A strong cold front produced high winds up and down the Wasatch front.
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The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
A strong cold front produced high winds up and down the Wasatch front. Peak Gusts were:SIGNAL PEAK (SEVIER CO) 73 EMPIRE PEAK (SUMMIT CO) 73 CENTRAL WASATCH-11000 FT 73 SNOWBASIN WILDCAT RIDGE 64 POWDERHORN (SL CO) 62 SUNDANCE 60 SOUTH MOUNTAIN 59 LOFGREEN (TOOELE MESONET) 55 HAT ISLAND 54 TELEGRAPH FLAT (KANE CO) 54 UPPER CEDAR MTN (DUGWAY) 54 PROMONTORY POINT 53 ANTELOPE ISLAND 53 ROSEBUD (BOX ELDER CO) 52 OTTER CREEK (RICH CO) 51 DURAND ROAD (DUGWAY) 50
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 Salt Lake City, UT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 1, 9:08 PM MST, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 908 PM MST TUE NOV 1 2005 .SYNOPSIS...RIDGE AXIS WILL SLIDE OFF TO THE EAST WEDNESDAY. A STRONG AND MILD SOUTHWEST ALOFT TOMORROW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THIS WILL BRING COLD AIR AND PRECIPITATION TO NORTHERN UTAH. && .DISCUSSION...HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH THIS EVENING AS FLOW ALOFT INCREASES. STRONG UPPER JET IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC IS SET UP FOR PRODUCING A SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT FOR NORTHERN UTAH. FRONTAL BAND IS NOW SLIDING INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WILL REACH NORTHERN UTAH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SURFACE FRONT WILL BE OUT AHEAD OF THIS BAROCLINIC ZONE AND MOVE INTO THE GSL WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SURFACE GRADIENT ALREADY TIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL UTAH THIS EVENING AND WITH 700 MB FLOW INCREASING TO 50-55 KNOTS WEDNESDAY EVENING SO IT WILL BE WINDY AND MILD AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR WESTERN VALLEYS. RIGHT REAR QUAD EXITING THE EASTERN PACIFIC UPPER TROF WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH ON THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL AID PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT IN A BAND FROM WEST TO EAST ON THURSDAY. SHOULD BE A GOOD PRECIPITATION EVENT FOR THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT AND RANGE WITH LITTLE SOUTH OF A PRICE TO DELTA LINE. AIR MASS COOLS TO NEAR -6C ON THURSDAY SO A BURST OF SOME WET SNOW POSSIBLE FOR NORTHERN VALLEYS ESPECIALLY FROM SALT LAKE BENCHES NORTHWARD. ANOTHER WAVE IN THE MEAN WESTERLY FLOW ARRIVES THURSDAY EVENING AND PRODUCES BRIEF WARM AIR ADVECTION AND RIDES ALONG THE BAROCLINIC MID LEVEL ZONE OVER NORTHERN UTAH. 140 KNOT JET CORE PUNCHES INTO OREGON. THIS JET STRETCHES ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA INTO NORTHERN UTAH ON FRIDAY AS IT SLOWLY DROPS SOUTHWARD. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WAVE ARRIVES FRIDAY EVENING IN THIS JET STREAM AND AFFECTS NORTHERN UTAH WITH PERSISTENT MOIST WESTERLY FLOW. THIS PUSHES MORE COLD AIR INTO NORTHERN UTAH ON FRIDAY...NEAR -8C AT 700 MB. THE COLDEST AIR THEN SPILLS INTO THE GSL WITH -26C AT 500 MB AND -10C AT 700 MB EARLY SATURDAY. COLD ENOUGH FOR SOME VALLEY SNOWFALL AND CONTINUED PRECIP ENHANCEMENT OVER THE WASATCH RANGE. INSTABILITY AND WIND FLOW GOOD FOR LAKE EFFECT SATURDAY MORNING. MODELS GENERALLY AGREE THAT UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD OVER UTAH ON SUNDAY AND KEEP DRY WEATHER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. BUT FIRST THE WARM FRONT ON SUNDAY WILL PRODUCE CLOUDS IN NORTHERN AREAS WITH SOME PRECIP ESPECIALLY NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER. FORECAST GENERALLY ON TRACK THROUGH THE WEEKEND. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION COULD BE INCREASED. TEMPS LOOKED TO BE HELD DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY IN NORTHERN AREAS STARTING THURSDAY. ADVISORIES AND POSSIBLY SNOW WARNINGS LOOK LIKELY FOR THE WASATCH RANGE AND POSSIBLY IN THE VALLEYS WITH SEVERAL PERIODS OF PRECIPITATION STARTING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FAVORED WASATCH RANGE AREAS COULD TALLY UP TO 2 FEET OF SNOW. