Halleck Ridge WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 80 measured high sustained winds around midnight on the 17th with area wind gusts around 50-55 mph.
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Halleck Ridge WYDOT mesonet station along Interstate 80 measured high sustained winds around midnight on the 17th with area wind gusts around 50-55 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 Jan 16, 10:32 PM MST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 1032 PM MST Sun Jan 16 2022 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Tuesday night) Issued at 100 PM MST Sun Jan 16 2022 Strong winds are the primary forecast issue in the short term. Followed by some light snow Tuesday night. Currently...A pretty quiet day ongoing this afternoon. High pressure over western Colorado and western Wyoming this afternoon...with a northwest flow over the CWA. Winds remain gusty this afternoon with fairly widespread gusts to 30-35 mph across much of the CWA. This with Craig to Casper 850/700mb height gradients of right around 32 meters. Next Pacific cold front still off the coast of Washington State. This will be the system that could bring us some light snow Wednesday morning. Craig to Casper gradients begin to increase this evening...up to 57/38mtrs by 03Z and 73/45mtrs by 09Z. Random forest high wind guidance showing an uptick in high wind probabilities after 00Z this afternoon...moreso after 03Z. GFS 700mb winds up to 40kts after 03Z with 750mb winds up to 45kts across Arlington and Bordeaux. Thinking the High Wind warnings we have out for Arlington and Bordeaux are still in good shape...so no changes expected in current headlines. Strongest winds still looking like 2AM to 8-9AM Monday as upper winds reach 50kts at 750mbs. Evening shift may want to take another look at the I-80 Summit as 12Z GFS 700mb winds have shifted a little further south. May see the Summit and eastern foothills added to the High Wind Warnings with the evening update. Pacific frontal system moves into Montana Tuesday with the frontal boundary sagging south into the northern panhandle and southeast Wyoming by late morning Tuesday into the afternoon. ECMWF and SREF showing light qpf developing over Converse and Niobrara Counties...as well as the northern Nebraska Panhandle Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning. Kept low chance PoPs in the forecast for Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning as the NBM and GFS are notorious for not picking up these light qpf events. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday through Sunday) Issued at 100 PM MST Sun Jan 16 2022 Wednesday...Colder with a chance of light snow as a fast moving shortwave trough aloft and its associated cold front pass our counties. Thursday-Friday...Expect a slow warming trend under northwest flow aloft with weak shortwave troughs passing overhead producing periods of cloudiness and also a chance for light snow on Friday, with the best chance for snow in orographically favored locations like the Snowy and Sierra Madre Ranges. Saturday...Slightly cooler under north northwest flow aloft. May see some orographic snow showers across the Snowy and Sierra Madre Ranges, otherwise dry. Sunday...Will see a slight warming trend as the flow aloft backs to northwest, with increasing heights aloft along with increasing 700 mb temperatures. Continued dry with minimal low and mid level moisture. && .AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Monday night) Issued at 1032 PM MST Sun Jan 16 2022 VFR conditions will continue overnight. Winds will be light. KRWL may see some gusts up to 30 kts due to strengthening flow aloft. As the flow aloft strengthens, widespread LLWS is possible. LLWS is likely through the early morning hours. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 245 AM MST Sun Jan 16 2022 A high pressure ridge aloft will shift to the west as a potent disturbance and cold front dive southeast into the Northern Plains Sunday. A leeside surface trough will intensify near the Front Range, resulting windy conditions across southeast Wyoming through Monday. Fire weather concerns will be low with minimum relative humidities above 25 percent and a lingering snow pack. && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...High Wind Warning until 5 PM MST Monday for WYZ106-110. NE...None. && SHORT TERM...GCC LONG TERM...RUBIN AVIATION...SF FIRE WEATHER...MJ
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 337 AM MST Sun Jan 16 2022 WYZ106-110-171045- Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County- North Snowy Range Foothills- 337 AM MST Sun Jan 16 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Strong west winds continue early this morning, diminishing slightly through late afternoon before increasing this evening and overnight. Gusts of 60 to 70 mph are expected. Refer to the High Wind Watch and Warning products for details. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY Strong winds will continue through Monday afternoon. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be required. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>105-107>109-111>119- 171045- Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County- Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County- Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County- Converse County Lower Elevations-Niobrara County- North Laramie Range-Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains- Shirley Basin-East Platte County-Goshen County- Central Carbon County-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- 337 AM MST Sun Jan 16 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for western portions of the Nebraska Panhandle...east central Wyoming...south central Wyoming and southeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .Spotter information statement... Spotter activation will not be required.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
WYDOT mesonet station Halleck Ridge (WY18) along Interstate 80 measured sustained winds over 40 MPH for over an hour.
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