Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Riverton, WY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
328 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FIRING FROM THE TETONS SOUTHEAST TO EASTERN
FREMONT COUNTY ATTM. EARLIER AN INTENSE STORM BROUGHT AN ESTIMATED
1 TO 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN SOUTHEAST OF HOLE IN THE WALL ALONG WITH
MARBLE SIZED HAIL. LAPS ANALYSIS INDICATES SOME SIGNIFICANT CAPE
IN AREAS WITH AT LEAST MODERATE CAPE IN MOST AREAS. THERE WAS STILL
SOME CIN TO OVERCOME ACROSS THE BIG HORN BASIN AND WIND RIVER BASIN.
SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS
OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. IN GENERAL THE STORMS ARE MOVING BUT WE
WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR ANCHORED STORMS INTO THE EVENING ALONG A FEW
SURFACE BOUNDARIES. THE JET STREAK MAY ALSO ASSIST SOME OF THESE
STORMS OVER THE SERN ZONES INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

THE AIRMASS IS EXPECTED TO DRY OUT SOME ON TUESDAY BUT THE PACNW
SHORTWAVE WILL APPROACH AND PROVIDE SOME DYNAMICS TO THE NORTHWEST
PART OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR A POSSIBLE ENHANCED AREA OF CONVECTION.
THE AIRMASS IS FORECAST TO DRY OUT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH MAINLY
ISOLATED MOUNTAIN CONVECTION EACH DAY.

LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY

SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT PREVAILS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH
SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW. THE CENTER OF THE UPPER HIGH
GRADUALLY SHIFTS WESTWARD TO COLORADO BY SUNDAY. MONSOON MOISTURE
WILL MOST LIKELY CREEP ITS WAY BACK INTO OUR AREA AS THE HIGH CENTER
SHIFTS TOWARD THE ROCKIES. HARD TO PINPOINT EXACT DAY...BUT IT
APPEARS FRIDAY WILL SEE SOME INCREASE WITH A BETTER INFLUX SAT AND
SUN. HAVE ADJUSTED PRECIP CHANCES TO REFLECT THIS THINKING. NEXT
MONDAY LOOKS ABOUT THE SAME AS THE UPPER HIGH SHIFTS TO THE FOUR
CORNERS. AS FOR TEMPS...80S AND 90S TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD
WITH 60S AND 70S IN THE MTS.

AVIATION...

WDLY SCT THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SOME PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 KTS. THIS
ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER 02Z...WITH THE SKY CLEARING
OUT. AN APPROACHING TROUGH WILL BRING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SOME SOUTHWEST BREEZES WILL ALSO
PICK IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS.

FIRE WEATHER...

ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY
FIRING FROM THE TETONS SOUTHEAST TO THE WIND RIVER MOUNTAINS
AND OVER INTO EASTERN FREMONT...NATRONA AND SOUTHERN JOHNSON
COUNTIES. OTHER STORMS WILL FORM ACROSS THE DISTRICT INTO THE
EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...
ONE HALF INCH HAIL...GUSTY WIND OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING. ON TUESDAY...A WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL IMPACT NORTHWEST
WYOMING WHILE SOME LINGERING MOISTURE REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE AREA BUT
MAY BE A LITTLE MORE SCATTERED IN THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS. IT
WILL BE DRIER STILL ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH ONLY ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. MIN RHS WILL LOWER
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS WITH SOME SOUTHWEST BREEZES IN THE
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND SWEETWATER COUNTY
INTO NATRONA COUNTY.

RIW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

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SHORT TERM...SKRBAC
LONG TERM...AR
AVIATION...TWB
FIRE WEATHER...SKRBAC