FORECAST: Cold & Snowy For Wyoming This Winter

In just a few days your local temperatures will shoot up into the low 50s - Fahrenheit.

You'll find yourself saying - 'GOSH what a nice day we are having. It's so WARN out there.

Then you'll realize that you've acclimatized a bit to the season.

Wyoming's temperatures have officially dropped down into the 40s and lower and will stay there for - well - a while.

Sorry, but you're just going to have to get used to it.

The long-range forecast for this winter - and winter is not officially here yet - is cold and snowy.

Weathermen are not calling for piles of snow like we had a couple of years ago. That was a real drought buster and we needed it.

But it should be colder and snowier than it was last year.

2023-24 was a mild winter for the region.

Every year is different.

Much of the winter cold and wetness that we experience here out West is caused by El Niño and La Niña

ENSO events occur every two to seven years, but they don't occur on a regular schedule. El Niño occurs more frequently than La Niña.

ENSO events can have global impacts on weather, wildfires, ecosystems, and economies. For example, El Niño can lead to wetter, snowier conditions in some areas, while La Niña can lead to drier and warmer temperatures.

 

These cycles are mostly caused by the Sun's solar cycles that heat and cool the central pacific region, changing our weather trends from year to year.

So, here we are, getting close to winter and it's not going to get much warmer out there for many months.

EMBRACE IT!