Daily Features - Friday, 26 July

Wyoming Sunrise

Today's Wyoming sunrise was captured by Sharon Barber. Sharon writes, "View from our yard looking east towards Laramie. We are so fortunate to live in this beautiful valley near Centennial."

Photo by Sharon BarberJuly 25, 2024

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Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast

Chance for rain in much of Wyoming on Friday, otherwise mostly sunny. Breezy in some areas, smoky in a few locations. Highs from the upper 70s to the mid 90s and lows from the upper 40s to the low 60s.

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Balloon launch in Sheridan. — Don Day's Wyoming Weather Forecast

Today's question to Don Day

Mark James Mullins of Douglas

In regard to your thunderstorm season article, can you reassess the data on a per-capita basis, especially when considering population of the states? It could affect me as I own a hill on my property which I plan a communications tower and likely will have a lightning rod installed when it goes in.

Don Day

FEMA has a good lightning database that takes into account lightning risk, potential property loss, etc. based on population and lightning frequency. Data is available on a county by county basis. Lots and lots of lightning data available here which may help in quest for more lightning information. https://hazards.fema.gov/nri/lightning