Temperatures Of -32, Wind Chills of – 60 Possible In SE Wyoming

The Cheyenne Office of the National Weather Service is warning about temperatures that could plunge as low as -32 degrees and wind chills that could hit -60 by the middle of this week.

That's according to the the agency' s website. The weather service posted the following early this morning:

19/340AM: Greetings! Wednesday, 21 December is the official start of winter. Heads up, it will certainly be one to remember for southeast Wyoming and Nebraska Panhandle this year! An arctic boundary currently near the Canadian/U.S. border will make it's way south into our area Wednesday and into Colorado Wednesday night into Thursday. Brutally cold temperatures behind the front, with fairly widespread snow and blowing snow ahead of the front. Dangerously cold temperatures and brutally cold windchill temperatures are forecast across all areas Wednesday night through Friday morning. Windchill temperatures could approach -50 to -60F Wednesday night through Thursday for areas east of the Laramie Range. Temperatures and windchills this cold will injure and threaten your life in very little exposure time! We haven't seen these cold of temperatures for quite a long time, so you will want to prepare now. Take protective actions for livestock and don't forget your outdoor 4 legged friends. Good news? The extreme cold temperatures last only through Friday, before westerly winds return and begin to warm things up Friday afternoon through the weekend.

A  wind chill watch has also been posted for the region:

545 PM December 18: Record-breaking and extremely cold temperatures are expected Wednesday night through Friday morning. Winds gusting as high as 30 MPH combined with temperatures between -20F and -40F will result in dangerous and life threatening wind chills as low as -65F! The period of lowest wind chills will occur Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Wind chills of this magnitude can cause frostbite on exposed skin in less than 5 minutes if precautions are not taken. Hypothermia and death can also occur due to prolonged exposure to the bitter cold temperatures. For the latest updates and details on this extreme cold event, go to  weather.gov/ 

Here is the forecast for Cheyenne:

Here is the Laramie forecast:

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