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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Dodge City KS
435 PM CST Sun Dec 4 2022
...Updated Aviation...
.SHORT TERM...(This afternoon through Monday evening)
Issued at 1232 PM CST Sun Dec 4 2022
Recent water vapor satellite imagery and RAP upper air analysis
indicates upper level zonal flow continues over the central plains
between a strong cut-off ridge over central Mexico and a strong
cut-off low over Canada. As these features remain fixed in place
through the short term, little to no change is expected to the
upper level pattern. At the surface, high pressure will depart for
greener pastures during the day Sunday, and a weak lee cyclone
will develop in eastern CO in its wake. Winds will trend towards
southerly as a result, but not exceed 10 mph given a mostly
inconsequential surface pressure field. Moisture plume embedded
within the upper level westerlies will keep skies cloudy through
Sunday afternoon, only supporting highs in the low/mid 50s.
Overnight will be equally quiet, with light winds and clearing
skies as lows drop into the mid 20s to mid 30s.
Monday morning, the influence of the powerful upper level low in
Canada will spread southward as a cold front is forced through
our area. However, weak post-frontal CAA will only halt the
warming trend for the far northern zones with afternoon highs
ranging from the upper 40s north to low 60s along the KS/OK
border. Cold air finally pushes equatorward into southwest KS
Monday evening as winds weaken and trend northeasterly, allowing
low temperatures to drop into the upper teens to upper 20s.
.LONG TERM...(Tuesday through Sunday)
Issued at 121 PM CST Sun Dec 4 2022
Upper level zonal flow will begin to turn south-westerly at the
beginning of the long term period as a shortwave trough moves
onshore over the California coast. Progress for this feature will
be slow at first, and Tuesday will be another quiet day for
southwest KS with light winds, partly cloudy skies, and highs in
the mid/upper 40s to low 50s. On Wednesday, the upper level
impulse will push forward, inducing lee cyclogenesis somewhere in
southeast CO or adjacent northeast NM. Mass response will result
in winds increasing out of the southeast, and allowing afternoon
temperatures to increase as well despite abundant cloud cover with
highs in the upper 40s northeast to upper 50s southwest.
Wednesday night into Thursday morning, the upper level shortwave
trough will begin ejecting into the central plains, however medium
range guidance disagrees on how quickly this will occur, with the
ECMWF showing the much slower solution. This also throws into
question how much precipitation southwest KS can squeeze out of
this system, as a slower wave ejection would translate to more
QPF. Given the deterministic ECMWF has trended slower with the
wave today, and the continued strong EPS support, confidence is
growing precipitation might be a little more widespread than
initially thought. While uncertainty still persists, latest NBM
pops approaching the likely category (55-74%) over the eastern
zones with slight chance pops (15-24%) extending to the KS/CO
border were accepted. That said, QPF totals will still assuredly
be paltry, with maybe a tenth of an inch or two the most likely
scenario for most locations.
Daytime Thursday, northwest winds will increase briefly on the
northwest periphery of the deepening surface low, but relax fairly
quickly as it pulls away. This latest shot of cold air will not
amount to much, as afternoon highs on Thursday will still reach
the mid 40s/low 50s. Surface high pressure will build into the
central plains Thursday night into Friday morning in the wake of
the upper level shortwave trough, fostering ideal radiational
cooling conditions and supporting lows in the teens to 20s. Friday
through the end of the period, medium range guidance begins to
diverge regarding key synoptic features, rendering predictability
low.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Monday evening)
Issued at 435 PM CST Sun Dec 4 2022
VFR will continue through this TAF cycle, with variable amounts of
cirrus. Current cirrus overcast is expected to thin out during
the day Monday. Short term models suggest some stratus near P28
overnight, but expectation is for any stratus to remain southeast
of the airports. Light wind less than 10 kts are expected through
12z Mon. After 18z Mon, a weak dry backdoor cold front will bring
a NEly wind shift, with NE winds gusting modestly 20-23 kts.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DDC 31 55 23 47 / 0 0 0 0
GCK 30 55 23 46 / 0 0 0 0
EHA 37 63 26 53 / 0 0 0 0
LBL 32 62 23 50 / 0 0 0 0
HYS 26 47 19 43 / 0 0 0 0
P28 34 57 28 47 / 0 0 0 0
&&
.DDC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...Springer
LONG TERM...Springer
AVIATION...Turner
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Pocatello ID
829 PM MST Sun Dec 4 2022
.UPDATE...
