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FXUS65 KSLC 221709
AFDSLC

UTAH AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UTAH
1010 AM MST WED NOV 22 2000

SYNOPSIS...A WEAK STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
TODAY TO EASTERN ARIZONA BY THURSDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL 
BUILD OVER UTAH FOR THANKSGIVING.

DISCUSSION...NO UPDATES PLANNED. BAND OF CLOUDS AND VIRGA OVER 
SOUTHWEST UTAH. ACCEPTING MODEL SOLUTION OF LIGHT SHOWERS DEVELOPING 
SOUTHERN UTAH AS COLD POOL JUST WEST OF VEGAS HEADS EAST ACROSS 
ARIZONA TONIGHT. A PROGRESSIVE RIDGE MOVES OVER UTAH FOR THURSDAY 
THEN NEXT SYSTEM DIVES SOUTH ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN FRIDAY. NEW 
MODEL RUNS NOW DEVELOPING A CUT-OFF UPPER-LEVEL CIRCULATION OVER 
SOUTHWEST UTAH BY 18Z FRIDAY.  THIS WILL LIMIT PRECIPITATION 
POTENTIAL FOR NORTHERN UTAH. BEST SHOT OF SNOW WILL BE FOR THE 
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER...THE EVENT LOOKS SHORT LIVED AND NO 
HIGHLIGHTS NECESSARY AT THIS TIME. 

SLC ---  CDC 430  GIBSON

.SLC...NONE.