Weather

Felix Baumgartner jumped out of a space capsule from an altitude of approximately 71,580 feet. Meteorologist Don Day was on the team that made it happen.

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East of the divide, warm and pleasant weather will persist.  Winds will be breezy at times, and temperatures well-above average once again.  Temperatures will rise into the 50′s and 60′s statewide, excluding the far northwest mountains.  Tomorrow, w

Above average temperatures will persist across central and eastern Wyoming for the rest of the today, tomorrow and Friday.  High pressure will bring us decent sunshine and dry conditions as well.  It will feel more like late spring and early summer surrounding the Casper area. 

High pressure over Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain West will make for very pleasant weather conditions through the weekend!  Casper and the entire state will see well above normal temperatures.  You can expect sunny, dry and breezy to windy conditions. E

A few snow showers will linger mainly over the mountains of southern Wyoming today.  Otherwise, cold temperatures and clearing skies from north to south can be expected.  Casper will be mostly sunny, breezy and not as cold on Thursday. 

With a cold front that rolled thru last night with rain followed by snow, many of the states highways have a sheet of ice under that snowfall promting the Wyoming Department of Transportation to issue a number of black ice advisories.

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Killer tornadoes last week have weather experts working to dispel some dangerous and long standing myths about them.

USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says the first myth they want to bust is the belief that the low pressure that accompanies tornadoes, will explode a building. That he

Tornadoes killed dozens last week and weather experts believe that some of those lives could have been saved with a weather radio from the  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

John Simenesky with the National Weather Service says its like having a smoke detector, but it’s a weather detector.

“If a tornado

A strong cold front will move through the Cowboy state today in the northwest to southeast direction.  This system will push snow, wind and colder temperatures across the northwest, then into central Wyoming tonight. 

In comparison with the past several days, the wind will be much calmer across the Cowboy State today.  Most of eastern Wyoming will experience west to northwest winds at 15 to 25 mph.  In Casper, today’s wind will be mainly from the west to southwest.

Further

Winds will be strong and gusty across Casper and much of the state today.  Gusts of 50mph and more can be expected along portions of I-80 and I-25 with gusts to 45mph here in the Casper area.  Snow and wind will develop in the western mountains today with snow likely in western and southern mountains tonight through Friday. 

If you haven’t checked your calendars, today is the Leap Year Day…better known as February 29th.

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