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STATE WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
430 PM MST SAT MAR 6 2004

...VERY STRONG WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE...

FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING...

WINDY IS THE WORD THAT BEST DESCRIBES THE WEATHER OVER THE AREA TODAY.  
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WERE COMMON.  
VARIOUS LOCATIONS REPORTED WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 70 AND 90 MPH.  THE 
STRONG WINDS BLEW OVER TREES...SEMI TRUCKS...ROAD SIGNS AND POWER LINES 
ACROSS THE AREA.  AS IF THE WIND WAS NOT ENOUGH...NUMEROUS BANDS OF 
SNOW FORMED BEHIND A COLD FRONT.  MOST OF THE SNOW WAS SEEN ALONG AND 
EAST OF THE LARAMIE MOUNTAINS...BETWEEN CHEYENNE AND LUSK.  BLIZZARD 
CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED THIS MORNING BY OFFICIALS IN LUSK...ALTHOUGH 
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WERE ONLY AROUND AN INCH.       

LOW TEMPERATURES TODAY GENERALLY RANGED FROM THE MID 20S TO MID 30S.  
HIGH TEMPERATURES CLIMBED INTO THE 40S ON THE PLAINS...WITH READINGS 
MAINLY IN THE 30S AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

FOR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING...

MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS GAVE WAY TO A PARTLY CLOUDY SKY AS THE DAY 
WORE ON.  WINDS BECAME NORTHWEST AND GUSTY...WITH A 54 MPH GUST AT THE 
GILLETTE AIRPORT AROUND 930 AM. TEMPERATURES BY MID AFTERNOON WERE IN 
THE MID 30S. 
  
FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL WYOMING...

A MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY CLEARED A BIT BY THIS AFTERNOON...AS A COLD FRONT 
MOVED OUT OF THE COWBOY STATE.  OTHER THAN FOR A FEW SNOW SHOWERS 
FALLING OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS 
WERE THE MAIN EVENT.  WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH WERE RECORDED AT A FEW 
HIGH ELEVATION SITES AROUND CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WYOMING.  GUSTS OVER 
45 MPH REPORTED ACROSS MANY OTHER PARTS OF THE AREA.  THE LIGHTEST 
WINDS WERE FELT OVER THE FAR SOUTHWEST...WHERE SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH 
WERE COMMON.

AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE 30S AND 20S TODAY...THOUGH 
THE STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS CREATED WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS.  READINGS 
AT 4 PM RANGED FROM 40 DEGREES AT WORLAND...TO 21 DEGREES AT LAKE 
YELLOWSTONE.

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