Wind Advisory 16, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

000 
WWUS75 KSLC 270913
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
313 AM MDT SAT MAY 27 2006

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT...
                                                                                
.A COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHWEST UTAH WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTH AND
EAST TODAY. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH. AS THIS
FRONT PASSES...WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST AND EVENTUALLY
DIMINISH BY LATE THIS EVENING.

UTZ012-013-020-021-271715-
/O.EXB.KSLC.WI.Y.0016.060527T1600Z-060528T0400Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
313 AM MDT SAT MAY 27 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR CASTLE COUNTRY...THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL...SOUTH
CENTRAL UTAH...AND GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA.
                                                                                
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
45 MPH AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS MORNING AND
PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A COLD FRONT OVER NORTHERN
UTAH WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL UTAH THIS AFTERNOON.
AS THIS FRONT PASSES...WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST BUT ARE
EXPECTED TO REMAIN STRONG...PARTICULARLY AROUND THE PRICE AREA.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE
ADVISORY AREA.
                                                                                
MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED ROUTES SUCH AS
INTERSTATE 70...HIGHWAY 24 BETWEEN KOOSHAREM AND CAINVILLE...AND
HIGHWAY 89 BETWEEN KANAB AND BIG WATER SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
STRONG CROSSWINDS.
                                                                                
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH OR
GRESTER...OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.


$$

UTZ016-017-019-271715-
/O.EXT.KSLC.WI.Y.0016.060527T1100Z-060528T0400Z/
SOUTHWEST UTAH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-
313 AM MDT SAT MAY 27 2006

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR SOUTHWEST UTAH...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MOUNTAINS...AND UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK.

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
45 MPH AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND
PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A COLD FRONT OVER
NORTHERN UTAH WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTH TODAY...AND REACH SOUTHERN
UTAH TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE ADVISORY
AREA LATE THIS EVENING WITH THE APPROACH OF THE FRONT. 

MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG EAST WEST ORIENTED ROADS...SUCH AS
HIGHWAY 21 WEST OF MILFORD...AND HIGHWAY 56 WEST OF CEDAR
CITY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH OR
GRESTER...OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

SEAMAN

000 
WWUS75 KSLC 271729
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1129 AM MDT SAT MAY 27 2006

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT...

.A COLD FRONT ACROSS OVER THE AREA WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTH AND
EAST TODAY. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
ARE DEVELOPING OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH. AS THIS
FRONT PASSES...WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST AND EVENTUALLY
DIMINISH BY LATE THIS EVENING.

UTZ014-280130-
/O.EXA.KSLC.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-060528T0400Z/
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-
1129 AM MDT SAT MAY 27 2006

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY FOR THE SAN PETE AND SEVIER VALLEYS. THIS WIND ADVISORY
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 45 MPH AT TIMES...HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER THE AREA AND WILL
PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE
NORTHWEST AFTER THE FRONT PASSES BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN STRONG
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE
GRADIENT RELAXES.

MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROUTES SUCH AS
INTERSTATE 70 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR STRONG CROSSWINDS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER...
OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG
CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

UTZ012-013-016-017-019>021-280130-
/O.CON.KSLC.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-060528T0400Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
1129 AM MDT SAT MAY 27 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CONTINUED A
WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH SOUTHERN UTAH AND THE VALLEYS OF CENTRAL
UTAH. THIS WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS
EVENING.

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS
OF 45 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND PERSIST
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL UTAH
WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. AS THIS FRONT
PASSES...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BUT THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO REMAIN STRONG. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS
EVENING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AS THE SURFACE GRADIENT RELAXES.

MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROUTES SUCH AS
INTERSTATE 70...HIGHWAY 24 BETWEEN KOOSHAREM AND CAINVILLE...AND
HIGHWAY 89 BETWEEN KANAB AND BIG WATER SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
STRONG CROSSWINDS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER...
OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH OR GREATER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG
CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.

$$

HALL

000 
WWUS75 KSLC 280104
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
704 PM MDT SAT MAY 27 2006

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT EARLY THIS EVENING...

.A COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL UTAH WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTH AND
EAST THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL...EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
UTAH. AS THIS FRONT PASSES THE INTERSTATE 15 CORRIDOR LATE THIS
EVENING...WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST AND GRADUALLY
DIMINISH BY LATE THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS EASTERN UTAH
WILL ALSO GRADUALLY DECREASE.

