Damaging Winds in Wyoming, June 6, 2026

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
547 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Near record high temperatures and elevated to critical fire
  weather conditions are anticipated this weekend.

- A Marginal Risk (1/5) of severe weather expected on Sunday for
  east-central Wyoming and the Nebraska Panhandle, with gusty
  winds and large hail the main threats.

- Expect a quick cool down on Monday before heat builds back into
  the area towards the middle of next week.

- There is potential for widespread critical fire weather conditions
  on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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.SHORT TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
Issued at 240 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2026

Current observations across the region show a pleasant and very
warm Saturday afternoon with temperatures well into the 80s for
most of the area, and low to mid 90s over the lower elevations
east of Interstate 25. A few lines of light showers are
currently on KCYS radar (likely not reaching the ground), with
some observations over Carbon and Albany counties showing wind
gusts over 40 MPH. Decided to get ahead of this and issue a
Special Weather Statement for brief gusty winds over 50 MPH.
This will mainly impact travel through the afternoon. Otherwise,
kept isolated thunderstorms in the forecast for the eastern
plains through this evening, mainly along and east of the
Laramie Range where the "better" moisture profiles are located.
Primary threat will be locally strong gusty winds into late this
evening. Windy conditions will continue over parts of western
Nebraska late this evening, mainly due to the low level jet
across the plains.

Another very warm day expected on Sunday and only a few degrees
cooler, at best, with highs in the 80s to near 90 along and west
of the I-25 corridor...and widespread mid 90s east of I-25 into
western Nebraska. Expect mostly dry weather, but can't rule out
a few thunderstorms across the higher terrain and the western
Nebraska Panhandle. There is Marginal Risk of strong to severe
thunderstorms north of the North Platte River valley with the
best chance located north of Highway 20 over east central
Wyoming and the northern Nebraska Panhandle. Not seeing much of
a threat during the day with inverted-V soundings in the
afternoon, but it may end up being a late evening/overnight show
up north with outflow boundary interaction and MUCAPE>1500 j/kg
resulting in elevated thunderstorms after 1000 pm. In addition,
a weak to moderate low level jet across the plains may linger
into late Sunday evening. However, other than outflow boundary
interaction, there is not much forcing present as any shortwave
will likely eject eastward earlier in the day with the afternoon
t-storm activity.

For Monday, a weak cool front (likely thunderstorm outflow) will
push south early in the morning with winds briefly shifting to
the north. High temperatures will be around 5 to 10 degrees
cooler compared to this weekend. Thunderstorm activity is
expected to shift southwest, closer to where the remnant cool
front boundary will be located through the afternoon. Kept POP
around 20 to 35 percent for widely scattered/scattered thunderstorm
activity along and near the Laramie Range and across most of
the I-80 and I-25 corridors. With increasing low to midlevel
shear, will have to monitor the potential for another afternoon
of strong to marginally severe thunderstorms, mainly east of
I-25.

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.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
Issued at 203 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2026

Monday night into Tuesday, A negatively tilted trough
pushes through the Rocky mountains giving us some weak jetstream
dynamic support while in southwest flow. The system will advect in
some moisture at the mid-levels during this time giving us some
shower potential in the afternoon. However, the model soundings
aren't to convincing as they show a stout residual dry layer near
the surface and a capped environment that may put a pause to any
convection and prevent any rain from reaching the surface. As this
low pressure system begins to become stacked Tuesday into Wednesday,
the Intermountain West switches from southerly flow to a downsloping
westerly flow. This will lead to the continuation of warmer
temperatures, but also a more likely chance to break the cap when
combined with the progged frontal boundary moving through in the
afternoon. Our windiest day looks to be Wednesday as the 700mb ramps
up to about 50 knots by the afternoon giving us gusty winds but not
enough to meet the high wind criteria. By Thursday and area of high
pressure looks to build in that may stay through the weekend. Fire
Weather remains a concern throughout the long term as RH values look
to bounce between 15 and 20 percent and some isolated places
dropping as low as 10 percent. The severe chances look minimal
through the long term as the stout dry layer looks to stick around
with minimal CAPE when glancing at the global model soundings.

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.AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY/...
Issued at 515 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2026

VFR will prevail through the TAF period under a SSE flow regime.
While most of the Wyoming terminals will remain dry through 06Z,
KLAR may experience some weak high-based showers and thunderstorms
until 04Z, which will produce gusty and erratic winds up to 45
knots. KLAR and KRWL are expected to see gusts increase to 35-40
knots after sunrise tomorrow as lee cyclogenesis east of the Laramie
Range will increase the surface pressure gradient.

