Red Flag Warning 37, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

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WWUS85 KSLC 251045
RFWSLC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
445 AM MDT THU SEP 25 2008

UTZ434-435-251845-
/O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0037.080925T1800Z-080926T0300Z/
WEST CENTRAL DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-
445 AM MDT THU SEP 25 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 434 AND 435...

A DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS WESTERN UTAH WILL BRING INCREASED
WINDS TO THE WESTERN VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINED WITH
LOW HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN
THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL VALLEYS. WINDS WILL DROP OFF
THURSDAY EVENING AND HUMIDITIES WILL RISE OUT OF THE CRITICAL
RANGE.

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WWUS85 KSLC 251839
RFWSLC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1239 PM MDT THU SEP 25 2008

UTZ434-435-260300-
/O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0037.000000T0000Z-080926T0300Z/
WEST CENTRAL DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-
1239 PM MDT THU SEP 25 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 434 AND 435...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES IN THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN
UTAH VALLEYS. THIS WARNING INCLUDES FIRE WEATHER ZONES 434 AND
435. 

SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS WESTERN UTAH WILL BRING GUSTY SOUTH WINDS
TO THE WESTERN VALLEYS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.
THIS...COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL VALLEYS.
WINDS WILL DROP OFF BY MID EVENING AND HUMIDITIES WILL RISE OUT
OF THE CRITICAL RANGE BRINGING AN END TO THESE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS. 

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
932 AM MDT WED SEP 24 2008

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL
GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SOME MOISTURE WILL
RETURN FROM THE SOUTH LATE IN THE WEEK...AND REMAIN OVER THE AREA
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE
REGION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES CONTINUE
ACROSS THE CWA THIS MORNING. 700MB TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO
SIGNIFICANTLY WARM TODAY IN SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW...REACHING A BIT
ABOVE 10C BY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING TEMPERATURES UP 10
DEGREES OR SO IN MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH.
THE GOING FORECAST IS ON TRACK...NO UPDATES ARE NEEDED.

MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO BE DRAWN UP IN THE SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN UTAH THIS WEEKEND. CURRENT POPS ARE A
BIT ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY...WILL CONSIDER ADJUSTING THESE FURTHER UP
WITH THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE PENDING 12Z GLOBAL MODEL REVIEW.

&&

.AVIATION...SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST
AT THE SLC TERMINAL BETWEEN 18-20Z THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...VFR
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN CENTERED TO OUR EAST TODAY
THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH A WARM DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW
INCREASING TODAY AND THURSDAY. MOISTURE WILL START TO INCREASE OVER
THE SOUTHEAST THURSDAY THEN BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHWEST ON
FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITIES AND INCREASING WINDS WILL
BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO A FEW SPOTS IN THE
SOUTHWEST TODAY BUT WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY ISSUE A RED FLAG WARNING WITH THE
AFTERNOON PLANNING FORECAST. HIGHER HUMIDITIES AND LESS WIND ARE
EXPECTED FRIDAY BRINGING AN END TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
BUT ALSO BRINGING AN INCREASING THREAT OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

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

&&

PUBLIC/AVIATION...KRUSE
FIRE WEATHER...WILENSKY

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