Damaging Winds in Utah, June 23 to 25, 2014

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
950 AM MDT MON JUN 23 2014

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE INTERIOR
WEST THROUGH TUESDAY. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER DISTURBANCE
WILL IMPACT THE REGION LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS. 12Z RAOB INDICATES SUFFICIENT MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY WILL EXIST AROUND 500MB OR SO TO ALLOW FOR SOME
CONVECTION TO DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF UTAH THIS
AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE DRY SUB CLOUD ENVIRONMENT EXPECT THIS
CONVECTION TO BE HIGH BASED. THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY CONVECTION
WILL BE GUSTY MICROBURST WINDS. A FEW GUSTS IN THE 50 MPH RANGE
CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

OTHERWISE...CURRENT FORECAST IS ON TRACK AND NO UPDATES ARE
ANTICIPATED.

&&

.AVIATION...LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS AT THE SLC TERMINAL WILL
BECOME PREDOMINATELY NORTH THROUGH 16-17Z AND REMAIN NORTHERLY
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. ANY CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND IS UNLIKELY TO
IMPACT THE TERMINAL.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...THERE ARE NO REAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS TODAY AS THE
WINDS ALOFT ARE LIGHTER TODAY THAN RECENT DAYS. A WEAK DISTURBANCE
WILL ENHANCE WINDS A LITTLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT AT
THIS TIME NOT EXPECTING WINDS TO EXCEED RFW CRITERIA ANYWHERE IN THE
DISTRICT. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE WILL BRUSH BY NORTHERN UTAH
WEDNESDAY AND THIS MAY CAUSE A FEW AREAS OVER THE WESTERN VALLEYS
AND SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH TO REACH RFW WINDS LEVELS. THE STRONGEST
WINDS WILL COME THURSDAY AHEAD OF THE MAIN TROUGH FOR THE WEEK.
WILL DECIDE THIS AFTERNOON ON WHETHER A WATCH WILL BE NEEDED.

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...NONE.
WY...NONE.
&&

KRUSE/STRUTHWOLF

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HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)

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VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY/GENERAL/AFD_FAQS.PHP (ALL LOWER CASE)

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
501 AM MDT MON JUN 23 2014

UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-241230-
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-
501 AM MDT MON JUN 23 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY BRIEF BUT LOCALLY
STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAINLY OVER AND NEAR THE HIGH TERRAIN OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ISOLATED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR
SOUTHERN UTAH ON TUESDAY AS DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST AND SOUTHWEST
WINDS INCREASE AHEAD OF THE NEXT WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE.

MORE WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST
FOR SOUTHERN UTAH ON THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

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HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY/ (ALL LOWER CASE)

FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL ROAD TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT...
HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX