960
FXUS65 KSLC 191614
AFDSLC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1014 AM MDT TUE MAY 19 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY WARM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK,
REACHING VALUES UP TO 10F ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS BY LATE IN THE
WEEKEND. CONDITIONS WILL BE GENERALLY DRY, WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY.
- DESPITE THE WARMER TEMPERATURES, THERE IS A CHANCE OF ISOLATED
FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR SOME OUTLYING UTAH VALLEYS WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
DISCUSSION
THE COLD PACIFIC NORTHWEST STORM SYSTEM HAS PULLED
AWAY FROM NORTHERN UTAH THIS MORNING, WITH ONE TRAILING WEAK WAVE
ON THE BACK EDGE EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA TODAY. IN THE
WAKE OF THE STORM SYSTEM, MOST UTAH VALLEYS SAW AREAS OF FREEZING
CONDITIONS, WITH A FEW HARD FREEZES REPORTED. HIGH TEMPERATURES
TODAY WILL STILL BE ON THE CHILLY SIDE, WITH MAXES AVERAGING 10F
BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS. THE INFLUENCE OF THE LAST EXITING WAVE HAS
A LOW CHANCE OF PRODUCING A FEW AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN, WITH CONDITIONS OTHERWISE
REMAINING DRY.
TEMPERATURES ARE ON TRACK TO STEADILY WARM THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A BROAD RIDGE, CURRENTLY SITTING OFF THE
PACIFIC COAST. THIS RIDGE WILL INITIALLY BE SLOW TO BUILD
EASTWARD, AND THIS WILL ALLOW A STORM SYSTEM TO MOVE OVER THE
FRONT SIDE OF THE RIDGE AND INTO THE AREA DURING THE DAY
THURSDAY. THIS WILL ACT TO TEMPORARILY CURB THE WARMING TREND OVER
NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. ASSOCIATED PRECIPITATION WILL
LIKELY BE CONFINED TO NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA,
WITH SNOW LEVELS STAYING RELATIVELY HIGH ON ACCOUNT OF THE WARMING
TREND.
FOR THE WEEKEND, CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT THE PACIFIC RIDGE
WILL SHIFT EAST, BRINGING MORE SUBSTANTIAL WARMING TO THE FORECAST
AREA. BY SUNDAY, MAXES ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 10F ABOVE SEASONAL
NORMALS, WITH THE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES CONTINUING INTO MONDAY.
FOR DAY SEVEN AND BEYOND, THERE IS SOME INDICATION OF THE ARRIVAL
OF ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM TO MAKE THINGS LESS MILD ACROSS THE AREA,
BUT DETAILS REMAIN MURKY THIS FAR OUT.
AVIATION...KSLC
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST AT KSLC
THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. DRY CONDITIONS WILL CLEAR SKIES WITH TYPICAL
DIURNAL WIND SHIFTS EXPECTED.
REST OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO PERSIST ACROSS ALL TAF SITES. DRY CONDITIONS WILL YIELD CLEAR
SKIES THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD WITH GENERALLY DIURNAL WINDS EXPECTED
TO OCCUR AT EACH TAF SITE.
FIRE WEATHER
TEMPERATURES WILL STEADILY WARM THROUGH THE WEEK,
REACHING VALUES AROUND 10F ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS BY LATE IN THE
WEEKEND. CONDITIONS WILL BE ON THE DRY SIDE WITH LIGHT WINDS FOR
MUCH OF THE WEEK, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THURSDAY. A STORM SYSTEM
WILL TEMPORARILY CURB THE WARMING TREND AND BRING A LOW CHANCE OF
WETTING RAINS TO NORTHEAST UTAH. THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING SOME
BREEZY WINDS, WHICH COULD BRING SOME LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS TO SOME SOUTHERN UTAH VALLEYS THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
UT...NONE.
WY...NONE.
PUBLIC/FIRE WEATHER...TRAPHAGAN
AVIATION...WORSTER
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