Updated forecast to include a chance of freezing rain around
Malad, Preston and Bear Lake regions. Received a report of
freezing rain earlier this evening around Logan. HRRR soundings at
LGU showed the presence of an elevated warm layer and surface obs
showed temps in the valleys near or slightly below freezing. The
biggest threat appears to be through 06z although the HRRR does
not show that elevated warm layer completely eroding away until
later in the night. Also included patchy fog for the Snake Plain
as the HRRR shows visibilities tanking overnight after our evening
precipitation pulls away. Concerned about coverage given cloud
cover and wind may stay up just enough to keep near-surface layer
mixed.
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&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 209 PM MST Sun Dec 4 2022/
SHORT TERM...
This morning`s Winter Weather Advisory for the lower Snake, Magic
Valley and zones to the south was allowed to expire at noon today as
the threat for freezing rain has ended. Forecast did pan out nicely
as FZRA was observed in many spots across the area including here at
the Pocatello airport, although very briefly. A few area webcams
into the Magic Valley appeared glazed over so the forecast worked
out quite nicely given the uncertainty around this morning. Things
are a bit clearer now for the remainder of this event. Mountain snow
will continue especially around the Island Park region, the Big
Holes and down into the Bear Lake range where Winter Weather
Advisories continue through tomorrow morning. Outside of these
areas, additional accumulations will be light, generally an inch or
so.
A second round of precip will move through the region later this
afternoon and into the evening hours. Winds have become southerly
and temps have begun to warm above freezing so rain will be the most
likely precip type from Pocatello south and west into the Magic
Valley. Into the upper Snake, forecasting a brief period of
rain/snow mix but after sunset, when temps begin to cool again,
precip type will trend towards snow again. This is true for the
lower Snake and Magic Valley as well but by the time this occurs,
most of the precip will likely be east of the area. Things begin to
taper off through the overnight and certainly for the day on Monday.
Only lingering snow chances will be along the Wyoming border with
very light accumulations. McKaughan
LONG TERM (Tuesday through Sunday)...
Not much change in the extended forecast. With northwest flow in
place, light snow looks to continue to fall in the Upper Snake
Plain and Eastern Highlands on and off through Tuesday with little
accumulation expected. POPs drop on Wednesday, so it is looking
drier. The closed low that ECMWF and GFS were showing yesterday is
more of a trough now and does not dig quite as far southward,
though the difference brings little change to the forecast so far.
As southwest flow begins on Thursday, that should dry out any of
the light snow still falling. Our next trough moves in from the
west late Thursday night into early Friday morning to bring more
snow to much of the area. Zonal flow Friday into the weekend looks
to bring a couple of rounds of snow through the weekend with the
more active pattern continuing into next week. As for temperatures
in the extended forecast, look for highs in the upper 20s and low
30s Tuesday. It`ll be colder after Tuesday, generally in the 20s
for Wednesday through Saturday, which is about 5-10 degrees below
normal for this time of the year. Morning temperatures will be in
the single digits and teens. Winds will be a bit breezy in the
extended with afternoon gusts 15-25kts. AMM
AVIATION...
We are seeing a short break in precipitation at BYI, PIH, and IDA
this afternoon as snow continues on and off at SUN and DIJ. This
will allow for some VFR conditions with VCSH at BYI, PIH, and IDA
for a while with SUN and DIJ at MVFR to IFR conditions. Our next
push of moisture looks to arrive around 23-01Z from the southwest.
This brings flight conditions to generally MVFR and IFR with low
CIGs and VIS thanks to falling rain and snow at BYI and PIH and
snow at the rest of the sites. This round could drop conditions to
below airport minimums at DIJ in some of the heavier bursts of
snow as VIS drops briefly below 1SM. Snow wraps up around 06-07Z
Monday at SUN, BYI, PIH, and IDA, but light snow will continue at
DIJ. AMM
&&
.PIH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Winter Weather Advisory until 8 AM MST Monday for IDZ060-064-066.
&&
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