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Issued by NWS Goodland, KS
Issued by NWS Goodland, KS
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042 FXUS63 KGLD 070752 AFDGLD Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Goodland KS 152 AM MDT Mon Jul 7 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Severe thunderstorms remain possible during the late afternoon and evening hours Monday. - Remaining mild throughout with highs around the low 90s. && .UPDATE... Issued at 145 AM MDT Mon Jul 7 2025 Lingering showers and thunderstorms will continue through the overnight with some gusty winds possible, ending by around sunrise. Similar to yesterday, another round of thunderstorms is expected across the area this afternoon and tonight associated with a wave topping the ridge. A cluster or broken line will develop in northeast Colorado by late in the afternoon and then move east through this evening. Environment will be characterized by up to 2000 j/kg of SBCAPE (HREF mean) and surface-500mb shear of around 35 kts. Initial cluster may include supercells or supercell structures with large hail, damaging winds and perhaps a tornado, then becoming more of a large-scale wind threat through the evening hours. CAMs not in particularly good agreement on the evolution in the evening, with confidence lower than usual on the coverage and potential hazards. Some storms may linger into the overnight, particularly in Nebraska, with a low risk of wind or hail. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... Issued at 100 PM MDT Sun Jul 6 2025 Update: Morning convection in northern Nebraska has persisted and progressed southeast into central Nebraska early this afternoon. At 1 pm MDT, outflow associated with this convection was located ~20 miles south of I-80 (south of a line from North Platte to Lexington and Kearney).. and was making slow southward progress toward Red Willow/ Hitchcock counties. If convection continues to develop southward along the aforementioned outflow, it would alter environmental conditions over portions of southwest Nebraska.. the impact of which could be detrimental or beneficial to severe weather potential later this evening. The Tri-State area remains situated in a weak forcing regime, on the northern periphery of an upper level ridge (anchored over northern Mexico and the Southern Plains), in W to WSW flow aloft. Weak lower tropospheric flow (<= 15 knots from the surface to 500 mb) persists.. with stronger flow confined to the 200-300 mb level (~25-35 KFT AGL). Another complex, challenging convective forecast. Complicating factors include, but are not limited to: lingering mesoscale features from antecedent convection (e.g. a prominent MCV near Lamar, CO at 15 UTC) and ongoing convection with a remnant MCS in northern Nebraska (between Gordon/KGRN and Valentine/KVTN at 15 UTC). Weak, ill- defined upper level forcing persists nearby and upstream/west of the Goodland county warning area (i.e. no appreciable or readily apparent features in WV imagery or SPC mesoanalysis data at 15 UTC). Recent 12Z runs of the HRRR and NAM NEST suggest a scenario roughly similar (more robust, perhaps) to what was observed yesterday, i.e. scattered convection develops along portions of the Colorado Front Range, Cheyenne Ridge and Palmer Divide at peak heating and activity grows upscale into clusters and progresses/propagates E-ESE into the Goodland county warning area during the late afternoon and evening (~23-06 UTC, beginning ~5 pm MDT, ending ~12 am MDT). If this is the case, damaging winds would likely be the primary hazard. Environmental conditions appear roughly analogous to yesterday.. e.g. the presence of an elevated mixed layer, seasonably strong DCAPE, marginal-moderate diurnal destabilization (500-1500 J/kg MLCAPE) and effective deep layer shear of similar magnitude (~25-35 knots). 15 UTC observational data and mesoanalysis trends suggest that outflow emanating from ongoing convection /remnant MCS/ in northern Nebraska may stall near, or just north, of the I-80 corridor in western Nebraska this afternoon, where moisture pooling in vicinity of the stalled convergence zone may facilitate moderate to strong destabilization (2000-2500 J/kg MLCAPE).. and a more robust, organized damaging wind potential may exist. With this in mind, locations along and north of Highway 36 (or along and north of a line from Idalia to St. Francis, Atwood, Oberlin and Norton) appear to be most at-risk for severe weather late this afternoon and evening. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... Issued at 100 PM MDT Sun Jul 6 2025 Mon: Guidance indicates relatively little change in the `big picture`, i.e. the Tri-State area will remain in a weak forcing regime on the northern periphery of an upper level ridge (anchored over the Southern Plains and northern Mexico) in WSW flow aloft. Convective development, coverage and evolution in the Goodland county warning area may, once again, be influenced (directly or indirectly) by upstream and/or antecedent convection. Bottom line, low confidence persists with regard to severe weather specifics (convective mode, coverage, evolution).. similar to the past few days. Tue-Sun: Long range guidance indicates that ridging aloft will prevail over the southern CONUS, and that the Tri-State area will remain situated on the northern periphery of the ridge, at or near the southern fringe of the mid-latitude westerlies. Broadly speaking, expect near to above average temperatures and a daily potential for late aft-eve convection (mainly in climatologically favored locations downstream of the Colorado Front Range).. depending on the orientation of the ridge and proximity of the mid-latitude westerlies. && .AVIATION /06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY/... Issued at 1124 PM MDT Sun Jul 6 2025 For KGLD & KMCK... VFR conditions are forecast for the period. Both terminals could still see showers and winds above 30 kts linger through 09Z, though the current forecast has things ending around 07Z. The remainder of the night is forecast to generally have winds below 10 kts with a low chance for some patchy fog between 10-14Z. Winds are forecast to remain from the south around 10-15 kts with gusts to 20-25 kts around 18-02Z. There is another chance for storms tomorrow during the day. There is a less than 10% chance between 18-00Z that storms could move in from the east. The main concern is after 00Z with storms developing in Eastern Colorado and moving east. These storms may be severe with gusts above 50 kts and large hail. Once the storms pass through, winds should lower to around 6 kts and skies slowly clear. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...None. CO...None. NE...None. && $$ UPDATE...024 SHORT TERM...Vincent LONG TERM...Vincent AVIATION...KAK