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High Wind Watch 59, NWS Cheyenne, WY

December 16, 2022Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Dec 16, 2022, 12:53 AM MST for Albany County, Laramie County, Wyoming. It took effect at Dec 16, 2022, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 16, 2022, 12:53 AM MST (07:53 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 16, 2022, 11:00 PM MST
Expired
Dec 16, 2022, 1:55 PM MST
In force
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 382 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Grand Junction, CO at 00:00Z on 2022-12-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Grand Junction, CO at 00:00Z on 2022-12-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind watch went out at Dec 15, 4:39 PM MST, 8 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 4:39 PM MST, 8 hours 14 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 3:29 AM MST, 21 hours 24 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
329 AM MST Thu Dec 15 2022

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101-102-108-116-119-161030-
Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-
Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County-
Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County-
Converse County Lower Elevations-Niobrara County-Goshen County-
South Laramie Range-East Laramie County-
329 AM MST Thu Dec 15 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle
Nebraska...east central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

Blowing and drifting snow concerns persist as gusty winds between
35 and 45 mph will continue today and into the early evening.

See active hazards for more details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

Blowing and drifting snow with very cold temperatures will
continue through Friday across the high plains.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation is not expected.

WYZ103>107-109>115-117-118-161030-
North Laramie Range-Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-
Shirley Basin-Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County-
East Platte County-Central Carbon County-
North Snowy Range Foothills-Southwest Carbon County-
Sierra Madre Range-Upper North Platte River Basin-Snowy Range-
Laramie Valley-South Laramie Range Foothills-
Central Laramie County-
329 AM MST Thu Dec 15 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
Wyoming and southeast Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

lowing and drifting snow concerns persist as gusty winds between
35 and 45 mph will continue today and into the early evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

Very cold temperatures will expected through Friday across the
high plains. There is also a potential for high winds in the wind
prone areas this weekend.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation is not expected.

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.