The same series of storm systems that impacted northern Utah also brought gusty winds to far southwest Wyoming, with the strongest gusts being recorded on November 16th.
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The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
The same series of storm systems that impacted northern Utah also brought gusty winds to far southwest Wyoming, with the strongest gusts being recorded on November 16th.
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 16, 10:19 AM MST, 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1019 AM MST TUE NOV 16 2010
.SYNOPSIS...FINAL WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER UTAH TODAY
CAUSING SNOW AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND STRONG WINDS AT THE SFC
FOR NORTHERN LOCALES. BY WEDNESDAY...WEAK AMPLITUDE RIDGE WILL
BUILD IN BRINGING NICE WEATHER AND WARMING TEMPERATURES THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. NEXT FRONT LOOKS POISED TO DROP DOWN
FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND AFFECT UTAH BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING.
&&
.DISCUSSION...CURRENT RADAR MOSAIC AND SATELLITE IMAGERY CONFIRM
SHORTWAVE MOVING OVER REGION THIS MORNING THOUGH FRONT HAS SLOWED
DOWN SOMEWHAT TO THE NW. STILL ANTICIPATE ONE MORE SHOT OF HEAVIER
SNOW WITH PASSAGE OVER MOUNTAINS/HIGHER VALLEYS TODAY. MODELS
CONTINUE TO INDICATE STRONG H7 WINDS IN RESPONSE TO WAVE MOVING
OVERHEAD AND LOCAL OBS REPORTING WINDS ARE PICKING UP. ADD FAVORABLE
NORTHWEST OROGRAPHIC FLOW INTO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE WASATCH
AND FAR WESTERN UINTAS AND SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF SNOW ARE
CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ONLY MAKE MATTERS WORSE
AS BLOWING SNOW DROPS VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN 1/8 MILE AT TIMES.
THAT BEING SAID...WILL CONTINUE WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH THIS
EVENING.
AS MENTIONED ABOVE...STRONG H7 WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY DUE TO
110KT JET AND STRONG SUBSIDENCE BEHIND FRONT. THESE STRONG WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO MIX DOWN TO THE SFC THIS AFTN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
THE NORTHWEST DESERTS AND ACROSS I-80 CORRIDOR ACROSS SRN WY. LATEST
12Z NAM RUN SHOWS 50 TO 55KT WINDS AT 700MB THAT WILL LIKELY BE
DRAWN DOWN TO THE SURFACE. WITH THAT IN MIND...WILL CONTINUE HIGH
WIND WARNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR THOSE AREAS MENTIONED
ABOVE. FOR AREAS AROUND UINTA BASIN AND PRICE/WELLINGTON
AREA...WINDS WILL BE STRONG BUT EXPECTED TO BE BELOW HIGH WIND
CRITERIA. FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WIND ADVISORY WILL BE MET WITH SOME
GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING HIGH WIND WARNING. WILL CONTINUE WIND
ADVISORY FOR THOSE AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING TOO.
CONDITIONS WILL GREATLY IMPROVE TOMORROW AS WEAK RIDGING BUILDS IN
BRINGING CLEARING SKIES...WESTERLY FLOW...AND WARMER TEMPS. BY
THURSDAY...ZONAL FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO PUMP IN WARM AIR AS THE
NEXT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DROPS DUE S FROM CANADIAN COAST. ASSOD
FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS PAC NW CAUSING UNSETTLED WX THRU THE
WEEKEND AS JET SUPPORT REMAINS RELATIVELY WEAK. PRE-FRONTAL
MOISTURE WILL MOVE INTO NRN AREAS BY LATE SAT MORNING/EARLY SAT
AFTN AND OVERSPREAD ENTIRE CWA BY MIDNIGHT. PROLONGED PERIOD OF
PRECIP IS EXPECTED WITH HEAVY MTN SNOWS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
&&
.AVIATION...COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SLC TERMINAL BY EARLY AFTN
WITH A WIND SHIFT EXPECTED BTWN 17Z AND 20Z. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES
STRONG GUSTY SFC WINDS...POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 30MPH...ARE EXPECTED ALONG
AND BEHIND THE FRONT. CIGS/VIS SHOULD REMAIN VFR THROUGH MOST OF
THE DAY WITH OCCNL MVFR POSSIBLE UNDER HEAVIER SHOWERS.
&&
.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR UTZ009-010.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR UTZ007-008.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR UTZ005.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT FOR UTZ012.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR UTZ011.
WY...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR WYZ021.
&&
PUBLIC...TGR
AVIATION...TGR
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HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
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HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY/GENERAL/AFD_FAQS.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE)HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 651 AM MST TUE NOV 16 2010 UTZ001>012-WYZ021-171400- 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-SOUTHWEST WYOMING- 651 AM MST TUE NOV 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF UTAH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WEATHER DISTURBANCE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SNOW AND HIGH WINDS WILL EXIT THE AREA LATER TODAY...WITH SNOW WINDING DOWN OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT VALLEYS EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS SAME WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL GENERATE HIGH WINDS AS IT EXITS THE AREA TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHWEST DESERT AND SALT FLATS...AND OVER SOUTHWEST WYOMING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVER THE UINTA BASIN AND IN THE PRICE/WELLINGTON AREAS IN EASTERN UTAH THESE WINDS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WARM AND DRY WEST-SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GREAT BASIN WEDNESDAY...AND STRENGTHEN LATE IN THE WEEK. WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS WEEK...WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY ABOVE NORMAL THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL STALL NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF UTAH FRIDAY. SHOWERS WILL FORM ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH AREAS OF PRECIPITATION AND COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED NEAR THE IDAHO BORDER. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL EXIST OVER NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HEAVY SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHER ELEVATION...WITH MANY WESTERN AND NORTHERN VALLEYS ALSO RECEIVING SUBSTANTIAL SNOW FROM THIS STORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. UTZ013>016-019>021-517-518-171400- 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- 651 AM MST TUE NOV 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF UTAH. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WEAK AND GENERALLY DRY FRONT WILL MOVES THROUGH THE AREAS LATER TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. BREEZY NORTH WINDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT FOR LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WARM AND DRY WEST-SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE GREAT BASIN WEDNESDAY...AND STRENGTHEN LATE IN THE WEEK. WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS WEEK...WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY ABOVE NORMAL THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY...WITH INCREASING MOISTURE PRODUCING EXTENSIVE CLOUDS COVER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES EARLY IN THE WEEKEND. A COLD PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM ALONG THE WEST COAST WILL BEGIN TO WORK SLOWLY EAST LATE THIS WEEKEND. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND AN INCREASING THREAT FOR SHOWERS WILL SHOW UP SUNDAY. MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL COVER THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT WESTERN VALLEYS. .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)
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The sensor at First Divide, I-80 east of Evanston, recorded a maximum wind gust of 63 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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