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It's December in the Mountain West but it's been downright balmy, with high temperatures breaking decades-old records around the region.

The National Weather Service in Riverton is warning the Bighorn Basin area of potential flash flooding starting Thursday and going through early next week.The forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms each day. According to the service, the main hazard will be very heavy rainfall, which could cause flash flooding.

After an extremely mild and dry fall, winter weather is finally making an appearance in Wyoming. Most of the state is under Winter Storm Warnings,…

If it has felt like an especially warm winter, you’re not imagining things. This year has been the third warmest winter on record in Wyoming. That’s…

Smoke from wildfires in northern Alberta has drifted down into Montana and Wyoming in recent days."The smoke has worked pretty hard to reduce visibility…

A tornado that touched down on Casper Mountain Friday afternoon caught forecasters by surprise. Trevor LaVoie, with the National Weather Service, says the…

Wyoming’s first major snow storm of the season is expected to dump up to a foot of snow in the northern part of the state by Friday night. But…

Last year’s drought could impact the Wyoming water supply this summer.The National Weather Service says that, although recent storms have helped replenish…

It’s early in the season, but a few prescribed burns have already spread out of control.Meterologist Chris Jones of the National Weather Service in…

This year has been unusually dry so far, and the National Weather Service says it’s not clear if – or when – that trend will change.Meteorologist Trevor…