Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

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WWUS85 KSLC 270132
RFWSLC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
732 PM MDT SAT APR 26 2008

UTZ439-440-270400-
/O.EXT.KSLC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080427T0400Z/
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
732 PM MDT SAT APR 26 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. 

THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE NORTHEAST WINDS ALOFT AND A FAVORABLE
NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST SURFACE GRADIENT HAS CAUSED WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35. THESE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND THEN
DECREASE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THESE WINDS...THE RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES HAVE DROPPED BELOW 10 PERCENT...AND ARE EXPECTED TO STAY
BELOW 15 PERCENT THROUGH AT LEAST 10 PM.

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

$$

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WWUS85 KSLC 270356
RFWSLC

RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
956 PM MDT SAT APR 26 2008

UTZ439-440-270500-
/O.EXP.KSLC.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080427T0400Z/
UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
956 PM MDT SAT APR 26 2008

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING 
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER 
ZONES 439 AND 440...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

ISOLATED RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE
EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...THE WIND GUSTS IN MOST AREAS HAVE
DECREASED TO BELOW 30 MPH. THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM.


$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1017 AM MDT SAT APR 26 2008

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE INTERIOR
WEST DURING THE WEEKEND. GENERALLY DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL EARLY NEXT WEEK...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SPRING STORM THE
MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...SHORTWAVES MOVING SE THROUGH NE UTAH THIS MORNING WILL
EXIT THE STATE AROUND MID-AFTERNOON. MODEST LOW-LEVEL COLD ADVECTION
FOLLOWING THIS SHORTWAVE WILL KEEP TEMPS DOWN AND NORTH WINDS UP A
BIT STATEWIDE. SEVERELY LIMITED MOISTURE AND A GENERALLY STABLE
AIRMASS SHOULD KEEP PRECIP FROM FORMING THIS AFTERNOON.

A SOLID UPPER RIDGE WILL SLIDE WEST INTO THE GREAT BASIN SUNDAY.
MUCH WARMER TEMPS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AS HEIGHTS
BUILD AHEAD OF THE RIDGE. A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES POUNDING INTO THE
BACK SIDE OF THE UPPER RIDGE SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY WILL FLATTEN THIS
FEATURE FOR EARLY IN THE WEEK. THE LOW-LEVEL COLD AIR LOOKS LIKE IT
WILL REMAIN WELL NORTH...SO WILL JUST SLOW INSTEAD OF REVERSE THE
WARMING EARLY IN THE WEEK. THE WARMING TREND LOOKS TO BE SHORT-LIVED
AS THE NEXT COLD PACIFIC TROUGH IS SCHEDULED TO DROP INTO THE BASIN
MIDWEEK.

CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS FINE...NO UPDATE PLANNED.

&&

.AVIATION...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER IDAHO WILL MAINTAIN MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES AND NORTH WINDS AT THE KSLC TERMINAL THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING. SOUTHEAST DRAINAGE WINDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND 03Z THIS
EVENING. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVERNIGHT WITH NO CIGS
EXPECTED.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...STRENGTHENING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER CNTRL ID
WILL LEAD TO INCREASING NORTH WINDS ACROSS SOUTHERN UT TODAY. THESE
WINDS COMBINED WITH ALREADY LOW RH VALUES COULD CREATE LOCAL AREAS
OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AGAIN NEXT
TUESDAY AND AHEAD OF A COLD UPPER TROF. THIS PLUS VERY LOW
HUMIDITIES WILL BRING MORE WIDESPREAD AND SUSTAINED CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS TO SOUTHERN UT. THESE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE
WEDNESDAY.

&&

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

&&

CONGER

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
421 AM MDT SAT APR 26 2008

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-271100-
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-
421 AM MDT SAT APR 26 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COOL NORTHERLY FLOW WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA
TODAY...KEEPING TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
MOST LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY AND
MONDAY...RESULTING IN A SIGNIFICANT WARMING TREND.

THE NEXT PACIFIC STORM WILL START TO MOVE INLAND TUESDAY. STRONG
SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS STORM AND
WILL SPREAD OVER MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND ACROSS THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY.

UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR IS EXPECTED FOLLOW THIS FRONT INTO THE AREA
AND IS FORECAST TO REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

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