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FXUS65 KCYS 291139
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
539 AM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 400 AM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014

MORNING WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A WELL ORGANIZED
UPPER-LEVEL LOW DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN NV/UT WITHIN A GENERAL
WEAKNESS IN A LARGER SCALE RIDGING PATTERN. ABUNDANT MONSOONAL
MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
IN ADVANCE OF THIS FEATURE WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS NOW DEVELOPING
OVER SOUTHEAST WY AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE. CONVECTION SHOULD
ONLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE WITH TIME AS LARGE SCALE ASCENT SPREADS
ACROSS THE AREA. MOIST LLVL UPSLOPE STRENGTHENS DRAMATICALLY BY
18Z BENEATH STRONG DIVERGENCE ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH A 100 KT JET
STREAK OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. EXCELLENT MOISTURE IS IN PLACE
WITH PWAT VALUES AROUND 1.5 INCHES AND WIDESPREAD SFC DEWPOINTS
IN THE 50S TO NEAR 60F PER RECENT OBS. BELIEVE CONVECTION SHOULD
BECOME QUITE NUMEROUS BY MID AFTN. INTRODUCED CATEGORICAL POPS
AFTER 21Z ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE WITH THE
UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT.

GFS K-INDEX VALUES OF 35 TO 40 C AND STRONG UVVS POINT TO HEAVY
RAIN POTENTIAL THIS AFTN AND EVE. GFS AND NAM BUFKIT SOUNDINGS
SUPPORT EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCTION WITH TALL/SKINNY CAPE PROFILES
AND DEEP SATURATION AFTER 21Z. WHILE THE RESIDENCE TIME OF
FAVORABLE DYNAMICS MAY NOT SUPPORT A SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
RISK...STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING WITH AVERAGE 700-300 MILLIBAR
WINDS ONLY AROUND 10 KT. PLUS THE GFS/NAM/ECMWF MODELS ALL AGREE
WITH QPF VALUES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE OF
THE LARAMIE RANGE. WPC STILL PAINTS A MDT RISK FOR EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL IN OUR SOUTHERN ZONES. WENT AHEAD AND HOISTED A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND SOME OF THE ADJACENT VALLEYS/HIGH
PLAINS. NOT TOO CONFIDENT THAT AREAS FARTHER EAST WILL SEE HIGHER
AMOUNTS AS CONVECTION MAY BE LARGELY TERRAIN DRIVEN. LEFT THOSE
AREAS OUT OF THE WATCH FOR THE TIME BEING...BUT THE DAY SHIFT MAY
WISH TO REVISIT.

CONVECTION SHOULD DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY SUNRISE
WED AS STRONGER DYNAMICS SHIFT SOUTH AND EAST. ECMWF AND NAM ARE
SLOWER TO MOVE THINGS OUT WITH SOME HIGHER QPF CARRYING OVER INTO
THE 18Z TO 00Z TIME FRAME ON WED AFTN...SO WILL NEED TO MONITOR
FOR A TEMPORAL EXTENTION OF THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. OTHERWISE...
TEMPERATURES TODAY AND WED WILL RATHER COOL WITH WIDESPREAD CLOUDS
AND PCPN. H7 TEMPS ONLY AROUND 5-7C ON WED SUGGESTS COOLER THAN
CONSENSUS MOS INDICATES...ONLY LOOKING AT A HIGH AROUND 65F HERE
IN CYS. WARMER AND DRIER FOR THU AS RIDGING RE-ESTABLISHES ITSELF
OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION. PCPN CHANCES WILL BE CONFINED TO
THE MOUNTAINS.

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 400 AM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014

A VERY TYPICAL EARLY AUGUST PATTERN TAKING SHAPE DURING THE EXTENDED
PERIOD...AS UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE AXIS OVER THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST IS
PERIODICALLY INFILTRATED BY SHORTWAVE ENERGY AND ASSOCIATED POCKETS
OF MONSOONAL MOISTURE. IT BECOMES MORE DIFFICULT THIS TIME OF YEAR
TO FEEL CONFIDENT IN REMOVING DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTIVE CHANCES.

