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FXUS65 KCYS 282347
AFDCYS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
547 PM MDT SAT JUN 28 2025
KEY MESSAGES
- SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY WITH A MARGINAL TO SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER
INCLUDING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
- CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN CARBON COUNTY ON SATURDAY; ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER
CONCERNS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY.
- WARM TEMPERATURES AND DAILY COVERAGE OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FOR
MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
SHORT TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/
ISSUED AT 150 PM MDT SAT JUN 28 2025
CUMULUS FIELD BEGINNING TO SETUP ACROSS THE CWA WITH A FEW
ECHOES NOTED JUST EAST TO SOUTHEAST OF LARAMIE COUNTY, WITH
ACTIVITY IN COLORADO ALREADY PRODUCING A FEW STRIKES OF
LIGHTNING. LAPSE RATES REMAIN STEEP ON ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS,
BUT NOTEWORTHY INSTABILITY IS LIMITED TO JUST THE NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE WITH 500 J/KG OR LESS FOR WYOMING BORDER AND WESTWARD,
AND SHEAR IS NEAR NON-EXISTANT. HEATING AND MIXING SHOULD
CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THIS EVENING, WITH
HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED (SURFACE MOISTURE REMAINS
ABYSMAL, WITH MOST RH VALUES IN THE 20'S TO TEENS AND DEWPOINTS
STRUGGLING TO MAKE IT PAST 50 DEGREES). HIGH RESOLUTION GUIDANCE
IS INDICATING WE'LL SEE OUR INITIAL ROUNDS DEVELOPING OVER THE
NEXT FEW HOURS AND SPREAD EASTWARDS, PARTICULARLY ACROSS
NIOBRARA AND GOSHEN COUNTIES IN WYOMING AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE, BUT THE NAM NEST IS ALSO PINGING
ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPREADING INTO THESE AREAS BEGINNING
AGAIN THIS EVENING AND INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS AND RE-IGNITING
ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONGER TO SEVERE STORMS. REGARDLESS, ANY
STORMS THAT DO FORM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL AND STRONG
WIND GUSTS, AND ACTIVITY EVEN ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-25
CORRIDOR CAN'T RULE OUT STRONGER WIND GUSTS DUE TO THE INVERTED
V SOUNDINGS THANKS TO THE DRY CONDITIONS AT THE SURFACE. ON THE
NOTE OF DRY CONDITIONS, BREEZY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
ARE CONTINUING TO FUEL THE ONGOING RED FLAG WARNING FOR CARBON
COUNTY, CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE WINDS LESSEN AND RH
VALUES RISE BACK ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS.
MOISTURE SHOULD OVERSPREAD THE REGION ON SUNDAY AND, ALONGSIDE
THE SLOWLY PROPAGATING BACKDOOR COLD FRONT, SHOULD BRING MORE
TEMPERATE CONDITIONS AS HIGHS DROP BACK DOWN INTO THE 70'S TO
80'S, ALONGSIDE A MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM RISK
FOR THE DAY. HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS ARE MUCH MORE EXCITED FOR
AREAS IN LARAMIE COUNTY FOR THE DAY, WITH THE HREF PAINTBALL FOR
REFLECTIVITY 40 DBZ OR GREATER COLORING IN ALMOST THE ENTIRE
COUNTY. WHILE OVERALL INSTABILITY WILL BE A BIT LOWER FOR THE
DAY COMPARED TO SATURDAY, SOUNDINGS SHOW A FAVORABLE PROFILE FOR
HAIL DEVELOPMENT, SO EXPECT THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL, ENCOMPASSING FROM THE LARAMIE RANGE EASTWARDS.
FURTHER WEST THOUGH, ANOTHER ROUND OF DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS
WITH RH VALUES INTO THE TEENS AND BREEZY WINDS COULD BRING
ANOTHER ROUND OF ENHANCED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ON THE FENCE
CURRENTLY IF WE'LL SEE 3 HOURS OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS THOUGH,
AND WILL COORDINATE WITH THE EVENING SHIFT TO DETERMINE IF
SMALLER RED FLAG WARNING MAY BE NEEDED TOMORROW OR NOT.
LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/
ISSUED AT 150 PM MDT SAT JUN 28 2025
MONDAY...TEMPERATURES ABOUT THE SAME AS ON SUNDAY, WITH LOW LEVEL
UPSLOPE EAST WINDS AND 700 MB TEMPERATURES NEAR 10 CELSIUS. DESPITE
ADEQUATE LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE, WE SHOULD SEE A DECREASE IN
COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO RIDGING ALOFT.
TUESDAY...A WARMING TREND DEVELOPS AS 700 MB TEMPERATURES RISE TO
NEAR 15 CELSIUS. ADEQUATE MOISTURE ALOFT FOR ISOLATED TO WIDELY
SCATTERED LATE DAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY EAST OF I-25.
WEDNESDAY...THE WARMING TREND CONTINUES AS 700 MB TEMPERATURES REACH
16 CELSIUS. MOISTURE LOOKS SIMILAR TO TUESDAY, THUS WE ANTICIPATE
ISOLATED LATE DAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
THURSDAY-JULY 4TH...SIMILAR TEMPERATURES TO WEDNESDAY WITH 700 MB
TEMPERATURES NEAR 16 CELSIUS. ADEQUATE LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE
AGAIN, THUS ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LATE DAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED. LOOKS LIKE DECENT WEATHER FOR OUTDOOR HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES.
SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH RIDGING ALOFT BUILDS OVERHEAD, THERE SHOULD
STILL BE ADEQUATE LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE FOR SCATTERED AFTERNOON
AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES
EXPECTED FOR MOST LOCATIONS.
AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY/
ISSUED AT 543 PM MDT SAT JUN 28 2025
THE MAIN AVIATION CONCERN THIS EVENING REMAINS SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG AND
ERRATIC WINDS. THIS IS POSSIBLE AT ALL TERMINALS, AND MAY BE
DIFFICULT TO DETECT IN ADVANCE. THEREFORE, TEMPO OR PROB30
GROUPS ARE PRESENT AT ALL TERMINALS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
WHILE THIS ACTIVITY WILL DECREASE IN COVERAGE AFTER ABOUT 03Z,
ISOLATED LINGERING SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE UNTIL AS LATE AS 09Z,
PARTICULARLY NEAR KCDR OR KAIA.
BRIEF CIG REDUCTIONS ARE EXPECTED AT KCDR SUNDAY MORNING WITH A
MODEST COLD FRONT SWEEPING THROUGH. THIS SHOULD CLEAR OUT MID TO
LATE MORNING, WITH STEADY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OVER THE HIGH
PLAINS. ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WY...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WYZ421-422-
427.
NE...NONE.
SHORT TERM...CG
LONG TERM...RUBIN
AVIATION...MN
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