Strong gradient winds gusted 45 to 55 mph in portions of northeast Utah. The strongest wind gust recorded was 59 mph at an automated sensor 36 miles northeast of Vernal, Utah.
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Strong gradient winds gusted 45 to 55 mph in portions of northeast Utah. The strongest wind gust recorded was 59 mph at an automated sensor 36 miles northeast of Vernal, Utah.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Junction, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 2, 12:00 PM MST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
WESTERN COLORADO & EASTERN UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 100 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2001 WINDY WEEKEND CONDITIONS AND A COOLER BEGINNING OF THE NEW WEEK IS THE PRIMARY MESSAGE TODAY. A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM WESTERN WYOMING TO SOUTHWEST UTAH WILL MOVE EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS, SIGNALING A TEMPORARY CHANGE IN WEATHER ACROSS THE CWFA. A LARGE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER WESTERN COLORADO WILL BRING NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION TODAY, BUT WILL SLIDE EASTWARD AS A LARGE UPPER LOW PRESSURE TROF MOVES INTO THE WESTERN U.S. FROM THE GULF OF ALASKA. A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF THE ADVANCING SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST COLORADO AND NORTHEAST UTAH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A COMBINATION OF WIND, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES ARE DEVELOPING TO CREATE A FIRE WEATHER CONCERN IN THESE AREAS. SURFACE VALLEY WINDS WILL LIKELY DECOUPLE LATE TONIGHT...BUT HIGHER WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS WILL LIKELY KEEP BREEZY CONDITIONS GOING IN THE HIGHER NORTHERN ELEVATIONS (ABOVE 7500 FEET) THROUGH THE NIGHT. PRE-FRONTAL WINDS AND SOME CLOUD COVER WILL COMBINE TO KEEP OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ON THE WARM SIDE. BOTH THE ETA AND AVN ARE FORECASTING THE SURFACE COLD FRONT TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN UTAH AT A NE-SW SLANT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST COLORADO WILL LIKELY SEE FROPA SHORTLY AFTER 12Z...WHILE PASSAGE THROUGH SOUTHWEST COLORADO WILL NOT BE UNTIL AFTERNOON. THE NOSE OF AN UPPER JET WILL PUSH ACROSS NE UT AND NW CO ON SUNDAY, ENHANCING THE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT. EVEN STRONGER AFTERNOON AND EVENING WINDS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTHERN AREAS ON SUNDAY. SOME DYNAMICS ARE PRESENT BUT MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED AND MOSTLY ABOVE 500 MB. ANY CONVECTION WILL LIKELY BE HIGH BASED. FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT, TEMPERATURES WILL FALL. MONDAY WILL BE THE COOLEST OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS. THE THERMAL CHANGE WILL BE MORE PRONOUNCED IN THE NORTHERN COUNTIES WHERE FROPA WILL BE EARLY AND MORE DEFINED. LESSER EFFECTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SOUTH WHERE FRONT WILL LAG AND BE MORE DIFFUSE. 700 MB TEMPS FAR NORTH ARE FORECAST TO DROP 16 TO 18 DEGREES C BY MONDAY 12Z...WITH ONLY AN 8 TO 12 DEGREE C FALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES. EXTENDED (TUE-SAT)...DRY WNW FLOW ON TUE AS RIDGE BEGINS TO REBOUND OVER THE GREAT BASIN. RIDGE BECOMES THE DOMINANT FEATURE WED THRU SAT WITH TROUGH OFF THE WEST COAST...WITH THE UPPER HIGH CENTER OVER THE DESERT SW AND AXIS ABOUT OVER FORECAST AREA. MOISTURE SPARSE...AND POSITION OF RIDGE SHOULD KEEP ANY EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES IN FLOW TO OUR WEST AFTER MIDWEEK. HOWEVER...WILL CONTINUE WITH THE THINKING THAT SOME MOISTURE MAY EVENTUALLY WORK NORTHWARD UP RIDGE AXIS LATE IN THE WEEK FOR ISOLD AFTN TSTMS IN THE SOUTH. TEMPS BEGIN WARMING TUE... AND THE TREND SHOULD CONTINUE FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS. MRF HAS 700 MB TEMPS AROUND +18 C BY FRI...WHICH TRANSLATES TO MID 90S AT GJT ASSUMING DRY ADIABATIC MIXING TO THE SFC. PAC TROUGH THEN FCST TO MOVE INLAND LATER IN THE WEEKEND. BA/JAD .GJT...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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