Wyoming
Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Friday, August 9, 2024
Chance of rain in much of Wyoming on Friday. Highs from the upper 60s to the mid 80s and lows from the low 40s to the mid 50s.
Central:
Casper: Slight chance of rain after 5 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 76 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph. Mostly cloudy and breezy overnight with a chance of rain, a low near 53 and wind gusts as high as 23 mph.
Riverton: Chance of rain mainly after 4 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 80 and partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain and a low near 52.
Jeffrey City: Chance of rain mainly after 3 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 78 and partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly before midnight and a low near 51.
Southwest:
Evanston: Chance of rain, patchy smoke after noon, otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 83 and partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain, patchy smoke after midnight and a low near 50.
Green River: Slight chance of rain after 4 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 84 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph. Partly cloudy overnight with a low near 56.
Lyman: Chance of rain and patchy smoke after noon, otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 85. Partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before midnight, patchy smoke and a low near 51.
Western Wyoming:
Pinedale: Chance of rain mainly after 2 p.m., areas of smoke after 4 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 76. Partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain, areas of smoke before 2 a.m. and a low near 48.
Alpine: Slight chance of rain after 1 p.m., areas of smoke, otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 84. Partly cloudy overnight with areas of smoke and a low near 50.
Big Piney: Slight chance of rain after noon, areas of smoke after 2 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 80. Partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain, areas of smoke before 1 a.m. and a low near 44.
Northwest:
Dubois: Chance of rain, areas of smoke after 2 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 72. Partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain, a low near 44 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph.
Jackson: Chance of rain mainly after 2 p.m., areas of smoke after 10 a.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 81. Partly cloudy overnight with areas of smoke and a low near 42.
Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park: Chance of rain mainly after 1 p.m., areas of smoke after 11 a.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 71. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly before midnight, areas of smoke and a low near 40.
Bighorn Basin:
Thermopolis: Chance of rain mainly after 4 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny today with a high near 78. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly before 3 a.m. and a low near 53.
Cody: Chance of rain mainly after 3 p.m., otherwise partly sunnytoday with a high near 73. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly before midnight and a low near 54.
Ten Sleep: Slight chance of rain, otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 77. Mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain and a low near 57.
North Central:
Buffalo: Chance of rain mainly after 2 p.m., otherwise partly sunnytoday with a high near 70. Mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain and a low near 56.
Sheridan: Widespread fog before 9 a.m., otherwise mostly cloudytoday with a high near 76 and mostly cloudy overnight with areas of fog after 3 a.m. and a low near 49.
Ranchester: Widespread fog before 9 a.m., otherwise partly sunnytoday with a high near 74 and mostly cloudy overnight with patchy fog after 3 a.m. and a low near 49.
Northeast:
Gillette: Partly sunny today with a high near 74 and wind gusts as high as 17 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 50 and wind gusts as high as 18 mph.
Newcastle: Slight chance of rain, otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 72 and wind gusts as high as 16 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain and a low near 52.
Moorcroft: Partly sunny today with a high near 74 and mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 49.
Eastern Plains:
Torrington: Chance of rain, cloudy today with a high near 71 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain and a low near 49.
Wheatland: Chance of rain, mostly cloudy today with a high near 76 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain and a low near 53.
Midwest: Slight chance of rain mainly after 5 p.m., otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 74 and mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain and a low near 55.
Southeast:
Cheyenne: Areas of fog before 9 a.m., chance of rain, otherwise cloudy today with a high near 68. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain and a low near 50.
Laramie: Chance of rain, otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 71 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain and a low near 49.
Chugwater: Chance of rain, cloudy today with a high near 72 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain and a low near 51.
South Central:
Rawlins: Chance of rain after noon, otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 79 and partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly before midnight and a low near 51.
Encampment: Chance of rain after noon, otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 77 and partly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain and a low near 50.
Hanna: Chance of rain after noon, otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 74 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly before midnight and a low near 50.
CASPER, Wyo. — High school athletics in Wyoming could see some drastic changes in the coming years following legislative changes to the state’s education budget, the Wyoming High School Activities Association recently announced in a statement.
According to the WHSAA, Wyoming school districts are facing a projected $3.9 million shortfall in activities funding, forcing officials to consider significant cuts to high school sports and extracurricular programs.
The WHSAA shared details regarding a new “silo” funding model implemented by the Legislature, stating that the recalibrated block grant model reduced funding for student activities and extra-duty responsibilities from $46.3 million to $42.4 million, an approximately 8.4% decrease statewide.
WHSAA Commissioner Trevor Wilson said the restructuring also restricts district access to an additional $76.2 million in previously flexible funding.
“A significant portion of the [April 28 WHSAA Board of Directors] meeting was dedicated to discussing the projected funding shortfall,” Wilson wrote.
