A wildfire of unknown cause burned about two acres of pasture and an old outbuilding. No injuries were reported.
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A wildfire of unknown cause burned about two acres of pasture and an old outbuilding. No injuries were reported.
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 Aug 23, 10:08 AM MST, 41 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Goodland KS 1108 AM MDT Tue Aug 23 2022 .SHORT TERM...(Today through Wednesday night) Issued at 135 AM MDT Tue Aug 23 2022 A broad upper level ridge -- extending eastward from the Intermountain West/4-Corners to the Central High Plains -- will persist through mid-week. In a synoptic pattern characterized by weak low-mid level (surface to 500 mb) flow and a dry/stable thermodynamic environment.. precipitation /convection/ is not anticipated. With weak low-mid level flow (i.e. little or no thermal advection).. temperatures will predominately be a function of the diurnal cycle. Clear skies /unimpeded insolation/ suggest a slight warming trend (via gradual airmass modification).. with highs ranging from the mid 80s to mid 90s and lows ranging from the mid 50s to lower 60s. .LONG TERM...(Thursday through Tuesday) Issued at 326 AM MDT Tue Aug 23 2022 At the beginning of the extended period, models show the CWA having a northwesterly flow aloft being underneath the front part of a weak upper air ridge with a closed low over northern ID. On Friday, the axis of the ridge passes over the CWA in the morning with low opening up into a weak trough giving the CWA a mostly westerly flow through the day with a shortwave disturbance passing through the flow during the evening. Going into Saturday, the front part of the weak trough makes its it over the CWA giving it a southwesterly flow. However, long term models disagree with what occurs behind it to the west. The GFS shows a closed low moving over the ID/MT border by the evening hours while the ECMWF has a trough in the area though slightly more south along with a closed low off of the coast of OR. Going forward from Sunday to the end of the forecast period, the model differences compound and show pretty much low agreement. The GFS shows the closed low passing eastward across the Northern Plains on Sunday north of the CWA followed by a large ridge moving over the Pacific Northwest on Monday that progresses eastward over the western half of the CONUS on Tuesday giving the CWA a northwesterly flow to begin the work week. The ECMWF has the CWA with a southwesterly flow with a weak trough moving towards the CWA on Sunday followed by a larger ridge developing over western Canada on Monday as the weak trough closes into a weak low. On Tuesday, the ECMWF shows the western 2/3rds of the CONUS underneath a ridge with the weak low moving over the CWA. Due to these differences in the upper air pattern still showing a good amount of uncertainty in the current runs, future model runs will be monitored for better consistency. At the surface, precipitation chances look to have decreased a bit from previous forecasts though they still exist. Best chances for precipitation on Thursday look to be in the far northwestern portion of Yuma county with those chances being slight at best. On Friday through Sunday, models show a surface trough setting up in eastern CO bringing some chances for precipitation on each day. Friday shows chances starting in the western portions of the CWA that move eastward into the night. Current QPF values for the day range from around a few hundredths to about a quarter of an inch in western Kit Carson and Cheyenne counties. Breezy southerly winds that will gust up to around 25 kts for a few hours during the afternoon continue to be in the forecast. On Saturday, precipitation chances look to be east of the CO border with the surface trough setting up a bit more closer to the CO border this time with precipitation chances increases going eastward in KS and NE. Minimal QPF values are seen on Saturday as well as Sunday which has slight chances for precipitation in areas east of KS-25. On Monday, a surface low is seen passing through the CWA followed by a cold front overnight into Tuesday. Timing on this front is still uncertain and is more apparent in the GFS model solution than the ECMWF, but chances for precipitation are seen across the CWA on Monday and Tuesday with minimal amounts of moisture seen at this time. The Tri-State area looks to see daytime high temperatures on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in the middle 80s to middle 90s followed by Sunday's highs in the upper 80s to middle 90s. Daytime highs on Monday and Tuesday look to be in the middle 80s to lower 90s. Overnight lows on Thursday expect to be in the upper 50s to middle 60s range with Friday night's lows being in the middle 50s to upper 60s. Saturday night's lows return to the middle 50s to middle 60s range with the remainder of the extended period being in the middle 50s to lower 60s. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Wednesday afternoon) Issued at 1108 AM MDT Tue Aug 23 2022 High pressure over the region during the forecast period will allow for VFR conditions for both terminals. Winds for KGLD, southeast around 10kts through 09z Wednesday, then south- southwest. Winds for KMCK, southeast 5-10kts, with a period of light/variable from 06z-16z Wednesday. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...VINCENT LONG TERM...076 AVIATION...JN
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 854 AM MDT Tue Aug 23 2022 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-241500- Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas- Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock- Red Willow- 854 AM MDT Tue Aug 23 2022 /954 AM CDT Tue Aug 23 2022/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire of unknown cause burned roughly two acres of pasture and an old outbuilding. The fire was located at CR 35 and NN north of Stratton.
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