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Southeastern Wyoming counties will be subject to severe thunderstorms with heavy rain, damaging winds and large hail.

Minimum relative humidities will range from 10% to 15%, and temperatures will range from 93 to 98.

The dry conditions and high fire danger have warranted the tougher restrictions in Natrona, Converse, Platte and Goshen counties.

Extreme fire danger in southeast Wyoming has prompted the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to ban open fires within Goshen and Platte counties.

Violation of this Fire Prevention Order is punishable by a fine of not more than $100,000, or imprisonment of not more than 12 months, or both.

Drivers traveling through Converse and Platte Counties on I-25 Monday, Feb. 8 may have noticed an unusually large law enforcement presence in the area. Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers from Division M along with troopers from adjacent counties as well as Sheriff’s deputies from Converse and Platte Counties conducted a one-day saturation patrol with a focus on highway safety and intervening in crimi

Governor urges caution as wildfires tear through Wyoming

The USDA Forest Service keeps maps of ire locations across the nation based on data provided by the National Inter-agency Coordination Center and gives you a pretty good idea of how bad it is across the west. With new fires reported in Albany and Platte counties in addition to ongoing fires in Converse, Park and Washakie counties the situation across Wyoming is changing daily...