Snow arrives late to Wyoming

CHEYENNE — The first substantial snowstorm of fall is moving across Wyoming.

Snow already has been piling up in Yellowstone and in the higher elevations around Jackson Hole. Rain changing to snow is the story elsewhere in the state Wednesday.

Some of the bigger accumulations were expected to occur in southeast Wyoming overnight.

The National Weather Service issued winter weather advisories for Cheyenne and Laramie and a winter storm warning for the Laramie Mountains.

Cheyenne and Laramie could get 2-4 inches of snow. Up to 7 inches is possible in the mountains.

Lows will dip into the 20s over the next couple days. Highs will be in the 30s and 40s, warming back up into the 50s this weekend.

Worland’s official precipitation from Tuesday was listed as a trace by the National Weather Service. Totals from Wednesday were not available by press time but as of 3 p.m. total precipitation was listed as .15 inches.

Thermopolis had measured .22 inches on Wednesday by midafternoon.

According to the NWS, isolated to scattered light snow showers are expected in the west on Thursday afternoon and evening, spreading east of the Continental Divide overnight and into Friday.

A storm system with the potential for light to moderate amounts of snow could begin to impact the west Monday and then across the entire area Tuesday.