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FXUS65 KSLC 151543
AFDSLC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
943 AM MDT SAT JUN 15 2013

.SYNOPSIS...MIDLEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE TODAY ACROSS SOUTHERN
AND EASTERN UTAH AND LINGER INTO SUNDAY. OTHERWISE...A MILD
SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED
STATES THIS MORNING. A LARGE AND SLOW MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OFF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST. ON THE
PERIPHERY OF THE HIGH...MID-LEVEL MOISTURE IS ADVECTING
NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS EASTERN UTAH. THIS IS APPARENT BY MORNING
RADAR TRENDS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA.

UPDATED TO INCREASE POPS ACROSS THE EASTERN VALLEYS ASIDE FROM THE
WESTERN UINTA BASIN THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN
THREATS FROM ANY SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS
AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

OTHERWISE...A WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...THE SLC TERMINAL WILL SEE VFR CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE
DAY WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. CURRENT LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BETWEEN 18Z AND 20Z.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...WARM AND DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE
DISTRICT TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE OVER SOUTHERN UTAH BY THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN SEVERE
FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ADDITIONALLY...INCREASED MOISTURE ENTERING
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN UTAH THIS AFTERNOON MAY PROMOTE ISOLATED DRY
THUNDERSTORMS.

SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN PLACE
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...THOUGH WINDS WILL DECREASE BEGINNING
TOMORROW SO THE THREAT OF HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE
LIMITED.

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT THIS
     EVENING FOR UTZ497-498.

     RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT THIS
     EVENING BELOW 9000 FEET FOR UTZ496.

     RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 PM MDT THIS
     EVENING BELOW 6000 FEET FOR UTZ495.

WY...NONE.
&&

$$

KRUSE/VERZELLA/SEAMAN

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