High Wind Warning 8, NWS Rapid City, SD

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
925 AM MDT MON MAR 26 2007

.DISCUSSION...CDFNT HAS PUSHED THRU THE ENTIRE CWFA THIS MRNG WITH
WINDY CONDITIONS IN ITS WAKE. BEST PRES RISES ARE NOW PUSHING EAST
OF THE CWFA...SO DO EXPECT THE WINDS TO RELAX SOMEWHAT BY THIS AFTN.
HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO LOWER MAX TEMPS A FEW DEGREES IN THE ERN HALF
OF CWFA AS COLD ADVECTION IS A LITTLE MORE ROBUST THAN PREVIOUSLY
THOUGHT. REST OF FCST IN GOOD SHAPE WITH ONLY MINOR MODIFICATIONS
NEEDED.

&&

.UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
WY...NONE.

&&

JOHNSON

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
250 PM MDT MON MAR 26 2007

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-271300-
BENNETT-BUTTE-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-HAAKON-
HARDING-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-JACKSON-MELLETTE-NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-
NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-PERKINS-RAPID CITY-
SHANNON-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-TODD-TRIPP-
WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-ZIEBACH-
250 PM MDT (350 PM CDT) MON MAR 26 2007

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
   TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST WYOMING AND NORTHWEST SOUTH
   DAKOTA...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL BRING A
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTHEASTERN WYOMING TONIGHT. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM EASTERN IDAHO INTO
WESTERN WYOMING AND CENTRAL MONTANA ON TUESDAY. STRONG SOUTHEAST
WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM BEFORE SUNRISE OVER
NORTHEAST WYOMING...AND AROUND SUNRISE OVER NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA.
WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF OVER 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...AND ARE EXPECTED TO START
TAPERING OFF BY LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE AREA ON
TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT EXPECTED.

ON WEDNESDAY...THE SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA WHILE A
STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL
RESULT IN A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM FAITH TO KADOKA TO MISSION. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY
THREAT FROM THESE STORMS...THOUGH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.