For the Nebraska terminals, can expect showers and thunderstorms to
linger until around 05Z as a 35-40 knot low-level jet develops after
sunset as the boundary layer decouples. Hence the mention of LLWS
into the KBFF and KCDR TAFs. Otherwise, expect a brief decrease in
visibility (down to 5SM) in the vicinity of any stronger
thunderstorms. Thanks to a dry sub-cloud layer, don't expect any
MVFR CIGs with any activity. Can expect gusts as high as 50 knots
with any collapsing storms, with gusts up to 40 knots even after
thunderstorm coverage diminishes after 06Z due to the low-level
jet.

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.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...Red Flag Warning until 9 PM MDT this evening for WYZ430>433.
NE...Red Flag Warning until 9 PM MDT this evening for NEZ434>437.

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SHORT TERM...TJT
LONG TERM...MM
AVIATION...NB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
805 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2026

WYZ116>118-070230-
South Laramie Range WY-Central Laramie County WY-
South Laramie Range Foothills WY-
805 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN LARAMIE COUNTY
THROUGH 830 PM MDT...

At 804 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Winchester Hills, or 9 miles southwest of Cheyenne, moving northeast
at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Cheyenne, Happy Valley, Willadsen Estates, Granite Canon, Fox
Farm-College, Cheyenne Regional Airport, Winchester Hills, South
Greeley Highway, Ranchettes, Warren AFB, Frontier Park, North
Cheyenne, South Cheyenne, Bison Crossing, Grass Hills, and Cowboy
Ranch South.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 25 in Wyoming between mile markers 1 and 15.
 Interstate 80 in Wyoming between mile markers 341 and 369.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 4112 10521 4124 10473 4101 10460 4100 10468
      4100 10517
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 245DEG 13KT 4104 10491

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Brauer/Mose

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
811 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0810 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 NW Shirley Basin      42.38N 106.24W
06/06/2026  M56 MPH          Carbon             WY   Mesonet

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NB

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
812 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0442 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 NW Shirley Basin      42.38N 106.24W
06/06/2026  E56 MPH          Carbon             WY   Public

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NB

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
814 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0610 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 3 NW Arlington          41.62N 106.24W
06/06/2026  E57 MPH          Carbon             WY   Mesonet

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NB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
821 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2026

WYZ117-118-070300-
Central Laramie County WY-South Laramie Range Foothills WY-
821 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN LARAMIE COUNTY
THROUGH 900 PM MDT...

At 820 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Cheyenne Regional Airport, or over Cheyenne, moving northeast at 20
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Cheyenne, Happy Valley, Rocking Star Ranch, Silver Sage Estates,
Laramie County Fairgrounds at Archer, Hillsdale, Fox Farm-College,
Cheyenne Regional Airport, Winchester Hills, South Greeley Highway,
Ranchettes, Warren AFB, Frontier Park, North Cheyenne, South
Cheyenne, Bison Crossing, Grass Hills, and Cowboy Ranch South.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 25 in Wyoming between mile markers 1 and 29.
 Interstate 80 in Wyoming between mile markers 348 and 378.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 4100 10492 4110 10507 4142 10495 4130 10439
      4100 10462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 203DEG 17KT 4117 10479

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Mose

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
826 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2026

NEZ019-095-096-WYZ102-108-070300-
Scotts Bluff NE-North Sioux NE-South Sioux NE-Goshen County WY-
Niobrara County WY-
826 PM MDT Sat Jun 6 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SCOTTS BLUFF...
SOUTHWESTERN SIOUX...SOUTHEASTERN NIOBRARA AND NORTHERN GOSHEN
COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM MDT...

At 825 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles northwest of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, or 30 miles
north of Torrington, moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Torrington, Mitchell, Morrill, Lingle, Henry, Van Tassell, Agate
Fossil Beds National Monument, Southern Hills Estates, Scotts Bluff
County Fairground, Torrington Municipal Airport, Prairie Center, Pine
Ridge Estates, Hwy 85 At Dry Rawhide Creek, and Goshen County
Fairgrounds.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

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LAT...LON 4188 10384 4210 10457 4275 10417 4253 10356
TIME...MOT...LOC 0225Z 218DEG 14KT 4247 10396

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Brauer/Mose