AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

 
 FXUS65 KSLC 221643
 AFDSLC
 
 AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
 1043 AM MDT WED OCT 22 2008
 
 .SYNOPSIS...A COLD NORTHERLY FLOW WILL RESIDE OVER THE REGION
 THROUGH TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL FOLLOW FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
 WEEK AND INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.
 
 
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 .DISCUSSION...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WITH ONLY SOME ISOLATED CIRRUS
 CLOUDS EXIST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AS A COOL...DRY...AND
 STABLE NORTHERLY FLOW HAS SETTLED OVER THE AREA. A NORTHERLY
 GRADIENT AT THE SURFACE IS STILL IN PLACE...WITH THE STRONGEST
 GRADIENT BEING IN SOUTHWEST UTAH...WHERE GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL
 ONGOING THIS MORNING NEAR THE GAPS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THIS
 GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO RELAX THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AND 700 MB
 WINDS OVER THAT AREA WILL DECREASE FROM 40 KNOTS AT 12Z THIS
 MORNING TO ABOUT 20 KNOTS AT 00Z THURSDAY. AS SUCH...WILL LIKELY
 ALLOW THE WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED AT NOON MDT TODAY. 
 
 THE FORECAST LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK FOR TODAY AND NO UPDATES ARE
 ANTICIPATED THIS MORNING.
 
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 .AVIATION...NORTHERLY SURFACE WINDS AT THE SLC TERMINAL SHOULD
 CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS
 UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WILL PERSIST THROUGH TODAY. 
 
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 .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
 UT...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL NOON WEDNESDAY FOR UTZ019.
 
 WY...NONE.
 
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