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FXUS65 KCYS 161758  
AFDCYS  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY  
1058 AM MST MON FEB 16 2026  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- HIGH WIND WATCHES HAVE BEEN UPGRADED TO HIGH WIND WARNINGS FOR  
MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL WYOMING. HIGH WIND  
WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED EAST TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST  
WYOMING PLAINS AND PORTIONS OF FAR WESTERN NEBRASKA.  
 
- CRITICAL TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER EXPECTED STARTING TUESDAY  
MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.  
 
- MODERATE TO HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY  
THROUGH THURSDAY THIS WEEK, MAINLY ABOVE 8500 FEET. A WINTER  
STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT.  
 
- SNOW SQUALLS POSSIBLE WEST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE TUESDAY  
MORNING WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT.  
 
- SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE OVER THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY INTO  
THURSDAY, FOLLOWED BY TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW SEASONAL  
AVERAGES FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/
 
 
ISSUED AT 320 AM MST MON FEB 16 2026  
 
ACTIVE WEATHER TO START OFF THE WEEK WITH SEVERAL POTENTIAL  
HAZARDS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT: INCLUDING CRITICAL TO  
EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS, STRONG WINDS, SNOW  
SQUALL ACTIVITY AND HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW, AND EVEN A FEW THUNDER  
SHOWERS TUESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS CARBON AND ALBANY COUNTIES.  
 
FOR MOST OF TODAY (MONDAY), A PRETTY QUIET AND TRANQUIL DAY  
BEFORE THE PACIFIC COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL  
THROUGH MOVES TOWARDS THE AREA TONIGHT. OBSERVATIONS EARLY THIS  
MORNING SHOW PERIODS OF GUSTY WINDS APPROACHING 55 MPH TO THE  
LEE OF THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS RANGES. THIS IS LIKELY IN RESPONSE  
TO SOME MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY WITH MODELS STILL SHOWING  
LOCALLY STRONG SUBSIDENCE MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE LARAMIE  
RANGE. THANKFULLY, WINDS ALOFT ARE BEHAVING SO FAR WITH SPEEDS  
LIKELY BELOW 45 KNOTS...SO LOCALLY STRONG WINDS OVER 60 MPH ARE  
NOT EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. AFTER A BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS  
AROUND SUNRISE, WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH  
THE DAY TODAY AND LIKELY BECOME STRONG TONIGHT. MID TO HIGH  
LEVEL CLOUDINESS HAS CONTINUED TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA,  
RESULTING IN EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 40S IN SOME  
AREAS. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE BEEN  
ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA WITH LOWS AS LOW AS 20 DEGREES REPORTED  
SO FAR. WITH A WARM START TO THE DAY FOR MOST LOCATIONS, CAN'T  
RULE OUT A FEW MORE RECORDS TO DROP THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER,  
RECORD HIGHS FOR FEBRUARY 16TH ARE SEVERAL DEGREES HIGHER  
COMPARED TO THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. REGARDLESS, AFTERNOON  
TEMPERATURES SHOULD RANGE FROM THE UPPER 50S TO UPPER 60S TODAY.  
 
STRONG WINDS AND FIRE WEATHER LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY  
 
MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE STRONG PACIFIC COLD FRONT MOVING  
TOWARDS CENTRAL WYOMING AND INTO CARBON/ALBANY COUNTIES BY  
AROUND SUNRISE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT  
ARE FORECAST TO START INCREASING AS EARLY AS LATE MONDAY  
EVENING/AROUND MIDNIGHT FOR CARBON COUNTY AS PRESSURE GRADIENTS  
ALOFT QUICKLY INCREASE AND MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY DEVELOPS. THIS  
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY PUSH ACROSS THE AREA AND LIKELY BE  
AROUND THE I-25 CORRIDOR AROUND SUNRISE. MODELS AND ENSEMBLE ALL  
SHOW 700MB WINDS RAPIDLY INCREASING TO OVER 60+ KNOTS WITH  
EXCELLENT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.  
HIGH CONFIDENCE OF STRONG WIND GUSTS IN THIS AREA FROM MULTIPLE  
SOURCES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING,  
BORA-LIKE FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT, POTENTIAL SNOW SQUALL ACTIVITY,  
AND MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY. WITH THIS IN MIND, DECIDED TO  
UPGRADE THE HIGH WIND WATCH TO A WARNING FOR ALL OF CARBON,  
CONVERSE, PLATTE, AND MOST OF ALBANY COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT  
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY EVENING. EXPECT PERIODS OF STRONG WIND  
GUSTS BETWEEN 60 TO 70 MPH WITH BRIEF LULLS IN BETWEEN. THE ONLY  
EXCEPTION MAY BE THE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM BORDEAUX, COLEMAN, TO  
NEAR DOUGLAS, WHICH MAY HAVE A MORE SUSTAINED EVENT DUE TO  
PERSISTENT MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY AND VERY STRONG BOUNDARY LAYER  
SUBSIDENCE. IN FACT, SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS HAVE THE MOST  
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS TO SEE GUSTS OVER 75 MPH AS MODELS SHOW  
700-600MB WINDS PEAKING AROUND 75 KNOTS EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
FURTHER EAST, MODELS HAVE BECOME A LITTLE MORE CONSISTENT WITH  
PEAK WIND SPEEDS INTO THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TUESDAY AND  
TUESDAY EVENING. THEREFORE, EXTENDED THE HIGH WIND WATCH  
EASTWARD TO INCLUDE A FEW WESTERN NEBRASKA COUNTIES (SIOUX,  
BANNER, AND KIMBALL). CONFIDENCE IS STILL LIMITED DUE TO CLOUD  
COVER AND SUBPAR LOW LEVEL SUBSIDENCE, BUT IT LOOKS BETTER  
COMPARED TO YESTERDAY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DEVELOPING SURFACE  
LOW TO THE NORTHEAST. MAY NEED TO INCLUDE THE REST OF THE  
WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE IF MODEL TRENDS CONTINUE.  
 
OTHERWISE, WITH STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA AND VERY DRY  
CONDITIONS, FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE HIGH FOR MID FEBRUARY. SPC  
HAS ADDED PORTIONS OF THE HIGH PLAINS TO THE EXTREMELY CRITICAL  
FIRE WEATHER CATEGORY. RESIDENTS AND DRIVERS NEED TO TAKE THIS  
SERIOUSLY SINCE ANY IGNITIONS WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY AS  
GRASSES ARE VERY DRY WITH WINDS OVER 60 MPH POSSIBLE. ISSUED A  
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS ALONG AND EAST  
OF INTERSTATE 25. STARTED THE WATCH EARLY IN THE MORNING DUE TO  
FORECAST LOW HUMIDITY RECOVERIES AS LOW AS 20%.  
 
MOUNTAIN SNOW AND SNOW SQUALLS  
 
CURRENT HIGH RES GUIDANCE SHOWS A GOOD CHANCE FOR SNOW SQUALLS  
AND/OR BANDS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH STRONG ENVIRONMENTAL WINDS  
BETWEEN 200 AM AND 800 AM EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. MODEL SOUNDINGS  
SHOW A DECENT AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL CAPE, AROUND 100 J/KG, WITH  
ALL MODELS INDICATING VERY GOOD FRONTOGENESIS/LOW LEVEL FORCING  
MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. LOOKS LIKE HIGH RES GUIDANCE HAS PICKED  
UP ON THIS AND CONTINUES TO SHOW BANDS OF SNOW SQUALLS MOVING  
ACROSS CARBON AND ALBANY COUNTIES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. DO NOT  
EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO MAKE IT MUCH PAST THE I-25 CORRIDOR DUE  
TO STRONG DOWNSLOPE WINDS. THE ONLY LIMITING FACTOR FOR SNOW  
SQUALL ACTIVITY IS MOISTURE, WHICH WILL BE LACKING FOR THIS  
EVENT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON,  
MAINLY NEAR THE MOUNTAINS. WITH DECENT INSTABILITY FOR THIS  
TIME OF THE YEAR AND CAPE VALUES CLIMBING TO 100 TO 300 J/KG IN  
THE AFTERNOON, ADDED SOME THUNDER SHOWERS FOR CARBON AND ALBANY  
COUNTIES, INCLUDING THE MOUNTAINS. SPEAKING OF THE MOUNTAINS AND  
HIGH PEAKS, PERSISTENT UPSLOPE FLOW WILL START AFTER MIDNIGHT  
TONIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY. EXPECT SOME BRIEF BREAKS IN THE SNOWFALL  
AT TIMES, BUT THE GFS AND NAM SHOW HIGH AND PERSISTENT OMEGA ON  
THE WINDWARD SIDE OF THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE THAT LINGERS THROUGH  
THURSDAY. NOT THE BEST WIND DIRECTION FOR THE SNOWY RANGE, BUT  
WILL MONITOR SNOWFALL RATES SINCE THEY CAN BE TRICKY. FOR NOW,  
UPGRADED THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR  
HEAVY SNOW AND PERIODS OF BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW. WOULD NOT BE  
SURPRISED TO SEE SOME AMOUNTS NEAR 3 FEET OR HIGHER BY MIDWEEK.  
 
BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT, ALL MODELS SHOW THE WINDS EASING DOWN  
AFTER SUNSET AND FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS QUICKLY IMPROVING  
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. KEPT THE HIGH WIND WARNING GOING UNTIL 11  
PM FOR I-25 CORRIDOR AND MAY NEED TO ADJUST THE TIMING OF THE  
HIGH WIND WATCH/WARNING FURTHER EAST TO ACCOUNT FOR THE  
REDEVELOPMENT OF STRONG WINDS (THIS TIME OUT OF THE WNW OR  
NORTHWEST) BEHIND AN AREA OF RAPID SURFACE CYCLOGENESIS OVER  
THE DAKOTAS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. EXPECT THIS SURFACE LOW TO MOVE  
QUICK TO THE EAST LATER TUESDAY NIGHT WITH DECREASING SURFACE  
PRESSURE GRADIENTS OVER THE AREA. ATTENTION WILL THEN SHIFT TO A  
POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL EVENT IN THE MEDIUM RANGE.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 259 PM MST SUN FEB 15 2026  
 
A TRAIN OF PROGRESSIVE TROUGHS MOVING ACROSS THE ROCKIES FROM THE  
PACIFIC THIS WEEK WILL KEEP ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY  
OR SATURDAY, BEFORE MILD WEATHER AND RIDGING BEGINS TO MAKE A RETURN  
BY SUNDAY.  
 
ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, THE AREA WILL BE IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS AS THE  
FIRST WIND STORM MOVES OUT ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THE SECOND  
TROUGH WILL BE ANOTHER POWERFUL PACIFIC TROUGH RAPIDLY MOVING INLAND  
DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. CLOUD LAYER RH AND MEAN WIND SHOW  
MOIST OROGRAPHIC LIFT CONTINUING IN THE MOUNTAINS EVEN IN BETWEEN  
THE TROUGHS, SUGGESTING THERE MAY NOT BE MUCH OF A BREAK IN MOUNTAIN  
SNOWFALL, THOUGH RATES WILL CERTAINLY DECREASE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.  
MUCH OF THE AREA SHOULD SEE A BREAK FROM THE WINDS WEDNESDAY MORNING  
WITH A REDUCED CROSS-BARRIER HEIGHT GRADIENT SETTING UP IN BETWEEN  
TROUGHS. IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTING FIRST TROUGH WILL DROP A SURFACE  
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MONTANA PLAINS, AND THE EDGE OF THIS FEATURES  
WILL TRY TO CREEP INTO OUR NORTHERN ZONES. WHILE WE ARE NOT  
EXPECTING THIS TO MANIFEST AS AN ACTUAL ARCTIC FRONTAL BOUNDARY FOR  
OUR AREA, THE INCREASED SURFACE PRESSURE SPREADING DOWN THE I-25  
CORRIDOR SHOULD HELP PROVIDE AT LEAST A TEMPORARY BREAK FROM THE  
STRONG WINDS. THE STRONG SUBTROPICAL JET STREAK OUT AHEAD OF THE  
PRIMARY TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN ON WEDNESDAY WILL HAVE  
NOTICEABLE DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT, SUPPORTING RAPID PRESSURE FALLS  
JUST IN THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY AND EVENING ON  
WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AGAIN,  
PARTICULARLY WEST OF I-25, AS SURFACE PRESSURE FALLS AND LEE  
CYCLOGENESIS OCCURS. EXPECT TO FIND A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY  
SOMEWHERE OVER THE AREA, WHICH AS OF NOW APPEARS MOST LIKELY TO SET  
UP ALONG THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER VALLEY. NORTH/EAST OF THIS BOUNDARY,  
WE WILL SEE LIGHTER UPSLOPE FLOW, WHILE STRONGER SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST  
WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH/WEST OF THE BOUNDARY.  
 
