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KEY MESSAGES

- A high wind watch was issued for the wind prone areas Saturday for gusts potentially up to 60 mph.

- Drier and milder weather expected this weekend into early next week.

LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/

Issued at 135 PM MDT Thu Oct 15 2026

The long term will be mostly controlled by high pressure ridging, though several embedded disturbances will help to disrupt this feature from growing stronger and brining much warmer conditions, while modest moisture should bring at least a weak chance of precipitation through this period. The long term starts with upper level high pressure controlling much of the southeastern US and extending up towards our region, while a weak low off of the southwestern California coastline moves inland and up towards the Four Corners region while continuing to weaken. This system, while weak and mostly non-impactful, will at least help to stave off the ridge from strengthening over the region while also bringing a quick and weak shot of moisture that should fuel a few weak upper elevation showers in the region. We will be clearing out on Monday again before flow turns more southerly to southwesterly on Tuesday as a deep Pacific low begins to approach the west coast and then moves inland through the end of the forecast period. This will continue to stream moisture in, allowing for further increasing chances of upslope induced precipitation that will be aided by embedded weak shortwaves within the flow, though once again not expecting significant accumulations from this activity. Under this pattern look for temperatures to remain largely the same through the long term as highs sit generally 5-10 degrees above normal (60's to upper 70's), with portions of eastern Wyoming and the Nebraska Panhandle nearing 80 degrees, but currently not expected to reach this warm. Otherwise, with no significant features present over our area, look for largely benign conditions until likely just beyond the long term into the weekend after next. There is overall moderate to high confidence in the forecast as ensembles and their clusters are largely similar in their expectations of the evolution of this pattern, though discrepancies begin to arise on how quickly the Pacific low at the end of the forecast will move inland, but this shouldn't create drastic changes at least to this forecast period.

AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY/

Issued at 528 AM MDT Fri Oct 16 2026

VFR conditions are expected through the TAF period. Winds are going to be relatively light throughout the day. Winds are expected to gust starting late tonight as the pressure gradient increases through 18z Saturday. Even though the models don't depict, there may be some LLWS around 1500-2000ft near KLAR as the winds increase at the surface tonight.

CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

WY...Freeze Warning until 9 AM MDT this morning for WYZ101-102- 104>111-113-115>119. High Wind Watch from Saturday morning through Saturday evening for WYZ106-110. NE...Freeze Warning until 9 AM MDT this morning for NEZ002-003- 019>021-054-055-095-096.