The county warning area
of the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Cheyenne is vast in its size and topographical
complexity. This complexity presented numerous difficulties
to the forecast staff at the Cheyenne National Weather Service Forecast Office, who in addition to
forecasting
for a wide variety of climatological regimes, also have to
coordinate with five adjoining forecast offices (Riverton, Rapid City, North Platte,
Boulder and Grand Junction). The assurance of forecast and weather warning
consistency from office to office is one of the biggest challenges that
National Weather Service forecasters in Cheyenne face on a day-to-day basis.
The aforementioned factors make the creation of a functional
and climatologically-sound set of public zones that take into
account the latest meteorological science essential for the completion
of the NWS mission and the delivery of outstanding customer service
from the WFO staff. The Public Zones previously in use by the
Cheyenne WFO (Figure 1 below and the following table) provided numerous limitations that
could often serve as obstacles to this type of customer service-based
operational paradigm. Descriptions of each of the new zones are
included in the following section.
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