THE PRIMARY SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHEAST  
COLORADO (A RARE POSITIONING FOR THIS WINTER SEASON). HOWEVER, A  
SECONDARY SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHWEST OR CENTRAL WYOMING WILL KEEP  
SOUTHWEST WINDS IN PLACE OVER CARBON, ALBANY, AND POSSIBLY LARAMIE  
COUNTY, KEEPING WINDS ELEVATED HERE. WE WILL HAVE THE LOW-LEVEL  
UPSLOPE FLOW IN PLACE NORTH OF THE STALLED BOUNDARY, AND FORCING  
ALOFT LOOKS TO IMPROVE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS ISENTROPIC  
LIFT KICKS UP IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING TROUGH. THIS SYSTEM WILL  
BE QUITE PROGRESSIVE, AND THUS THE WINDOW FOR SNOWFALL IS NOT VERY  
LONG, BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL LIFTING MECHANISMS PRESENT INCLUDING THOSE  
MENTIONED ABOVE, PLUS VORTICITY ADVECTION ALOFT, AND STRONG  
FRONTOGENESIS. THIS WILL HELP SPREAD SNOWFALL OUT INTO THE HIGH  
PLAINS WEDNESDAY LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.  
 
THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE THE FIRST WIDESPREAD  
ACCUMULATING SNOW EVENT OF THE YEAR, BUT SOME PORTIONS OF THE  
FORECAST AREA WILL STILL PROBABLY MISS OUT ONCE AGAIN. HIGHEST  
CONFIDENCE IN IMPACTFUL SNOW ACCUMULATION (IN ADDITION TO THE  
MOUNTAINS) AT THIS TIME IS ALONG THE US-20 CORRIDOR FROM DOUGLAS TO  
CHADRON, AND ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR IN CARBON COUNTY. BASED ON  
RATIOS OF ABOUT 15:1, THE MEDIAN ENSEMBLE MEMBER HAS OVER 2" OF SNOW  
FALLING IN BOTH DOUGLAS AND CHADRON WITH ABOUT 25% OF MEMBERS OVER  
4" OF SNOW. FURTHER WEST, THERE IS MEDIUM CONFIDENCE IN SNOW IMPACTS  
TOO, BUT THE CHARACTERISTICS WILL BE DIFFERENT. THE ISENTROPIC LIFT  
AND THUS THE STRATIFORM VALLEY SNOWFALL WILL PROBABLY NOT MAKE IT  
INTO CARBON COUNTY, BUT FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW VERY STEEP LAPSE  
RATES THROUGH THE ENTIRE TROPOSPHERE NEAR RAWLINS WEDNESDAY  
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION, STRONG MECHANICAL FORCING IS EXPECTED AS THE  
SECONDARY SURFACE LOW OVER CENTRAL WYOMING GIVES INTO THE PRIMARY  
LOW OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO. AS THIS OCCURS, EXPECT RAPID INCREASES  
IN SURFACE PRESSURE AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SWEEPS IN FROM THE WEST.  
AS A RESULT, WEDNESDAY WILL PROBABLY BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR  
CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SNOW SQUALLS TO CARBON COUNTY.  
SNOWFALL IN LARAMIE WILL DEPEND ON THE ABILITY OF THE CONVECTIVE  
SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE EAST OF THE SNOWY RANGE, WHICH IS A LITTLE  
MORE UNCERTAIN THAN RAWLINS. PROBABILITIES FOR 1" OF SNOW ARE AROUND  
40% AT THIS TIME. THE I-80 CORRIDOR FROM CHEYENNE EASTWARD IS THE  
MOST LIKELY AREA TO MISS OUT ON THIS SNOW EVENT. SOUTHWEST WINDS IN  
THE EARLY PHASES OF THE EVENT TRANSITIONING TO WESTERLY WINDS LATER  
ARE RATHER UNFAVORABLE. THERE IS A SCENARIO SUPPORTED BY ABOUT 25%  
OF ENSEMBLE MEMBERS WITH A STRONGER, MORE SOUTHERLY UPPER LEVEL  
TROUGH WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR THE ISENTROPIC LIFT TO SET UP FURTHER  
SOUTH AND INCLUDE THE CHEYENNE AREA, BUT THIS IS NOT THE MOST LIKELY  
SCENARIO AT THIS TIME. MEDIAN 24-HOUR QPF FOR CHEYENNE IS ONLY  
0.02", WHICH WOULD JUST BE A DUSTING TO A HALF INCH OF SNOW. THE  
MODEL MEAN IS SKEWED SOMEWHAT BY A SMALL HANDFUL OF HIGH OUTLIERS.  
 
