Wind Advisory 22, NWS Salt Lake City, UT

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
913 PM MDT MON JUN 9 2008

.SYNOPSIS...ANOTHER UNSEASONABLY COOL TROUGH WILL ENTER THE AREA
TUESDAY AND REMAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEASONAL TO ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.DISCUSSION...PRECIPITATION HAS SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN IDAHO WITH
THE COLD FRONT EXPECTED INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST UTAH AROUND 12Z.
WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA IN THE PRE-
FRONTAL AND POST FRONTAL ENVIRONMENT. LATEST NAM12 BRINGS THE
SURFACE FRONT TO KSLC BETWEEN 15Z AND 18Z AND TO A LINE FROM
MILFORD TO DUCHESNE BY 00Z...THEN ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN UTAH BY
MIDNIGHT. NEW NAM ALSO HAS SOME QUITE COLD AIR SPREADING INTO THE
REGION ALONG WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION FOR WEDNESDAY.
700 MB TEMPERATURES OF -8C INDICATED COVERING NORTHEAST UTAH AT
18Z WEDNESDAY. CLOUD COVER AND WIND WILL PROBABLY SAVE THE VALLEY
LOCATIONS FROM A FREEZE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNINGS BUT LOCAL
FROSTY CONDITIONS EXPECTED. A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT HAS BEEN
ISSUED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE NEAR RECORD COLD EXPECTED MID-
WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL FRONTAL PASSAGE
EXPECTED NEAR 16Z. WIND GUSTS NEAR AWW CRITERIA POSSIBLE BY
SUNRISE AND LASTING THROUGH THE DAY.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...VERY DRY CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN UTAH WITH SINGLE DIGIT
HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON AND WIND STARTING TO INCREASE. MUCH
STRONGER SOUTHWEST FLOW STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING
AND BRING SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE FAR SOUTHWEST WHICH
WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN UTAH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...PERSISTING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. FUELS HAVE BEEN LISTED
AS CRITICALLY DRY FOR THE SOUTH AND MUCH OF EASTERN UTAH SO THE RED
FLAG WARNING WAS GREATLY EXPANDED. A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL BRING
WINDY SOUTHERLY PREFRONTAL CONDITIONS WHICH ABRUPTLY SHIFT TO THE
NORTHWEST ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN UTAH ON TUESDAY. THIS WIND
SHIFT WILL REACH EASTERN UTAH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WHERE
STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR DURING VERY LOW HUMIDITY.

DESPITE COOLER TEMPERATURES IT WILL REMAIN VERY DRY IN THE SOUTH
WITH GUSTY POST FRONTAL NORTHERLY WINDS ON WEDNESDAY THEREFORE
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS COULD CONTINUE IN THE FAR SOUTH.
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN UTAH LATE TUESDAY AND AGAIN
ON WEDNESDAY...WITH MOUNTAIN SNOW.

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TUESDAY TO 10 PM TUESDAY FOR UTZ012-
     UTZ016-UTZ019-UTZ020-UTZ021-UTZ518.

WY...NONE.

&&

PUBLIC...GIBSON
FIRE WEATHER...TARDY
AVIATION...GIBSON

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
605 AM MDT MON JUN 9 2008

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-101000-
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-
605 AM MDT MON JUN 9 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A STRONG BUT RELATIVELY DRY COLD FRONT ARRIVES TUESDAY. STRONG
SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH TO THE SOUTH OF
THE FRONT TUESDAY AFTERNOON WHILE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW
ACROSS THE WEST DESERTS BEHIND IT. THE WINDS ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH
WILL COMBINE WITH A DRY AIRMASS TO CREATE LOCAL EXTREME FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

THE FRONT WILL BRING UNSEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES BACK TO THE
OUTLOOK AREA AND SCATTERED VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS
OVER THE NORTH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY.

LOCAL FROST IS POSSIBLE IN THE NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS WEDNESDAY
AND AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING.

DRY AND WARMER WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

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