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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
FXUS65 KSLC 250320 CCA AFDSLC AREA FORECAST DISCUSSIONAREA FORECAST DISCUSSION This National Weather Service product is intended to provide a well-reasoned discussion of the meteorological thinking which went into the preparation of the Zone Forecast Product. The forecaster will try to focus on the most particular challenges of the forecast. The text will be written in plain language or in proper contractions. At the end of the discussion, there will be a list of all advisor... Click for More... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE An agency of the Federal Government within the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Click for More... SALT LAKE CITY UT 920 PM MDTMDT 1.Moderate 2.Mountain Daylight Time Click for More... MON AUG 24 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A SERIES OF WEAK WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE MOIST AIRMASS CURRENTLY IN PLACE WILL BEGIN TO DRY FROM THE WEST LATE TUESDAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BECOMING ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE REGION MID-WEEK. && .DISCUSSION...A RATHER WEAK AND LOOSELY ORGANIZED TROUGHTROUGH An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure, usually not associated with a closed circulation, and thus used to distinguish from a closed low. The opposite of ridge. Click for More... WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE GREAT BASINBASIN An area having a common outlet for its surface runoff. Also called a "Drainage Basin." Click for More... TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THE EXISTING MOISTUREMOISTURE Refers to the water vapor content in the atmosphere, or the total water, liquid, solid or vapor, in a given volume of air. Click for More... ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE SLOW TO CLEAR OUT OF THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. SHOULD SEE A REPEAT PERFORMANCE OF SCATTERED SLOW-MOVING CONVECTIONCONVECTION Generally, transport of heat and moisture by the movement of a fluid. In meteorology, the term is used specifically to describe vertical transport of heat and moisture in the atmosphere, especially by updrafts and downdrafts in an unstable atmosphere. The terms "convection" and "thunderstorms" often are used interchangeably, although thunderstorms are only one form of convection. Cbs, towering cum... Click for More... ACROSS NRN/CNTRL UTAH TUESDAY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. CONVECTIONCONVECTION Generally, transport of heat and moisture by the movement of a fluid. In meteorology, the term is used specifically to describe vertical transport of heat and moisture in the atmosphere, especially by updrafts and downdrafts in an unstable atmosphere. The terms "convection" and "thunderstorms" often are used interchangeably, although thunderstorms are only one form of convection. Cbs, towering cum... Click for More... HAS BEEN THINNING OUT ACROSS THE STATE EARLY THIS EVENING. PERSISTENT SHOWERS/STORMS OVER E/CNTRL NV SUGGESTS THAT A WEAK SHORTWAVESHORTWAVE Also known as Shortwave Trough; a disturbance in the mid or upper part of the atmosphere which induces upward motion ahead of it. If other conditions are favorable, the upward motion can contribute to thunderstorm development ahead of a shortwave. Click for More... MAY EXIST...WHICH COULD ROLLS THROUGH WRNWRN Western Click for More... UTAH OVERNIGHT. ANY WEAK DYNAMIC LIFT WORKING ON THE ABUNDANT MOISTUREMOISTURE Refers to the water vapor content in the atmosphere, or the total water, liquid, solid or vapor, in a given volume of air. Click for More... OVER THE AREA COULD GENERATE CONVECTIONCONVECTION Generally, transport of heat and moisture by the movement of a fluid. In meteorology, the term is used specifically to describe vertical transport of heat and moisture in the atmosphere, especially by updrafts and downdrafts in an unstable atmosphere. The terms "convection" and "thunderstorms" often are used interchangeably, although thunderstorms are only one form of convection. Cbs, towering cum... Click for More......SO WILL KEEP A MENTION GOING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BUILDING HEIGHTS MIDWEEK WILL SIGNAL A WARMING TREND WITH MOISTUREMOISTURE Refers to the water vapor content in the atmosphere, or the total water, liquid, solid or vapor, in a given volume of air. Click for More... MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED ACROSS UTAH THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. A SERIES OF FAIRLY ENERGETIC SHORTWAVES WILL RIPPLE ACROSS THE NRNNRN Northern Click for More... TIER STATES THIS WEEKEND... KNOCKING HEIGHTS DOWN A BIT ACROSS UTAH. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPSTEMPS Temperatures Click for More... A GOOD BET...WITH PRECIP LIKELY TO REMAIN NORTH OF THE STATE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...THUNDERSTORMTHUNDERSTORM A local storm produced by a cumulonimbus cloud and accompanied by lightning and thunder. Click for More... ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY REMAIN SOUTH OF THE TERMINAL OVERNIGHT. SOUTHEAST DRAINAGE WINDS SHOULD RETURN BETWEEN 04-05Z. CEILINGS WILL REMAIN ABOVE 12KFT. && .SLC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UT...NONE. WY...NONE. &&
CONGER FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICENATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE An agency of the Federal Government within the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Click for More... VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/SALTLAKECITY (ALL LOWER CASE)
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