Don Day Special Wyoming Weather Update Saturday, April 23, 2022 | Cowboy State Daily

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The next is a transcript of the particular climate replace by meteorologist Don Day.

As we check out what occurred in a single day and early this morning, mainly we have now no important modifications. 

There was a slight southward shift to the storm. Only a slight one, however it’s all coming collectively, as anticipated. 

We’ve already had wind gusts of 66 miles an hour with heavy snow round Buffalo, Wyoming this morning.

Blizzard situations will proceed for northeastern Wyoming, southeast Montana, up the western aspect of North Dakota, and much western South Dakota. 

Now the heavy rain and snow is gonna get somewhat bit additional south into central and east-central Wyoming and the Northern Panhandle. 

So with that southward shift a few of the heavier snow somewhat bit additional south and the wind goes to be dangerous with this technique. Winds are going to ramp up over central northern and jap Wyoming, southeastern Montana, the western Dakotas, western Nebraska, and the far northern elements of Colorado.

That’s going to simply make for some very windy situations with this heavy moist spring snow and that’s why the worst of it is going to be up in these areas that’s listed. 

Now I do have somewhat bit of fine information. A few of these thunderstorms that developed final evening did carry rain to a couple not many however a couple of areas of Kansas and Nebraska that actually wanted it final evening. 

Satellite tv for pc pictures reveals only a traditional spring storm. You possibly can see the circulation, the counterclockwise circulation across the low because it will get shaped. 

This brighter cloud band listed below are the thunderstorms growing up right here. 

However as we mentioned in earlier podcasts, the movement of moisture is coming proper up into the bottom of the storm arising from the south so the storm is nicely shaped and actually coming collectively and maturing. 

That is the newest replace of winter climate advisories: The pink is the blizzard warning. The blue winter storm warnings and winter climate advisories. The brown right here is advisories for sturdy winds, excessive fireplace hazard on this space right here flooding right here, all the things however the kitchen sink and we’ll have extreme climate out within the plains with this technique afterward. 

The low floor low is now over south central areas of South Dakota. And you may see what number of black strains right here, isobars very sturdy wind gradient wrapping across the bottom right here. 

So that is why we’re gonna have quite a lot of wind with the snow. The storm goes to maneuver pretty rapidly this fashion later at this time and tonight, however you may see how massive it’s. 

The big space of the storm goes to have an effect on areas via at this time tonight into early tomorrow. Radar reveals it very properly. It’s possible you’ll discover the opening right here. Why is it not displaying something there? 

Nicely, not a extremely good time for the Speedy Metropolis radar to go down however that’s why no radar however there’s loads happening right here. Belief me, the radar simply off proper now. 

Right here’s the newest forecast via tomorrow afternoon. So you may see the heavier precipitation within the areas we anticipated it however discover that little southward shift in order that heavier moisture getting somewhat additional south was not going to make anyone sad down right here that actually actually wants the moisture however once more, you get all the way down to the Cheyenne space, northeastern Colorado, it’s a down slope there. 

As we have now talked excellent snow can be falling within the mountain ranges all through the course of the day on the bottom of this storm as nicely. 

However by far you may see the yellow and the oranges right here. That is the place the heaviest snow can be with the heaviest wind and you may see it proper there. 

That is the place the heavier snow will fall and there’s that little southern push proper there. 

Final evening I need to present you some cool satellite tv for pc pictures. That is from yesterday night and you may see on the excessive decision satellite tv for pc an space of thunderstorms right here in southwest Kansas. 

An space of thunderstorms growing right here in elements of north central Nebraska thunderstorms up right here in South Dakota as nicely. 

Because the storm came to visit the divide yesterday night. We did have some sturdy thunderstorms develop. Right here’s I-70 in Colorado into western Kansas. Right here’s Goodland, Kansas so you may see there was some wanted rain that fell in winter wheat nation with these thunderstorms final evening.

Then these then transfer north into Nebraska. So the thunderstorms on the entrance finish of the system did produce some wanted rain final evening however these areas nonetheless desperately want much more. 

Thanks for watching. Have your self a great weekend. We’ll speak to you with the common podcast on Monday.

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