ONCE THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS SWINGS THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY  
EVENING, WE WILL SEE RAPID DRY AIR ADVECTION INTO THE I-80 CORRIDOR,  
ALONG WITH ANOTHER INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS. DUE TO THE COLD FRONT  
AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS, THIS ROUND OF WIND  
WILL LIKELY BE CONFINED TO AREAS WEST OF I-25 (THOUGH CAN'T RULE OUT  
GUSTS OF 60+ MPH CREEPING INTO THE CHEYENNE AREA). IN-HOUSE GUIDANCE  
IS DEPICTING AROUND A 50% CHANCE FOR HIGH WINDS IN THE ARLINGTON/ELK  
MOUNTAIN AND I-80 SUMMIT AREAS WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO EARLY THURSDAY  
MORNING. EXPECT A COLD AND WINDY DAY ON THURSDAY, WHICH COULD LEAD  
TO BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS IN AREAS RECEIVING SNOWFALL ON WEDNESDAY  
NIGHT. HOWEVER, THE PROBABILITY FOR HIGH WINDS IS FAIRLY LOW (10%  
FOR THE HIGH PLAINS).  
 
MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO PICK UP ON ONE FINAL TROUGH IN THIS TRAIN  
MOVING THROUGH THE AREA AROUND THE FRIDAY OR FRIDAY NIGHT TIME  
PERIOD. THIS ONE LOOKS WEAKER THAN THE TWO PRECEDING SYSTEMS, AND  
WITHOUT AS STRONG OF A MOISTURE TAP TO THE PACIFIC. NONETHELESS,  
RECENT ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE IS TRENDING A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE ON  
PRECIPITATION, PRIMARILY FOR THE MOUNTAINS. THIS MAY BRING ANOTHER  
CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW OVER THE PLAINS AND STRONG WINDS IN THE  
WIND PRONE AREAS IN ITS WAKE. ENSEMBLES ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT  
SHOWING STRONG RIDGING BEGINNING TO BUILD BACK INTO THE AREA BY  
SUNDAY SUPPORTING ANOTHER WARMING TREND.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY/
 
 
ISSUED AT 1047 AM MST MON FEB 16 2026  
 
MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE TWO  
EXCEPTIONS WILL BE KRWL/KLAR WHERE SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE  
REGION DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY, WHICH COULD PROMOTE  
VFR TO IFR CONDITIONS, POSSIBLY EVEN AS LOW AS LIFR UNDER  
HEAVIER SNOW AND BLOWING WINDS AT KRWL. OTHERWISE, CIGS AND VIS  
WILL REMAIN AT VFR STATUS, WITH MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS. WINDS  
WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN AT SITES, WITH STRONGER GUSTS TODAY  
FOR WYOMING TERMINALS CONTINUING INTO TOMORROW WHEN HIGH WINDS  
ARE EXPECTED ALL SITES. GUSTS IN THE 40-60 KNOT RANGE WILL BE  
POSSIBLE BY TOMORROW MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON, PRIMARILY FROM  
THE WEST TO WEST-SOUTHWEST. SOME WIND SHEAR MAY ALSO IMPACT  
WYOMING TERMINALS OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING, BUT WINDS  
WILL INCREASE AND MEET LOW LEVEL STRENGTH BY THE MID TO LATE  
MORNING, ALLOWING WIND SHEAR CONCERNS TO LESSEN.  
 

 
   
CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
WY...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON  
FOR WYZ417-418-430>433.  
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON  
FOR WYZ102-108-119.  
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM MST TUESDAY FOR WYZ101-  
106-107-115.  
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MST TUESDAY  
FOR WYZ104-109.  
HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 8 PM MST TUESDAY FOR WYZ105-110-  
111-113.  
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM MST THURSDAY  
FOR WYZ112.  
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY  
NIGHT FOR WYZ114.  
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR  
WYZ116>118.  
NE...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON  
FOR NEZ434>437.  
HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON  
FOR NEZ020-054-095.  
 

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...TJT  
LONG TERM...MN  
AVIATION...CG  
 
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