Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND UTAH WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
600 AM MDT TUE SEP 9 1986

   TASTE OF AUTUMN..ANYONE??

AN UNSEASONABLY COLD LATE SUMMER TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE COLUMBIA
RIVER BASIN OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON IS STILL HEADED TOWARDS UTAH.
THE MAIN BATCH OF COLD AIR IS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING ORGANIZED
IN SOUTHEAST OREGON AND NORTHWEST NEVADA BUT SHOULD GET ITS ACT
TOGETHER DURING THIS MORNING. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS
THROUGH THE WASATCH FRONT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND THE REMAINDER
OF THE STATE DURING TONIGHT.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FOLLOW WITH A PERIOD OF RAIN TONIGHT INTO
EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE LOWERING ALSO..GIVING
MUCH OF THE HIGH COUNTY IN NORTHERN UTAH ITS FIRST SNOW OF THE
SEASON. THE MAIN SNOW LEVEL SHOULD HOLD ABOUT 8000FT AND A FEW
INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY ABOVE THAT ZONE. THIS MEANS MOST
OF THE HIGH UINTA LAKES AS WELL AS STRAWBERRY RESERVOIR WILL
GET AN EARLY DEPOSIT OF SNOW.

THE GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY REAPPEAR TO SOME
EXTENT TODAY ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHWEST VALLEYS. GUSTY WINDS FROM
THE NORTHWEST SHOULD ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE IN SOME AREAS
ALONG WITH INCREASING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS.

AROUND THE STATE THIS MORNING..A BAND OF SHOWERS LINGERS OVER THE
EXTREME NORTHWEST WITH A FEW LIGHT SPRINKLES REPORTED. A FEW
SHOWERS OR THUNDERSHOWERS ARE ALSO IN PROGRESS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
SECTION AND WILL LIKE)LY INCREASE AS THE DAY WEARS ON. TEMPERATURES
JUST BEFORE DAWN ARE IN THE 50S AND 60S.

KML...1200Z