Wind Advisory 14, NWS Goodland, KS

000 
WWUS73 KGLD 152343
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
443 PM MST WED MAR 15 2006

...BLOWING DUST IS EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO AND EXTREME
WESTERN KANSAS EARLY THIS EVENING...

COZ091-092-KSZ013>016-027>029-041-042-160100-
/O.EXT.KGLD.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-060316T0100Z/
KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-
LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...CHEYENNE WELLS...
GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...
QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI
543 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 /443 PM MST WED MAR 15 2006/

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST /7 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO AND
WESTERN KANSAS THIS EVENING. YOU CAN EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25
TO 40 MPH AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH YOUR REGION. 

AT 435 PM MST (535 PM CST) SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED AN AREA OF
BLOWING DUST MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY IN COLORADO. THIS
BLOWING DUST PRODUCED VISIBILITIES LESS THAN ONE MILE AT AKRON
COLORADO WHEN IT MOVED THROUGH THERE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. YOU
CAN EXPECT VISIBILITIES AROUND ONE MILE FROM KANARADO KANSAS TO
FLAGLER COLORADO BETWEEN 5 PM AND 630 PM MST. I

IF YOU ARE DRIVING...ESPECIALLY ON INTERSTATE 70 IN EASTERN 
COLORADO...AND THE VISIBILITY SUDDENLY DROPS...SLOW DOWN OR PULL
COMPLETELY OFF THE ROAD AND WAIT FOR THE VISIBILITY TO IMPROVE.

$$
MENTZER

000 
WWUS73 KGLD 160104
NPWGLD

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
604 PM MST WED MAR 15 2006

COZ091-092-KSZ013>016-027>029-041-042-160215-
/O.EXP.KGLD.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-060316T0100Z/
KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-
LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...CHEYENNE WELLS...
GOODLAND...COLBY...HOXIE...HILL CITY...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...
QUINTER...TRIBUNE...LEOTI
704 PM CST WED MAR 15 2006 /604 PM MST WED MAR 15 2006/

...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. YOU CAN EXPECT WINDS TO
DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING. BY 8 PM MST (9 PM CST) WINDS WILL BE
NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. 

$$
MENTZER

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1200 PM MST WED MAR 15 2006

.UPDATE...THE LACK OF CLOUDS AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE
ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO RISING RAPIDLY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG
THE KS/CO BORDER. UPDATED FORECAST TO REFLECT THIS WITH HIGHS IN
THE LOW 70S. WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP EASTERN AREAS COOLER AS THAT
REGION IS STILL HOLDING ONTO SOME THICKER CLOUDS.
OTHERWISE...FROPA STILL LOOKS ON TRACK FOR THIS EVENING.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...CONTINUED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO. WINDS ARE FINALLY PICKING UP AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING
COLD FRONT AND TEMPERATURES ARE STEADILY RISING INTO THE MIDDLE
AND UPPER 60S. THE RISING TEMPERATURES AND LACK OF LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE HAVE ALLOWED RH VALUES TO DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT. WINDS
WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT...BUT RH VALUES
WILL RISE THIS EVENING BEHIND THE FRONT AS TEMPERATURES COOL.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 320 AM MST WED MAR 15 2006)

DISCUSSION...MID/UPPER RIDGE WILL MOVE EAST AND FLATTEN AS A SHORT
WAVE TROUGH MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY. AT THE SURFACE...A
COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE TRI-STATE AREA LATE IN THE PERIOD.
AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
APPROACHING 40 MPH WILL SCOUR OUT WHAT LITTLE MOISTURE EXISTS
CREATING EXTREME FIRE DANGER. A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE
NORTHWEST BY EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. NO
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY...HIGHS IN THE 50S APPEAR ON TRACK AS THE NEXT STORM
SYSTEM DIGS INTO THE GREAT BASIN AREA ON FRIDAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS
WILL INCREASE FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE GRADUALLY
RETURNS. CONTINUED TO TREND LOWS UP WITH EXPECTED MIXING/MOISTURE
ADVECTION.

DAYS 4 THROUGH 7...STILL SOME CONSIDERABLE TIMING DIFFERENCES WITH
THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM. NO CHANGES PLANNED AT THIS
TIME.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...NONE.
NE...NONE.
CO...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR COZ252-COZ253-
     COZ254.

&&

MEHLE/MWM

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
445 AM MST WED MAR 15 2006

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-161200-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
545 AM CST WED MAR 15 2006 /445 AM MST WED MAR 15 2006/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON. AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE 60S...RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT SENDING THE RANGELAND FIRE
DANGER INDEX INTO THE EXTREME CATEGORY.

EXTREME FIRE DANGER MEANS THAT FIRES START QUICKLY...SPREAD
FURIOUSLY AND BURN INTENSELY. ALL FIRES ARE POTENTIALLY SERIOUS.
ALL OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN AREAS WITH EXTREME FIRE
DANGER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.