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FXUS65 KSLC 202224
AFDSLC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
324 PM MST FRI FEB 20 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- LINGERING LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING AS A
STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO EXIT THE AREA.
- HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY AND INCREASINGLY MILD CONDITIONS
FOR THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
- THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE THAT INCREASING MOISTURE AND A GRAZING
STORM SYSTEM WILL CURB THE WARMING TREND AND BRINGING
ACCUMULATING VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW BY THE MIDDLE OF THE
UPCOMING WEEK.
DISCUSSION
THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO
SOUTHERN UTAH EARLIER HAS TRACKED EASTWARD INTO COLORADO AND NEW
MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON. LINGERING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ARE
KEEPING A FEW SHOWERS GOING, INCLUDING SOME LAKE ENHANCED SHOWERS
PRIMARILY SSE OF THE LAKE. THESE VALLEY SHOWERS APPEAR TO BE
FALLING AS RAIN OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW, WITH LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS. ANY AFTERNOON SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE
DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
HIGH PRESSURE HAS MADE ITS WAY INTO THE GREAT BASIN AND WILL
CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA OVER THE WEEKEND. THIS
WILL KEEP CONDITIONS DRY WITH A STEADY WARMING TREND INTO EARLY
NEXT WEEK. TONIGHT, THE COLD AIRMASS IN THE WAKE OF THE TROUGH AND
THE RAPID CLEARING WILL RESULT IN APPARENT TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS
10F ACROSS THE WASATCH FRONT, WHICH COULD BRING HEALTH ISSUES FOR
PETS, UNSHELTERED POPULATIONS, AND OTHER SENSITIVE GROUPS. BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO RETURN TO
NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS, WITH A HIGH CHANCE OF TEMPERATURES
AVERAGING 10F ABOVE CLIMO BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
BY MONDAY, CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO START INCREASING AS THE RIDGE
BEGINS TO FLATTEN AND THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES MORE ZONAL. WELL OVER
HALF OF GUIDANCE IS INDICATING DEEPER ATMOSPHERIC RIVER MOISTURE
IN WEAK WARM ADVECTION MOVING INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA
AS EARLY AS TUESDAY, BRINGING THE POTENTIAL RETURN OF VALLEY RAIN
AND MOUNTAIN SNOW, SIMILAR TO THE WARM AND MOIST PATTERN THAT HAS
BEEN COMMON THIS WINTER SEASON. CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT A
GRAZING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING LOWERING SNOW LEVELS BY WEDNESDAY,
BUT THERE REMAINS SIGNIFICANT SPREAD WITH REGARD TO THE AMOUNT OF
POTENTIAL COOLING AND THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE AT THAT
TIME.
LONG RANGE GUIDANCE BRINGS HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT DRIER AND MORE
MILD CONDITIONS WILL RETURN FOR NEXT WEEKEND.
AVIATION
OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO, MVFR CIGS AND PERHAPS
VSBYS MAY DEVELOP AS A FEW SNOW SHOWERS MOVE TOWARD THE TERMINAL. IT
IS UNCERTAIN IF THE SNOW WILL REACH THE GROUND AT THE TERMINAL, THUS
REDUCING VSBYS, AND THERE IS A CHANCE THIS WILL BE AMENDED OUT
WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. FOLLOWING THIS, CLOUD COVER WILL DISSIPATE
INTO THE EVENING WITH VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
TAF PERIOD.
REST OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING
OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS
REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS KLGU, KOGD, KSVR, AND KHCR OVER THE NEXT 1-
2HRS. FOLLOWING THIS, CLOUD COVER WILL GRADUALLY REDUCE ACROSS ALL
SITES MAKING WAY FOR VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
TAF PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN.
SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
UT...NONE.
WY...NONE.
PUBLIC...TRAPHAGAN
AVIATION...WORSTER
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