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FXUS65 KSLC 101736
AFDSLC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1136 AM MDT TUE MAR 10 2026
KEY MESSAGES
-GUSTY WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN TERRAIN RIDGELINES, SW WYOMING, AND
ACROSS THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN WILL PEAK THIS AFTERNOON.
-TEMPERATURES WARM BACK ABOVE NORMAL BY THE END OF THE WEEK WITH
ANOTHER SIMILARLY MOSTLY DRY FRONT ON SATURDAY.
-CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING REGARDING A LARGE RIDGE DEVELOPING
ACROSS THE WEST WITH NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES RESULTING.
DISCUSSION
A MID LEVEL CLOUD DECK IS MOVING INTO NORTHERN UTAH
AS A MOSTLY DRY COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. THIS FRONT
WILL BRING LITTLE IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION. THE LATEST CAMS ARE
COMPLETELY VOID OF ANY PRECIPITATION WITHIN OUR AREA. THE MOST
NOTICEABLE CHANGE WITH THIS FRONT WILL BE TEMPERATURES DROPPING
BACK TO NEAR NORMAL ACROSS THE NORTH WITH STILL SLIGHTLY ABOVE
NORMAL FURTHER SOUTH. WEST/NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL
ALSO BE INCREASING, PARTICULARLY ACROSS RIDGETOPS OF THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWEST WYOMING, AND THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN. A WIND
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN FOR THIS
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING AS WIND GUSTS APPROACH 50 MPH.
WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. IN FACT, THE EC EFI IS HIGHLIGHTING THE POTENTIAL FOR EVEN
STRONGER WINDS ACROSS THESE AREAS THURSDAY-SATURDAY. NBM PROBS FOR
WINDS 50+ MPH PEAKS ON SATURDAY, A RESULT OF THE APPROACHING
FRONT AND TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT, WITH ~35% CHANCE ACROSS
SOUTHWEST WYOMING AND ~50% CHANCE ACROSS THE WESTERN UINTA BASIN.
ENSEMBLE MEMBERS CONTINUE TO CONVERGE ON A MOSTLY DRY AND WARM
SOLUTION GOING INTO NEXT WEEK AS AN ANOMALOUSLY STRONG RIDGE
BUILDS ACROSS THE WESTERN CONUS. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK TEMPERATURES
WILL APPROACH THE LOW 90S ACROSS LOWER WASHINGTON COUNTY WITH 70S
FOR MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS AREAWIDE. THERE STILL DOES REMAIN ~30%
OF ENSEMBLE MEMBERS THAT KEEP THE JET STREAM CLOSE ENOUGH TO BRING
SOME MOISTURE AND CLOUDS TO THE FAR NORTHEASTERN CWA
MONDAY/TUESDAY THAT COULD KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THIS AREA SLIGHTLY
COOLER. BUT THE TREND IN THE GUIDANCE HAS BEEN TO BRING THE RIDGE
AXIS INTO THE GREAT BASIN BY MIDDLE TO LATE WEEK. NBM PROBS FOR
TEMPERATURES REACHING 80F FOR KSLC HAS GONE UP TO ~60% BY NEXT
WEDNESDAY. THERE IS ALSO A ~30% CHANCE OF HOT TEMPERATURES
APPROACHING 100F ACROSS LOWER WASHINGTON COUNTY DURING THIS SAME
TIME. THESE WOULD BREAK ALL-TIME RECORDS. FOR INSTANCE, THE
EARLIEST 80F ON RECORD FOR KSLC IS 3/31.
AVIATION...KSLC
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY
GUSTY AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER THE KSLC TERMINAL,
WITH PEAK GUSTS RISING TO 20 TO 25KTS. THESE WINDS WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS, REVERTING BACK TO A
SOUTHERLY FLOW EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE, EXPECT VFR
CONDITIONS WITH MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER DECREASING LATE THIS
EVENING.
REST OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS ALL TERMINALS TODAY UNDER MIDDLE AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUD COVER.
BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST NORTHERN TERMINALS
(ESPECIALLY THOSE ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-15 CORRIDOR), WITH GUSTY
SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AREA BECOMING NORTHERLY AS A
COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE DAY. STRONG WINDS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS IN THE WESTERN UINTA
BASIN, WITH PEAK GUSTS AROUND 40KTS. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL
SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT.
SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
UT...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR UTZ114.
WY...NONE.
PUBLIC...MAHAN
AVIATION...WEBBER
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