Hail in Nebraska, August 4, 2004

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
305 PM MDT WED AUG 4 2004

.SHORT TERM...VISIBLE CONVECTION JUST GEETING STARTED AROUND 18Z
WITH A FEW WEAK RETURNS ON THE KCYS 88D SEEN OVER THE NORTHERN
LARAMIE RANGE AT 19Z.  ATMOSPHERE OVER TO THE EAST OF THE LARAMIE
RANGE CONTINUES TO BE MOIST AND UNSTABLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH
CAPE VALUES APPROACHING 2000 J/KG IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.
THE STATIONARY FRONT ALONG THE LARAMIE RANGE AND A WEAK SHORTWAVE
TROUGH NOW NEARING THE CWA WILL TRIGGER THE ACTIVITY.  WILL KEEP
THE MENTION OF SEVERE STORMS IN THE PANHANDLE THROUGH 04Z WITH HAIL
AND WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREAT.  THE MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AND AN
EASTERLY WIND SHOULD ALLOW FOR LOW CLOUDS AND FOG TO FORM AGAIN
LATER TONIGHT TO THE EAST OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY.  THE CLOUDS AND
FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID MORNING THURSDAY.  LATER TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY MODELS INDICATE AN INCREASE IN MID AND HIGH LEVEL HUMIDITY
AS THE MOISTURE PLUME SPREAD BACK OVER THE CWA.  WITHIN THAT PLUME
MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY DEPICTING A SHORTWAVE TROUGH...NOW
MOVING INTO CENTRAL ARIZONA...MOVING OVER THE CWA THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.  THE GFS APPEARS TO BE TOO STRONG BUT OTHER MODELS
REALLY NOT TOO FAR BEHIND IN THEIR DEPICTION OF THE FEATURE.  AS
THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH NEARS THE SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE SLOWLY
EAST AND SHOULD BE NEAR THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA BORDER IN THE
AFTERNOON.  TO THE WEST...A DRIER AND MORE WESTERLY BOUNDARY LAYER
WIND WILL BE PRESENT...WHILE TO THE EAST THERE WILL STILL BE THE
MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS.  THE HIGHER POPS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON
SHOULD BE IN THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND THERE SOULD BE SOME
STRONG STORMS PER THE LATEST DAY 2 OUTLOOK FROM SPC.  THE CLOUD
COVER IN MOST PLACES WILL HOLD THE HIGH TEMPERATURES DOWN A FEW
DEGREES FROM THOSE OF TODAY.

.LONG TERM...CONTINUED WARM WITH LOW POPS INTO THE WEEKEND WITH NO
BIG CHANGES IN THE LONGWAVE PATTERN.  OVER THE WEEKEND UPPER RIDGE
FLATTENS AS UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS SRN CANADA. THIS A DRAGS COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE CWA LATER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH SOME CONVECTION
EXPECTED WITH IT.  PATTERN TURNS DRIER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS UPPER
FLOW TURNS MORE NW AND SFC HIGH SETTLES ACROSS THE REGION SO WILL
KEEP FCST DRY WITH MILD TEMPS.

.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...NONE.
NE...NONE.

WEILAND/EMANUEL

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1003 AM MDT WED AUG 4 2004

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BANNER-BOX BUTTE-CHEYENNE-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-CONVERSE-DAWES-GOSHEN-
KIMBALL-LARAMIE RANGE-LARAMIE VALLEY-MORRILL-NIOBRARA-NORTH CARBON-
NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-PINE BLUFFS-PLATTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-SIOUX-
SNOWY RANGE-SOUTHWEST CARBON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLIANCE...CHADRON...CHEYENNE...DOUGLAS...
KIMBALL...LARAMIE...LUSK...RAWLINS...SCOTTSBLUFF...SIDNEY...
TORRINGTON AND WHEATLAND
1003 AM MDT WED AUG 4 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING AND THE
WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING BY
MID AFTERNOON AND THEN SPREAD EAST THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.  A
STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE OVER FAR EASTERN WYOMING DURING THAT
TIME.  THE AIRMASS ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE BOUNDARY IS
MOIST AND WILL BECOME UNSTABLE.  WINDS CONVERGING ALONG THE
STATIONARY FRONT AND A WEAK UNSTABLE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
MOVING OVER THE REGION WILL PROVIDE THE TRIGGER FOR STORM
FORMATION.

SOME OF THE STORMS FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT
WILL PRODUCE HAIL TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES IN DIAMETER AND
WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...ESPECIALLY IN NIOBRARA COUNTY WYOMING
AND THE NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.

.DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON THURSDAY...FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.  THERE
IS ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE
AS WELL AS THE SOUTH LARAMIE AND SNOWY RANGES OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING ON
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY TONIGHT MAINLY IN NIOBRARA COUNTY WYOMING AND THE
NORTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.

WEILAND