Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Riverton, WY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
308 PM MDT SAT JUN 1 2002

RIDGING STILL VERY APPARENT OVER THE REGION AS SHOWERS AND STORMS
CONTINUE TO ROTATE AROUND PERIPHERY JUST NORTH OF WYOMING.  DECENT
LITTLE COMPLEX JUST SKIRTING THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF YELLOWSTONE...
BUT MOST OF ITS EFFECTS SHOULD MISS YELLOWSTONE.  AN AREA OF MAINLY
MID AND HIGH CLOUDS ROTATING INTO SOUTHWEST WYOMING HAVING A TUFF
TIME HOLDING TOGETHER AS THEY ENTER THE HIGHER PRESSURE.  TROF
SWOOPING RATHER QUICKLY INTO THE WEST COAST AS THINGS GET SORT OF
BUNCHED UP IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION FOR A SPELL.  NOT MUCH IN THE
WAY OF MECHANICAL FORCING TODAY IN THE ANTICIPATED ABSENCE OF ANY
SHORTWAVE ACTIVITY.  HOWEVER...A DAY FOR THERMODYNAMICS AS
ATMOSPHERE EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE ACROSS THE NORTH
AND NORTHEAST.  COINCIDENT WITH THE INSTABILITY IS GOOD LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE/UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND THETA-E RIDGING.  MODEL
SOUNDINGS IN THIS AREA INDICATES GOOD POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WIND AND
LARGE HAIL...THO WET BULB IS A LITTLE ON THE HIGH SIDE.  SURFACE LOW
CROSSING WYOMING TODAY SHOULD BE MOVING INTO THE PLAINS
TONIGHT...BRINGING GOOD VEERING OF LOWER LEVEL WIND ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST AND EAST PARTS OF THE CWA.  SUNDAY THE TROF MOVES CLOSER
WITH WYOMING IN GOOD SOUTHWEST FLOW EARLY...THEN A COLD FRONT MOVES
INTO THE NORTH BY LATE AFTERNOON...PROVIDING A GOOD FOCUSING
MECHANISM FOR ENHANCED CONVECTION AS THE ATMOSPHERE ONCE AGAIN
EXPECTED TO BE QUITE UNSTABLE WITH GOOD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE/UPPER
LEVEL DIVERGENCE ACROSS THE NORTH AND EAST ONCE AGAIN.  FRONT THEN
MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT PROVIDING NORTHEAST FLOW
FOR MOST INTO OR THRU MONDAY.  TROFINESS HANGS AROUND FOR MUCH OF
THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK...MAKING FOR UNSETTLED AND COOLER
CONDITIONS.  OVERALL FORECAST TREND UNCHANGED...ONLY MINOR CHANGES
MADE.

FIRE WEATHER...RED FLAG WARNING TODAY FOR SOUTHWEST WYOMING FIRE
ZONES AS WINDY...DRY...AND WARM CONDITIONS PERSIST WITH VERY LOW RH
VALUES AND POSSIBILITY OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS.

.RIW...RED FLAG WARNING TODAY WYOMING FIRE WEATHER ZONES 277 AND 279.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON, WY
544 PM MDT SAT JUN 1 2002

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0525 PM    23 S GREEN RIVER          WY   62 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
06/01/02   SWEETWATER                     OBSERVER REPORTED 62 MPH
                                          WIND SUSTAINED FOR ONE
                                          HOUR.REPORTED BY CO-OP
                                          OBSERVERS AT THE BUCKBOARD
                                          MARINA, NEAR FLAMING GORGE
                                          RESERVOIR.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON, WY
629 PM MDT SAT JUN 1 2002

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0525 PM    GRANGER                   WY   WIND DAMAGE
06/01/02   SWEETWATER                     METAL SHED BLEW INTO A
                                          POLICE OFFICERS HOUSE.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON, WY
632 PM MDT SAT JUN 1 2002

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0550 PM    KEMMERER                  WY   80 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
06/01/02   LINCOLN                        WINDS BLOWING TRUCKS OFF
                                          U.S. HIGHWAY 30.REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT