020 FPUS3 KSLC 010925 SFDSLC UTAH STATE FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UTAH 315 AM MDT TUE JUL 01 1997 WINDS HAVE CALMED DOWN FOLLOWING YESTS WIND EVENT WHICH SAW GUSTS TO 81MPH AT GREAT SALT LAKE MARINA...62MPH AT ENV...AND 53MPH AT SLC ARPRT. FOR THOSE WITH ACCESS TO 1KM VIS PICTURES FROM YEST AFTRN/EVE...TAKE NOTICE OF THE DUST EXPANDING BEHIND THE FRONT AS IT MOVES THRU WESTERN UT. QUITE IMPRESSIVE...EH FRONT PASSED MLF AT MIDNITE AND CURRENT OBS SHOW REDUCED VSBYS DUE TO DUST. 1KM VIS ALSO SHOWS A FEW FIRES IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH...BUT HOPEFULLY TODAYS COOLER WX WILL HELP FIRE FIGHTERS. FRONT CURRENTLY (2AM) THRU SGU PER WIND SHIFT AND EXPECT FRONT TO PASS THRU 4 CRNRS ARND 12Z. GUSTY NORTH WINDS BEHIND FRONT IN SRN UT SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED THIS MRNG AS FLOW RETURNS TO SW LATER TODAY. 88D SHOWING BAND OF SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS NRN UT THUS UPDATED MOST NRN ZONES AT 1230AM. THIS BAND SHOULD BE GONE BEFORE I FINISH THIS MORNINGS PACKAGE THUS WILL KEEP SUNNY SKIES IN FCST AS SHORT WAVE RIDGE BUILDS OVER STATE. NEXT SHORT WAVE TROF WHICH IS APCHNG CA COAST LIFTS OUT AND ACRS NRN UT LATE WED. SW FLOW INCREASES ON WED THUS BREEZY STILL LOOKS OK FOR MOST ZONES. AMS DRY WITH NEXT SHORT WAVE TROF THUS PC LOOKS LIKE BEST TERM FOR WX. NEW MED RANGE MODELS POINT TO A DRY 4TH JULY WKND AS E-W HI ALONG SRN US AND NRN MEX KEEPS TROP MSTR IN MEX AND DRY WESTERLY FLOW OVER GREAT BASIN. SLC 001 CDC 000 BURCH .SLC....NONE