Strong northwest gradient winds developed during the morning and resulted in numerous 40 to 55 mph wind gusts during the day. Peak wind gusts around 65 mph occurred in the early afternoon hours.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
Strong northwest gradient winds developed during the morning and resulted in numerous 40 to 55 mph wind gusts during the day. Peak wind gusts around 65 mph occurred in the early afternoon hours. No known damage or injuries. The peak wind gusts were reported at Flagler in western Kit Carson county, and at Cheyenne Wells in eastern Cheyenne county.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 5, 2:31 AM MST, 7 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
231 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2006
.DISCUSSION...FORECAST CONCERNS THIS MORNING INCLUDE WINDS AS WELL
AS PRECIPITATION CHANCES. THEN CONCERNS BECOME TEMPERATURES
THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.
RECENT SURFACE ANALYSIS INDICATES A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN COLORADO AS STRONG UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES
AND MOVES THROUGH OUR REGION TODAY. LATEST IR AND WATER VAPOR
SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS CYCLONIC SPIN OF ENERGY IN TROUGH MOVING
SOUTHEAST THROUGH WYOMING WITH EVEN A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES SEEN
EARLIER IN NORTHERN UTAH. GFS AND NAM MODELS BOTH IN GOOD
AGREEMENT WITH STRENGTH AND PROGRESSION OF THIS SYSTEM FOR TODAY.
WILL GO WITH A BLEND OF BOTH MODELS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM.
FOR TODAY FIRST CONCERN BECOMES THE WIND AS WELL AS SMALL CHANCES
FOR PRECIPITATION. MODELS INDICATE GOOD MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS FROM
AROUND 850 MB AND UP WITH DRIER ATMOSPHERE BELOW. GOOD DOWNWARD
MOMENTUM SHOWN BY MODELS ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 15Z AND 00Z TODAY
ACROSS OUR EASTERN COLORADO AND FAR WESTERN KANSAS ZONES. IN
ADDITION LOOKS LIKE THERE COULD BE SOME SNOW SHOWERS AROUND WITH
ETA AND RUC SOUNDINGS SHOWING THIS. APPEARS BEST CHANCES FOR
PRECIPITATION WILL EXIST OVER OUR NORTHERN ZONES SO HAVE INCREASED
AFTERNOON CHANCES TO 30 POPS THERE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE 20 POPS
ELSEWHERE. ALSO STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ALOFT SHOULD MIX DOWN
FOLLOWING FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
THEREFORE A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR OUR EASTERN COLORADO
AND WESTERN MOST ROWS OF KANSAS ZONES. HAVE LOWERED HIGH
TEMPERATURES A BIT ALL ZONES DUE TO MORE CLOUDS AS WELL AS EFFECTS
FROM THE FRONTAL PASSAGE EARLY IN THE DAY. MAY SEE LITTLE MORE SUN
WITH LESS MOISTURE IN THE SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN ZONES. THUS
TRENDED TEMPERATURES FROM LOW 40S WEST TO MID TO UPPER 30S EAST.
FOR TONIGHT TROUGH MOVES RAPIDLY AWAY FROM THE AREA. WILL STILL
KEEP A SLIGHT CHANCE MENTION FOR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS EASTERN ZONES
FOR THE EVENING. WENT CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR LOW TEMPERATURES FROM
THE TEENS IN EASTERN COLORADO TO THE LOWER 20S ELSEWHERE. EXPECT
WINDS TO DIMINISH RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET AS WELL.
FOR MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY DID NOT MAKE MUCH IN THE WAY OF
CHANGES. RIDGING MOVES OVER AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE
NEXT UPPER TROUGH MOVES THROUGH ON TUESDAY. WINDS BECOME LIGHT ON
MONDAY AS WELL. MOISTURE WILL BE LACKING WITH THIS SYSTEM AS HAS
HAPPEN SO MUCH RECENTLY. DID NOT MAKE MUCH CHANGE TO TEMPERATURES
WITH HIGHS IN THE 40S AND LOWS IN THE TEENS AND 20S.
FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MADE
VERY LITTLE CHANGE EXCEPT TO LOWER HIGH TEMPERATURES A BIT FOR
SATURDAY AS COLDER AIR APPEARS BY BOTH GFSLR AND ECMWF MODELS TO
RESIDE OVER OUR REGION AS STRONG ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO
REGION FROM THURSDAY AND BEYOND. WILL STILL SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES
MAINLY IN THE LOWER 40S WITH LOWS IN THE TEENS.
&&
.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM MST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 4 PM MST
/5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON FOR KSZ001-KSZ013-KSZ027-KSZ041.
NE...WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON
FOR NEZ079.
CO...WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON
FOR COZ090-COZ091-COZ092.
&&
LAMMERSHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 506 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2006 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-061230- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 606 AM CST SUN FEB 5 2006 /506 AM MST SUN FEB 5 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 27 WHERE NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP AFTER 8 AM MST (9 AM CST) AND LAST UNTIL 4 PM MST (5 PM CST). FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF HIGHWAY 27 EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. LAMMERS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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