Wyoming Roads Remain YUCKY This Weekend

It was nice to see a touch of sunshine on Thursday. Some of Wyoming might see that again on Friday, for a little while.

But it won't last.

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday all bring on and off light snow with moderate winds. Moderate winds for Wyoming.

That's going to keep our Wyoming roads on the sketchy side for a few more days.

Black ice and snow drifts.

You can see the latest WYDOT map of road conditions below.

Those yellow roads are slick.

The orange roads are even slicker.

One small weather system after the next will blow through the region over the next few days, giving little chance for our roads to completely dry.

Good advice is to slow it down just a bit and keep both hands on the wheel.

Have you been feeling that perhaps winter forgot Wyoming this time?

Well, it's here now, and those cold temperatures and slick roads are going to be with us for a while.

BUMPER CARS ANYONE?

It's been happening all around us, but our state has not been participating.

It has been a simple matter of a series of high-pressure systems that parked themselves over the cowboy state, one after the next, forcing all that cold and show around.

But that wasn't going to last forever.

Welcome to January 2025.

Those high-pressure systems have moved on and Wyoming finally gets to share winter with the rest of the nation.

Nothing as bad as the blizzard on the country's eastern side right now.

But don't worry, we will get one of two of those, eventually.

As we begin the second week of the new year, daytime highs have dropped into the 20s and 30s.

Expect most nights in the teens.

Light snow showers will powder us every so many days.

That annoying wind will come and go.

The good news for the mountains is that they have already received a good amount of snow, and more is on the way.

Wyoming depends on that snowpack to get the state through its summer dry months.

Looking up into the arctic north meteorologists can see a series of low-pressure systems lined up, ready to swoop down on us, one after the next.

It's not all bad.

We have sunny days on the way. Cold but not windy.

Then another low rolls our way giving us several miserable cold days, then back to sunshine again.

For those of you who have been wanting to go skiing, snowmobiling, or ice fishing, you'll have plenty of opportunities over the next few months.