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IN THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT AND POSSIBLY A FEW INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN FRONT. WILL ISSUE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT. && .AVIATION...SEE SLCTAFSLC. && .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UT...NONE. WY...NONE. && TARDY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 630 AM MST TUE NOV 1 2005 UTZ001>011-WYZ021-021300- CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SOUTHWEST WYOMING-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-WASATCH MOUNTAINS I- 80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- WESTERN UINTA BASIN-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- 630 AM MST TUE NOV 1 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN UTAH AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WIDESPREAD VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOWS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY SATURDAY AS A COLD AND MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS OVER THE REGION. SIGNIFICANT VALLEY RAINS AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. UTZ012>021-021300- CASTLE COUNTRY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-HENRY MOUNTAINS-SAN RAFAEL SWELL-SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-SOUTHWEST UTAH-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION NATIONAL PARK-WEST CENTRAL UTAH- 630 AM MST TUE NOV 1 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN UTAH .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 930 PM MST TUE NOV 1 2005 UTZ001>012-014>017-WYZ021-021300- CACHE VALLEY/UTAH PORTION-CASTLE COUNTRY- CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT AND MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SALT LAKE AND TOOELE VALLEYS- SANPETE/SEVIER VALLEYS-SOUTHERN WASATCH FRONT-SOUTHWEST UTAH- SOUTHWEST WYOMING-WASATCH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-WASATCH MOUNTAINS I- 80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80-WASATCH PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS- WEST CENTRAL UTAH-WESTERN UINTA BASIN-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS- 930 PM MST TUE NOV 1 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE FOR NORTHERN UTAH THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... A STRONG PACIFIC JET STREAM WILL SEND A COLD FRONT INTO THE GREAT BASIN TOMORROW. SOUTHERLY WIND AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE STRONG OVER WESTERN AREAS OF UTAH. VALLEY WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 40 MPH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL DROP ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND REACH CENTRAL UTAH EARLY THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING THE FIRST PERIOD OF RAIN AND SNOW TO NORTHERN UTAH. SNOW LEVELS WILL RAPIDLY LOWER TO THE VALLEY FLOOR ON THURSDAY. THE MAIN JET STREAM WILL REMAIN OVER NORTHERN UTAH ON FRIDAY AND SEND WAVES OF PRECIPITATION TO THE WASATCH FRONT AND RANGE. MUCH OF THIS PRECIPITATION COULD FALL AS SNOW IN THE FAR NORTHERN VALLEYS. A STRONGER SYSTEM WILL DROP INTO NORTHERN UTAH FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND BRING THE COLDEST AIR OF THIS SEASON. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND PARTS OF THE ADJACENT VALLEYS IS EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. TUNE INTO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE FOR UPDATES AND MORE DETAILS ON THIS LATE AUTUMN STORM. CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS BEFORE TRAVELING THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS OR BEGINNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. TARDY
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Rosebud RAWS
High Elevation Wasatch Mountain sensor (10400ft)
Northern Wasatch Sensor near Weber Canyon
Antelope Island sensor
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