Current US Threat Advisory Level
Forecast for Salt Lake City, Utah
Lat: 40.76N, Lon: 111.89W
Wx Zone: UTZ003
Special Weather Statements:
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1136 AM MDT TUE SEP 7 2010
Expiration: 700 AM MDT WED SEP 08 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MOISTURE POOLED OVER ARIZONA WILL SURGE NORTHWARD ACROSS UTAH TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH...WITH THE MOST ACTIVE PERIOD FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL INITIALLY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING. NORTHERN UTAH WILL SEE SHOWERS AND STORMS WORK INTO THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH THIS ACTIVITY CONTINUING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF STORMS WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST UTAH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A PACIFIC TROUGH SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN UTAH THURSDAY. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL ENTER EXTREME NORTHWEST UTAH LATE WEDNESDAY...THEN SURGE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT...LEAVING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN PLACE FOR THURSDAY...AND IN MANY LOCATIONS FRIDAY. RAIN AND HIGH ELEVATION SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY THE PACIFIC TROUGH. THIS RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL BE CONFINED TO THE NORTHERN THIRD OF UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH JUST LINGERING LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHEAST UTAH AND SOUTHWEST WYOMING EARLY FRIDAY. GENERALLY DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS WILL FOLLOW FOR THE COMING WEEKEND THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY REBOUND TO READINGS AROUND NORMAL FOR MID-SEPTEMBER ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH. WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTH HEADING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.