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High Wind Watch 19, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this high wind watch at Feb 18, 2023, 1:51 AM MST for 5 counties in Wyoming. It took effect at Feb 19, 2023, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2023, 1:51 AM MST (08:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2023, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2023, 1:14 AM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
Counties Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 398 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2354 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Feb 17, 9:59 PM MST, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 9:59 PM MST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 3:45 AM MST, 22 hours 6 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 345 AM MST Fri Feb 17 2023 WYZ101-106-107-110-181045- Converse County Lower Elevations- Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County- East Platte County-North Snowy Range Foothills- 345 AM MST Fri Feb 17 2023 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of east central Wyoming...south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Strong west winds of 30 to 45 MPH with gusts of 55 to 70 MPH are expected through this afternoon. The winds will subside tonight. High Wind Watches and Warnings remain in effect until 5 PM this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY Strong winds will return late Saturday into Sunday morning, and again Sunday night through Tuesday. An arctic cold front will bring accumulating snow and much colder temperatures Wednesday through Thursday. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be required. WYZ102>105-108-109-111>119-181045- Niobrara County-North Laramie Range- Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-Shirley Basin-Goshen County- Central Carbon County-Southwest Carbon County-Sierra Madre Range- Upper North Platte River Basin-Snowy Range-Laramie Valley- South Laramie Range-South Laramie Range Foothills- Central Laramie County-East Laramie County- 345 AM MST Fri Feb 17 2023 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of east central Wyoming...south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Gusty west winds of 35 to 50 MPH are expected today which will create patchy blowing snow. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY Stronger winds are possible Sunday through Tuesday with gusts of 40 to 55 MPH. Light to moderate snow is expected Saturday night and Sunday for the mountains. Accumulations of 5 to 10 inches are expected over the Snowy and Sierra Madre Ranges. An arctic cold front will bring accumulating snow and much colder temperatures Wednesday through Thursday. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be required. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-181045- Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County- Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County- Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County- 345 AM MST Fri Feb 17 2023 This hazardous weather outlook is for western portions of the Nebraska Panhandle. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Gusty west winds of 25 to 35 MPH are expected this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY Stronger winds are possible Sunday through Tuesday with gusts of 30 to 45 MPH. An arctic cold front will bring accumulating snow and much colder temperatures Wednesday through Thursday. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be required.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 1:52 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 37 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:47 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | CYS | Albany, Carbon | 25 hr |
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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.