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KEY MESSAGES

- Near average temperatures and mostly dry conditions are expected through the remainder of the work week.

- Warmer temperatures are likely to return this weekend with dry weather conditions continuing.

SHORT TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/

Issued at 1241 PM MST Thu Nov 5 2026

The clouds have cleared out for a rather sunny afternoon for the Southeast Wyoming and Western Nebraska Panhandle area. Temperature remained about normal for the forecast area with temperatures in the mid 50's for the lower elevations and the mid 40's for the higher elevations. The clouds will start to push back in this evening and into the overnight period ahead of a weak shortwave pushing through the Intermountain West. For the most part their may be a light drizzle for the mountain peaks tomorrow afternoon, but the rest of the forecast area is expected to remain dry. By Friday, afternoon we should start to see the cloud cover start to break up and the sun start to poke through. However, the high temperatures tomorrow should be relatively the same as today plus or minus a couple degrees. However, Friday night will be a little colder as clear skies are expected overnight. Overnight temperatures may drop a little colder than forecasted especially in our colder areas like Alliance, Douglas, and Laramie who seem to radiationally cool faster and more efficiently that the rest of the region. Those areas may experience overnight temperatures into the low 20's depending on when the skies clear over those areas.

LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/

Issued at 130 PM MST Wed Nov 4 2026

Saturday...Ridging aloft bulges across Wyoming, helping to produce surface lee troughing and a warming trend. Continued dry with a lack of low and mid level moisture.

Sunday...Well pronounced ridging aloft continues, keeping us mild and dry. 700 mb temperatures near 6 Celsius will yield maximum temperatures from the upper 50s to upper 60s.

Monday-Tuesday...Dry and mild weather will continue with westerly flow aloft and only a weak positively tilted shortwave trough aloft moving across Wyoming on Tuesday.

Wednesday-Thursday...Ridging aloft reasserts itself across the Great Basin States from western Montana to Utah, keeping our counties in northerly flow aloft. 700 mb temperatures from 0 to 2 Celsius will help produce high temperatures from the mid 50s to mid 60s.

AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY/

Issued at 916 AM MST Thu Nov 5 2026

Ridging aloft will prevail early in the period, before a trough aloft moves into western Wyoming Friday morning, spreading some high level clouds across the terminals.

High confidence in VFR continuing with periods of scattered high clouds tonight and Friday morning. Winds will be under 10 knots due to weak surface pressure gradients.

CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

WY...None. NE...None.