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FXUS65 KSLC 071623
AFDSLC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1023 AM MDT TUE JUL 7 2020
SYNOPSIS
A WARM AND DRY WEST SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PREVAIL
THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK. FIRE WEATHER ISSUES DUE TO LOW HUMIDITY
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE A CONCERN THROUGH AT LEAST MIDWEEK.
DISCUSSION
AS OF 10 AM MDT THE SLC AIRPORT IS CLOSING IN ON
90F. WE'RE LOOKING TO ONCE AGAIN TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 90S ALONG
THE WASATCH FRONT AND CLOSE TO 105 DOWN SOUTH IN THE ST GEORGE
AREA. THE CHALLENGE THIS MORNING IS TO FIND ANY SPECK OF CLOUDS IN
THE STATE, AND AS OF THIS WRITING THERE MAY BE A FEW INDIVIDUAL
CLOUDS IN THE RAFT RIVER MOUNTAINS ALONG THE IDAHO BORDER BUT
THOSE SHOULD BE FLEETING AT BEST.
NO CHANGES TO THE FORECAST THIS MORNING. WE'RE STILL ON TRACK FOR
OUR GOING RED FLAG HEADLINES TODAY AND TOMORROW WITH THE SURFACE
BOUNDARY PUSHING THROUGH NORTHERN UTAH THIS MORNING AND GUSTY
SOUTH WINDS ALREADY EVIDENT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH.
TEMPERATURES WILL SEE A BRIEF RESPITE WEDNESDAY WITH A PASSING
TROUGH THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TO HELP SUPPRESS THE RIDGE A
BIT FARTHER SOUTH. THURSDAY AND BEYOND INTO THE WEEKEND THE RIDGE
WILL STRENGTHEN AND ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE TO RISE ACROSS
THE AREA.
AVIATION
WINDS AT THE KSLC TERMINAL HAVE SHIFTED TO THE
NORTHWEST AND SHOULD PERSIST INTO AT LEAST THE EVENING HOURS.
WINDS WILL BE MODERATELY GUSTY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. VFR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL OVER THE AIRFIELD.
FIRE WEATHER...(ISSUED 343 AM MDT)
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT CENTERED TO THE SOUTH OF UTAH AND A SERIES OF
WEATHER DISTURBANCES MOVING EAST THROUGH THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST/NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL LEAVE THE AREA UNDER A DRY AND
SEASONALLY WARM WEST-SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.
THE DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES TODAY WILL NUDGE
A SHALLOW, DRY COLD FRONT THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE.
THIS FRONT WILL BRING SLIGHTLY COOLER, MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES
TO THE NORTH, WITH CONTINUED WINDY, HOT AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS
AHEAD OF THE FRONT OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE.
CONTINUED HOT AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN THROUGH
EAST-CENTRAL UTAH WEDNESDAY WILL BRING A RENEWED THREAT OF CRITICAL
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST LATE IN
THE WEEK THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH POOR RH RECOVERIES ACROSS MUCH
OF SOUTHERN AND EAST-CENTRAL UTAH. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
LOOK TO BE MORE ISOLATED LATE IN THE WEEK AS WINDS GENERALLY REMAIN
A LITTLE BELOW CRITERIA.
SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
UT...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR UTZ482-484-489-
492>498.
RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR UTZ493-494-
496-498.
WY...NONE.
DISCUSSION/AVIATION...DEWEY
FIRE WEATHER...CONGER
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