Wyoming Department of Transportation<\/a> to close portions of Interstate 25 and US 85 to light, high-profile vehicles due to a blow-over risk. The closures affect I-25 between Cheyenne and Wheatland and US 85 between Cheyenne and Torrington and apply to all high-profile vehicles with a gross vehicle weight under 20,000 pounds.<\/p>\nWinds are expected to intensify late Friday night. NWS wind models show a 60% probability of gusts exceeding 60 mph in wind-prone areas along the I-80 and I-25 corridors. Meteorologists said they may issue a High Wind Watch if the current model trends continue.<\/p>\n
The weather pattern is expected to shift early next week. A cold front moving south from Canada will likely bring rain and snow showers to the area starting late Monday night, with high temperatures dropping into the low 40s by Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Detailed Forecast<\/p>\n
Today: Sunny, with a high near 61. West northwest wind 10\u201315 mph.<\/p>\n
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. West northwest wind 5\u201310 mph.<\/p>\n
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 58. Northwest wind 5\u201310 mph becoming south southeast in the morning.<\/p>\n
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. South southwest wind 5\u201315 mph becoming west after midnight.<\/p>\n
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 20\u201325 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.<\/p>\n
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33.<\/p>\n
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 59.<\/p>\n
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34.<\/p>\n
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58.<\/p>\n
Monday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m., then a slight chance of snow showers after 3 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28.<\/p>\n
Tuesday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43.<\/p>\n
Tuesday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21.<\/p>\n
Wednesday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41.<\/p>\n
More on the weather is available at the National Weather Service website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHEYENNE, Wyo. \u2014 Southeast Wyoming is caught in a weather tug-of-war, enjoying record-breaking warmth in the mid-60s today…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":{"0":"post-450650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-headlines","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-top-stories","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}