Strong west winds developed through the North Snowy range foothills with gusts to around 60 mph.
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Strong west winds developed through the North Snowy range foothills with gusts to around 60 mph.
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 Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 13, 9:26 PM MST, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 926 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 923 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014 BANDS OF LIGHT SNOW NOT HAVING MUCH IMPACT EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE THUS FAR. THERE HAS BEEN SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE INTERSTATE 80 SUMMIT PER WYDOT WEBCAMS...HOWEVER RADAR RETURNS OUT ON THE ERN PLAINS HAVE STRUGGLED TO BE OBSERVED BY SFC OBS. LOCATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE SNOWY RANGE HAVE FARED THE BEST WITH SEVERAL INCHES ON THE GROUND AT ALBANY AND SARATOGA SNOWING LIGHTLY SINCE AROUND 5P. LATEST GLANCE AT 00Z MODEL OUTPUT HAS BACKED OFF SOME ON SNOW COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OVERNIGHT...SNOWING LITTLE MORE THAN JUST SOME SHOWERS. PERHAPS A FEW AREAS MAY SEE UP TO A HALF AN INCH...BUT NOT EVEN ALL THAT CONFIDENT IN THAT. HIGH WIND EVENT IS STILL VERY MUCH ON TRACK LATER TONIGHT/EARLY FRIDAY FOR THE ARLINGTON AREA ON TRACK WITH KCAG-KCPR H7 GRADIENT TICKING UP IN THE 00Z DATA. THIS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THAT AREA...WHICH WILL LIKELY CARRY SOME IMPACT TO TRAVEL ALONG I80 BETWEEN RAWLINS AND LARAMIE. OTHERWISE EXPECT A SLIGHTLY WARMER DAY AHEAD ON FRIDAY WITH HIGHS REACHING INTO THE 30S MANY LOCALES. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH SUN ANGLE AND TEMPS IN THE VICINITY OF FREEZING MAY CAUSE SOME MELTING ON AREA ROADWAYS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THIS ALONG WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES AND NEW SNOW ANTICIPATED FRIDAY NIGHT MAY MAKE FOR SOME TREACHEROUS TRAVEL IN AREAS. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 410 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014 AFTERNOON WV/IR SATELLITE IMAGERY LOOP SHOWED A PACIFIC UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO WESTERN WY/CO. LIGHT SNOW HAS BEEN DEVELOPING SINCE MIDDAY WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE AND WILL EVENTUALLY SPREAD EAST ONTO THE EASTERN PLAINS AND WESTERN NE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS FROM FRIGID MORNING LOWS. VIS SATELLITE SHOWED AN EXPANSIVE AREA OF THICKENING AND LOWERING CLOUD COVER. MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES WILL DEAL WITH STRONG WINDS LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING WEST...TWO WEATHER SYSTEMS AND ANOTHER ARCTIC COLD FRONT. LOW LEVEL PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS UP LATER TONIGHT WITH CRAIG-CASPER 700 GH 55-60M BETWEEN 09Z AND 15Z. GFS X-SECTION SHOWS 50KT WINDS 650-700MB WITH DOWNWARD MOMENTUM MAXIMIZING DURING THE SAME TIME FRAME. ALTHOUGH IT/S NOT A CLEAR CUT GAP WIND CASE...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE HIGH WIND CRITERIA MET THROUGH THE NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS INCLUDING THE ARLINGTON AND ELK MOUNTAIN AREAS BEGINNING AFTER 2 AM AND LINGERING UNTIL AT LEAST MIDDAY. UPGRADED THE HIGH WIND WATCH TO A WARNING. WINDS DECREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE RELAXING GRADIENT. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AND LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL LEAD TO MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES FRIDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 20S TO MID 30S. THE FIRST PACIFIC SYSTEM WILL EXIT THE CWA FRIDAY MORNING WITH SNOW ENDING ACROSS THE PLAINS. PACIFIC MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE FLOW WILL KEEP PERIODS OF SNOW ONGOING ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE FRIDAY. GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. THE SECOND STRONGER SYSTEM WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ACROSS WY AND THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT HIGHER VALLEYS. CURRENT MODELS HAVE BEEN TRENDING A BIT FASTER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS...WITH INCREASING CONFIDENCE OF WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CRITERIA SNOWFALL. WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE TROUGH AND ARCTIC COLD FRONT SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY HIGHER TERRAIN AND EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE...SO BLOWING SNOW...LOW VISIBILITIES AND POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE THE PRIMARY IMPACTS TO TRAVELERS. AT THIS TIME...LOOKING AT STORM TOTALS OF 6-10 INCHES FOR THE SNOWY/SIERRA MADRES...4-6 INCHES LARAMIE RANGE AND 2-4 INCHES ALONG THE I-80 AND I-25 CORRIDORS. THESE AMOUNTS MAY CHANGE SHOULD THE SYSTEM BE SLOWER AND MORE INTENSE...SO CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS. HIGH TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WILL BE 15-20 DEGREES COLDER. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AND END FROM NORTH TO SOUTH SATURDAY NIGHT. DIMINISHING WINDS...CLEARING SKIES AND FRESH SNOWPACK WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET TO 0 TO -10 DEGREES. WIND CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM -15 TO -25 DEGREES. