Southeastern Wyoming and the Panhandle of Nebraska will have to deal with winter weather this week.

by Cheyenne National Weather ServiceHeavy snow tonight through Wednesday, along with strong winds Wednesday night through Thursday in windy areas of southeastern Wyoming that could affect travel. It will also be very cold in the mornings from Thursday to Saturday.

16/540PM: Hello! Looking at the weather in southeastern Wyoming and the Nebraska Panhandle next week, there’s a good chance of snow on Tuesday. Low pressure will move through Colorado throughout the day on Tuesday, and snow will begin to fall west of the Laramie Mountains tomorrow morning. As the low road heads into eastern Colorado, the snow spreads eastwards and waits across the southeastern Wyoming plains to reach the Panhandle. Most of the snow will fall tomorrow night through Wednesday morning, with significant snowpack to the south along the line from Wheatland to Alliance. A winter storm warning is in effect for parts of southeastern Wyoming and the southern Nebraska Panhandle from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday. Snow is expected to stop from the west to the east Wednesday afternoon. A short period of high winds in windy areas of southeastern Wyoming could affect travel Wednesday night through Thursday. Every morning from Thursday to Saturday, a very cold night minimum temperature. stay tuned!

Fortunately, this week’s predicted cold isn’t as brutal as last month’s historic Arctic explosion, which brought some of the coldest temperatures. It has been seen in the region in past decades on December 21-23.