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 Feb 9, 3:15 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
315 PM CST SAT FEB 9 2002
DAYS 1-2...
FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE SNOW CHANCES TONIGHT, WIND SPEEDS THROUGH
SUNDAY, AND TEMPERATURE ALL PERIODS.
MORNING MAPS PUT 130KT 300MB JET FORM IDAHO SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN UTAH
WITH ANOTHER 130KT CORE ENTERING BRITISH COLUMBIA. MODELS WERE
10-30KT UNDERDONE WITH LATTER CORE. UPPER LOW WAS FARTHER SOUTH THAN
YESTERDAYS RUNS NEAR KGBD WITH -30C AT KDDC AT 500MB. ARCTIC AIR
BEGINNING TO SHOW ITSELF OVER HIGH PLAINS WITH -7C AT KUNR. LIGHT
SNOW FAIRLY COMMON OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN ZONES TODAY WITH EARLY
AFTERNOON CALLS YIELDING NOW ACCUMULATING SNOW ON ROADWAYS WITH
TEMPS STRUGGLING TO DROP BELOW FREEZING.
UPPER LOW A LITTLE SLOWER TO MOVE OUT THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.
CONTINUED COLD AIR ADVECTION THIS EVENING SHOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP THE
SNOW GOING UNTIL NEGATIVE VORTICITY ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC
DOWNGLIDE TAKES OVER AND ENDS THE SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. TEMPS
SHOULD COOL ENOUGH TO ALLOW SOME ACCUMULATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON,
BUT THINK ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO 2 INCHES IN THE NORTH
WITH AN INCH OR LESS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN ZONES. WINDS HAVE BEEN
FLIRTING WITH HIGH WIND WARNING LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON HOWEVER
SURFACE GRADIENT AND 850MB WINDS PROGGED TO STRENGTHEN FURTHER THIS
EVENING AS LOW LEVEL WINDS BECOME MORE UNIDIRECTIONAL. THINK WARNING
LEVELS SHOULDNT BE A PROBLEM AND WILL GO WITH HIGH WIND WARNING
INCLUDING MENTION OF CONDITIONS FROM SNOW. GUIDANCE TEMPS LOOK TOO
LOW WITH CLOUDS AND MIXING.
GRADIENT FINALLY WEAKENS SUNDAY WITH NEAR ADVISORY LEVELS DURING THE
MORNING. AM NOT QUITE CONFIDENT ENOUGH FOR 2ND PERIOD ADVISORY AT
THIS POINT AND WILL LET LATER SHIFTS REEVALUATE. CLOUD COVER
DIMINISHING SHOULD ALLOW SOME SUNSHINE BUT 850MB TEMPS STRUGGLE TO
RAISE TOO MUCH. UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S LOOK GOOD.
NEXT SYSTEM WITH PACIFIC NORTHWEST JET THEN CROSSES THE ROCKIES
MONDAY. MODEL TRENDS OVER PAST WEEK OR SO SUGGEST A DEEPER AND
SLIGHTLY SYSTEM THAN PROGGED, PARTICULARLY CONSIDERING THE UNDERDONE
JET SPEEDS, SO WILL PLAY FOR STRONGER WARM AIR ADVECTION AND SLOWER
FRONTAL PASSAGE. THIS SHOULD ALLOW TEMPS TO REACH THE UPPER 50S TO
LOWER 60S.
DAYS 3-7...
NOT TOO MANY CHANGES TO GOING EXTENDED. MODELS SHOW A COUPLE OF
WAVES MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN CONUS AS NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME BECOMES
MORE ZONAL BY WEEKS END. WILL CONTINUE WITH TEMPS AT OR ABOVE CLIMO
AND NO PRECIP.
PRELIMINARY GUIDANCE FOR COORDINATION ONLY. OFFICIAL FORECASTS ARE
CONTAINED WITHIN THE DODGE CITY ZONE FORECAST.
DDC 23 39 22 61 / 40 0 0 0
GCK 21 40 21 62 / 40 0 0 0
EHA 22 40 23 65 / 20 0 0 0
LBL 23 41 23 64 / 20 0 0 0
HYS 22 36 20 56 / 60 0 0 0
P28 27 42 25 60 / 40 0 0 0
.DDC...HIGH WIND WARNING TONIGHT ALL ZONES KSZ030-031-043>046-
061>066-074>081-084>090.
21/15The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Location of the gust was 10 miles north of Scott City
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