475  
FXUS65 KSLC 032117  
AFDSLC  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT  
317 PM MDT THU APR 3 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS
 
BROAD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO YIELD  
UNSETTLED WEATHER THROUGH FRIDAY. WHILE A WEAK SYSTEM MAY GRAZE THE  
AREA LATE MONDAY, HIGH PRESSURE IS OTHERWISE EXPECTED TO LARGELY  
IMPART A DRYING AND WARMING TREND.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM (THROUGH 12Z/6AM SATURDAY)
 
THE BASE OF A SLOW  
MOVING LARGE SCALE TROUGH REMAINS MORE OR LESS ATOP THE REGION THIS  
AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT, CONDITIONS LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF  
YESTERDAY WITH AREA RADARS SHOWING SHOWERY PRECIPITATION WRAPPING  
AROUND THE CIRCULATION IN ADDITION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORE  
INSTABILITY DRIVEN SHOWERS ELSEWHERE. WITH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH  
OVERHEAD, H7 TEMPS REMAIN ROUGHLY IN THE -7C TO -9C RANGE AND  
CORRESPOND TO SNOW LEVELS AROUND 4750-5250 FT MSL, SO SHOWERS ONCE  
AGAIN TEND TO HAVE A MIX OF SNOW/GRAUPEL/RAIN WITH DOMINANT PRECIP  
TYPE DEPENDENT ON ELEVATION.  
 
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY WILL SEE THE SLOW EASTWARD CHURN OF  
THE BROAD TROUGH CONTINUE. SOME SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO WRAP AROUND  
THE CIRCULATION DURING THE OVERNIGHT, BUT OVERALL COVERAGE WILL BE  
LESSENED GIVEN THE CESSATION OF DAYTIME HEATING. THE ONGOING PATTERN  
PERSISTS ONE LAST DAY FRIDAY THEN, AS DAYTIME HEATING WILL ONCE  
AGAIN LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY DRIVEN  
SHOWERS. IN COMPARISON TO PREVIOUS DAYS THOUGH, THE CONTINUED  
EASTWARD SHIFT OF THE TROUGH WILL YIELD COVERAGE FURTHER FAVORED AT  
POINTS ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-15 CORRIDOR, AND PARTICULAR EAST OF  
THE ASSOCIATED ADJACENT HIGH TERRAIN. REMAINING SHOWER ACTIVITY THEN  
LARGELY DIMINISHES THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS.  
 
AS THE TROUGH FINALLY PULLS FAR ENOUGH EAST TO ALLOW DRIER AIR TO  
ADVECT INTO THE AREA, IT ALSO DOES SO IN A MANNER THAT APPEARS  
FAVORABLE TO ALLOW AN EASTERLY PRESSURE GRADIENT TO RESULT IN SOME  
ENHANCED CANYON WINDS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AT TYPICALLY PRONE  
NORTHERN UTAH LOCATIONS. GIVEN THE GRADIENT IS NOT TOO STRONG, AND  
REMAINING INGREDIENTS ARE MARGINAL AT BEST, CURRENT FORECAST  
GUIDANCE ONLY SUPPORTS AROUND A 20-30% CHANCE OF SOME TERRAIN  
ADJACENT GUSTS IN THE 40-50 MPH RANGE. THE BEST CHANCES WOULD BE  
NOTED AT THE NORMAL SPOTS SUCH AS PARK LANE OR OUT OF THE MOUTH OF  
WEBER CANYON. AS IS OFTEN THE CASE THOUGH, WILL NEED TO MONITOR  
TRENDS IN FUTURE FORECAST CYCLES.  
   
LONG TERM (AFTER 12Z/6AM SATURDAY)
 
A NOTABLE WARMUP IS ON THE  
HORIZON ACROSS UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING AS LARGE SCALE RIDGING  
BUILDS INTO THE REGION FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. WARM WEATHER  
LOVERS REJOICE AS CLEAR AND SUNNY SKIES WITH SPRING-LIKE  
TEMPERATURES TAKE OVER THE EXTENDED FORECAST.  
 
A PERSISTENT WESTERN U.S. LONGWAVE UPPER TROUGH WILL SLOWLY EJECT  
OFF TO THE EAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH RIDGING BUILDING IN ITS  
WAKE. SURFACE FLOW WILL GENERALLY BECOME NORTHERLY TO START THE  
PERIOD, THOUGH AREAS ALONG THE WASATCH AND UINTA MOUNTAINS MAY  
BECOME EAST-NORTHEASTERLY. WITH EAST-NORTHEASTERLY WINDS, THIS SETUP  
WOULD BE CONDUCIVE TO CANYON WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT  
AND CACHE VALLEY. THE PREVAILING WINDS ARENT EXPECTED TO BE OVERLY  
STRONG, THOUGH GUSTS AROUND 30-35MPH APPEAR LIKELY AT THIS TIME  
SATURDAY MORNING FOR CANYONS ACROSS THE NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT AND  
CACHE VALLEY.  
 
THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST, WE SHOULD REMAIN  
RELATIVELY DRY AND CONTINUALLY WARMING FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE AS  
RIDGING HOLDS STRONG OVER THE REGION. POPS SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE  
NEXT TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH TO OUR NORTH SLIDES  
TO OUR NORTH. AROUND ~50% OF GUIDANCE KEEPS THE TROUGH SLIGHTLY  
FARTHER NORTH THAN THE OTHER HALF, WHICH WOULD LIKELY YIELD  
SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING WITH NO  
CHANGE TO THE WARMING TREND. THE OTHER HALF OF THE GUIDANCE MAY  
BRING TEMPERATURES DOWN SOMEWHAT, BUT IT WOULDN'T COMPLETELY DERAIL  
THE WARMING TREND THAT IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST.  
 
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO WARM QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY WITH  
TEMPERATURES STATEWIDE APPROACHING 10-15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS  
WOULD YIELD GENERALLY 70 TO 80 DEGREES FOR MOST VALLEYS ACROSS THE  
FORECAST AREA WITH LOWER WASHINGTON COUNTY PERHAPS SEEING  
TEMPERATURES REACH THE LOW 90S FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. BE SURE  
TO GET OUR AND ENJOY THE SPECTACULAR WEATHER!  
 

 
   
AVIATION...KSLC
 
NEARBY MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF FROM  
00-03Z, BUT MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION WILL CONTINUE MUCH, IF NOT ALL OF  
THE TAF PERIOD. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL, WITH SPEEDS DROPPING  
TO AROUND 5 KNOTS FROM 03Z THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS  
WILL INCREASE FOR THE DAY, WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 KNOTS AFTER 18Z.  
SCATTERED SHOWERS, PRIMARILY MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS, WILL BUILD  
AROUND NEARBY TERRAIN AFTER 18Z.  
   
REST OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING
 
MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL  
TAPER OFF FROM 00-03Z FOR SOUTHWEST WYOMING AND NORTHERN UTAH AND  
FROM 00-06Z ELSEWHERE. MOUNTAIN OBSCURATION WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST  
LOCATIONS THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. AFTER LARGELY DRY CONDITIONS  
THROUGH 18Z, SCATTERED SHOWERS, PRIMARILY MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS, ARE  
LIKELY FROM 18-03Z.  
 

 
   
SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
UT...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR UTZ125.  
 
WY...NONE.  

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...WARTHEN  
LONG TERM...WORSTER  
AVIATION...WILSON  
 
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