1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Dodge City, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 1:54 AM CST, 10 hours 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
213 PM CDT TUE APR 23 2002
...IMMEDIATE PROBLEM WILL BE WINDS AND TEMPERATURES, THEN CHANCES
FOR PRECIPITATION FROM LATE THURSDAY ON...
THE 00Z DIAGNOSTICS SHOW THE VIGOROUS NORTHERN BRANCH UPPER SHORT
WAVE DIGGING INTO THE NORTHWEST CONUS AS THE DOWNSTREAM WAVE EXITS
THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. THE SOUTHERN BRANCH BAROCLINIC ZONE IS
NEARLY ZONAL FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST TO GEORGIA WITH MINORS IN THE
WAVE TRAIN OVER THE ARKLATEX AND JUST OFF THE GEORGIA COAST. THE
NORTHERN BRANCH FRONTAL ZONE IS EASILY IDENTIFIABLE IN THE DATA AT
06Z EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS SURFACE LOW ACROSS NEBRASKA
INTO NORTHERN COLORADO AND SURGING SOUTH ON THE BREAST OF STRONG
COLD ADVECTION TO THE NORTH. OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS A WARM AIR
LOW IS BEING FORCED EAST OUT OF COLORADO INTO WESTERN KANSAS. STRONG
EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW AHEAD OF THE LOW HAS DRAWN LOWER TO MID 60S
DEWPOINTS AND SOME UPSLOPE STRATUS INTO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE
FORECAST AREA BUT PROFILERS AND 88D VWP SHOW THE FLOW VEERING OFF
THE SURFACE THUS THE MOISTURE IS BECOMING SHALLOWER AND SHOULD
RAPIDLY ERODE TO THE EAST INTO CENTRAL KANSAS AHEAD OF THE SURFACE
LOW AND DRY LINE. THE JUNCTURE OF THE MOIST TONGUE AND POLAR FRONT
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD SPARK CONVECTION LATER TONIGHT.
AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES EAST AND THE FRONT DIVES SOUTH BEHIND IT
WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A BORE DEVELOP IN THE STABLE NOCTURNAL
DRY BOUNDARY LAYER WEST OF THE LOW. WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES IN THE
COLD AIR OVER THE LEE SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS ALREADY AT OR
BELOW FREEZING IT APPEARS THE GOING WIND ADVISORY IS WARRANTED
THOUGH MAY HAVE TO ADJUST TIMING A BIT AS THE FRONT IS A BIT SLOWER
THAN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST EXPECTED.
ONCE AGAIN MODEL INITIALIZATIONS LOOK QUITE REASONABLE AND THEIR
FORECASTS FOR THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS LOOK EXTREMELY SIMILAR UNTIL
LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD. ALL OF THEM LIFT OUT THE SOUTHERN
BRANCH CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC WITH TIME INDUCING
SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS AGAIN ON THURSDAY. WITH THE
NORTHERN BRANCH FRONT SURGING WELL SOUTH TO THE TEXAS GULF COAST BY
THURSDAY MORNING THE MOISTURE RETURN FORECAST BY ALL THE MODELS INTO
THE PLAINS WILL BE ON THE COLD SIDE OF THIS FRONT. A NUMBER OF
MINORS ALOFT IN THE SOUTHERN BRANCH BAROCLINIC ZONE WILL BE MOVING
ALOFT OVER THE FRONT WITH ASSOCIATED LARGE SCALE LIFT AND MID AND
UPPER LEVEL DESTABILIZATION. THE BIG QUESTION IS HOW FAR NORTH AND
HOW FAST TO DEVELOP THE PRECIPITATION. GOING FORECAST HAS OPTED TO
KEEP THE DEVELOPING PRECIPITATION ACROSS TEXAS INTO OKLAHOMA WITH
THIS DEVELOPING SYSTEM FOR THURSDAY AND BRING IT INTO THE FORECAST
AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. CURRENT MODEL RUNS SUPPORT THIS NOTION AND WILL
CONTINUE THIS TREND.
FOR TEMPERATURES, THE FWC GUIDANCE LOOKS QUITE GOOD FOR TODAY AND
TONIGHT AND IS IN LINE WITH THE GOING FORECAST SO LITTLE CHANGE
NEEDED THERE. WITH ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE AND CLOUD INCREASING TONIGHT
INTO THURSDAY AND CLOUD COVER THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THURSDAY WILL
LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE GOING FORECAST. AGAIN
THE FWC SEEMS TO HAVE CAUGHT THIS IDEA AND WILL GENERALLY USE.
DAYS 3-7...
LATEST MODELS SUGGEST THAT CWA WILL STILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF
COLD HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE WITH LOW-LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE TO
OUR SOUTH DURING FRIDAY. GIVEN THAT SOME ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE IS
EXPECTED FRIDAY WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD OVERHEAD, DECIDED TO LOWER
HIGHS CLOSER TO LATEST FAN NUMBERS THIS PERIOD. FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT
POPS STILL LOOK REASONABLE GIVEN THAT UPPER SYSTEM WILL BE
APPROACHING THE CWA DURING FRIDAY. REST OF FORECAST WILL REMAIN
UNTOUCHED.
PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE FOR COORDINATION ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE
CONTAINED WITHIN THE DODGE CITY ZONE FORECAST.
DDC 65 35 58 40 / 0 0 0 40
GCK 66 34 58 39 / 0 0 0 40
EHA 67 35 59 41 / 0 0 0 40
LBL 66 36 59 41 / 0 0 0 40
HYS 61 34 56 39 / 0 0 0 40
P28 66 36 55 44 / 0 0 0 40
.DDC...KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090
WIND ADVISORY ENTIRE CWA FOR TODAY.
JOHNSON/MCCAMMONThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The wind gust was reported on a Davis Instrument sensor at the Dodge City airport.
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