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FXUS65 KSLC 161810
AFDSLC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1210 PM MDT TUE JUN 16 2026
KEY MESSAGES, ISSUED 940 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2026
- HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING HOT AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH
THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK, WITH THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES OF THE
SEASON ACROSS AREAS LIKE ST. GEORGE AND GLEN CANYON NATIONAL
RECREATION AREA.
- GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH A HOT AND VERY DRY AIRMASS
WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH
WHERE FUELS ARE CRITICALLY DRY.
DISCUSSION, ISSUED 940 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2026
MID LEVEL RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY BUILD
INLAND ACROSS THE SIERRA AND WESTERN GREAT BASIN REGION THROUGH
WEDNESDAY, SPREADING A HOT AND VERY DRY AIRMASS ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL TREND A FEW DEGREES
WARMER TUESDAY, REACHING THE LOW 90S ALONG MUCH OF THE WASATCH
FRONT, AND EXCEEDING 105F ACROSS LOWER WASHINGTON COUNTY, ZION
CANYON, AND LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA.
WITH THIS RIDGE REMAINING CENTERED TO THE WEST, A GENERAL
NORTHWEST FLOW WILL RESIDE ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL ALLOWING FOR
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS, AND RESULTING IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WHERE FUELS ARE SUFFICIENTLY DRY. THIS FLOW WILL BE
ENHANCED SOMEWHAT ON WEDNESDAY WITH A SHORTWAVE PASSING TO THE
NORTH. SEE THE FIRE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR MORE INFORMATION.
THIS RIDGE WILL SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY
RESULTING IN LIGHTER WINDS, BUT MAINTAINING A VERY DRY AIRMASS.
AS THIS RIDGE CONTINUES EAST, SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL SPREAD
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY SHIFTING THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT
TO WESTERN UTAH. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL TRANSLATE INTO THE GREAT
BASIN FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, RESULTING IN A THREAT FOR HIGH
BASED CONVECTION MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH. LINGERING MOISTURE MAY
KEEP THIS CONVECTIVE THREAT GOING INTO SUNDAY.
AVIATION...KSLC
LITTLE CHANGE IN THE WAY OF THE ONGOING WEATHER
PATTERN. BENIGN VFR CONDITIONS FAVORED TO CONTINUE WITH CLEAR TO
MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 KTS, AND DIRECTIONS
FOLLOWING A DIURNALLY NORMAL PATTERN (BECOMING SE ~02-04Z WED, BACK
NW ~14-16Z THEREAFTER).
REST OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING
A LARGELY BENIGN WEATHER
PATTERN PERSISTS WITH CLEAR TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, VFR CONDITIONS,
AND WINDS THAT GENERALLY FOLLOW A DIURNALLY TYPICAL DIRECTION
PATTERN. SOME TERMINALS WILL SEE DAYTIME GUSTS AROUND 20-30 KTS,
PRIMARILY THOSE THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED OR TYPICALLY BREEZY.
FIRE WEATHER, ISSUED 919 AM MDT TUE JUN 16 2026
A WARM AND DRY AIRMASS WILL SETTLE INTO THE AREA
INTO LATE WEEK. MAX TEMPERATURES EACH DAY WILL LARGELY RANGE FROM
5-10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DIP
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS IN MANY VALLEY AREAS DURING THIS TIME,
WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. WITH HIGH PRESSURE TO THE WEST, A
NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE AREA, STRENGTHENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THESE INCREASING WINDS, COMBINED WITH THE DRY AIRMASS
IN PLACE, WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. AS HIGH
PRESSURE SHIFTS OVERHEAD, WINDS WILL DECREASE FOR THURSDAY.
HOWEVER, WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN BY FRIDAY, THIS TIME FROM THE
SOUTHWEST, AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST AND A WEATHER
DISTURBANCE APPROACHES UTAH. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SOME
HIGH-BASED SHOWERS AND A POTENTIAL OR AT LEAST ISOLATED DRY
LIGHTNING TO NORTHERN UTAH OVER THE WEEKEND.
SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
UT...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT FOR UTZ478-492-495.
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR UTZ482-484-488-489-
493-494-496-498.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING
FOR UTZ497.
WY...NONE.
PUBLIC...SEAMAN
AVIATION...WARTHEN
FIRE WEATHER...KRUSE
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY
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