1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 2, 12:40 PM MST, 8 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 140 PM MDT FRI AUG 2 2002 WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE MOVING ACROSS REGION ON SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...IN ADDITION TO A WEAK SHORTWAVE APPROACHING FROM THE UT/CO BORDER. AVN SEEMS TO OVERDO STRENGTH OF VORTICITY MAXIMUM ASSOCIATED WITH SHORTWAVE...AS HAS OFTEN BEEN THE CASE THIS SUMMER. LOW SCATTERED POPS SHOULD COVER EXTENT OF CONVECTION THIS EVENING. THETA/E AXIS EXTENDS INTO NEB PANHANDLE OVERNIGHT THUS WILL KEEP MENTION OF SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT THERE. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL NOT BE AS COOL AS THOSE EXPERIENCED LAST NIGHT. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE NOSING DOWN THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS WILL COMBINE WITH SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IN EASTERN CO TO PRODUCE WEAK LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW SAT AFTERNOON. CURIOUSLY ENOUGH...MODELS PROG AIRMASS TO DRY SOMEWHAT SAT THUS WILL GO WITH ONLY LOW POPS FOR PRIMARILY LATE DAY SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO REBOUND SAT AS HEIGHTS AND THICKNESS VALUES INCREASE MODESTLY. WEAK SURFACE BACKDOOR TYPE COOL FRONT TO PUSH THROUGH REGION EARLY SUNDAY FOR SOMEWHAT COOLER TEMPS...ESPECIALLY EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. WITH MARGINAL DYNAMICS AND ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE WILL KEEP SCATTERED POPS FOR SUN AND SUN EVENING. MON LOOKS TO HAVE SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS AND LOWER POPS THAN SUN. IN THE EXTENDED...UPPER HIGH TO MEANDER OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS NEXT WEEK AND WILL BE THE MAIN FACTOR INFLUENCING THE WEATHER OVER THE AREA. SOME MONSOONAL MOISTURE SHOULD BE LURKING OVER THE SW PART OF THE CONUS BUT HOW MUCH OF IT GETS ADVECTED OVER CWA STILL IN QUESTION. WILL KEEP FCST DRY FOR NOW EVEN THOUGH ISOLD CONVECTION NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION SOMETIME DURING THE WEEK. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN TEMPERATURES WITH STAGNANT PATTERN CONTINUING. .CYS... WY...NONE. NE...NONE.
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Local radio station reported 60 to 70 mph wind gusts in and near Gering, NE.
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