3-7 Inches of Snow & More Wind Forecasted for Laramie

After a slow start to the season, Laramie seems to be getting its fair share of wintry weather in the month of February. This coming week is no exception with more snow and wind expected as we head into the middle of this week. The current weather forecast is calling for an 80% chance of three to seven inches of fresh snow by Tuesday evening for the Laramie area. Expect steady snowfall to start Monday night around midnight and continue through mid-day tomorrow, with isolated snow showers continuing into the afternoon.

Dissipating snow showers on Tuesday will give way to gusty winds yet again, although thankfully not as strong as we saw this past weekend. Gusts could however reach up to 60 MPH at times. If the forecast is correct, it is likely that more road closures are to come due to blowing snow as Wednesday is predicted to be another windy day in Laramie. For the latest road conditions make sure to check out our webcam streams of all the routes in southeast Wyoming. The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued the following hazardous weather outlook:

MONDAY NIGHT

SNOW WILL SPREAD OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES OVER THE SIERRA MADRE AND SNOWY RANGES. IN
ADDITION...WEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH AND WILL CREATE
AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAINLY OVER OPEN AREAS IN THE
MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING
WILL BE LIGHT...WITH ONLY A FEW INCHES EXPECTED.

TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS OVER THE AREA TONIGHT AS SNOW PRODUCES
SLICK ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FOR THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CONVERSE COUNTY...
NIOBRARA COUNTY...AND THE NORTH LARAMIE RANGE STARTING LATE
TONIGHT.

TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
NIGHT. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST
TUESDAY. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT STRENGTHENS. WEST TO NORTHWEST
WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WIND
PRONE AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE
AREAS STARTING AT 5 PM MST TUESDAY.