High Wind Warning 8, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

000 
WWUS75 KSLC 010250
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
850 PM MDT WED APR 30 2008

UTZ011-010400-
/O.CAN.KSLC.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-080501T0300Z/
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-
850 PM MDT WED APR 30 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN. BREEZY WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE OVERNIGHT.

$$

UTZ019-020-010500-
/O.EXT.KSLC.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080501T0500Z/
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
850 PM MDT WED APR 30 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH WILL
SLOWLY DECREASE THIS EVENING.

WINDS THIS STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED
IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND.

$$

UTZ021-010500-
/O.EXT.KSLC.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-080501T0500Z/
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
850 PM MDT WED APR 30 2008

...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

THIS ADVISORY IS FOR THE GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA INCLUDING
LAKE POWELL.

WESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH. BOATING WILL BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH THIS EVENING ON LAKE
POWELL.

WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. ALSO...VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED
IN AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND.

$$

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000 
WWUS75 KSLC 010452
NPWSLC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1052 PM MDT WED APR 30 2008

UTZ019-020-010600-
/O.EXP.KSLC.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080501T0500Z/
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
1052 PM MDT WED APR 30 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS...GUSTY TO AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.

$$

UTZ021-010600-
/O.EXP.KSLC.WI.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-080501T0500Z/
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
1052 PM MDT WED APR 30 2008

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS...GUSTY TO AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
415 PM MDT WED APR 30 2008

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY CROSS NORTHERN UTAH
TONIGHT THEN MOVE EAST THURSDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY
RETURN TO THE AREA FRIDAY...FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF WEAKER
DISTURBANCES OVER THE WEEKEND.

&&

.DISCUSSION...DEEP COLD UPPER LOW DROPPING ACROSS NRN UT TONIGHT
AND EARLY THU THEN MOVING EAST THU AFTN. PRECIP HAS BEEN
PRIMARILY CONVECTIVE SO FAR BUT SHOULD BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS
EVE AS COLD CORE MOVES OVERHEAD. HAVE LEFT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT
AS MTNS SHOULD PICK UP AT LEAST CRITERIA AMOUNTS IF NOT MORE BY
NOON THU.

FRONT HAS PRETTY MUCH PUSHED OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA BUT STRONG
AND TIGHTENING POST FRONTAL SURFACE GRADIENT WILL KEEP WINDS
STRONG ACROSS SRN UT AND ADVISORY REMAINS IN PLACE...AND HAS BEEN
EXPANDED INTO ST GEORGE AREA. ALSO...WEST WINDS HAVE BEEN STRONG
ENOUGH IN THE DOWNSLOPE AREAS OF THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN AND
ISSUED ADVISORY FOR THAT AREA. ALL WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF
THIS EVENING.

PRECIP WINDS DOWN THU AFTERNOON AS AIRMASS ALOFT STARTS WARMING
BUT LOW LEVELS REMAIN CHILLY INTO FRI AND LOCAL FREEZING TEMPS ARE
LIKELY AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT.

NEXT WEAK TROF MOVES INTO THE GREAT BASIN THIS WEEKEND BUT ENDS UP
AS A CLOSED LOW OVER SRN CA BY SUN NIGHT. CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE
IN THE DEFORMATION ZONE NORTH OF THIS LOW NWD THROUGH CENTRAL UT.

&&

.AVIATION...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN THE
VICINITY OF THE KSLC TERMINAL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A
40 PERCENT CHANCE OF MVFR TO AT TIMES IFR CONDITIONS IN ANY RAIN AND
SNOW SHOWERS THAT MOVE ACROSS THE TERMINAL AREA. SHOWERS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AFTER 03Z TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE
NORTH THROUGHOUT THE EVENING INTO THE NIGHT TIME HOURS.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...STRONG WESTERLY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL UTAH. WHILE WINDS WILL BE GUSTY TOMORROW ACROSS SOUTHERN
UTAH...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW RED FLAG CRITERIA AT THIS
TIME.

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM WEDNESDAY FOR UTZ019-UTZ020.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM WEDNESDAY FOR UTZ011-UTZ019-UTZ020-
     UTZ021.

     SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL NOON THURSDAY FOR UTZ007-UTZ008.

WY...NONE.

&&

WILENSKY/KRUSE

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
646 AM MDT WED APR 30 2008

UTZ001>012-014-015-517-WYZ021-011300-
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-
WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-
WESTERN UINTA BASIN-CASTLE COUNTRY-SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-
WEST CENTRAL UTAH-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
646 AM MDT WED APR 30 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF UTAH
AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE COLD FRONT THAT SWEPT THROUGH NORTHERN UTAH LAST NIGHT HAS
LEFT NORTH WINDS AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREAS.
AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL ARRIVE LATER
TODAY...LEADING TO WIDESPREAD SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
ON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
ACROSS THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM
MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN UNSEASONABLY COOL
THURSDAY...THEN WARM ON FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT PASSES
THROUGH THE AREA. A WEAK PACIFIC TROUGH WILL SETTLE OVER THE GREAT
BASIN THIS WEEKEND...KEEPING TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL AND
PRODUCING SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS. A WARMING TREND WILL DEVELOP
BEGINNING ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

UTZ013-016-019>021-518-011300-
SAN RAFAEL SWELL-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-
646 AM MDT WED APR 30 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN UTAH.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN LATER IN THE
MORNING AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT PRESSING SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHERN UTAH.
A VERY DRY AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT COMBINED WITH THE STRONG
WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITION ACROSS EXTREME
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH. SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER AIR WILL
FOLLOW THE FRONT SOUTH TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

COOL AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH THURSDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ON FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT PASSES
THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN. NEAR SEASONAL TEMPERATURES AND ISOLATED
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND...FOLLOWED BY A WARMING TREND
BEGINNING TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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