Gusty northerly winds mostly between 40 and 45 mph occurred in the far southwestern portion of Nebraska during the afternoon hours. A single non-thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph was reported during this time.
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Gusty northerly winds mostly between 40 and 45 mph occurred in the far southwestern portion of Nebraska during the afternoon hours. A single non-thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph was reported during this time.
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 Mar 23, 12:05 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Goodland KS 1205 PM MDT Wed Mar 23 2022 .SHORT TERM...(Today through Saturday Morning) Issued at 302 AM MDT Wed Mar 23 2022 Satellite imagery shows the low pressure system from the past few days over the upper midwest, a few weak disturbances associated with the back end of the low has allowed some very light showers and/or sprinkles to occur over western portions of the area. The main story for today will be another day of gusty to perhaps strong wind gusts. The strongest winds look to lie across east Colorado as wave of energy moves southward from the back edge of the low pressure system. Guidance indicates an area of wind gusts in excess of 60 mph occurring over western portions of Cheyenne and Kit Carson counties in Colorado and extending westward across the Palmer Divide. A High Wind Warning was strongly considered but am opting to go with an SPS (Special Weather Statement) as confidence is not high enough to issue the High Wind Warning at this time as concerns due to the amount of mixing that is able to occur as the Day-Snow-Fog RGB satellite imagery indicated that a healthy band of snow continues to exist from roughly Kirk, Colorado down through Wild Horse, Colorado where over a foot of snow was reported from the snowstorm on Monday. Forecast soundings also indicate a similar wind profile compared to Tuesday's strong winds which maxed wind gusts out in the 50-55 mph range. The potential does exist for strong wind gusts around 60 mph to occur and impact areas along and west of Colorado Highway 59,as the strong northerly winds will make potentially hazardous driving conditions on east-west highways. Winds of 25-30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph will be common across the remainder of the CWA this afternoon. Mainly clear to partly cloudy skies are expected today as high temperatures are expected to be similar to Tuesday's afternoon highs in the mid 40s to low 50s. The areas in the above mentioned snowpack temperatures were decreased to the upper 30s to low 40s. Overnight lows will fall into the low to mid 20s as clear skies are expected which will lead to radiational cooling across the area. Ridging developing across the western CONUS will lead to a warming trend across the area for the remainder of the extended period. High temperatures on Thursday are forecasted to be in the low to mid 60s across the majority of the area, with the exception for those within the heavy snow band as those were lowered roughly 5 degrees as the amount of melting that may occur today will play a big role in the high temperatures. The potential does exist for elevated fire weather conditions to develop across northeast portions of the area as wind gusts of 20-30 mph are possible during the afternoon hours as RH values are currently forecasted in the mid teens. A tenth to a quarter of inch of precipitation fell across that area from the early week storm which is some of the lower amounts across the region. High temperatures in the low 60s are forecast for Friday as a weak cold front moves across portions of the area with benign weather currently expected. .LONG TERM...(Saturday through Tuesday) Issued at 145 AM MDT Wed Mar 23 2022 Saturday...this mornings GFS/ECMWF/GEFS/GEM models remain similar to their solutions 24 hours ago, bringing an upper level ridge axis toward the Continental Divide and with it much warmer temperatures. Blending available 850mb temperatures with the better performing temperature guidance from the past 7 days supports the NBM solution with forecast high temperatures ranging from the lower to middle 60s across the eastern half of the forecast area to the lower 70s across the western 1/3 of the area. Low temperatures are expected to be in the middle 30s to around 40. No precipitation is expected. Sunday...this mornings GFS/ECMWF/GEFS/GEM models push the upper ridge axis over our area which is similar to 24 hours ago. I'm a little concerned about the high temperature forecast from the NBM. 850mb temperatures from the GFS/ECMWF/GEM range from the upper 40s to around 50F in the east to the lower to middle 60sF across the west. With typical full mixing I dont see us getting to the NBM highs in the 70-75F range across the east, it could be closer to the upper 60s to lower 70s. Further west, the current forecast highs in the middle 70s looks reasonable. Will bring this up to the day shift forecaster for further examination. Low temperatures are forecast to be in the middle 30s to lower 40s. No precipitation is expected. Monday...uncertainty begins to increase a bit as the GFS/GEFS/GEM models push the upper ridge east of the area as a large upper trough moves into the western part of the country west of the Continental Divide. The ECMWF has some troughing over the northern and central plains with some upper ridging over the west coast. The current forecast is for high temperatures to be in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Blending the GFS/ECMWF/GEM 850mb temperatures would support high temperatures generally in the lower to middle 80s under full mixing. I'll stay with the current forecast at this time. Low temperatures look to be in the lower to middle 40s. No precipitation is expected. We'll have to start thinking about some elevated fire weather concerns in the afternoon, generally along and west of Kansas Highway 27. Tuesday...the general idea is for the large upper trough that was west of the area Monday to move into northern plains to southern plains with increasing cloudiness and a chance for some light rain showers moving into far eastern Colorado in the afternoon. A chance of rain showers covers the entire area during the evening then mixes or changes over to light snow from west to east after midnight. High temperatures are currently expected to range from the middle to upper 60s in far eastern Colorado to the lower to middle 70s east of Kansas Highway 27. Low temperatures are expected to be in the upper 20s to middle 30s. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Thursday afternoon) Issued at 1127 AM MDT Wed Mar 23 2022 VFR conditions will prevail at both MCK and GLD through the 18Z TAF period. Winds will remain strong through 00Z with gusts near 40kts before beginning to decrease after 00Z when gusts could still be as high as 30kts. Light northwest winds are expected between 04Z-16Z with speeds picking backup slightly after 16Z. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...TT LONG TERM...99 AVIATION...LOCKHART
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 326 AM MDT Wed Mar 23 2022 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-240930- Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas- Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock- Red Willow- 326 AM MDT Wed Mar 23 2022 /426 AM CDT Wed Mar 23 2022/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... Strong north winds gusting as high as 60 mph are possible during the mid-morning to late afternoon hours. The main area of concern for high winds is along and west of Colorado Highway 59. Wind gusts of 35-50 mph are possible across the remainder of the area today. These strong winds will create difficult to hazardous traveling conditions along east-west highway such as Interstate 70, especially for high profile vehicles. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... Elevated fire weather conditions are expected Thursday afternoon along and north of a Benkelman, Nebraska to Hill City, Kansas line. Elevated fire weather conditions are again possible Monday along and west of Kansas Highway 27. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated today or tonight.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
KMCK AWOS measured a 58 mph non-thunderstorm wind gust at its location.
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