UTZ012>014-016-017-019>021-280400-
/O.CON.KSLC.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-060528T0400Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-
SOUTHWEST UTAH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
704 PM MDT SAT MAY 27 2006

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE CASTLE COUNTRY...SAN RAFAEL
SWELL...SANPETE AND SEVIER VALLEYS...SOUTHWEST UTAH...UTAHS DIXIE
AND ZION NATIONAL PARK...SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH AND THE GRAND STAIRCASE...
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA INCLUDING LAKE POWELL AND THE
SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF UTAH.

STRONG WINDS HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS MOST OF THE ADVISORY AREA SINCE
EARLY THIS MORNING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35
MPH...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE
EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN GRADUALLY DECREASE. WINDS ALONG THE
I-15 CORRIDOR SOUTH TO CEDAR CITY WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST
LATER THIS EVENING AND THEN DECREASE. WIND ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
WILL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH EARLY THESE EVENING BUT ALSO TAPER
OFF BY 10 PM.

MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG EAST TO WEST ORIENTED ROUTES SUCH AS
INTERSTATE 70...HIGHWAY 24 BETWEEN KOOSHAREM AND CAINVILLE...AND
HIGHWAY 89 BETWEEN KANAB AND BIG WATER SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
STRONG CROSSWINDS.


$$
TARDY

000 
WWUS75 KSLC 280345
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
945 PM MDT SAT MAY 27 2006

UTZ012>014-016-017-019>021-280445-
/O.EXP.KSLC.WI.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-060528T0400Z/
CASTLE COUNTRY-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-
SOUTHWEST UTAH-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
945 PM MDT SAT MAY 27 2006

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN...CENTRAL AND EASTERN UTAH WILL
EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

A COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED INTO SOUTHERN UTAH AND THE STRONG WINDS
THAT OCCURRED TODAY CONTINUE TO DECREASE. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE FRONT FROM DIXIE ACROSS THE GRAND STAIRCASE
AND INTO LAKE POWELL THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND THEN TAPER OFF. BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT NORTH WINDS AT 15-25 MPH WILL OCCUR TONIGHT.

$$

TARDY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
900 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH
OVERNIGHT THEN MOVE SLOWLY OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA ON
SATURDAY. THE ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BRING COLD AIR AND
PRECIPITATION THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...MAJOR COLD UPPER TROUGH SETTING UP TO MOVE INTO MOST
OF UTAH THIS WEEKEND FOR A DRASTIC CHANGE TO THE WEATHER OVER THE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND. CORE OF UPPER LOW NOW MOVING INTO OREGON AND
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH -9C AIR AT 700 MB OBSERVED. SLIGHTLY
MODIFIED SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF UTAH THIS
WEEKEND.

THERMAL TROUGH OVER THE DESERTS BRIEFLY LIFTED BACK NORTH OF KSLC
PAST COUPLE HOURS AGAIN BUT HAS NOW MOVED THROUGH KSLC AS OF 815 PM.
SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHWEST UTAH HAS MERGED WITH THIS
SHALLOW BOUNDARY. LOWEST PRESSURE OF 990 MB OBSERVED OVER THE SALT
LAKE VALLEY. WINDS HAVE GUSTS OVER 35 MPH IN THE VALLEY AHEAD OF
THIS TROUGH. CLOUDS ENHANCING AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING PACIFIC
TROUGH BUT PRECIPITABLE WATER IMAGES DEPICT NO CONNECTION TO DEEPER
SOUTHERN MOISTURE. HOWEVER SYSTEM HAS ABOUT .60 INCH MOISTURE
STREAMING ACROSS NEVADA NOW. ELEVATED INSTABILITY WORKING THE
AVAILABLE MOISTURE ALOFT AND PRODUCING VIRGA STREAMING ACROSS
NORTHWEST UTAH IN SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. AIR MASS WILL CONTINUE TO
MOISTEN FROM TOP-DOWN TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AS MAIN
BAROCLINIC ZONE IN NORTHWEST UTAH DROPS ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH.
SURFACE FRONT IS PROGGED TO GET HUNG UP EARLY SATURDAY ACROSS UTAH
COUNTY...WHILE THE 700 MB BAROCLINIC ZONE DROPS INTO NORTHWEST UTAH
SLOWLY. THIS BOUNDARY NOW ENHANCING/COOLING TOPS OVER NORTHERN
NEVADA.

PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE BAROCLINIC ZONE ON
SATURDAY AS UPPER JET AND PVA ARRIVE LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD AND LOCALLY HEAVY IN THE AFTERNOON.
THOUGH COOLING IS OCCURRING AT 700 MB AND SLIGHTLY AT 500 MB MODEL
SOUNDINGS DEPICT A MAINLY STABLE PRECIPITATION BOUNDARY ON SATURDAY.
700 MB TEMPS PROGGED TO FALL TO ABOUT -4C OVER THE GSL WITH THE
BAROCLINIC ZONE BETWEEN THE UINTA MOUNTAINS AND DUGWAY AREA.
WARM...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY
SO WIND ADVISORY WILL NEED TO BE EXPANDED INTO EASTERN UTAH AND
EXTENDED FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHERN UTAH. BROAD UPPER TROUGH
PRESSING INTO UTAH SATURDAY NIGHT WILL PUSH BOUNDARY FURTHER EAST
AND SOUTH ALONG THE I-15 CORRIDOR BY 12Z SUNDAY. THIS LEAVES ONLY
LAKE POWELL AREA IN THE WARM WINDY SECTOR BY THEN. MAIN UPPER TROUGH
ENERGY AND MOVES INTO THE I-15 CORRIDOR SATURDAY NIGHT AND WITH 700
MB TEMPERATURES PROGGED TO LOWER TO -6C TO -7C THERE IS SYNOPTIC
LIFT AND STEEPENING LAPSE RATES TO SUPPORT NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND COLD
ENOUGH FOR SNOW DOWN ON THE BENCHES. SOME PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE IT
AS FAR SOUTH AS CEDAR CITY AND POSSIBLE BRYCE CANYON.

UPPER TROUGH AXIS SLIDES THROUGH THE HEART OF UTAH SUNDAY AND COLD
POOL ALOFT OF -24 TO -26C AT 500 MB IS OVER NORTHERN UTAH. THUS
WIDESPREAD SYNOPTIC PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO INSTABILITY
SCATTERED SHOWERS. STEEPENING LAPSE RATES LATER SATURDAY NIGHT AND
ON SUNDAY WILL SUPPORT CONVECTION IN THE FORM OF THUNDERSTORMS AND
POSSIBLE LAKE ENHANCEMENT OR BANDING OFF THE GREAT SALT LAKE. THIS
WILL MOSTLY BE COLD RAIN SHOWERS BUT AGAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR MIXING
WITH WET SNOW AND CERTAINLY BENCH SNOW. SIGNIFICANT SNOW IN THE
WASATCH AND FAR WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS LOOKS CERTAIN...6 TO 12 INCH
RANGE ABOVE 7500 FEET WITH ACCUMULATION EVEN ON THE BENCHES. LATER
SHIFTS WILL NEED TO ADDRESS MOUNTAIN SNOWFALL...WATCH POSSIBLE FOR
SUCH A LATE SEASON EVENT...AT LEAST ADVISORY SNOWFALL. SOME SNOW IN
THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AS WELL BUT SHOULD BE MOSTLY UNDER 6 INCHES
FOR HIGHER TERRAIN. PARTIAL CLEARING SUNDAY NIGHT WILL LEAD TO COLD
TEMPS AND POSSIBLY FREEZING TEMPS FOR NORTHERN LOWER VALLEYS.

WEAK WESTERLY FLOW WILL LINGER ON MONDAY WITH A MODIFYING AIR MASS.
ENOUGH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE WITH ANOTHER DISTURBANCE IN THE FLOW
TO KEEP SOME SHOWERS IN THE NORTH. HEIGHTS RISE BY MIDWEEK FOR A
SIGNIFICANT WARMING TREND. BACK SIDE OF UPPER RIDGE IS FORECAST TO
LIE OVER UTAH WHICH WILL BRING VERY WARM AIR MASS AND SOUTHERLY FLOW
ALOFT FOR MORE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. READINGS SHOULD GET BACK
TO UPPER 80S FOR SLC AND NEAR 100F FOR DIXIE LATE WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD PREVAIL OVERNIGHT. CEILINGS WILL
LOWER LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING BUT REMAIN ABOVE VFR.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...RED FLAG CONDITIONS MET MOST AREAS FROM I-80 SOUTH
AND EAST TODAY DUE TO VERY LOW RH IN HOT AIR MASS AND GUSTS OVER 30
MPH. THESE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO REPEAT IN THE SOUTH AND EAST ON
SATURDAY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...THOUGH RH VALUES WILL COME UP IN
THE SOUTHWEST DUE TO COLD AIR ADVECTION THEY WILL STILL BE NEAR 15
PERCENT. VALUES IN EASTERN UTAH WILL BE NEAR 10 PERCENT.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...LITTLE COTTONWOOD CREEK IS EXPECTED TO PEAK BY TOMORROW
MORNING...BUT NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED. WATERWAYS THROUGHOUT THE AREA
WILL REMAIN NEAR BANKFULL THIS EVENING AS THE LAST OF THE WARM
TEMPERATURES REMAIN. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLOW SNOW MELT AND
HALT WATERWAY RISES. ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS SHOULD NOT CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS AS IT WILL BE MOSTLY SNOW.
HOWEVER...SHOWERS COULD POSSIBLY INCREASE FLOWS IN THE LOWER
ELEVATION WATERWAYS OF THE SALT LAKE VALLEY AND WASATCH FRONT. LARGE
AREAS OF HALF INCH AND UP TO 1 INCH RAINFALL EXPECTED ALONG THE
FRONT THROUGH SUNDAY...LOCALLY HIGHER WITH CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS THAT
OCCUR ON SUNDAY. RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL NEED TO BE CONTINUALLY
MONITORED FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN AND
     SOUTH CENTRAL UT...FIRE WX ZONES 420-434-435-437-439-440.
     RED FLAG WARNING 10 AM SATURDAY TO 10 PM SATURDAY FOR
     MUCH OF WESTERN...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN UT...FIRE WX ZONES
     431-432-434-435-437>439-440-441-445>449.
     WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 10PM THIS EVENING FOR WESTERN UT...ZONES
     UTZ003>005-015-016-
WY...NONE.

