Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

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RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
213 PM MDT THU MAY 15 2008

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UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
213 PM MDT THU MAY 15 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR 
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 439 AND 440 BELOW 8000 FEET...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS WARNING IS FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 439 AND 440 BELOW 8000 FEET.

NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH
AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR 15 PERCENT WILL COMBINE TO
CREATE SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THOUGH WINDS
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO RISE EARLY THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO FALL.

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.

$$

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
829 PM MDT WED MAY 14 2008

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK SYSTEM WILL BRUSH NORTHERN UTAH THROUGH
TONIGHT...WITH A COOL NORTHERLY FLOW PERSISTING INTO THURSDAY. A
WARM UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.DISCUSSION...COOL NORTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CWA
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND INTO TOMORROW. MID LEVELS CLOUDS IN
ASSOCIATION WITH A DISTURBANCE SLIDING SOUTHWARD ARE EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING.

STRONG CANYON WINDS ARE LIKELY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTED
CANYONS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. HOWEVER...THEY CONTINUE TO REMAIN
MARGINAL FOR ADVISORY CRITERIA AT THIS TIME. WINDS ARE CURRENTLY
GUSTING TO NEAR 35 MPH. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR
OBSERVATIONS...BUT DO NO EXPECT TO ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR
TONIGHT.

OTHERWISE...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE INTERIOR
WEST LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL
DEVELOP BY THE WEEKEND...WITH THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES OF THE
SEASON EXPECTED. THE CURRENT FORECAST FOR SLC BRINGS TEMPERATURES
UP TO THE LOW 90S BY SUNDAY.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK. LONG TERM MODELS DIVERGE SIGNIFICANTLY THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT WEEK...WITH THE GFS KEEPING HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE
INTERIOR WEST...AND THE EC BRINGING A STRONG TROUGH THROUGH THE
WEST. CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN ANY FORECAST BEYOND TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...UNSTABLE NORTHERLY FLOW WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE KSLC
TERMINAL THROUGH LATE EVENING. OCCASIONAL CEILINGS BELOW 7000 FT
AGL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 04Z. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE
SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY BETWEEN 04-06Z TONIGHT.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...INCREASED MOISTURE HAS MOVED THROUGH MUCH OF THE
STATE THIS EVENING...WITH SOME AREAS EXPERIENCING DEW POINTS 15 TO
20 DEGREES HIGHER THAN THE SAME TIME YESTERDAY. THIS INCREASED
MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO HELP RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN SOUTHWEST UTAH
RISE ABOVE 15 PERCENT THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.

AS A WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVES SOUTH OF THE AREA...CLEARING
SKIES AND DRYING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY. WHILE
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG ON THURSDAY...RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO STAY ABOVE 15 PERCENT THROUGH MOST OF
THE DAY IN SOUTHERN UTAH. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA
BEGINNING FRIDAY...BRINGING DRIER AND MUCH WARMER WEATHER TO THE
STATE.

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...NONE.
WY...NONE.

&&

KRUSE

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
405 AM MDT WED MAY 14 2008

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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-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-
SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-WEST CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
405 AM MDT WED MAY 14 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A DRY AIRMASS COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN SEVERE FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS UTAHS DIXIE AND SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH
TODAY.

OTHERWISE STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING THROUGH THE GAPS AND CANYONS OF SOUTHWEST UTAH. WIND GUSTS
MAY EXCEED 50 MPH OVERNIGHT ACROSS THESE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA
DURING THE LATTER PORTION OF THIS WEEK THROUGH THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 15 TO 20
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)