Wyoming
Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast: Thursday, July 25, 2024
Some sun, some clouds and chances for rain in Wyoming on Thursday with heat and fire warnings in multiple locations. Breezy, hazy in several areas. Highs from the low 80s to near 106. Lows from the low 50s to near 70.
Central:
Casper: Red flag fire warning from noon today until 11 p.m. tonight. Areas of smoke, slight chance of rain after 5 p.m., otherwise sunny and hot today with a high near 98 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly before midnight, a low near 68 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph.
Lander: Slight chance of rain after 2 p.m., otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 90 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain and a low near 61.
Jeffrey City: Red flag fire warning from noon today until 11 p.m. tonight. Areas of smoke before 11 a.m., slight chance of rain after 2 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny and breezy today with a high near 92 and wind gusts as high as 28 mph. Mostly cloudy and breezy overnight with a chance of rain, a low near 62 and wind gusts as high as 28 mph.
Southwest:
Evanston: Chance of rain, otherwise mostly cloudy today with a high near 82 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain and a low near 54.
Rock Springs: Areas of smoke before 8 a.m., chance of rain, otherwise partly sunny and breezy today with a high near 89 and wind gusts as high as 24 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly before 11 p.m., a low near 58 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph.
Kemmerer: Chance of rain, otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 83 and wind gusts as high as 23 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly after 5 a.m., a low near 53 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph.
Western Wyoming:
Pinedale: Chance of rain, otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 79 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly after 4 a.m., a low near 52 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph.
Afton: Rain likely, otherwise mostly cloudy today with a high near 83. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain and a low near 53.
La Barge: Chance of rain, otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 82 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly after 4 a.m., a low near 50 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph.
Northwest:
Dubois: Chance of rain, otherwise mostly cloudy and breezy today with a high near 82 and wind gusts as high as 26 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly after 5 a.m., a low near 54 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph.
Jackson: Chance of rain, otherwise mostly cloudy today with a high near 83 and mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly after 5 a.m. and a low near 50.
Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park: Chance of rain mainly after 2 p.m., otherwise partly sunny today with a high near 78 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly after 5 a.m., a low near 47 and wind gusts as high as 20 mph.
Bighorn Basin:
Thermopolis: Slight chance of rain after 1 p.m., otherwise increasing clouds and hot today with a high near 98 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph. Areas of smoke after 2 a.m. slight chance of rain mainly after midnight, otherwise mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 63.
Cody: Areas of smoke, a slight chance of rain after 1 p.m., otherwise mostly cloudy today with a high near 93 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph. Areas of smoke before 8 p.m., slight chance of rain before 10 p.m., otherwise mostly cloudy with a low near 63 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph.
Ten Sleep: Slight chance of rain after 5 p.m., otherwise increasing clouds and hot today with a high near 98 and wind gusts as high as 23 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before 2 a.m., a low near 66 and wind gusts as high as 22 mph.
North Central:
Buffalo: Red flag fire warning from noon today until 11 p.m. tonight. Slight chance of rain after 5 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny and hot today with a high near 99 and wind gusts as high as 24 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before 2 a.m., a low near 66 and wind gusts as high as 21 mph.
Sheridan: Excessive heat warning until 9 p.m. tonight. Red flag fire warning from noon today until 11 p.m. tonight. Widespread haze before 9 a.m., slight chance of rain after 3 p.m., otherwise increasing clouds and hot today with a high near 106. Chance of rain before midnight, otherwise mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 63.
Ranchester: Excessive heat warning until 9 p.m. tonight. Red flag fire warning from noon today until 11 p.m. tonight. Slight chance of rain after 3 p.m., otherwise partly sunny and hot today with a high near 104. Chance of rain before midnight, otherwise mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 63.
Northeast:
Gillette: Heat advisory in effect from 10 a.m. today until midnight tonight. Red flag fire warning in effect from noon today until 11 p.m. tonight. Widespread haze before noon, otherwise increasing clouds, hot and breezy today with a high near 102 and wind gusts as high as 31 mph. Slight chance of rain before midnight, otherwise mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 66 and wind gusts as high as 23 mph.
Sundance: Red flag fire warning from noon today until 11 p.m. tonight. Widespread haze before noon, otherwise sunny today with a high near 97 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before midnight, a low near 67 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph.
Moorcroft: Heat advisory in effect from 10 a.m. today until midnight tonight. Red flag fire warning in effect from noon today until 11 p.m. tonight. Sunny and hot today with a high near 104 and wind gusts as high as 28 mph. Slight chance of rain before midnight, otherwise mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 66 and wind gusts as high as 23 mph.
Eastern Plains:
Torrington: Red flag fire warning from noon today until 9 p.m. tonight. Widespread haze, sunny, hot and breezy today with a high near 102 and wind from 15-20 mph. Partly cloudy and breezy overnight with a low near 66 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.
Wheatland: Red flag fire warning from noon today until 9 p.m. tonight. Widespread haze, sunny, hot and breezy today with a high near 100 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph. Mostly cloudy and breezy overnight with a slight chance of rain before midnight, a low near 70 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.
Wright: Heat advisory in effect from 10 a.m. today until midnight tonight. Red flag fire warning in effect from noon today until 11 p.m. tonight. Slight chance of rain after 5 p.m., otherwise mostly sunny and hot today with a high near 101 and wind gusts as high as 28 mph. Slight chance of rain before midnight, otherwise mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 66 and wind gusts as high as 24 mph.
Southeast:
Cheyenne: Fire weather watch from noon today until 9 p.m. tonight. Widespread haze, sunny and hot today with a high near 94 and wind gusts as high as 25 mph. Partly cloudy and breezy overnight with a low near 61 and wind from 15-20 mph.
Laramie: Slight chance of rain after 4 p.m., otherwise widespread haze, increasing clouds and hot today with a high near 90. Mostly cloudy overnight with a slight chance of rain before midnight and a low near 59.
Chugwater: Red flag fire warning from noon today until 9 p.m. tonight. Widespread haze, sunny, hot and breezy today with a high near 96 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph. Mostly cloudy and breezy overnight with a low near 67 and wind gusts as high as 30 mph.
South Central:
Rawlins: Slight chance of rain after 4 p.m., otherwise widespread haze, increasing clouds and hot today with a high near 93. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain mainly before midnight and a low near 61.
Saratoga: Slight chance of rain after 4 p.m., otherwise widespread haze, mostly sunny and hot today with a high near 91. Chance of rain mainly before midnight, otherwise mostly cloudy overnight with a low near 56.
Hanna: Slight chance of rain after 4 p.m., otherwise widespread haze, mostly sunny and hot today with a high near 91. Mostly cloudy overnight with a chance of rain before midnight and a low near 59.
Wyoming
WHSAA warns of possible changes to statewide athletics and activities following budget cuts
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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Cheyenne City Council to consider a pause on new data centers
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.
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Wyoming High School Softball Regional Tournaments 2026
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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