Special Weather Statement, NWS Goodland, KS

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Goodland KS
523 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016

.UPDATE...
Issued at 434 PM MDT Tue Jul 26 2016

Primary forecast concern in the near term will be evolution of
small convective complex now entering the northwestern CWA. Fairly
large outflow boundary accelerating from this area and with
moist...unstable and weakly capped airmass in place see no reason
that storms wont continue to move east through the next few hours
at least. Some disagreement between CAM HRRR and RAP with respect
to evolution of storms. HRRR brings fairly large swath of storms
across the entire area...while RAP tends to favor storms building
to the south into instability axis which limits overall easterly
movement into Kansas. Both solutions seem viable and at this time
have chosen to increase PoPs and shift things as far east as Colby
through the early evening. Confidence definitely decreases with
time however so outside of portions of eastern Colorado cannot
ramp up probabilities too much.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Wednesday)
Issued at 144 PM MDT Tue Jul 26 2016

the short term forecast focus is on the possibility of
thunderstorms tonight and initiating again on Wednesday
afternoon.

The upper pattern increases in amplitude as the upper ridge
builds over the west and an upper trough deepens over the
Mississippi valley region in response. Upper flow over the
forecast area will turn from west to northwesterly and bring a
series of short wave troughs across the central high plains region
over the next few days. The first significant short wave trough
will move across the forecast area around midnight and the second
one will move through around 03Z Wednesday evening.

Storms developing over the palmer ridge and along the front range
of Colorado this afternoon will continue to develop and move east
over the plains through the remainder of the afternoon and early
evening. As these storms move east and approach the eastern
Colorado border, expect storms to dissipate as they continue east
overnight. Another area of storms is expected to develop over the
Dakotas and Nebraska, which will stay mostly north of the forecast
area as the upper short wave trough tracks across the northern and
central plains overnight. Some of the convective activity may
make it into southern Nebraska after midnight.

The scenario repeats on Wednesday, but appears to take a further
south track. This will expose a larger portion of the forecast
area to the possibility of thunderstorms. Also expect the earlier
timing of the short wave trough aloft to assist in thunderstorms
development earlier in the day. Have therefore started an increase
in thunderstorm coverage during the afternoon hours over much of
the forecast area.

.LONG TERM...(Wednesday night through Tuesday)
Issued at 1232 PM MDT Tue Jul 26 2016

High pressure will be in place over the southwestern U.S. on
Thursday with subtle troughing to the east. A relatively potent
shortwave trough and associated theta-e boundary will pivot down
from the northwest, across the CWA late on Thursday. Good forcing
combined with CAPE in the 1000 to 2000 J/kg range, and deep layer
shear of near 50 kts will allow for thunderstorms to become severe
during the late afternoon and early evening. There is some
disagreement regarding the longevity of the convective activity with
the GFS ending storm potential before midnight and the ECMWF hanging
on through the night and into Friday morning.

Another shortwave will slide across the region Friday afternoon and
give us another chance of thunderstorms. Instability will be good
once more; however, deep layer shear will be disconnected to the
north and upper level support a bit weaker thus strength and
coverage is expected to be less than Thursday's activity.

The southwestern ridge slides east as we head into Saturday and
Sunday, drying thins out across the Plains and allowing temperatures
to rise above normal. Only slight PoP chances are in the forecast
mainly during the late afternoon/early evening. Temperatures will
rise into the middle 90s on Sunday with upper 90s possible as we
head into Monday and Tuesday.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Wednesday evening)
Issued at 517 PM MDT Tue Jul 26 2016

Possibility of thunderstorms impacting GLD and to a lesser degree
MCK will be primary forecast concerns. Line of convection
beginningto organize and move to the southeast. More growth
occurring on southern flank of system and expect that there may
be a more southerly shift in storm in the next 3 hours.
Thunderstorms will be near KGLD vicinity between 01 and 03z...but
confidence low that storm will actually impact the terminal. If
storms do make it...expect period of possibly mvfr conditions and
strong winds. Otherwise...vfr conditions expected for the period.

&&

.GLD Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
KS...NONE.
CO...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&

UPDATE...JRM
SHORT TERM...LOCKHART
LONG TERM...TL
AVIATION...JRM

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1112 AM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-271645-
YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-
DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-
GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1112 AM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016 /1212 PM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016/

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

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

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT
HOURS. STORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 40 AND
WILL BE MORE NUMEROUS TO THE WEST DURING THE EARLY EVENING AND
MORE NUMEROUS TO THE NORTH DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT
HOURS. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS AS THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS REGION EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE AND ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

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