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FXUS65 KSLC 080406
AFDSLC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1006 PM MDT TUE APR 7 2026
KEY MESSAGES
- MILD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WORK WEEK WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES AVERAGING 10-15F ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS.
- THE ONSET OF A COOLER AND MORE UNSETTLED PATTERN IS EXPECTED BY
SATURDAY, BRINGING PERIODS OF RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
DISCUSSION
HIGH PRESSURE IS CENTERED OVER CALIFORNIA THIS
EVENING, WITH A RELATIVELY DRY WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW OVER UTAH
AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. HIGHS TODAY WERE GENERALLY SIMILAR TO
YESTERDAY WITH MAXES AVERAGING 10-15F ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS.
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WILL SEE SOME RATHER WEAK COOLING
ALOFT TOMORROW AS A CANADIAN TROUGH TRACKS WELL TO OUR NORTH, BUT
THIS WILL DROP HIGHS TOMORROW BY A COUPLE OF DEGREES WITH DRY
CONDITIONS AS THE RIDGE MOVES OVERHEAD.
THE WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED TO RETURN FOR THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY
IN SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH FRIDAY EXPECTED TO BE THE WARMEST DAY
OF THE WEEK FOR MOST LOCATIONS. THAT WEAK BOUNDARY THAT IS TO
BRING COOLING ON WEDNESDAY, HOWEVER, IS EXPECTED TO STALL AND
BRING ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS FOCUSED OVER THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN UTAH. GIVEN DRY LOWER LEVELS, GUSTY AND
ERRATIC WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF GUIDANCE INDICATES A MORE UNSETTLED PATTERN
DEVELOPING BEGINNING SATURDAY AS A SERIES OF PACIFIC LOWS IMPACT
THE AREA. CONFIDENCE REMAINS ON THE LOW SIDE WITH REGARD TO THE
DETAILS OF THE TRACKS OF THESE LOWS AND WHEN THEY EVENTUALLY OPEN
UP AND WEAKEN, AS THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THE GUIDANCE TENDS TO
STRUGGLE. HOWEVER, CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH IN TEMPERATURES MOVING
MUCH CLOSER TO SEASONAL NORMALS, AND FOR SOME PERIODS OF RAIN AND
HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AVIATION
LIGHT, SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST
OVERNIGHT, BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT TIMES. WINDS WILL LIKELY
SHIFT TO NORTHWESTERLY AROUND 16-17Z, WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 20KTS
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH BKN-SCT HIGH
CLOUDS.
REST OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING
WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND
TERRAIN-DRIVEN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, WITH BREEZY WESTERLY TO
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 20KTS DEVELOPING DURING THE
AFTERNOON, MOSTLY ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATION SITES. VFR CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL WITH BKN-SCT HIGH CLOUDS.
SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
UT...NONE.
WY...NONE.
PUBLIC...TRAPHAGAN
AVIATION...CUNNINGHAM
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