A thunderstorm brought strong winds around Milford.
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A thunderstorm brought strong winds around Milford.
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 8, 2:49 PM MST, 41 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 349 PM MDT Tue Oct 8 2024 .SYNOPSIS...Mid level moisture will bring a few showers capable of gusty microburst winds this afternoon/evening. Otherwise unseasonably warm and dry conditions will continue through the remainder of the week. && .SHORT TERM (Through 12Z/6AM Thursday)...Scattered shallow convection has developed across portions of the area this afternoon, mainly focused across higher terrain and over the West Desert. Some virga is seen from a quick look outside the office, indicative of dry low levels below cloud base. With these showers, gusts to 30-40 mph are likely, though isolated gusts in excess of 50 mph are also possible (15% chance), particularly across the southern two-thirds of Utah. Showers are likely to decrease in coverage after sunset, though a few showers may linger as late as midnight in parts of southern Utah. High pressure will then rebound as the weak disturbance producing these showers continues eastward. Warm and dry conditions will return for Wednesday, with temperatures hovering around 10 to 15 degrees above normal. While this will make for a nice day for most, areas near the Yellow Lake Fire may see wildfire smoke once again. These areas include the western Uinta Basin and Wasatch Back, which have seen this smoke in recent days. .LONG TERM (After 12Z/6AM Thursday)...On Thursday a ridge will remain in close enough proximity to be the dominant synoptic weather feature locally, though a weak decaying frontal boundary will be advancing southeastward through Idaho. While the frontal boundary isn't expected to push into northern Utah or southwest Wyoming, upper level moisture associated with the parent trough will likely yield increased cloud cover across the forecast region accordingly. Despite the enhanced cloud cover, H7 temperatures associated with the ridge will remain in the 9C to 12C range, promoting anomalous warmth at the surface and daytime highs around 10F to 20F above climatological normal. Similar conditions look likely on Friday. Moving into the weekend the pattern will undergo a fairly minor change in terms of sensible weather. The ridge will be centered near to a bit south of the Four Corners area, and a weak impulse will rotate around the western periphery and lift through Utah, helping to add a bit of mid/upper level moisture to the environment. This will happen coincident with a weak cutoff trough approaching the area Saturday into Sunday. Given the nature of cutoff lows, there's a bit of uncertainty on exact timing/strength, but in general the combination of these two features will introduce low end (~10-20%) diurnal precipitation chances, primarily focused/initiated over higher terrain. Otherwise, with the ridge a bit more flattened and displaced in comparison the prior couple of days, will see temperatures dip ever so slightly. That said, afternoon highs still will remain roughly 7F to 15F above climatological normal. For early next week, uncertainty further increases due to model differences in handling the evolution of the cutoff low, and whether it sits and decays over the region for a bit, retrogrades, or sees a quicker absorption back into the mean flow. Even in a situation where it decays closer overhead, few scenarios provide more marked moisture advection, so what limited moisture is available still only yields low end precipitation chances. Given a fairly even split amongst ensemble members in how things play out, will once again have to wait and see how things ultimately trend. In general, maintained NBM forecast which keeps mild temperatures and precipitation chances below 10% or so. && .AVIATION...KSLC...Light northwest winds will transition to southeast around 03Z with clouds diminishing through the evening. Mostly clear conditions will continue, with a transition to northwest winds around 19Z. .REST OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING...Scattered showers capable of gusty, erratic outflow winds will diminish from 00-03Z. Clouds will diminish through the evening as showers taper off. MVFR conditions are likely with enhanced wildfire smoke concentrations at KHCR and other nearby locations from roughly 03-18Z. Mostly clear conditions are likely throughout southwest Wyoming and Utah through the day with relatively light winds. && .FIRE WEATHER...A weak disturbance moving through the area today will bring scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms this afternoon and early evening, diminishing after roughly 2100. Gusty and erratic outflow winds near 30-40 mph are possible, though an isolated gust in excess of 50 mph isn't out of the question (15% chance). High pressure then returns heading into Wednesday with slightly warmer and drier conditions, particularly looking at maximum RH. Overnight recoveries tonight across most valleys will be marginal to good, though valleys across the southern two- thirds of Utah will trend downwards to poor by early Thursday morning. An unseasonably warm, dry air mass will then likely stick around, with the next chance for precipitation not expected until maybe Sunday. && .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UT...None. WY...None. && Cunningham/Warthen/Wilson For more information from NOAA's National Weather Service visit... http://weather.gov/saltlakecity
The Cedar City radar (KICX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust of 61 mph was recorded by the Milford Municipal Airport/Ben and Judy Briscoe Field AWOS.
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