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Beartooth Highway Still Closed Because Of Snow: 'Do Not Use Map Apps"
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (988+ words) More than 69 miles of the Beartooth Highway are still closed because of a late spring snowstorm in southern Montana. Road officials warned motorists not to use "map apps" as people have become stranded like a German couple who got lost…...
Merry Christmas! Yellowstone To Get June Snowstorm As Cold Front Dips Into Wyoming
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (934+ words) After a string of 90+ degree days, snow is heading for Yellowstone National Park on Wednesday. Meteorologist Don Day says all of Wyoming should expect cooler than usual weather in the next two weeks. "This is just continued weirdness," Day said....
Bill Sniffin: Wyoming's False Spring " 90 Degree Temps & Wet Snow In Same Week.
2+ week, 6+ day ago (867+ words) Columnist Bill Sniffin writes, "Wyoming's remarkable ability to dish out Jekyll-and-Hyde weather was on full display. In Lander, we hit the 90s on May 13 and then got blasted with wet snow on May 17." After experiencing a winter that was not winter,…...
Extreme Wyoming Weather Swings From 10 Inches Of Snow To 90 Degrees In A Week
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (977+ words) Last week parts of Wyoming got up to 10 inches of snow during blizzard condition, but by Monday temperatures were in the 80s and flirting with record highs " and on their way into the 90s this week. "May is very susceptible to mood…...
Southeast Wyoming Just Got More Snow Than It Received All Winter
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1131+ words) The last two days in southeast Wyoming were snowier than at any time during this past winter as Cheyenne officially received 9 inches of snow. "It was a nice, big event, but it's also pathetic that it took this long to…...
Wyoming To Get Critical Moisture And Colder Temperatures This Week
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1464+ words) A wave of wetter weather will ripple across Wyoming this week, bringing colder temperatures and up to two feet of desperately needed snow in the mountains. "Any snowflake, any raindrop that we can get is good," said meteorologist Don Day....
When Cheyenne Was Knocked Out By 92 MPH Wind, The "Troublemen" Got Power Back On
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1223+ words) Last week, when wind gusts cut power to 14, 000 in Cheyenne, first responders known as "troublemen" battled the winds that toppled trees and power lines and got Cheyenne's power back on. "Those guys really are the rock stars of our trade....
Holy Cow: Hundreds Of Trees Downed Across Cheyenne Due To Windstorm
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (936+ words) Cheyenne Urban Forestry's Mark Ellison says hundreds of trees were downed as a result of the record-breaking windstorm on Thursday. Arborists say shallow roots, softened soil from recent moisture, and skirted trimming made the trees more vulnerable. Downed trees littered…...
Wyoming's Leading Storm Chaser Is A Nebraska Farmer Known As "The Ice Man
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1279+ words) Self-taught storm chaser Dan Fitts has spent three decades pursuing supercells across the High Plains, armed with a storm-scarred F-150 and a hail-proof NASCAR windshield. This week, he walked into 98-mile-an-hour winds near Chugwater. On a September afternoon in 2019, a supercell…...
Wyoming Might Finally Get A Big Dump Of Snow And Then More Snow
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (900+ words) Meteorologists are monitoring an incoming winter weather system that they say will provide western Wyoming's snowpacks with high-quality snow. "The best, heaviest snow will fall west of the Continental Divide," Don Day said, mentioning that this could start a trend....