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WWUS85 KSLC 052026
RFWSLC
RED FLAG WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
226 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 2008
UTZ437-440-441-052130-
/O.CAN.KSLC.FW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080706T0300Z/
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH-
GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA/LAKE POWELL-
226 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 2008
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR UTAH FIRE WEATHER ZONES
437...440 AND 441...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
RED FLAG WARNING FOR UTAH FIRE WEATHER ZONES 437...440 AND 441.
A BAND OF CLOUDS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS HAS LINGERED OVER PORTIONS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL UTAH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS HAS KEPT RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES RATHER HIGH AND HAS ALSO LIMITED THE GUSTY WINDS
ACROSS THIS AREA.
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP THIS AFTERNOON AS THE
BAND OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS MOVE SLOWLY TO THE EAST.
HOWEVER...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
UTZ435-439-060300-
/O.CON.KSLC.FW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080706T0300Z/
SOUTHWEST DESERTS AND MOUNTAINS-UTAHS DIXIE AND ZION CANYON-
226 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 2008
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR UTAH FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 435 AND 439...
A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR UTAH FIRE WEATHER ZONES 435 AND
439.
GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35
MPH HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
UTAH. THESE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. IN ADDITION TO THE GUSTY WINDS...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE
BEEN DROPPING QUICKLY TO NEAR CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THIS AFTERNOON.
THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE AROUND SUNSET.
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
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