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Snow Advisory 7, NWS Cheyenne, WY

November 26, 2005Crook County, Weston County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this snow advisory at Nov 26, 2005, 2:45 PM MST for Crook County, Weston County, Wyoming. It took effect at Nov 26, 2005, 6:00 PM MST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 26, 2005, 2:45 PM MST (21:45 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 26, 2005, 6:00 PM MST
Expired
Nov 27, 2005, 5:45 AM MST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Crook County, WY, Weston County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Riverton, WY (KRIW), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 333 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2005-11-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Riverton, WY at 12:00Z on 2005-11-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Nov 26, 2:10 PM MST, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 2:10 PM MST, 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 26, 2:45 PM MST, 0 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
245 PM MST SAT NOV 26 2005

WYZ061-062-065>070-271230-
SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-LARAMIE VALLEY-LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-
GOSHEN-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS-
245 PM MST SAT NOV 26 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND WEST OF THE
MOUNTAINS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN PRECIPITATION WILL
INCREASE AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF WYOMING TONIGHT AND CHANGE TO
SNOW. WEST OR NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW AT 15 TO 30 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS AN INCH OR LESS EXCEPT 1 TO 3 INCHES FROM LARAMIE TO
RAWLINS. IT WILL REMAIN BREEZY TO WINDY. MONDAY WILL BE VERY WINDY
WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

WYZ059-060-063-064-271230-
CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-
245 PM MST SAT NOV 26 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SNOW WILL BECOME LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL INTO EAST CENTRAL WYOMING. OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW IN THE SNOWY RANGE.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM SUNDAY
MORNING FOR THE SNOWY RANGE.  A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR
THE NORTHERN LARAMIE AS WELL AS CONVERSE AND NIOBRARA COUNTIES
FOR TONIGHT.  PLEASE SEE PRODUCT CYSWSWCYS FOR MORE INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

LIGHT SNOW WILL BE LIKELY ON SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY
IN THE MOUNTAINS.  IT WILL BE WINDY. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES
WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES IN CONVERSE AND
NIOBRARA COUNTIES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-271230-
SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-
CHEYENNE-
245 PM MST SAT NOV 26 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS.
LOCAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE PINE RIDGE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SUNDAY WILL BE MUCH COLDER AND WINDY WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH GUSTING TO 40 MPH. A CHANCE OF SNOW EXISTS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
NIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. MONDAY WILL BE QUITE
WINDY WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 50 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 5:10 AM MSTSnow and Blowing Snow AdvisoryCYS25 hr

Nearby

Snow Advisories in Wyoming, 2005Every snow advisory in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.