&&

TARDY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
555 AM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006

UTZ001>021-WYZ021-271200-
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-CASTLE COUNTRY-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-HENRY MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SOUTHWEST UTAH-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-
WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
WEST CENTRAL UTAH-WESTERN UINTA BASIN-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
555 AM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF
UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A VIGOROUS PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN
TODAY WITH A COLD FRONT REACHING NORTHWEST UTAH TONIGHT. STRONG
SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT CREATING HAZARDOUS FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IMPACTING TRAVEL OVER WESTERN UTAH. SEE THE
LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE SALT LAKE FORECAST OFFICE FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT UTAH OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
UTAH ON SATURDAY KEEPING FIRE DANGER HIGH AND HINDERING TRAVEL AND
RECREATION.

IN ADDITION...MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHERN UTAH
AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING ALONG WITH A THREAT OF SNOW DOWN TO ABOUT THE
6000 FOOT LEVEL IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS
ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
921 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006

UTZ001>021-WYZ021-271200-
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-CASTLE COUNTRY-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-HENRY MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SOUTHWEST UTAH-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-
WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-
WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
WEST CENTRAL UTAH-WESTERN UINTA BASIN-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-
921 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 2006

...UNSEASONABLY COLD AND WET WEATHER FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND...
...EXTREME FIRE CONDITIONS SATURDAY FOR FAR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
UTAH...

A COLD FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL WASATCH FRONT OF UTAH WILL SLOWLY
MOVE SOUTHWARD ON SATURDAY. NEAR AND NORTH OF THIS FRONT WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO ABOUT 7000 FEET
SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE WASATCH RANGE. SOUTH AND EAST OF THE
FRONT IT WILL BE WINDY AND WARM...THEREFORE EXTREME FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. IT WILL REMAIN DRY BUT MUCH COOLER
TEMPERATURES WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST UTAH ON SATURDAY. EXPECT WINDY
CONDITIONS IN THE DIXIE...CEDAR CITY AND ZION PARK AREA. HOT
TEMPERATURES NEAR 90 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN UTAH.

THE FRONT WILL SHIFT SOUTH AND EAST SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL SPREAD
PRECIPITATION INTO MUCH OF CENTRAL UTAH AND THE UINTA MOUNTAINS WHILE
RAIN AND SNOW CONTINUES OVER MOST OF NORTHERN UTAH. SNOW LEVELS WILL
CONTINUE TO LOWER SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WITH SNOW
POSSIBLE ON THE WASATCH FRONT BENCHES. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS
POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW
COULD ACCUMULATE. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES
NOT GETTING OUT OF THE 50S FOR THE NORTHERN VALLEYS WITH 30S IN THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO MOVE INTO EASTERN
AND FAR SOUTHERN UTAH WITH ISOLATED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS DOWN TO
BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK.

THE COLD UPPER TROUGH WILL WEAKEN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY BUT COOL
WEATHER WILL CONTINUE. THOSE WITH SENSITIVE PLANTS AND VEGETABLES
SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST FORECAST AND CONSIDER TAKING PRECAUTIONS AS
FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL LOWER VALLEYS IS
POSSIBLE. MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND NORMALLY COLDER SPOTS WILL LIKELY HAVE
FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR RECREATION THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WET AND MUCH COLDER WEATHER OVER THE NORTH AND
VERY WINDY CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTH AND EAST.

MONITOR WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET...OR TUNE INTO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR UPDATES ON THIS
STORM.

TARDY