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FXUS65 KSLC 070412
AFDSLC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1012 PM MDT MON APR 6 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AROUND 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
THROUGH SATURDAY.
- A MORE ACTIVE PATTERN WILL BRING RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW
LATER SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY, WITH UNSETTLED CONDITIONS LIKELY
PERSISTING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
AN UPPER TROUGH CONTINUES TO TRANSLATE THROUGH THE
DESERT SOUTHWEST THIS EVENING, WHILE SHORTWAVE RIDGING BUILDS
UPSTREAM ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN. SHALLOW, HIGH BASED
CONVECTION DEVELOPED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA, AND HAS LARGELY BEEN WANING OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF HOURS AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES AWAY FROM THE
REGION.
THE UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
TUESDAY, ALLOWING FOR A WARMING TREND OF ~5F ACROSS SOUTHERN UTAH,
AND 1-3F ACROSS THE NORTH. THIS WILL PUSH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES
10-15 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMO ACROSS THE AREA. SLIGHT COOLING IS
FORECAST ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH WEDNESDAY, IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER
TROUGH PASSING WELL TO THE NORTH, WHILE LITTLE CHANGE IN
MAX TEMPERATURE IS FORECAST ACROSS THE SOUTH.
TEMPERATURES REMAIN VERY MILD THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND INTO
SATURDAY, AS A GENERAL SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE
GREAT BASIN. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LOW FORECAST TO DIG
ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST. THIS LOW WILL EJECT INLAND ACROSS THE
GREAT BASIN LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY, ACCOMPANIED BY FAIRLY
WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. THIS PRECIP WILL
SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN AND PERHAPS CENTRAL UTAH BY LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING, THEN FOCUS ACROSS NORTHERN
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. SNOW LEVELS LOOK TO REMAIN
AROUND 8 KFT THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENT. ANOTHER UPSTREAM LOW IS
FORECAST TO MOVE INLAND LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY, HOWEVER
CONFIDENCE IS FAIRLY LOW WITH RESPECT TO TRACK, TIMING AND
EVOLUTION OF THIS FEATURE.
AVIATION...KSLC
THE SOUTHERLY WIND SHIFT LOOKS TO BE DELAYED
SOMEWHAT, LIKELY OCCURRING BETWEEN 06-08Z AS OF NOW. OTHERWISE, VFR
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WITHIN THE KSLC AIRSPACE THROUGH THE TAF
PERIOD WITH DIURNAL WIND SHIFTS EXPECTED.
REST OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST
ACROSS ALL OF OUR TAF SITES. DIURNAL WIND SHIFTS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR, AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL SITES WITH THE HIGHEST
CONFIDENCE OF GUSTS >20KTS AT KEVW.
SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
UT...NONE.
WY...NONE.
PUBLIC...SEAMAN
AVIATION...WORSTER
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