Cold, Snowy Thanksgiving Forecast for SE Wyoming,

The Cheyenne Office of the National Weather Service is forecasting a wintry Thanksgiving with snow continuing into Friday and possibly leading to impacts on travelers.

The agency posted the following on its website:

''Travel conditions leading up to Thanksgiving are looking good, but we could see some gusty winds Wednesday afternoon especially near Bordeaux. Snow showers return Thursday afternoon and continue through Friday with accumulating snow likely. Accumulating snow Thursday into Friday could impact travel conditions late this week. Temperatures on Thanksgiving will be colder than recent days with several locations struggling to get out of the 30s. Check back a little later this week for snow totals across the region as well as potential travel impacts.''

Here is the Cheyenne forecast:

Today

Scattered snow showers before 2pm, then scattered sprinkles. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 41. Windy, with a north wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tonight

Mostly clear, with a low around 20. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 50. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday Night

Increasing clouds, with a low around 27. West wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday

Sunny, with a high near 63. West wind 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday Night

Increasing clouds, with a low around 22.

Thanksgiving Day

A 20 percent chance of snow showers after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37.

Thursday Night

Snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12.

Friday

Snow showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25.

Friday Night

A slight chance of snow showers before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6.

Saturday

Partly sunny, with a high near 29.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 8.

Sunday

Sunny, with a high near 33.

Here is the Laramie forecast:

Today

Snow showers likely, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog between 10am and 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a north northwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 40. West northwest wind around 15 mph.

Tuesday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 30. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday

Sunny, with a high near 51. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Thanksgiving Day

A 30 percent chance of snow showers after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30.

Thursday Night

Snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14.

Friday

Snow showers likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 17. Breezy.

Friday Night

A slight chance of snow showers before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9.

Saturday

Partly sunny, with a high near 21. Blustery.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 8.

Sunday

Sunny, with a high near 25. Breezy.

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