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Brace yourself: Here comes snow, cold
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| BNSF Railway Track Department employee Justin Bailey salts the sidewalks outside of the train depot Wednesday morning. Winter storms are predicted to blow through Cheyenne and may bring winter weather to Gillette. - News-Record photo by Alton Strupp |
By The News-Record staff
Just when you hoped that fall would finally come, another dose of winter is on the way.A few inches of snow could pile up in the next two days, according to the National Weather Service.
Temperatures should hit a low of 24 degrees Wednesday night, with the chance of precipitation at 100 percent. As many as 3 inches of snow could accumulate on Wednesday and overnight.
Thursday, Gillette stands an 80 percent chance of snow, with another 1 to 3 inches piling up.
The wind also will continue to bite, with average speeds more than 20 mph forecasted.
Relief likely won’t come until the weekend, when highs are expected to breach the 40s and the sun should peek back out from behind the clouds.
For Halloween trick or treaters, the good news is that it isn’t expected to snow. The bad news is that it’ll be near freezing as children go door-to-door asking for treats.
Wednesday’s dreary weather isn’t hitting Gillette as hard as the southern portion of the state.
The Wyoming Department of Transportation said 50 crashes occurred in southeast Wyoming, mainly along Interstate 80, since Tuesday night. Nine crashes caused injuries but there are no reports of fatalities, according to The Associated Press.
Interstate 80 closed Wednesday morning between Cheyenne and Laramie and roads statewide are slick as a major early storm continues to dump snow from southwest Colorado in to western Nebraska.
More is on the way. As much as 14 inches of snow is forecast for the Cheyenne area. Denver could see 18 inches and up to 4 feet is possible in the mountains of Colorado. Winter storm warnings remain in effect for large areas of Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado, The AP said.
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