The WHSAA is weighing several strategies to address rising costs with fewer resources. Proposed changes include eliminating regional tournaments and reducing the number of teams qualifying for state events from eight to four; limiting wrestling to two classes and restricting track and field state participants to the top 16 marks; making cuts to soccer, indoor track and field, Nordic and Alpine skiing, swimming and diving, spring golf and tennis; and reducing in-person speech and debate events by half and centrally locating All-State Music events to minimize travel. The board also recommended increasing gate admission or implementing student participation fees to offset costs.
While the WHSAA release states that no plans have been finalized and the various changes are currently just possibilities, Natrona County School District 1 Board of Trustees member Mary Schmidt criticized the WHSAA’s handling of the news at Monday’s board meeting.
“I take some issues with this, [including] the sheer fact that we as Board of Trustees members have not talked about that at all,” Schmidt said. “It is not our intent and it has not been brought to us to cut our athletics or activities budget for the upcoming school year. … I take issue with them picking sports and getting the community upset and ginning them up to be upset that this is all going to be cut when that hasn’t been discussed.”
Later in the meeting, Superintendent Angela Hensley clarified that Natrona County School District 1’s athletics and activities budget saw a reduction of roughly $550,000 in the coming year’s budget, but said the local school district does not plan to cut any sports.
“Thank you, Trustee Schmidt, for saying this, because I think people are wondering — we are not planning to cut athletics and activities for next year,” Hensley said. “We do have to take a look at our entire budget as we have talked about, as we learn more about these new rules that come in.”
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Republished with permission from Wyoming News Now, a TV news outlet covering the Cheyenne and Casper areas.
Cheyenne City Council has introduced a temporary moratorium, or pause, on new data center construction.
“The end goal is to actually have regulations in place, to have really heavy public involvement with this with data centers,” said Councilman Mark Moody.
The proposed ordinance is not a permanent ban on data centers and would not affect data centers currently under construction.
Councilman Moody says this is a bipartisan issue.
“I just want to make this clear, I’m not against data centers. We do need them from a national security perspective,” he said.
He said there needs to be more public input and regulations regarding data centers in Cheyenne.
The ordinance would require city staff to study data center impacts such as electricity usage, electricity tariffs, closed-loop cooling systems, groundwater impacts, agricultural impacts, and land value.
Cheyenne LEADS, the economic development corporation for Cheyenne and Laramie County, reported in November 2025 that there are 12 operational data centers in Wyoming, five under construction and plans for 43 data centers announced across the state.
“There needs to be more public input with this, and also to see how many we can sustain here in this community, cause there are talks of 43, and then another day 70. How many can we sustain here?” said Councilman Moody.
The proposed moratorium will now go to the Public Services Committee on Monday, May 18 at noon in the Municipal Building.
Sheridan will play in the North Regional Tournament at Gillette, while the South Regional Tournament will be played at Rock Springs.
North Regional Tournament at Gillette:
Checking record vs. highest team in the quadrant not involved in the tie, Thunder Basin gets the #1 Northeast seed over Campbell County, because the Lady Bolts went 3-1 vs. Sheridan, whereas the Lady Camels went 2-2.
Friday, May 15th:
(#1 NE) Thunder Basin vs. (#4 NW) Jackson – 11am
(#2 NW) Natrona County vs. (#3 NE) Sheridan – 11am
(#2 NE) Campbell County vs. (#3 NW) Kelly Walsh – 1pm
(#1 NW) Cody vs. (#4 NE) Worland – 1pm
Semi-Finals:
Thunder Basin/Jackson winner vs. Natrona County/Sheridan winner – 3pm Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
Campbell County/Kelly Walsh winner vs. Cody/Worland winner – 5pm Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
Consolation Round:
Thunder Basin/Jackson loser vs. Natrona County/Sheridan loser – 3pm LOSER OUT!
Campbell County/Kelly Walsh loser vs. Cody/Worland loser – 5pm LOSER OUT!
Saturday, May 16th:
TBA vs. TBA – 10am LOSER OUT! Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
TBA vs. TBA – 10am LOSER OUT! Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
2 10am winners vs. each other – 1pm 3rd Place
TBA vs. TBA – 1pm 1st Place
South Regional Tournament at Rock Springs:
Friday, May 15th:
(#1 SW) Laramie vs. (#4 SE) Torrington – 11am
(#2 SE) Cheyenne East vs. (#3 SW) Green River – 11am
(#2 SW) Rock Springs vs. (#3 SE) Wheatland – 1pm
(#1 SE) Cheyenne Central vs. (#4 SW) Cheyenne South – 1pm
Semi-Finals:
Laramie/Torrington winner vs. Cheyenne East/Green River winner – 3pm Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
Rock Springs/Wheatland winner vs. Cheyenne Central/Cheyenne South winner – 5pm Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
Consolation Round:
Laramie/Torrington loser vs. Cheyenne East/Green River loser – 3pm LOSER OUT!
Rock Springs/Wheatland loser vs. Cheyenne Central/Cheyenne South loser – 5pm LOSER OUT!
Saturday, May 16th:
TBA vs. TBA – 10am LOSER OUT! Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
TBA vs. TBA – 10am LOSER OUT! Winner qualifies for the state tournament.
2 10am winners vs. each other – 1pm 3rd Place
TBA vs. TBA – 1pm 1st Place
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