THE FIRST SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE INTO WRN WYOMING FRIDAY MORNING
REACHING WRN ZONES FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. BEST CHANCES FOR CONVECTION
WILL BE FOR AREAS IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY OF THIS WAVE WEST OF
INTERSTATE 25. PROGS SBCAPES OF 200-400 J/KG SUGGEST ANY
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE NON-SEVERE. WEAK STEERING FLOW
WILL ONLY MOVE THIS SHORTWAVE TO NORTHEAST WYOMING/WRN SOUTH DAKOTA
BY LATE SATURDAY. INSTABILITY AXIS WILL REMAIN PARKED ALONG THE
FRONT RANGE AND ADJACENT ERN PLAINS. CONVECTIVE CHANCES AGAIN HAVE
BEEN CONFINED GENERALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 ON SATURDAY.

MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE IS CONSISTENT IN SLINGING ANOTHER PIECE OF
SHORTWAVE ENERGY THRU THE FOUR CORNERS TOWARDS THE COWBOY STATE ON
SUNDAY. THE GFS IS QUICKEST AND STRONGEST WITH THIS ENERGY WHILE THE
ECMWF OFFERS A SLIGHTLY SLOWER AND WEAKER SOLUTION. IN EITHER CASE
ITS EFFECTS REALLY WONT BE FELT UNTIL LATE SUNDAY AND MORE SO ON
MONDAY AS COLD FRONT SLIPS SOUTH THRU THE CWFA. THIS WILL BRING THE
NEXT CHANCE FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. DEPENDING UPON THE
TIMING OF THIS FTR...IT MAY LINGER AND/OR HAVE THE MOST IMPACT ON
TUESDAY. FOR NOW...HAVE BEEN FAIRLY LIBERAL WITH CONVECTIVE CHANCES
FOR MON/TUE WITH THE EXPECTATIONS THAT THESE WILL BE REFINED AS
SOLUTIONS CONVERGE.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE WARMEST ON SUNDAY AS HIGHS CLIMB BACK INTO
THE 80S AT ALL LOCATIONS. COOLER TEMPERATURES ANTICIPATED BEHIND THE
COLD FROPA MON/TUE...WITH HIGHS FALLING BACK INTO THE 70S FOR MOST
LOCATIONS.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 538 AM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014

MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW WILL COMBINE WITH A GOOD SUPPLY OF MONSOONAL
MOISTURE TO PRODUCE A PERIOD OF POOR AVIATION CONDITIONS...
ESPECIALLY AT KRWL...KLAR AND KCYS. BEFORE THIS CONVECTION
DEVELOPS...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF MVFR/IFR CIGS/VSBYS THIS
MORNING PRIMARILY AT WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE SITES. THIS SHOULD
LIFT BETWEEN 16-18Z. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD KICK OFF
FIRST NR KRWL AS EARLY AS LATE THIS MORNING. THIS AREA OF
CONVECTION WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THRU THE AFTERNOON
AFFECTING KLAR AND KCYS. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY
THIS ACTIVITY. SOME LOCATIONS WILL SEE UPWARDS OF 1-2 INCHES OF
RAIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS ACTIVITY MAY MAKE IT INTO THE WRN
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AIRFIELDS THIS EVENING. EXPECT GENERALLY JUST A
DECREASE INTO MVFR WITH THESE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS...BUT COULD
SEE IFR VSBYS IN THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL
CONTINUE...BUT LESSEN IN COVERAGE SOME TONIGHT.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
ISSUED AT 400 AM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM COMBINED WITH MONSOON MOISTURE WILL GIVE
WAY TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. THE GREATEST COVERAGE WILL BE ALONG AND ON EITHER SIDE
OF THE LARAMIE RANGE WHERE A GENERAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE
EXPECTED. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND NEW MOISTURE WILL MITIGATE ANY
FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THROUGH MID WEEK.

&&

.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR
     WYZ103-106-112-114>118.

NE...NONE.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...HAMMER
LONG TERM...HAHN
AVIATION...HAHN
FIRE WEATHER...HAMMER