Casper, Wyoming

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Casper is the 2nd largest town in the state of Wyoming. You may not be impressed by that, but it would be the largest town in Vermont!

At 853PM, MT, Casper was reporting a temperature of 59 degrees with clear skies. The clear skies would typically mean an overnight cooldown, however the winds were brisk and from the south, which should temper any radiative heat loss. The winds were gusting over 30mph.
Low pressure in the Canadian Rockies is the culprit for the brisk winds and warm temperatures. The trough to the north will pass to the east, with a surface area of high pressure and more stable conditions arriving by Monday morning, with rain staying entirely out of the forecast.
Tomorrow – Mostly sunny, High 67, Low 47
Monday – Sunny, High 67, Low 36

TWC: Tomorrow – Sunshine and some clouds.  High 68, Low 46
Monday – Sunny. High 69, Low 36

AW: Tomorrow – Partly sunny and pleasant High 67, Low 40
Monday – Plenty of sunshine High 70, Low 36

NWS: Tomorrow – Sunny, High 64, Low 44
Monday – Sunny High 66, Low 37

WB: Tomorrow – Mostly sunny. High 61, Low 44
Monday – Mostly sunny. High 66, Low 40

WN: Tomorrow – Mostly sunny, High 64, Low 43
Monday -Mostly sunny, High 66, Low 36

CLI: Tomorrow – Mostly cloudy, High 64, Low 40
Monday – Sunny, High 68, Low 35

Let’s do something different. The camera on the Wyoming Medical Center here is from Casper.

Jefferson City, Missouri to Casper, Wyoming

Ryan Henning Leave a comment

I love absolutely nothing more than mostly rural road trips through the middle of nowhere. Imagine how big Casper is going to seem after this 2 day voyage! It’s a 921 mile journey between these two towns, which we will pace at 64.5mph, ending the first day at the 516 mile mark. Let’s go on this windswept journey!

DAY ONE (Wednesday)

Jefferson City, Missouri

A broad, disorganized area of low pressure has been bringing fairly steady light snow to much of the Northern Plains for the last couple of days. It’s a nuisance, but it hasn’t yet drifted so far south to impact Missouri, and the drive through the Show Me State and Kansas City will be fine. We will pop north and cut through Lincoln (the last sizeable town for the rest of the drive) and head west, where a lobe of that mass of light snow will start digging to the south. The feature won’t reach Nebraska until the overnight, and we should reach Lexington, in south central Nebraska without much fuss. Don’t let that lull you into a false sense of security.

DAY TWO (Thursday)
Windy conditions with light snow can make for some terrible visibility, and that is what we can expect west of North Platte. The precipitation, but not the wind, will taper by noon, with the snow becoming more likely in the mountains off Wyoming by the end of the day. Snow or no snow, conditions will be challenging in Nebraska, and only a little bit better in Wyoming. If the roads are clear, that will be good news. Casper certainly sounds like a friendly destination, doesn’t it? It will have a faint dusting of snow when we arrive.

Casper, Wyoming

Casper, Wyoming

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As temperatures are expected to soar here in the Upper Midwest this weekend, let’s venture to the Rockies and take a peek at how things will pan out in Central Wyoming!

At 1120pm MDT, the temperature at Casper, WY was 61 degrees under fair skies. Low pressure found over the Northern High Plains will shift its way into Central Canada throughout the day Saturday, trailing a boundary back into the Great Basin. Luckily for Casper, the main focus of any precip will be over the Dakotas as hot, humid air streams northward into the Northern Plains/Upper Midwest, kicking up storms off to the east. Low pressure that develops over the Great Basin Saturday shifts into the Central Rockies on Sunday. This increased cloud clover will bring much lower temps during the day, and as the overall boundary sags a bit southward, chances for showers and isolated thunderstorms Sunday evening increases.

Saturday: Mostly sunny. High 92, Low 57.
Sunday: Increasing clouds and cooler. Possible evening thunderstorms. High 81, Low 54.

TWC: Saturday: Mostly sunny. High 93, Low 55.
Sunday: Cloudy, isolated showers. High 80, Low 54.

AW: Saturday: Partly sunny; hot. High 91, Low 55.
Sunday: Mainly cloudy; not as warm. High 80, Low 52.

NWS: Saturday: Sunny then mostly sunny and breezy. High 91, Low 53.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy then chance of thunderstorms. High 85, Low 59.

WB: Saturday: Mostly sunny. High 89, Low 58.
Sunday: Chance of thunderstorms. High 77, Low 53.

WN: Saturday: Mostly sunny. High 91, Low 53.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy with scattered storms. High 85, Low 59.

FIO: Saturday: Foggy, then partly cloudy. High 93, Low 63.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy throughout the day, isolated showers. High 83, Low 58.

We see a fairly quiet pattern over Wyoming, while a thunderstorm complex is keeping things interesting along the Canadian border.