Hail in Nebraska, September 15, 2006

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
218 PM MDT FRI SEP 15 2006

.SHORT TERM...TNGT THRU SUN...INITIAL BAND OF SHOWERS HAS SHIFTED NE
OF AREA WITH SOME SUNSHINE WARMING THINGS UP OVER SE WY AND THE
PNHNDL ATTM.  MEANWHILE NEXT BAND OF SHWRS/TSTMS ASSOCD WITH FAR WRN
CO UPR FTR IS MOVG INTO WRN PARTS OF THE REGION.  WITH GOOD
DOWNSLOPE FLOW IN PLACE EAST OF THE MTNS...DONT EXPECT A LOT OF THE
SHWRS TO MAKE IT OVER INTO FAR SE WY...WITH HIGHEST POPS LARAMIE
RANGE WWD.  AFT MIDN WILL PROBABLY SEE EVEN FEWER SHWRS OVER SE WY
AND PNHNDL...WITH THE MAIN FNTL BAND MOVG INTO WRN SXNS.  CDFNT TO
RACE THRU SAT MRNG...WITH BRF PCPN SHOT IN THE MTNS...THEN WINDY AND
COOLER.  NRN PART OF AREA WILL BE CAUGHT UP IN UPPER LOW CIRCULATION
AND SO HIGHER POPS LOOK GOOD THERE ON SAT.  WINDS TO INCREASE BY
MIDDAY OVER MUCH OF AREA...WILL LIKELY NEED AN ADVY IN THE AFTN IN
THE PNHNDL...WILL DEFER TO MID SHIFT TO POST HILITE.  SOME PCPN
LINGERS INTO SAT NIGHT MTNS AND N...DITTO ON SUN AS PERHAPS A BETTER
SURGE OF PCPN MOVES INTO THE FAR N.  SHLD BE ENOUGH WIND TO KEEP
TEMPS FROM REALLY BOTTOMING OUT SAT NIGHT.  STILL COOL AND WINDY ON
SUN IN MOST AREAS.

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRI. CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT WILL
PERSIST SUN NIGHT AS A DEEP AND ELONGATED CUTOFF LOW PULLS AWAY FROM
US AND MOVES OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST. NORTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW WILL
LOSE ITS CYCLONIC CURVATURE MON AS A RIDGE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.
THE FLATTENING RIDGE WILL MOVE OVER THE FORECAST AREA TUE THEN
ANOTHER CUTOFF LOW...ALBEIT WEAKER THAN THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED
CUTOFF...WILL TREK OVER MT TUE NIGHT. THE SECOND CUTOFF WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST AND WEAKEN INTO AN OPEN WAVE OVER SD WED. THE TROUGH AXIS
WILL BE ORIENTED NEARLY EAST TO WEST AND WILL BE LOCATED OVER
NORTHERN WY OR SOUTHERN MT. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL SHEAR OUT WED
NIGHT WITH THE EASTERN PORTION BEING ABSORBED INTO THE FLOW AROUND
THE HUGE VORTEX OVER EASTERN CANADA WHILE THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE
TROUGH WILL EXTEND FROM THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS SOUTHWESTWARD TO
CA. SHORTWAVE ENERGY DIGGING DOWN THE BACKSIDE OF THE TROUGH WILL
PINCH OFF A CUTOFF LOW OVER SOUTHERN CA THU WHILE THE PARENT TROUGH
MOVES OVER WY. CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE AND STRENGTHEN FRI
AS AN UPPER TROUGH IS CARVED OUT OVER THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY. AT
THE SURFACE...WILL CARRY A CHANCE OF LINGERING SHOWERS SUN NIGHT
THEN GO DRY FOR MON WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPS BEGINNING TO REBOUND
SOMEWHAT. LEESIDE TROUGHING TUE WILL PRODUCE A DRY AND WARMER DAY
TUE WITH AREAS OF BRISK WINDS. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE
AREA TUE NIGHT INTO WED AND WILL USHER IN COOLER AIR WED WITH WINDY
AREAS AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. VIGOROUS DOWNSLOPE FLOW WED WILL
PRECLUDE MOST PRECIPITATION EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS. THU WILL BE
MAINLY DRY AND RATHER COOL AS THE BEST MOISTURE PULLS OUT OF THE
FORECAST AREA EARLY IN THE DAY. FRI LOOKS TO BE DRY AND A COUPLE
DEGREES WARMER.

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

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
945 AM MDT FRI SEP 15 2006

WYZ061>065-160400-
SOUTHWEST CARBON-NORTH CARBON-SNOWY RANGE-NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-
LARAMIE VALLEY-
945 AM MDT FRI SEP 15 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
SECTIONS AND LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. ANY STORM COULD
PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.  A FEW STORMS IN CARBON COUNTY COULD
PERHAPS PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. IT WILL BECOME VERY
WINDY WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH BY MIDDAY.  IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE
WINDY ON SUNDAY ALSO.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ059-060-066>070-160400-
SIOUX-DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-
CHEYENNE-CONVERSE-NIOBRARA-LARAMIE RANGE-PLATTE-GOSHEN-
CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-PINE BLUFFS-
945 AM MDT FRI SEP 15 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO
THIS EVENING.  ANY STORM COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH.  A FEW
STORMS IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE COULD BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING OR EARLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL BECOME VERY WINDY AFTER THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE. GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.