Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
648 PM MDT SAT JUL 18 2015

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 646 PM MDT SAT JUL 18 2015

UPDATED GRIDS AND ZONES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH 439 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 07Z.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 256 PM MDT SAT JUL 18 2015

FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD...AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN IS
EXPECTED TO PREVAIL INITIALLY BEFORE AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. AS THIS HAPPENS...PRECIPITATION CHANCES
SHOULD GRADUALLY COME TO AN END DEPENDING ON THE RIDGE STRENGTH.
FORECAST GUIDANCE PORTRAYS LARGE VARIATIONS BETWEEN THEM SO
CONFIDENCE WITHIN THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD LOWERS BEYOND
WEDNESDAY.

BEGINNING WITH SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...ANTICIPATE A
LARGE COMPLEX OF STORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. THIS FORECAST
SCENARIO SEEMS ALMOST ASSURED GIVEN THE DEGREE OF GUIDANCE AGREEMENT
BUT LARGE DIFFERENCES IN FAVORED LOCATIONS REMAIN. FEEL PART OF THE
DISAGREEMENT STEMS FROM THE GLOBAL MODEL'S NORTH BIAS WITH RESPECT
TO PRECIPITATION PLACEMENT. ACCOUNTING FOR THIS...THEN MOST GUIDANCE
INDICATES A WIDE SWATH OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY GENERALLY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE PRIMARY THREATS. OF LARGER CONCERN MAY BE
THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES...BETWEEN 1.70"
AND 1.90" ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 75TH TO 99TH PERCENTILE RANGE
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. AS OF NOW...DID NOT CONSIDER A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH AS LOCATIONS UNDER HIGHEST THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN
QUITE DRY OVER THE PAST 14 DAYS...10 TO 50 PERCENT OF NORMAL. WITH
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NEEDED
EVENTUALLY FOR TOMORROW NIGHT IF IT APPEARS LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN. CONVECTION SHOULD OCCUR PRIMARILY
OVERNIGHT WITH SHOWERS/STORMS EXITING THE REGION NEAR SUNRISE MONDAY.

AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY MONDAY MORNING...AN
ADDITIONAL ROUND OR TWO OF STORMS SEEMS PLAUSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ARE POSSIBLE...
1. ALONG A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTH ACROSS NEBRASKA INTO NORTH KANSAS
AND 2. THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE WITH STORMS DRIFTING NORTHEAST.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE NOT AS HIGH MONDAY DUE TO THE LACK OF A
MORE SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING THROUGH.

BEGINNING MONDAY NIGHT AND PERSISTING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
ANTICIPATE A WARM AIR ADVECTION REGIME TO DEVELOP ALONG WITH
PERSISTENT ISENTROPIC LIFT. ONCE AGAIN...GUIDANCE IS IN STRONG
AGREEMENT BUT DIFFER SLIGHTLY WITH PRECIPITATION PLACEMENT. A LOW
LEVEL JET AND VERY LOW CONDENSATION PRESSURE DEFICITS INDICATE
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR ELEVATED SHOWER/STORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH
THIS TIME FRAME. WAS HESITANT TO INITIALLY RAMP UP POPS
SIGNIFICANTLY MONDAY NIGHT BUT IF MODEL AGREEMENT PERSISTS...FURTHER
POP RAISING WOULD BE NEEDED. ANOTHER STRONGER SHORTWAVE TROUGH
SHOULD ROLL THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING SO AGREED WITH CR INITIALIZATION
PROCEDURE ON THIS BEING THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR POPS DURING THIS
PARTICULAR EVENT.

BEHIND TUESDAY NIGHTS TROUGH PASSAGE...THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS ONCE AGAIN. THE STRENGTH OF
THIS HIGH SHALL DETERMINE THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF POTENTIAL
CONVECTION THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK. WITH A STRONGER HIGH
PRESSURE...CONVECTION MAY BE CONFINED FURTHER NORTH WITH HOT AND DRY
CONDITIONS LIKELY OVER THE TRI-STATE REGION.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 540 PM MDT SAT JUL 18 2015

VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT KGLD AND KMCK UNTIL AROUN 06Z WHEN
SOME POSSIBLE MVFR WILL OCCUR NEAR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA.
STORMS WILL SLOWLY EXIT THE AREA WITH STRATUS FILLING INTO THE
AREA AROUND SUNRISE. VFR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN BY MID TO LATE
MORNING AT BOTH SITES.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...NONE.
CO...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...FS
LONG TERM...RRH
AVIATION...FS

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
318 PM MDT SAT JUL 18 2015

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-192130-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
318 PM MDT SAT JUL 18 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LEOTI
TO BURLINGTON TO WRAY. THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT EARLY IN
THE ONSET OF THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED SUNDAY EVENING INTO
MONDAY MORNING GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM YUMA COLORADO TO
NORTON KANSAS. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE PRIMARY THREATS. FLASH FLOODING
IS POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
ARRIVE TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS...AS WELL AS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...WILL CONTINUE TO BE
THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

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