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AFDCYS

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
1236 PM MDT Fri Jul 10 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Weak precipitation may be possible for the southern Laramie
  Range and into Laramie County, but dry surface conditions will
  likely limit much precipitation and cause gusty winds and dry
  lightning to be possible.

- Strong ridging aloft will produce a dry and hot period for
  Sunday through Tuesday, with the primary challenges being the
  above normal heat and fire weather conditions. Isolated high
  based thunderstorms will be possible on Wednesday over and
  near the mountains, with coverage slowly increasing Thursday
  and Friday, along with an attendant slow cooling of daytime
  maximum temperatures.&&

.SHORT TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
Issued at 1230 PM MDT Fri Jul 10 2026

Weather conditions become mostly benign today as high pressure
ridging begins to deepen and lift up over the region. For
today, a weak surface trough and upslope flow could help to fuel
very isolated showers and thunderstorms from the southern
Laramie range through Laramie County. However, very dry surface
conditions as RH values drop into the mid to low 20% range and
inverted V soundings could prohibit precipitation actually
making it to the surface by the time activity makes it off the
high terrain, fueling a dry thunder and gusty shower/virga
threat. Otherwise, the start of our very warm period begins as
temperatures rise into the 80`s to mid 90`s today.

And tomorrow as the ridge continues to build in, temperatures
rise further with highs in the widespread upper 80`s to upper
90`s, with a few locations possibly already peaking into the
triple digits. Another surface trough may once again be the
focal point for the atmosphere to attempt creating convection,
and high resolution model guidance does try to produce some sort
of initiation off this feature, but the inverted V feature will
be even deeper on Saturday, so the chance of virga actually
making it to the surface tomorrow feel slim to none. Instead
we`ll likely just get another round of gusty conditions from
these attempts at precipitation. Finally, heat advisories are in
effect beginning tomorrow for locations along and east of the
I-25 corridor, and will continue into early next week as
temperatures rise through Monday. A fire weather watch is also
in effect for our far southwestern zone in Carbon County where
fuels are critical, as well as for our Wyoming zones and the
northernmost Nebraska zone as winds will begin to pick up
tomorrow and continue to gust alongside the dry conditions
through early next week.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Issued at 1230 PM MDT Fri Jul 10 2026

Sunday through Thursday...Primary challenges will be the heat and
fire weather conditions. A 5980 dekameter 500 mb ridge lies over
Wyoming Sunday morning, moving to the northern Great Planes Monday
morning, and then remains entrenched across the northern Rockies and
northern Great Planes through the period. Models suggesting typical
monsoonal moisture creeping into our counties Wednesday through
Friday with weak perturbations and some mid level moisture to spark
isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms over and near the Snowy
and Sierra Madre Ranges, as well as the Southern Laramie Range and
Laramie Valley from Wednesday through Friday, with coverage of
storms slowly increasing through that aforementioned period.

Ridging aloft dominates our region, with quite dry air at low and
mid levels, accompanied by typically toasty 700 mb temperatures,
thus chances for late day showers and thunderstorms will be nearly
nil and non existent, and dry weather will prevail through Tuesday.

The 700 mb temperatures will yield maximum temperatures mainly in
the 90 to 105 degree range. Weak perturbations and a slight increase
in mid level monsoonal moisture may spark isolated high based
thunderstorms on Wednesday, and moreso on Thursday and Friday, again
dependent on how much mid level monsoonal moisture advects into
our CWA, County Warning Area.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/...
Issued at 1152 AM MDT Fri Jul 10 2026

Ridging aloft will bulge over the forecast area through the TAF
period. However, low level convergence along and near the I-25
corridor will produce isolated to widely scattered showers and
thunderstorms near the KLAR and KCYS sites from late afternoon
through early evening, in close proximity to the 850/700 mb
theta-e ridge axises and low level convergence.

Wyoming TAFS...VFR prevails. High confidence in isolated to
widely scattered thunderstorms developing near the KLAR and KCYS
sites late this afternoon and early evening, per the consistent
HRRR hourly runs. Went with PROB30s at Laramie and Cheyenne from
23Z to 02Z, with relatively steep dry adiabatic lapse rates
aiding in downward transport of wind gusts to 30 knots from some
gusty showers and high based thunderstorms. As always near
thunderstorms, expect turbulence, wind eddy effects and gusty
and shifting winds. Nearly clear skies at Rawlins. At all
sites, skies will clear quickly this evening, with as usual,
gusty mix down and gradient winds until sunset, and after 15Z
Saturday.

Nebraska TAFS...Clear skies prevail. High confidence in a few
high based CU, cumulus clouds developing, but no showers or
thunderstorms. Gusty mix down and gradient winds until sunset,
and again after 15Z at Alliance and Sidney.

&&

.CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WY...Fire Weather Watch from Saturday afternoon through Sunday
     evening for WYZ417-418-423-430>433.
     Heat Advisory from noon Saturday to 9 PM MDT Monday for WYZ101-
     102-107-108-118-119.
NE...Fire Weather Watch from Saturday afternoon through Sunday
     evening for NEZ434.
     Heat Advisory from noon Saturday to 9 PM MDT Monday for NEZ002-
     003-019>021-054-055-095-096.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...CG
LONG TERM...RUBIN
AVIATION...RUBIN