FXUS65 KSLC 150258
AFDSLC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
858 PM MDT SUN MAR 14 2010

.SYNOPSIS...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHWEST NEW
MEXICO WILL CONTINUE SOUTHEAST AWAY FROM UTAH OVERNIGHT. DRY AND
MILD HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE
EARLY AND MIDDLE PORTIONS OF THE UPCOMING WEEK.

&&

.DISCUSSION...THE WELL-DEFINED UPPER LOW OVER NW NEW MEXICO THIS
EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY GRIND SE ACROSS THE SRN ROCKIES
OVERNIGHT. STILL LOOKING AT PLENTY OF WRAPAROUND MOISTURE AND
WIDESPREAD LIGHT PRECIP ACROSS MUCH OF SE UTAH AT TIME. SUSPECT
THAT THIS PRECIP WILL STAY CLOSE TO THE CENTER OF THE UPPER
LOW...SO PRECIP SHOULD END ACROSS SE UTAH LATE TONIGHT AS THE LOW
REACHES CNTRL NEW MEXICO. EXTENSIVE LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE OVER
SRN/CNTRL UTAH SHOULD KEEP A FAIRLY BROAD AREA OF CLOUD COVER
OVERNIGHT. SOME CLEARING OVER THE FAR WRN VALLEYS POSSIBLE LATE
TONIGHT...WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR PATCHY FOG TO DEVELOP WHERE
SIGNIFICANT NEW SNOW COVER EXISTS. THE NRN VALLEYS ARE ALSO PRONE
TO PATCHY FOG AS SKIES ARE CLEARING RAPIDLY THIS EVENING.

HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL SETTLE OVER UTAH FROM THE WEST
MONDAY...AND REMAIN THROUGH MIDWEEK. TEMPS WILL BEGIN TO WARM
MONDAY...THOUGH NEW SNOW COVER MAY INHIBIT THE RATE OF THE
WARM-UP IN SOME LOCATIONS. LOOKING AT SIGNIFICANTLY WARMER TEMPS
BY TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY...WITH MANY READINGS ABOVE NORMAL FOR MID-
MARCH.

CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS FINE...NO UPDATE PLANNED.

&&

.AVIATION...CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO OSCILLATE BETWEEN
6500 AND 7000 FEET AGL FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE SCATTERING
OUT AFTER 05Z. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NORTHERLY THROUGHOUT
MUCH OF THE NIGHT BEFORE BECOMING VARIABLE OR LIGHT SOUTHEAST
BETWEEN 09-11Z.

&&

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

$$

PUBLIC...CONGER
AVIATION...KRUSE

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