CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Cheyenne is looking at a sunny day today ahead of even higher temperatures Thursday.
“Pleasant weather and hot temperatures will continue today and most of Thursday as the strong subtropical high settles over southern Wyoming and northern Colorado through late Thursday night,” National Weather Service meteorologists in Cheyenne wrote in the forecast discussion. “Mostly dry weather for the area today other than a stray thunder shower possible near southeast Wyoming mountains.”
Today’s high is expected to reach 90 degrees under sunny skies with a south-southeast wind of 10–15 mph and gusts as high as 25 mph. Things will cool off toward evening on the way to an overnight low of 59 degrees.
The mercury will rise again Thursday, quite possibly heading for record temperatures in some areas, meteorologists said. Models show an upper-level high drifting southeast into the high plains, allowing some monsoon moisture to settle into southern and southwest Wyoming.
“Thursday will likely be the hottest day of the week with temperatures near 105 for Chadron, Torrington, and Scottsbluff … with mid- to upper 90s elsewhere (not including Laramie),” meteorologists wrote in the discussion.
For Cheyenne, Thursday’s forecast calls for a high of 93 with a south wind of 5–15 mph.
9/250PM: Hot through Friday. Increasing chances for afternoon/evening showers and storms Friday into the weekend for SE WY and NE Panhandle. #wywx #newx #wyoroad pic.twitter.com/JsGlz4fxia
— NWS Cheyenne (@NWSCheyenne) August 9, 2022
