Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Goodland, KS

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WWUS43 KGLD 201619
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
919 AM MST TUE DEC 20 2011


KSZ027>029-041-042-201730-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-111220T1800Z/
WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHARON SPRINGS...OAKLEY...QUINTER...
TRIBUNE...LEOTI
919 AM MST TUE DEC 20 2011 /1019 AM CST TUE DEC 20 2011/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM
WARNING. WHILE VERY LIGHT SNOW REMAINS POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE MORNING HOURS...LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.


$$

COZ092-KSZ014>016-201730-
/O.CAN.KGLD.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-111220T1800Z/
CHEYENNE CO-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHEYENNE WELLS...COLBY...HOXIE...
HILL CITY
919 AM MST TUE DEC 20 2011 /1019 AM CST TUE DEC 20 2011/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY. WHILE VERY LIGHT SNOW REMAINS POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE MORNING HOURS...LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.


$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
258 AM MST TUE DEC 20 2011

.SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT - THURSDAY)
258 AM MST TUE DEC 20 2011

MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO ROTATE IN FROM THE
EAST ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THIS SNOW WILL GRADUALLY
MOVE TO THE EAST NORTHEAST THIS MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4
INCHES BASICALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A HILL CITY TO TRIBUNE LINE.
SNOW AMOUNTS TAPER OFF QUICKLY TO THE NORTH. REPORTS ARE HARD TO
COME BY AT THIS HOUR...BUT BASED ON OBSERVED AND FORECAST WIND
SPEEDS THINK THE THREAT OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAS ENDED AND HAVE
ADJUSTED HIGHLIGHTS ACCORDINGLY. WILL BE BETWEEN SYSTEMS TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND COLDEST TEMPERATURES OVER THE SNOW
PACK IN THE SOUTH. NEXT SYSTEM DROPS OUT OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH LIGHT SNOW. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS
LIKE A GENERAL 2 TO 4 INCH SNOW EVENT ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA WITH
GUSTY NORTH WINDS ON THURSDAY RESULTING IN SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING. DO NOT PLAN ON ANY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THAT SYSTEM AT THIS
TIME. /024

.LONG TERM... (FRIDAY - MONDAY)
258 AM MST TUE DEC 20 2011

FAIRLY BENIGN WEATHER PATTERN WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THROUGH THE EXTENDED. BROAD MID/UPPER TROUGH
WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSLATE EASTWARD ON FRIDAY. WITH FRESH SNOW COVER
AND SHALLOW COLD AIR MASS IN PLACE OVER THE TRI-STATE REGION...MAX
TEMPS ON FRIDAY WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE MID 20S DESPITE A
CLEARING SKY AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. TEMPS WILL BE ESPECIALLY CHILLY
OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE SNOW PACK
WILL BE THE GREATEST. COULD SEE TEMPS FALLING TO NEAR ZERO FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF OF THE CWA IF
COLDER GUIDANCE VERIFIES. DID TREND TEMPS DOWN A FEW DEGREES FROM
GOING FORECAST BUT NOT COMPLETELY READY TO BUY INTO THE COLDEST
SOLUTION.

NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH MID/UPPER RIDGING BUILDING OVER THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST WILL ALLOW TEMPS ACROSS THE AREA TO MODERATE A BIT OVER
THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. PERSISTENT SNOW
COVER OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL AID IN HOLDING TEMPS BACK FOR THOSE
AREAS BUT THE NORTHWEST HALF SHOULD SEE TEMPS REACHING THE LOW TO
MID 40S BY MONDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE
DURATION OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. /FOLTZ

&&

.AVIATION...
953 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011

FOR THE 06Z TAFS...KGLD WILL BE ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF A SYSTEM
MOVING THROUGH THE AREA...AND GIVEN THE NORTHEASTWARD MOVEMENT OF
THE SYSTEM...LIGHT SNOW AND PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING AT KGLD. CONDITIONS AT KMCK SHOULD
REMAIN VFR CONSIDERING THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM. SNOW AT KGLD WILL
BEGIN TO TAPER OFF IN THE MID MORNING...AND WINDS WILL DECREASE
SOMEWHAT...WHICH WILL ALLOW VISIBILITIES TO APPROACH 6 MILES AND
MAKE PERIODS OF LOWER VISIBILITIES LESS LIKELY. BY 14Z...THE
SYSTEM SHOULD BE FAR ENOUGH FROM KGLD FOR SNOW TO END AND
VISIBILITIES TO RECOVER FULLY. /CJS

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR KSZ014>016.

     WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 11 AM MST /NOON CST/ THIS MORNING FOR
     KSZ027>029-041-042.

NE...NONE.
CO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING FOR COZ092.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1255 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-201200-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1255 PM MST MON DEC 19 2011 /155 PM CST MON DEC 19 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID DAY TUESDAY GENERALLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM KIT CARSON COLORADO TO
HILL CITY KANSAS. LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE
REGION WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS
PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT.

FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING FOG WILL CREATE SLICK ROADS AND
VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE...MAINLY IN KIT CARSON
COUNTY COLORADO AND SHERMAN COUNTY KANSAS. THIS INCLUDES
INTERSTATE 70.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SNOW AND WIND WILL DIMINISH EARLY TUESDAY AS THE RESPONSIBLE
STORM SYSTEM TRACKS TOWARDS THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
REGION.

ANOTHER COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE NEXT TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
SWEEPS ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...ANY SNOWFALL
REPORTS OR REPORTS OF VISIBILITIES AT OR BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE
WOULD BE APPRECIATED.