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New Weather and Utah's Majestic Arches and Bridges

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Double Arch of Arches National Park New Weather The briefer says, "Cheyenne is IFR. In fact, the entire route to your destination is IFR. That is not supposed to improve today. Let me look at the forecast. Oh, likely this will get worse. Low IFR is predicted tomorrow for Cheyenne, with possible snow in the mountains along your route from Cheyenne on. Even the day after does not look good." This is bad news. The day before, friend Manfried and I flew from Dallas to Goodland, KS, stayed at a motel, and are now ready for the trip from Goodland to Vernal, UT, where we want to hike in Dinosaur National Monument. The planned route includes a refueling stop in Cheyenne, WY, then follows Interstate 80 West up to Elk Mountain. At that point, it leaves the road and goes southwest directly to Vernal. I tell the briefer, "I don't understand this. Last night a cold front came through here, and the high behind it was to produce VFR for the entire route from Goodland...