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FXUS65 KSLC 241542
AFDSLC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
942 AM MDT FRI MAY 24 2013

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF UTAH WILL
DISSIPATE TODAY...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A RETURN TO A WARM AND DRY
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.DISCUSSION...THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH MUCH OF THE CWA
YESTERDAY EVENING AND LAST NIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE THIS
MORNING. DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION
THIS MORNING AND REMAIN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THIS WILL BRING
INCREASING TEMPERATURES TO MANY LOCATIONS IN THE CWA TODAY THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.

TEMPERATURES ARE RUNNING AROUND 1-2 C ABOVE YESTERDAYS VALUES ACROSS
THE WASATCH FRONT THIS MORNING. THE CURRENT FORECAST FOR MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY SHOWS THIS TREND SO WILL LET THE CURRENT
FORECAST RIDE.

UPDATED WINDS TO INCREASE SPEEDS A BIT ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
UTAH. ALSO UPDATED SKY GRIDS TO REMOVE THE CLOUDS ACROSS NORTHERN
UTAH THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...CURRENT FORECAST IS ON TRACK.

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND LOOKS QUITE WARM...WITH TEMPERATURES
AVERAGING AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE WASATCH FRONT
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...AND NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL MONDAY.


&&

.AVIATION...WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING AT THE KSLC
TERMINAL THEN SWITCH TO NORTHWEST BETWEEN 18-20Z. VFR CONDITIONS
WILL PREVAIL UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...A DRY COLD FRONT HAS STALLED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF THE DISTRICT AND WILL DISSIPATE TODAY AS A
STRENGTHENING SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW BEGINS TO DOMINATE LOCAL WEATHER.
A BONE DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE DISTRICT TODAY
THROUGH SATURDAY. LOCALLY GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EAST TODAY AND ACROSS MOST AREAS TOMORROW.
THE WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WOULD CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS IF FUELS WERE CRITICAL...BUT NOT TO THE EXTENT
THAT WE SAW ON THURSDAY.

A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA SUNDAY
BRINGING WITH IT AN INITIAL ROUND OF HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE NORTH. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE THROUGH
THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH AN INCREASING CHANCE OF WETTING
RAINS.

&&

.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...NONE.
WY...NONE.
&&

$$

KRUSE/WILENSKY

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