Expires:No;;406222 FPUS55 KCYS 072156 ZFPCYS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 255 PM MST FRI MAR 7 2008 .SHORT TERM...THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON MARCH 9TH. NICE WEEKEND FOR OUTDOOR WEATHER ENTHUSIASTS. TONIGHT...NEXT POSITIVE TILT LOW AMPLITUDE SHORTWAVE TROUGH WORKS SOUTHEAST ACROSS WYOMING. BOTH NAM AND GFS SIMILAR IN THEIR QPF DEPICTION THUS HAVE PAINTED SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS OUR WESTERN COUNTIES OF CARBON...CONVERSE AND ALBANY. DOWNSLOPE TO THE LEE OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL LIMIT SNOWFALL COVERAGE...PARTICULARLY TO THE LEE OF THE LARAMIE RANGE. LOWS LOCALLY WARMER TO THE LEE OF THE LARAMIE RANGE IN DECENT LOW LEVEL MIXING...ALSO KNOWN AS WINDS. NAM BOUNDARY LAYER SUGGESTS PATCHY FOG ACROSS CARBON COUNTY. SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT...NOT A LOT OF WEATHER GOING ON ACROSS OUR NECK OF THE WOODS. HAVE BLENDED IN WITH RIVERTON AND GRAND JUNCTION GRIDS WITH SOME SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS CARBON COUNTY...DRY ELSEWHERE. SUNDAY...FEW SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE SNOWY RANGE AND NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER..DRY ELSEWHERE. AGAIN...NOT A LOT OF SENSIBLE WEATHER GOING ON ACROSS SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN NEBRASKA. RUBIN .LONG TERM...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL MON. A SHORTWAVE MOVES SOUTH ACROSS THE CWA DURING THE DAY ON THE FRONT SIDE OF AN UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WEST...BUT MOISTURE IS LIMITED WITH THIS FEATURE AND SHOULD ONLY RESULT IN SOME CLOUDS. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WY ON TUESDAY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN A CHANCE OF SNOW ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES DURING THE DAY. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE CWA TUESDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN A CHANCE OF SNOW ACROSS THE WY PORTION OF THE CWA. THE PRECIP WILL LIKELY START OUT AS RAISS CARBON COUNTY PRODUCING LOWER CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES...VFR ELSEWHERE. SATURDAY NIGHT...VFR EXCEPT FOR LOCALIZED LOWER CEILINGS IN SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS CARBON COUNTY. RUBIN && .CYS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. && $$ SHORT TERM/AVIATION...RUBIN LONG TERM...KMD