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FXUS65 KSLC 132027
AFDSLC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
227 PM MDT MON OCT 13 2008
.SYNOPSIS...UPPER RIDGE OVER THE WEST COAST WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD
AND BRING DRY WEATHER AND A WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEK.
&&
.DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO PULL OFF INTO THE GREAT
PLAINS. SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ORIENTED TROUGH LAGS BACK INTO
COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST UTAH. NO SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE REMAINS WITH
THIS SYSTEM TO PRODUCE ANY PRECIPITATION AND THE AIRMASS WILL
CONTINUE TO DRY OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WEAKENING JET STREAM IN
THE EAST SIDE OF THE ENCROACHING RIDGE WILL KEEP STRONG NORTH TO
NORTHEAST WINDS BLOWING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING.
GAP WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST UTAH WILL BE STRONG TONIGHT BUT AS THE
UPPER SUPPORT CONTINUES TO ABATE...DO NOT EXPECT WINDS TO REACH
ADVISORY LEVELS OVERNIGHT AND WILL NOT ISSUE ANY WIND PRODUCTS AT
THIS TIME.
AS THE RIDGE MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS...WEAK SYSTEMS ARE PROGGED TO SLIP BY TO THE NORTH STARTING
TUESDAY AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. CLOUDS SHOULD BE THE ONLY
MANIFESTATION WITH THESE SYSTEMS AS MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS REMAIN
WELL TO THE NORTH. RIDGE WILL THEN PUMP BACK UP FOR THE WEEKEND.
MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY AS NEXT STRONGER
SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WITH CEILINGS ABOVE 6000 FT ARE EXPECTED
AT THE SLC TERMINAL THROUGH THE EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD
SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST BETWEEN 03Z AND 04Z.
&&
.SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UT...NONE.
WY...NONE.
&&
$$
PUBLIC.....YOUNG
AVIATION...TRAPHAGAN
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