National Weather Service

The warning will expire at 1 p.m. Thursday.

With much of the Mountain West in flames, Casper and other parts of Wyoming are experiencing the fall out in the form of smoke.
And, while the National Weather Service has issued smoke advisories for the extreme northwestern portions of the state, Casper has not been issued such a warning...

Casper is set to see daily record high temperatures over the next few days, like many places across the southwest

A few isolated tornadoes are also possible in some areas.

Near-record temperatures are possible in southeast Wyoming this afternoon.

By Friday, we're looking at temperatures in the mid to upper 80s west of the Laramie Range, with low 90s in the Panhandle.

Right now, it looks like severe thunderstorms will be possible across most of the area, especially east of the Laramie Range.

According to the National Weather Service, for southeast Wyoming residents, ''Total eclipse begins at 511 AM MDT. Greatest eclipse is at 519 AM MDT. Total eclipse ends at 526 AM MDT."

The main hazards will be 60 mph winds and localized quarter to golf ball size hail.

The agency also says that ''a brief landspout tornado can't be fully ruled out.''

According to the weather service, Casper could begin seeing showers and thunderstorms after 4 p.m. Friday.

A storm or two may be severe this afternoon and early evening with damaging winds and severe hail to quarter-sized possible.