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 Dec 27, 2:28 AM CST, 10 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 228 AM CST TUE DEC 27 2005 .DISCUSSION... DAYS 1-2... MAIN FORECAST DECISION IS POSSIBLE HIGH WINDS TODAY. SECOND CONCERN IS IF WE WILL GET ANY PRECIPITATION TODAY. WILL ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FROM 17Z TO 23Z TODAY...FOR ALL OF CWA. THINK THE WINDS WILL INCREASE FIRST IN THE WEST...THEN QUICKLY SPREAD EASTWARD BY 19Z. THE LATEST AND GREATEST SURFACE MAP FROM 08Z SHOWED A COUPLE OF TROUGHS...ONE FROM OMA TO HYS AND ANOTHER FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF DDC TO CSM IN OKLAHOMA TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF SJT IN TEXAS. A STRONG WARM FRONT WAS PUSHING NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN MISSOURI. 07Z PROFILER FROM GRANADA SHOWING 290/40KTS AT THE SECOND GATE AND 300/45KT AT THIRD GATE. HAVILAND PROFILER AT 07Z SHOWED 230/30KT AT 1ST GATE AND 240/20KT AT SECOND GATE. LOOP OF WATER VAPOR SHOWS TWO SMALL SCALE SHORT WAVE ROLLING THROUGH COLORADO AT THIS TIME. THE MORE SOUTHERN WAVE IS RACING ESE AND WILL COMPRESS THE SURFACE GRADIENT RATHER QUICKLY. AT THE SAME TIME...BY 17 OR 18Z...THE MOMENTUM FROM THE ELEVATED FRONT WILL WORK DOWN AND SHOULD INCREASE WINDS INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. AS FOR PRECIP...IT COULD GET KICKED OFF BY ANY WRINKLE IN THE WAVES. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SOURCE WILL BE LACKING...AM THINKING DEW POINTS WILL ONLY BE THE MID 20S WEST TO MID 30S EAST. WILL KEEP LOW POPS (16-20) GOING...JUST IN CASE ANY UPPER DYNAMICS GET GOING AND A FEW SPRINKLES DEVELOP. AFTER THESE WAVES PASS...THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANOTHER WAVE COMING THROUGH 60 HOURS AND HAVE KEPT WED-WED NT DRY. WILL KEEP A SMALL CHANCE (18) IN MY EXTREME EAST ZONES 00- 03Z...UNTIL THE SECOND UPPER WAVE CLEARS THE AREA. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...KEPT WHAT PREVIOUS SHIFT HAD. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE AS THE WAVE CROSSES AND THIS MAY AFFECT MAX TEMPS TODAY. BASICALLY WENT WITH A SE-N GRADIENT RANGING FROM 56 AT HYS TO 63 IN P28. TONIGHTS LOWS WILL DIP LOWEST TOWARD SUNRISE AS CLOUDS MAY LINGER AROUND EARLY...THINKING 28 AT EHA TO 34 IN P28. WE WILL BE IN A COLDER AIR MASS WEDNESDAY BUT WITH MORE SUN...THEREFORE WENT WITH A SW-NE GRADIENT FROM 61 AT BOTH EHA AND LBL TO 55 AT HYS. SIMILAR LOWS FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH 27 AT LBL TO 34 AT P28. DAYS 3-7... LITTLE CHANGES NOTICED IN THE LARGE SCALE FLOW THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THE NEXT SEVERAL WAVES MAY STILL BE AN ISSUE...HOWEVER ALL IN AGREEMENT KEEPING ONE CROSSING THE CNTL PLAINS AROUND FRIDAY AND THEN THE NEXT ONE SUNDAY-MONDAY. EVEN WITH LIMITED MOISTURE...EACH SYSTEM COULD PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME LIGHT PCPN BASED ON MID LVL MOISTURE AND INSTAB PROGGED AHEAD OF EACH WAVE. EVEN WITH THIS SAID CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ONE WAY OR THE OTHER SO SEE LITTLE REASON TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS IN POPS OR WX GRIDS. AS FOR TEMPS CURRENT GRIDS STILL LOOK ON TRACK WITH A WARMUP AHEAD OF EACH SYSTEM FOLLOWED BY A COOL DOWN. AT THIS TIME DO NOT SEE ANY REAL GOOD PUSH OF COLD AIR YET BUT WILL HAVE TO WATCH HOW THE ZONAL FLOW OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC BREAKS DOWN MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DDC 60 31 60 29 / 20 0 0 0 GCK 57 29 59 28 / 20 0 0 0 EHA 57 28 61 29 / 20 0 0 0 LBL 61 30 61 27 / 20 0 0 0 HYS 56 29 55 28 / 20 20 0 0 P28 63 34 58 34 / 20 20 0 0 && .DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 11 AM CST /10 AM MST/ THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR KSZ030-KSZ031-KSZ043-KSZ044- KSZ045-KSZ046-KSZ061-KSZ062-KSZ063-KSZ064-KSZ065-KSZ066-KSZ074- KSZ075-KSZ076-KSZ077-KSZ078-KSZ079-KSZ080-KSZ081-KSZ084-KSZ085- KSZ086-KSZ087-KSZ088-KSZ089-KSZ090. && FN12/18
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 500 AM CST TUE DEC 27 2005 KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-281100- BARBER-CLARK-COMANCHE-EDWARDS-ELLIS-FINNEY-FORD-GRANT-GRAY-HAMILTON- HASKELL-HODGEMAN-KEARNY-KIOWA-LANE-MEADE-MORTON-NESS-PAWNEE-PRATT- RUSH-SCOTT-SEWARD-STAFFORD-STANTON-STEVENS-TREGO- 500 AM CST (400 AM MST) TUE DEC 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTHWEST KANSAS AND WEST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TOWARD NOON AND BLOW AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HIGH WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL ESPECIALLY HAVE TROUBLE DRIVING. IN ADDITION...THE RECENT WARM...DRY CONDITIONS WE HAVE HAD LATELY WILL COUPLE WITH THESE WINDY CONDITIONS TO CREATE AN EXTREME FIRE DANGER CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTROLLED BURNING SHOULD NOT EVEN BE ATTEMPTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 06
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
This wind gust was observed at the Elkhart AMOS site.
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