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FXUS65 KSLC 170415
AFDSLC
UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UTAH
915 PM MST THU MAR 16 2000

SYNOPSIS...A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH UTAH LATE 
TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN SATURDAY.

DISCUSSION...PREVIOUS FORECAST ON TRACK.  JUST WANTED TO BEEF THINGS 
UP IN NORTHERN UTAH FOR LATER TONIGHT SO I UPDATED ZONES FOR 
CATEGORICAL POPS AND STRONGER WINDS.  ALSO THINK WE COULD SEE AN 
INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION NORTHERN WASATCH FRONT AND SALT LAKE 
COUNTY BENCHES BY SUNRISE.  

THE APPROACHING STRONG COLD FRONT HAS ALREADY MOVED JUST INSIDE 
NORTHWEST BOX ELDER COUNTY.  THE SURFACE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO KSLC 
BY 08Z AS EXPECTED.   

00Z RAOBS REVEALED A NICE LOW LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE MOVING IN...H7 
TEMP -1C HERE AND -9C AT BOISE.  THE NEW ETA INITIALIZED A LITTLE 
SLOW ON THE LOW LEVEL FRONT.  H5 TEMPS GETTING TO -26C BY 18Z ALSO 
LOOKS REASONABLE.  BEST THREAT OF ANY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS INTO SALT 
LAKE COUNTY LOOKS TO BE FROM 0900-1300 MST.  WILL LET THE MID SHIFT 
DECIDE ON THAT WITH THE HIGHER RESOLUTION MODELS.  

THE MAIN WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN UTAH TOMORROW WILL BE 
THE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS THAT DEVELOP ALONG AND 
BEHIND THE FRONT.  THE PREVIOUS FORECAST COVERED THAT VERY 
WELL.         

SLC 96-- CDC 21-- MAIER

.SLC...SNOW ADVISORY NORTHERN MOUNTAINS MIDNIGHT THROUGH NOON FRIDAY.