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Snow Advisory 27, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

May 21, 2008

NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued this snow advisory at May 21, 2008, 4:37 AM MDT. It took effect at May 21, 2008, 8:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 21, 2008, 4:37 AM MDT (10:37 UTC)
In effect from
May 21, 2008, 8:00 AM MDT
Expired
May 22, 2008, 2:24 PM MDT
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Salt Lake City, UT

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at May 20, 9:26 PM MDT, 7 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 9:26 PM MDT, 7 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 6:32 AM MDT, 22 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
632 AM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008

UTZ001>005-014>016-019>021-517-518-211300-
CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-
GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS-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-
632 AM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND
WESTERN UTAH.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL GENERATE STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS AND
ANOTHER DAY OF RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES. THE STRONG WINDS WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN VALLEYS LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR
ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST UTAH BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING.
A HIGH WIND WARNING ALONG WITH NUMEROUS WIND ADVISORIES WILL BE IN
EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST UTAH TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL SETTLE OVER THE GREAT BASIN
BEGINNING WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF VALLEY RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW
ARE EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY.

PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF SATURDAY...THEN INCREASE IN AREAL
COVERAGE AGAIN FOR LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY. TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT OR BELOW LATE MAY NORMALS THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

UTZ006>013-WYZ021-211300-
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-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-
632 AM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN UTAH AND
EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH RECORD OR
NEAR RECORD HIGHS IN SOME LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY. THE
FRONT WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH MUCH COOLER
TEMPERATURES. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THE
FRONT...WITH SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

COOL AND UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. THE
THREAT OF SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WILL
RETURN LATE SUNDAY...THEN CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHEAST UTAH
MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS SOUTHWEST WYOMING INTO MEMORIAL DAY.

.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)

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 11:00 PM MDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Salt Lake City, UT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 8:43 AM MDTWind AdvisorySLC10 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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