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Mesoscale Discussion 2249

December 20, 20078 counties in Utah

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 20, 2007, 4:34 PM MST for 8 counties in Utah. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 20, 2007, 4:34 PM MST (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Dec 20, 2007, 9:30 PM MST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Beaver County, UT, Iron County, UT, Morgan County, UT, Piute County, UT, Sanpete County, UT, Sevier County, UT, Summit County, UT, Wasatch County, UT

The radar

The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 199 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Salt Lake City I, UT (KSLC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2007-12-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Salt Lake City I, UT at 12:00Z on 2007-12-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 202335
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 202334 
UTZ000-WYZ000-210430-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2249
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0534 PM CST THU DEC 20 2007

AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL UT

CONCERNING...HEAVY SNOW 

VALID 202334Z - 210430Z

HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE WITH QUICKLY LOWERING SNOW LEVELS
THIS EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL UT FROM THE WASATCH/WESTERN
UINTA MOUNTAINS TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING AREAS
ALONG/EAST OF THE I-15 CORRIDOR. SNOW RATES OF 2+ IN/HR WILL BECOME
INCREASINGLY LIKELY ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS/MOUNTAINS.

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY FEATURES POTENT/VERY COLD UPPER TROUGH
TRANSITIONING EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN...WITH A
STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSING NORTHERN UT /SALT LAKE VICINITY/ AND
EASTERN/SOUTH CENTRAL NV AS OF 23Z. INCREASING LARGE SCALE FORCING
FOR ASCENT AND ENHANCED OROGRAPHIC LIFT /ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST FACING
SLOPES/ VIA STRONG SOUTHWEST MID LEVEL FLOW /60-80 KT AT 500 MB/
WILL FAVOR MODERATE/HEAVY SNOW THIS EVENING. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE
COLD FRONT ACROSS UT TONIGHT...SNOW LEVELS WILL QUICKLY LOWER GIVEN
THE ARRIVAL OF COLDER AIR ALOFT /-28C AT 500 MB PER UPSTREAM 18Z
RENO NV RAOB/. OF NOTE...SCATTERED CLOUD-GROUND LIGHTNING HAS BECOME
INCREASINGLY COMMON OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS FROM EAST CENTRAL NV
INTO NORTHERN UT/SALT LAKE VICINITY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE COLD
FRONT. ACCORDINGLY...A ROUGHLY 3-6 HR PERIOD OF HEAVY CONVECTIVE
SNOW/POSSIBLE THUNDERSNOW APPEARS LIKELY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE
COLD FRONT VIA STRONG LINEAR FORCING/INCREASING OROGRAPHIC LIFT AND
MODEST SLANTWISE/UPRIGHT INSTABILITY...WITH 2+ IN/HR SNOW RATES
LIKELY THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY IN THE MOUNTAINS.

..GUYER.. 12/20/2007

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

...NOTICE...
SPC WINTER WEATHER MESOSCALE DISCUSSIONS WILL BE ISSUED ON A
SCHEDULED BASIS FROM DECEMBER 1 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28...FOUR
TIMES A DAY...AROUND 00 UTC...06 UTC...12 UTC...AND 18 UTC
FOR SIGNIFICANT SHORT RANGE WINTER WEATHER EVENTS.

ATTN...WFO...SLC...

41431157 41121100 40501058 40191097 39611116 38681164
38251190 37701284 37641324 37941339 38271337 38871260
39231208 39771176 40231161 40881178

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Utah, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.