1,465 acres in dry and timber-heavy areas.
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1 week ago | 
capcity.news | Garrett Grochowski
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Hot southwest wind will bring warm and dry conditions to the Cheyenne area over the next couple of days, with more seasonable temperatures returning around Monday. This Juneteenth will see temps rise up to 89 degrees. A warm, 5–10 mph wind will be coming from the south. Temps will fall to a low of 58 later this evening, as winds only shift slightly to the southwest and retain a similar strength. Southwestern winds will pick up to 20–25 mph Friday as Cheyenne warms up even further.
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1 week ago | 
capcity.news | Garrett Grochowski
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Following a series of stormy days that culminated in a severely stormy Tuesday, which also happened to produce tornadoes west of town towards Laramie, Cheyenne is in for a few days of warming and drying. Today will start that warming trend with a high near 79 degrees. Winds come from the northwest at 5–10 mph before shifting southwest. Today will be very sunny as well.
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1 week ago | 
oilcity.news | Garrett Grochowski
MARBLETON, Wyo. — A Wyoming resident was the sole victim of a belly dump trailer rollover on a Sublette County highway yesterday. According to the Wyoming Highway Patrol, the driver overcorrected himself into a rollover and then into an embankment. The man was identified as 37-year-old Wyoming resident Dale Simkin.
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1 week ago | 
capcity.news | Garrett Grochowski
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Today has the possibility of being very stormy in the afternoon, with a warming and drying trend to take hold of the region starting tomorrow. Today will see a high near 68 degrees. Clouds will take hold of the skies and give the area more precipitation in the afternoon, with the National Weather Service station here in Cheyenne warning that afternoon storms could be stronger than normal. Rainfall amounts will stack up to between a quarter and a half of an inch.
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1 week ago | 
capcity.news | Garrett Grochowski
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Temps will continue to fluctuate between the high 70s and low 80s before hotter weather arrives in the second half of the week. Meanwhile, Cheyenne will have just a few more days of regular rain before it disappears from the forecast Wednesday. Though mostly sunny and with a high near 83 degrees, today could see some precipitation in the afternoon, particularly in the afternoon. Monday will also be somewhat breezy, with a steady 10–15 mph wind coming from the west all day.
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1 week ago | 
capcity.news | Garrett Grochowski
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Before Cheyenne days begin heating up too much, the area will get a few more days of regular showers and thunderstorms. Following that, 90-degree weather will make an early appearance in the city. Today will see at first only a small chance of showers after noon, but later a greater chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 p.m. That will coincide with gradually building clouds. The rest of the day will see a high near 87 degrees and 5-10 mph winds.
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1 week ago | 
oilcity.news | Garrett Grochowski
CASPER, Wyo. — Eastern Wyoming is going to see 90-degree weather unseasonably early starting today, with even hotter days to come later this coming week. Meanwhile, precipitation, while less frequent, will still likely appear multiple times this week. Such as today, which will see a 20% chance of precipitation. That will most likely come in the late afternoon after 4 p.m. and could come with thunderstorms. The rest of the day in Casper will see sunny skies and a high near 90 degrees.
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2 weeks ago | 
capcity.news | Garrett Grochowski
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Another day with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms and moderately hot temperatures will close out this week in Cheyenne. It most likely won’t be until Wednesday that Cheyenne won’t see any rain on the forecast. Today will see a high near 83 degrees, while winds will come in from the southwest and later the northeast at 5–15 mph. As per usual lately in eastern Wyoming, rain showers will come in the afternoon. Today will see a 30% chance of rain after noon.
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2 weeks ago | 
capcity.news | Garrett Grochowski
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Apart from the possibility of some strong showers and thunderstorms today and tomorrow afternoon, the next two days in Cheyenne will be sunny and hot. Today will be mostly sunny, with a high around 82 degrees. Winds will arrive from the northwest around 10 mph until shifting to the south at that same speed later in the afternoon. Also in the afternoon, thunderstorms and showers will become likely today. The total chance of precipitation is around 40%.
