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Winter returns to the Bighorn Basin with a vengeance, as the National Weather Service calls for snow, subzero temperatures, and a guarantee of road impacts. The Bighorn Basin is under a Winter Weather Advisory for periods of snowfall. The advisory is in effect until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 21. Riverton’s National Weather Service Office…
December weather was varied in the Bighorn Basin, with several areas reporting varying amounts of precipitation and some of the warmest temperatures on record. Throughout December, the Bighorn Basin and the entirety of Wyoming were subjected to erratic winter weather. Record highs in early December gave way to near record lows by the end –in…
If you don’t like the autumn wind, too bad. The National Weather Service is calling for winds as high as 75 m.p.h. in Park County for the next few days. So far, November 2021 has been warm and mild in Park County. But Sunday, Nov. 14, brought strong winds to northwest Wyoming. And the winds…
Blizzard conditions for Wyoming are inbound, as a long summer suddenly transitions into a harsh fall – with at least a foot of snow – in the Bighorn Basin. Winter weather is pushing its way into the Bighorn Basin this week. After summer conditions persisted into the first week of October, autumn will be establishing…
Another wildfire has sparked in Shoshone National Forest, prompting an immediate aerial response to the area not far from Wapiti and the North Fork Highway. Officials at Shoshone National Forest announced that a new wildfire was detected on the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 26. Its cause is currently unknown and under investigation. The “Clocktower incident”…
Can the western U.S. beat the heat? Not according to this week’s forecasts, which means Wyoming will remain hot and wildfires will keep burning. For most of the summer, the word in the western and northwestern U.S. has been heated. Wyoming and several other states continue to struggle with record-breaking heat and severe drought conditions.…
Showers and thunderstorms will (hopefully) bring much-needed relief to the Bighorn Basin while temperatures will drop over 30 degrees overnight. Cody, Worland, and the entire Bighorn Basin will experience a week of wild weather. As a result, residents should prepare for anything and everything over the next few days. According to the National Weather Service…
Last month was tied for the fourth driest July in Cody on record. Meanwhile, it was the city’s eighth warmest July, according to Tim Troutman, warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Riverton. Troutman was the guest Wednesday morning on KODI’s “Speak Your Piece with Darian Dudrick.” After Cody experienced its second driest…
The Bighorn Basin is under an Air Quality Alert until Tuesday afternoon due to persistent wildfire smoke in the air above western and central Wyoming. The National Weather Service Office in Riverton has issued an Air Quality Alert for western and central Wyoming. Issued at 11:52 a.m. Monday morning, the alert will remain in effect…
Thanks to a combination of large wildfires in Idaho and Oregon, the Bighorn Basin is likely to be covered in a dense smoke plume for the discernible future. The skies of the Bighorn Basin continue to be hazy and full of smoke. With only one minor wildfire in Wyoming, it means the smoke is blowing…