Gusty winds developed both ahead of and behind a cold front, with the strongest winds in the Salt Lake Valley.
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The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
Gusty winds developed both ahead of and behind a cold front, with the strongest winds in the Salt Lake Valley.
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 Oct 15, 8:05 PM MST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 905 PM MDT Sat Oct 15 2016 .SYNOPSIS...A series of fast-moving Pacific storm systems will impact mainly northern Utah and southwest Wyoming through the first half of the upcoming week. High pressure will return for the latter half of the week. && .DISCUSSION...Unseasonably mild southwest flow is over the CWA this eve downstream from a broad upper trof that continues to cover much of the Gulf of Alaska. The next in the series of short waves to eject out of the main trof is moving inland thru the PacNW states heading towards the nrn Rockies. This wave passes to our north Sun morning but does push its associated cold front into nrn UT south to about Provo with the best chance of rain from about OGD north. Ahead of this wave the south winds will stay gusty overnight. They have dropped off from this afternoon and cancelled wind advisory earlier. Winds look to pick up again across much of srn UT on Sun south of the front with speeds similar to today. Frontal boundary and associated precip band lifts N late Sun thru the eve as next short wave approaches. This next wave brings a good portion of the colder air with the main trof inland with it pushing into UT after midnight with fairly widespread precip across the nrn CWA. This tapers off and turns showery by midday. Updated earlier to lower pops overnight outside of the far northern CWA and to cancel Wind Advisory. Also trimmed the southern extent of pops back a bit for Sunday. No additional updates planned. && .AVIATION...Gusty southerly winds will continue at the SLC terminal through the night and into Sunday morning. A cold front will cross the airfield between about 14-16z switching winds to northerly. VFR conditions are expected through the TAF period. Cigs could lower to around 7000 ft with the front. && .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UT...None. WY...None. && Wilensky For more information from NOAA's National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/saltlakecity For frequently asked questions about the Area Forecast Discussion visit... http://weather.gov/saltlakecity/general/afd_faqs.php
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 634 PM MDT SAT OCT 15 2016 UTZ001>016-019>021-517-518-WYZ021-161300- 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- 634 PM MDT SAT OCT 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME STRONGER AGAIN OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN OUTLOOK AREA ON SUNDAY. VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE NORTHERN OUTLOOK AREA SUNDAY AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE NORTH SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO AROUND 7000 TO 7500 FEET. HOWEVER ANY SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE LIMITED TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. ONE MORE SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING MOUNTAIN SNOW TO THE NORTHERN OUTLOOK AREA TUESDAY WITH A WARMING AND DRYING TREND ON TAP FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. .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 FOR INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL ROAD TRAVEL IMPACTS VISIT... HTTP://WWW.UDOTTRAFFIC.UTAH.GOV/ROADWEATHERFORECAST.ASPX
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Peak recorded wind gusts included 70 mph at Vernon Hill, 63 mph at the State Route 201 at Interstate 80 sensor, 61 mph at the Great Salt Lake Marina, and 58 mph at Point of the Mountain.
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