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 410 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014 UNSEASONABLY COLD PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL BE ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY WITH COLD 700MB TEMPS (AROUND -12C). HIGHS WILL STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE MID 20S AND WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE BREEZY DURING THE AFTERNOON. A SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON SUN NIGHT TO REINFORCE THE COLD AIRMASS. NOT MUCH CHANGE IN TEMPS FOR MON. TEMPS WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE ON TUES (BUT STILL REMAIN A GOOD 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL) AS THE TROUGH SHIFTS EASTWARD INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. WE MAY ACTUALLY WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING BY WED AS A WEAK LEE TROUGH DEVELOPS. PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL BE MINIMAL. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 923 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014 MAIN AVIATION IMPACTS WILL BE A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW THAT WILL PUSH ACROSS AREA TERMINALS THROUGH AROUND 09Z...BEFORE WEAKENING. SNOW HAS STRUGGLED TO REACH THE GROUND AT SITES EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE SO FAR AND SUSPECT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE CASE OVERNIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SLIGHTLY FRIDAY MORNING... BEFORE RETURNING TO MVFR AND IN SOME CASES IFR/LIFR AS WINDS TURN MORE EASTERLY AFTER 19Z...WHICH WILL BE MORE FAVORABLE FOR LOW CLOUD DEVELOPMENT FOR SITES OUT ON THE ERN PLAINS. -SN WILL BEGIN TO IMPACT KRWL...KCDR AND KAIA AFTER 15/03Z AS THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES IN. && .FIRE WEATHER... ISSUED AT 410 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014 NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WITH EXTENSIVE SNOWPACK. LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT. WEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...PRODUCING BLOWING SNOW. A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL AND GUSTY WINDS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL BE OVER THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES. AFTER A DECENT WARMUP FRIDAY...COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN THIS WEEKEND. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 2 PM MST FRIDAY FOR WYZ110. NE...NONE. && UPDATE...CAH SHORT TERM...MJ LONG TERM...ZF AVIATION...CAH FIRE WEATHER...MJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 218 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014 WYZ101>119-142130- CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY- NORTH LARAMIE RANGE-FERRIS/SEMINOE/SHIRLEY MOUNTAINS- SHIRLEY BASIN-CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY- EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-CENTRAL CARBON COUNTY- NORTH SNOWY RANGE FOOTHILLS-SOUTHWEST CARBON COUNTY- SIERRA MADRE RANGE-UPPER NORTH PLATTE RIVER BASIN-SNOWY RANGE- LARAMIE VALLEY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS- CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-EAST LARAMIE COUNTY- 218 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WYOMING...SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING AND SOUTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE AND SPREAD EAST ONTO THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS EVENING AS A PACIFIC UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH WYOMING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES OVER THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES AND NEARBY HIGH VALLEYS...TO LESS THAN AN INCH FOR THE PLAINS. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE LATER TONIGHT AND BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY BETWEEN LARAMIE AND RAWLINS. GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE ARLINGTON AREA ALONG INTERSTATE 80. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING AT 2 AM .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE BETWEEN LARAMIE AND RAWLINS FRIDAY MORNING THEN DIMINISH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. WHILE THE EXACT TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE STORM REMAINS UNCERTAIN...TRAVEL MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-142130- DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE- NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX- 218 PM MST THU NOV 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD EAST INTO THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TONIGHT AS A PACIFIC UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. WHILE THE EXACT TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE STORM REMAINS UNCERTAIN...TRAVEL MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. JAMSKI
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1255 AM MST FRI NOV 14 2014
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1216 AM NON-TSTM WND GST ARLINGTON 41.59N 106.21W
11/14/2014 M57 MPH CARBON WY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
ARLINGTON EAST WYDOT SITE. SUSTAINED AT 35 MPH.
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GCLAYCOMThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The WYDOT sensor at Wagonhound measured sustained winds of 40 mph or higher.
The WYDOT sensor at Arlington measured sustained winds of 40 mph or higher.
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